Lisa Vanderpump’s newest workplace reality series Vanderpump Villa is situated in a French chateau. Her staff has been hand-selected to serve the high-end clientele. But you can be sure there will be plenty of relationship drama, similar to what happens on Vanderpump Rules.
While the days of Stassi Schroeder and Jax Taylor’s tumultuous romance are long past, there’s a new dramatic duo in town. Hannah Fouch and Marciano Brunette dated for three years but broke up when Marciano cheated. They remain locked in an off-and-on relationship which allows the occasional hookup. But Hannah admits there is “still a jealousy factor” between them.
Similarities to Jax and Stassi from Pump Rules’ early days have been noted, but the new kids don’t mind the comparison. “I love that we’re getting compared to Stassi and Jax,” Hannah admitted ahead of the show’s premiere. I think Stassi is an icon, and I think she’s amazing.”
Stassi 2.0
While she’s proud to be compared to the VPR OG, Hannah pointed out that her and Marciano’s relationship isn’t quite the same as that of Stassi and Jax, who were dating when Pump Rules debuted.
“[Marciano] and I have been together off-and-on for four years,” she told Decider. “I feel like our relationship is a little bit different than theirs. But yeah, I mean, I could see why people do compare us to Jax and Stassi because I call it as I see it, and so does he … [And] he does make bad choices sometimes.”
Employed as the chateau’s lead server, Marciano agreed that there are “a lot of tendencies that we both have that you’ll see [parallels] from their show to ours.”
Conceding that Hannah’s the “queen bee” of the chateau’s staff, “I’m, you know, the No. 1 man in the group, I think,” he joked, echoing Jax. “[But] our relationship is also very different as well, like she said.”
“We’re okay with the comparisons … for now,” the veteran Vegas server said.
The first three episodes of Vanderpump Villa are currently streaming on Hulu. New episodes drop every Monday.
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