Vanderpump Rules’ new mom Stassi Schroeder says her baby ‘SAVED’ her because she would have used drugs in racism scandal
VANDERPUMP Rules' new mom Stassi Schroeder said her baby "SAVED" her because she would have used drugs after her racism scandal.
Stassi, along with Kristen Doute, Max Boyens, and Brett Caprioni, were fired from Bravo last summer after a series of racist remarks made by each reality TV star resurfaced.
, 32, opened up on her podcast The Good, The Bad, The Baby about how she was feeling after she was dubbed as racist for sharing a plethora of tweets that spoke negatively about different race groups.
"I think [it] made me so much better to be pregnant while I was going through a hard time,” she told her husband Beau Clark, .
“If I wasn’t pregnant, I probably would have just like … gone to alcoholism, Xanax. I would have lashed out, dark passenger-ed. And I think our baby 100 percent saved me.”
Back in January, to their first daughter, Hartford Charlie Rose.
The couple told PEOPLE at the time: "We truly cannot begin to describe the happiness and joy we are feeling at this moment. It's something that you hear from all new parents right after birth, but something magical happens."
Adding: ";We are feeling so blessed and grateful to have a beautiful and most importantly, healthy baby girl."
Her pregnancy announcement came shortly after it was announced the star was fired from the reality show.
Faith Stowers of reporting her to the police for a crime she did not commit in 2018.
In a past podcast, were both heard boasting about the event - which they have since apologized for.
Due to the , Stassi also lost out on a book deal, hosting her podcast and several endorsements that cost her big bucks.
Meanwhile, Faith, 31, is modeled after as it focuses on black-owned businesses, sources revealed to .
The source said: "She wants to use the opportunity to create more black-themed entertainment and help black entrepreneurs – kinda like a Black Lisa Vanderpump.
"She’s been having meetings around town trying to make it happen.”
Stassi was not the only longtime cast member who , as the Bravo series also recently lost and Brittany Cartwright.
The controversial TV star and his wife simultaneously posted similar messages announcing their sudden departure on Instagram earlier this month.
In December, company to get her back on the network.
To this day, VPR boss Lisa Vanderpump stands by Stassi and Kristen and claims that .
revealed on : “It wasn’t right what they did at all, but do I think they’re racist? 1,000 percent not.
“Because I have a lot of diverse people working for me that they’ve all been working very close to for many years.
“Do I think it was a racist action? Not at all. I just think it was awful timing, and stupid and ignorant.”
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In January, Bravo executive, , also chimed in on the firings calling them "for that moment."
He added: "It’s more interesting to sit in the moment with people that you have a rooting interest in and watch them find their way than it is just turning out the lights and forgetting it existed."