Lisa Vanderpumphas broken her silence on her mother Jean’sdeath.
On Tuesday,The Real Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar, 58,honored her late motheron Twitter, sharing a photo of them together alongside her father and her brother Mark, whodied last yearof a suspected overdose.
“As you go to RIP with Mark, mummy. A tragic year for sure,” Lisa wrote.
“I thank all of you for your beautiful messages and words of kindness,” she continued. “Life is so fragile and I have no time for negativity.”
PEOPLE confirmed Jean died at the age of 84. Lisa’s rep said she is “devastated and shocked,” but is asking for privacy at this time.
“Obviously it just being the two of us,we were more like twins,” Lisa said of her brother onVanderpump Rules, the reality show following the staff at her West Hollywood restaurant, last season. “It’s been incredibly difficult, but we have to keep moving forward and make the people that were so important in our lives proud as they watch down over us.”
The Daily Mailreports that Lisa has taken a break from production onVanderpump Rules.A source confirms to PEOPLE that the network is giving her the time she needs, but production has not stopped. She is expected to arrive in England soon.
“It was such a brutal season for me, and it was at a time where I was floundering,” sheadmitted last weekonRuPaul. “Everybody always says, ‘Oh, you look like you’ve got your life together,’ but I started that show this season like, two or three months aftermy brother passed. I just wasn’t in the right space.”
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“I actually did say, and we talked about it withAndy [Cohen]onWatch What Happens Live —he said: ‘I wish I’d given you the year off,’” she recalled. “I just wasn’t as prepared. I found that I couldn’t deal with something that I could normally deal with. So then it just went on and it was accumulative and in the end I just said, ‘I can’t do this anymore. I just can’t.’“
Despite having a falling out with the ladies on the show, Lisa has received support from her fellow Bravo celebrities in the wake of her mother’s death.
Denise Richards, who joined the show this season, recently revealedshe reached outto Lisa after a fan accused of her of staying silent.
“I personally like to send condolences privately when it is someone I know,” Richards wrote on Twitter.
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Dorit Kemsley, who hasn’t tweeted her condolences, went on to retweet Richards’ message, adding a thumbs up emoji.
The fan tagged in Richards’ tweet went on to post a message on their own account, writing that while they “agree not everything has to be public, itwould’ve been nice to see(but not necessary).”
Cohen, 51, alsodefended himselfagainst similar accusations.
Cohen went on to share that he had“privately” been in touchwith Lisa, who had asked him not to say anything about her devastating loss onWatch What Happens Live.
“She asked me not to mention it to anyone at all, so I respected her wishes and did not mention it on the air,” he wrote. “And before you yell at me for not mentioning it tonight, I want you to know that we pre-tape our Thursday shows.”
source: people.com
