Kristen Doute's 1st Interview Since "Vanderpump Rules" Firing

Kristen Doute won't beryllium unsocial nether the mistletoe this vacation season.

After splitting from her fellow of 2 years, Alex Menache, in June, the Vanderpump Rules alum revealed she's dating her Sex, Love, and What Else Matters podcast co-host Luke Broderick connected the podcast's Dec. 21 episode.

"Luke and I are f--king dating, you guys," she announced. "And each of my friends who person listened to our podcast were like, 'Yeah, it sounds truly obvious.'"

But according to the erstwhile Bravo star—who was fto spell from VPR in June 2020 with co-star Stassi Schroeder—her narration with Luke is not thing she intended to start.

"I battled with being your person," she explained. "I emotion you truthful much, but conscionable the thought of being someone's woman again conscionable benignant of threw maine done a loop due to the fact that I privation to beryllium a woman and I privation to beryllium a mother."

Kristen continued, "I was truthful bushed of being a woman for a mates of years and past having s--t autumn apart, to beryllium honest."

"Luke loves to hunt and fish. I americium an carnal advocate," Kristen stated. "I've been a vegetarian since I was 11 years old, and that genuinely was the 1 happening that was a small hard for maine successful the beginning."

And it was due to the fact that of that she recommended her caller BF marque a abstracted Instagram relationship for his hunting pictures. As she explained, "I conscionable didn't privation Luke to person to subscribe to the scrutiny that I, essentially, I guess, chose to woody with being connected world TV."

All differences aside, Kristen said erstwhile she "stopped clawing my mode retired of my past relationship, I recovered you."

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