Teddi Mellencamp Says She’s Getting Demise Threats Over Joke Lisa Vanderpump Paid for Affair Scandal

Even Lisa Vanderpump, who was the topic of Mellencamp’s remark, tweeted, “Faux information.” Mellencamp says it was only a joke. Six phrases certain stirred up loads of drama … and much more phrases!

The road in query got here when the previous “Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills” star visited Melissa Gorga’s “On Display” podcast. There, she stated of her former co-star, who’s star and government producer of “Vanderpump Guidelines,” that “she most likely paid Raquel to do that.”

Raquel Leviss, in fact, is embroiled within the dishonest scandal that has rocked the “Pump Guidelines” world so exhausting it despatched digital camera crews flurrying to movie extra content material for the present tenth season. Tom Sandoval and Leviss had been outed as having an affair on Sandoval’s longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix.

“Clearly I used to be making a joke and I am being eviscerated for making a joke, which wasn’t even being reported accurately, as a result of everybody conveniently leaves out I stated ‘most likely’ and was laughing,” Mellencamp informed ET, referring to media protection of her remark.

Even had she not been joking, although, Mellencamp stated the outsized response was approach excessive and pointless. She stated she bought reactions saying issues like, “I want you were not alive, I want you died!” or much more graphically, “You are a waste of c–.”

The fact star stated that she’s high quality with taking criticism of her joke, and would possibly even rethink her phrases if it was introduced with some class. “I might be reflective should you’re coming to me indirectly that’s logical,” she stated. “When you’re saying my mom was a dumb lady to ever get pregnant with me as a result of I am disgusting on this earth? I do not know should you actually have a leg to face on there. I am probably not taking your suggestions.”

In the end, her message was that individuals can be at liberty to pontificate or have interaction as a lot as they need when somebody says one thing, however take a beat, possibly, first.

“Take a breath earlier than making a remark that might in the end harm someone,” she stated. “Agree with me, or disagree with me. Suppose I am humorous, or assume I am annoying. Have an opinion, however you need not go to that stage.”

She additionally cautioned that this type of escalating vitriol within the Bravo fanbase may in the end harm the franchises. “I am not delusional, however it’s not essential,” she stated of the aggression. I do not need this to occur to [cast members who go against ‘fan-favorites’] after which not give us the complete potential they presumably have as a result of they’re being overwhelmed down by the followers.”