Welcome to the recap for Vanderpump Rules Season 12, Episode 8. Last week, Lisa celebrated the 20th anniversary of SUR with a big blowout. But the bigger blowout was between Kim and Natalie. Kim had had enough of Natalie talking to Marcus about their relationship. So, the two went at it in front of the guests, much to Lisa’s dismay. Later on, the group headed out to Lisa’s wine event, where Angelica stirred things up by sharing a scandalous OnlyFans video of Jason and Chris. What would happen once word got out to the rest of the group? Here’s exactly what went down in Vanderpump Rules Season 12, Episode 8: “Speakerphone Suckerpunch.”
What happened in Vanderpump Rules Season 12, Episode 8?
Lisa’s Women in Wine event went off without a hitch, but things didn’t go as smoothly behind the scenes. Audrey overheard a phone call where Jason’s brother told Chris they were going to “f*ck mad bitches” while in Bali. This left Audrey wondering if Chris was really into her or just a Fboy. Meanwhile, Shayne kept being honest with Angelica; he was indeed an Fboy, but she still couldn’t get visions of marriage out of her head. And Venus had a flirtatious encounter, which reunited the group by helping Venus get his groove back. However, the peace was short-lived once news of Jason and Chris’s risqué OnlyFans video broke.
The rumors and the nastiness
Demy was still shook from watching Chris and Jason’s OnlyFans video. And it didn’t help matters for her when Venus pulled out an eggplant emoji pool float for Jason, or when Jason told her to add more oil to the mushrooms while she cooked.
Angelica was also still in her feels. She said in her confessional, “I think I dodged a weird incestuous bullet.” But then she went and talked with Shayne in the hot tub, and things weren’t much better with him.
Angelica immediately told Shayne about Jason and Chris’ video. She explained, “Jason and Chris, naked, oiling each other up. Spreading their butts open?” Shayne rolled his eyes in disbelief.
In his confessional, Shayne said, “Angelica’s making it sound like these two dudes are splitting each other open, and I just don’t believe that. But either way, once I found out how much money these guys are making, I was like, ‘You can do whatever the hell you want to do.’ Make your money.”
Shayne responded by again being way too open about himself. He proceeded to tell Angelica a story about how his cousin brought in his girlfriend to teach him how to “make women squirt.” Angelica said in her confessional, “Did I really just dodge one incestuous man just to land in the arms of another?”
However, there was a point to his story. Shayne said, “What I’m saying is, this is all sounding really bad; there was nothing incestuous between me and my cousin.” Angelica reasoned that at least he wasn’t lubing his cousin up.
Shayne shared in his confessional, “I don’t think Angelica understands the consequences of spreading rumors and how it is gonna backfire on her. Because they’re pretty cool with everybody. So, you’re going to make enemies.”
Hot tub time machine on Vanderpump Rules
After Angelica left the hot tub, the rest of the group hopped in. Natalie decided to throw herself a pity party about how Demy and Kim wouldn’t forgive her.
Natalie wished they could go back and start over. She stated, “We’re all upset with each other because we’re all hurt by each other. So, why can’t we just drop it and start fresh?”
As Jason sang Natalie’s praises, Marcus wandered over. Marcus started to get choked up about his falling out with Venus. Venus just quietly observed. He knew it was still too early to be besties again.
After dinner, Natalie was over the moon that Jason had validated her feelings and gave him a hug. But once that happened, Jason wondered if there could be something more than friendship between them. His feelings would have to wait, though, because it was time for the obligatory VPR skinny dipping scene.
The next morning, Audrey decided to make amends with Angelica. Although she wouldn’t trust her with information again, she didn’t want to hold a grudge. Surprisingly, Angelica decided not to tell Audrey about Chris and Jason’s OnlyFans video. Maybe she learned her lesson after the penis pump debacle? Nah.
But Chris put himself into the doghouse with Audrey anyway. As Audrey got ready in their room, Chris chatted with Jason’s brother on speakerphone about their upcoming Bali trip. He told Chris, “Yo, we’re gonna f*ck mad bitches.” To which Audrey promptly gave side-eye while she contoured her face.
In her confessional, Audrey wondered, “It’s making me question everything … Maybe Chris just acts like he would be in a relationship with you, but really he’s a f*ck boy.”
Audrey gave Chris the cold shoulder
After that mishap, Audrey ignored Chris on their way up to Lisa’s wine event. And their conversation would have to wait because it was time to get down to business.
Everyone was hard at work setting up, except for Marcus, who sat down in the shade. But as soon as Lisa and her guests arrived, he stood up … and ran somewhere else to go sit back down in the shade.
Lisa honored all the guests and gave a toast, to which Chris interrupted to describe the wine they were serving. She smiled through gritted teeth, but Chris and Jason won over the ladies with their charm and bushy eyebrows. Lisa said in her confessional, “That’s verging with the edge of inappropriateness, but we are a naughty, sexy, young brand. And I’ve got my very handsome group of men. It’s also nice for the ladies … Isn’t it?”
While Chris said cheesy lines like, “We’re going to fill up the ladies that need a filling,” Audrey hinted to Natalie that things were over between her and Chris.
Meanwhile, Shayne enjoyed the peace and quiet back at the house. He got some sun by the pool and practiced his Wim Hof. But once his activities turned into taking out the trash, he was bored. But soon everyone came back to the house.
Chris and Audrey finally chatted about that phone call. In her confessional, Audrey shared she self-sabotaged relationships by digging around. But she noted that this time, “the red flag appeared in front of my face.”
However, Chris won her back over. He said, “I wouldn’t be here with you if I didn’t like you as much as I do.” All was forgiven for now. But how would Audrey feel once she found out about the video?
Venus waded into the dating pool on Vanderpump Rules
Later on, Venus had everyone play a game where they asked a question and squirted the person who was the answer with a water gun. Marcus got picked for not handling his alcohol, Demy had the most secrets, and Shayne was voted for being both hot and funny.
Everyone then went downtown to wander the farmers market and bar hop. And Venus felt like he was on a couples trip. Marcus and Kim were back together, as were Chris and Audrey. And a potential new couple was in the works between Natalie and Jason.
Shayne even enjoyed playing girlfriend with Angelica. He stated in his confessional, “Even though I told her I don’t want to do something serious, it’s really hard to say, ‘Hey, pump the brakes.’” And Angelica had finally found someone over six feet tall and was going to see this through no matter what.
Venus got his time to shine when a rando named Kevin started flirting with him. After he left, Marcus told Venus he had invited Kevin to join them. Venus had been out of the game so long that everyone helped him get his groove back by all making out with him.
It was never revealed if Kevin came back, but that moment brought everyone together, literally. Venus wondered, “How could we ever fight again knowing we’ve had our tongues down each other’s throat?”
Cut to 17 hours later … and news of Jason and Chris’ OnlyFans video broke. Their kumbaya moment was officially over.
Vanderpump Rules airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on Bravo. It can be streamed on Peacock the next day.
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