Teddi Mellencamp Arroyaveisn’t about to take the blame for “PuppyGate.”
During Tuesday night’s episode of the hit reality show, Mellencamp Arroyave was accused of orchestrating the events that forced PuppyGate to become a storyline on the show.Lisa Vanderpump‘s husband Ken Todd printed out text messages between Mellencamp Arroyave and an employee of Vanderpump Dogs, in which the two allegedly conspired to bring the dog on camera.
But while speaking toPeopleNow,Mellencamp Arroyave called the printing of the texts a desperate attempt.
“You’re really going all in on clearing your name when you’ve got the dirtiest hands of them all,” she said of Vanderpump’s efforts to expose her. “The moral of the story is, it wasn’t my idea.”
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She also insisted that additional text messages will be revealed that help prove her innocence.
“It’s going to take time,” she says.
PuppyGate has been dominatingRHOBH‘sninth season, causing a war between some of the biggest stars in the Bravo franchise.
In the season premiere, viewers learned that before the cameras started rolling on the season,Dorit Kemsleyadopted a dog named Lucy Lucy Apple Juice from Vanderpump’s foundation. Though Kemsley called Lucy “a beautiful, adorable puppy,” Lucy “was not the right fit” for Kemsley’s family after she bit husband Paul and their two kids — son Jagger, 4, and daughter Phoenix, 3 — “a few times.” So Kemsley found a “beautiful home” for Lucy and gave the dog away.
Unfortunately, Lucy’s new owneralsodidn’t want the dog and gave Lucy to a shelter. That shelter scanned Lucy’s microchip, which tracked it back to Vanderpump Dogs.
The situation came to light when an employee of Vanderpump Dogs brought the dog out and began discussing the situation in front of Mellencamp Arroyave andKyle Richards.
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“Have the dog there and I can say it looks like Dorit’s dog,” Mellencamp Arroyave allegedly texted the employee. “Either way it will come out.”
“We can lay it all out about everything,” Blizzard allegedly wrote back.
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The news shocked Vanderpump. “I can’t believe this,” she said as she read the texts. Todd put it more bluntly. “She’s a f—ing liar,” he said.
While the drama is still playing out on screen, the feud has gotten so bad that Vanderpump has stopped speaking with herRHOBHcostars, even refusing to film with them when shooting the season 9 credits.
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source: people.com
