Kristen Doute is feeling betrayed by her former bestie Jo Wenberg!
Let us rewind for a second for individuals who don’t recall that title! Fans discovered about Jo when Tom Schwartz referred to as her his roommate throughout a number of episodes in Season 10 — although rumors swirled round that they had been an merchandise. We later discovered that they did, actually, hook up. And she didn’t have a glowing evaluate from the opposite castmates! As Schwartz’s ex-wife Katie Maloney informed viewers:
“Jo was literally Kristen Doute’s crazy friend. If you’re Kristen Doute’s crazy friend, that says a lot about you.”
Yikes! When Scandoval erupted earlier this yr, Jo was considerably in the course of the entire mess. The 41-year-old actuality star knew concerning the affair between Tom Sandoval and Rachel Leviss lengthy earlier than the information broke. And amid the key, he had been concerned with Jo. Kristen’s friendship together with her additionally got here to an finish round that point. On the Viall Files podcast, she revealed the hairstylist frolicked with Rachel, Schwartz, and Sandoval final summer time so much. So the previous tv character believed Jo and Schwartz would double date with Sandoval and Rachel. Oof…
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And then, within the aftermath of the scandal, Jo scored a spot on Season 11 of Vanderpump Rules. Inneresting timing! And we’re not the one ones suspicious. Kristen now believes Jo solely befriended her to get on the present!
During her Sex, Love, and What Else Matters podcast Sunday, Kristen opened up concerning the finish of her friendship with Jo. She claimed they had been very shut for a very long time — virtually one another’s “ride-or-die.” The Bravolebrity mentioned:
“For you listeners out there that don’t know, Jo was one of my best friends. When I say best friend, I don’t mean that lightly. This girl was my everyday ride-or-die, [and] we literally hung out all the time. Like, six days a week.”
However, issues drastically modified when Jo started hooking up with Schwartz. Kristen recalled:
“We stopped talking right around the time she started talking to Tom [Schwartz].”
Her boyfriend, Luke Broderick, backed her model of occasions, explaining:
“The first time I came to L.A. to see Kristen, Jo was the very first person I met. We went to get lunch and she was talking about moving out of her place [in July 2022]. I didn’t see her again until we crossed paths at TomTom basically the same night Scandoval happened [in March].”
He remembered Kristen saying so much about how Jo was purposefully not speaking to her anymore. And she, understandably, had been very upset about it:
“Kristen was telling me, ‘She’s not responding and she’s ghosting me.’”
But Kristen has a principle about why Jo all of a sudden lower off communication together with her! The podcast host claimed she was being “used” by Jo to get on the present. When the hairdresser bought what she needed after befriending the suitable individuals, AKA Schwartz, she ditched Kristen since she wasn’t helpful to her agenda anymore. Kristen mentioned:
“There was a text here and there, but she seriously just ghosted me. And then I started finding out that she was hanging out with Schwartz and she was staying with him. Our friendship has been over ever since. Not because I broke off our friendship but because she broke off the friendship with me and started lying to me. Now all of a sudden she’s on the TV show that canned me.”
She continued:
“Friends of mine that are still close to Jo and I have said the exact same thing. Was I being used this whole entire time? Was this like a master plan to be on the show?”
Ouch! If that’s true, discuss a s****y good friend!
Jo hasn’t reacted to Kristen’s claims. But she certain has some explaining to do! Reactions, Perezcious readers? Let us know within the feedback under.
[Image via Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen/Bravo/YouTube, Jo Wenberg/Instagram]