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Chris Brown reveals the cover art to his new album “BROWN” releasing May 8th.

Stassi now acknowledges her past privilege and behaviour, saying the fallout from the black lives matter movement (her racist behaviour) forced her to grow and become more mindful. However, she still lives with the impact of being “cancelled,” carrying ongoing insecurity about how others perceive her. She also says the experience has made her a more thoughtful parent, shaping how she plans to raise her children. More from Marie Claire Marie Claire: Then, in June 2020, amid the Black Lives Matter movement, she was fired from Vanderpump Rules after past racist actions against a former co-star resurfaced. A wave of scrutiny followed about previous egregious actions and insensitive comments made on her podcast. She lost her management and brand deals, retreated from public life, married Clark in their backyard, and quietly had her first child. A 2021 appearance on Tamron Hallintended as a public reset landed with a thud. In 2022, the tone began to shift. Schroeder released her second book, Off With My Head, a more candid accounting of that period and the work she did to recognize her ignorant behavior, including intensively working with a diversity coach. Gradually, she re-entered the public sphere—reviving her podcast, launching a book tour, and picking up hosting gigs for series like Tell Me Lies and The Gilded Age. She even waded back into reality TV in 2025 with cameos on Vanderpump Villa. “I didn’t realize how privileged I was,” Stassi says of her past self. While it was a “powerful, extreme” year for her, she is thankful for the scrutiny and the firing, a forcing mechanism to grow. “I was incredibly selfish and chaotic and I just feel like I didn't consider other people before I did things or said things. And if I were still in Vanderpump Rules, I'd probably be the same person. This time away from reality TV has shaped who I am now.” But that doesn’t mean she’s left it behind; the experience still shapes how she moves through the world. “There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about the canceling,” she says. “I have this insecurity: Is this person I'm meeting, do they think these things about me? And that's my burden to have, and I'm okay with it. But it's not like it just happened and then I came back. No, I will live with this for the rest of my life.” Particularly, she’s glad she can now parent from a place of more mindfulness. “These are things that I can teach Hartford. These are things that I can make sure that she is now aware of.” Source: BY NEHA PRAKASH via Marie Claire (Image credit: Joelle Grace Taylor)

This new season of RHOA is okay. I like my housewives filthy rich so Rhode Island is really doing it for me. I need Salt Lake back asap.