Ariana Madix Performs at Thanksgiving Parade After VPR Recast

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Ariana Madix performs at the Thanksgiving Parade following VPR Recast News
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Ariana Madix celebrated the holiday season with a performance during the 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade just days after news of a Vanderpump rules cast shakeup.

The reality star, 39, performed at the Peacock’s Birds of a Feather Stream Together during the parade on Thursday (November 28) in New York City, performing the 1996 hit song “Lovefool” by The Cardigans. She donned a cozy camel-coloured coat to keep her warm and dry at the rain-soaked event, with her hair half-up and half-down. She kept her glam simple and let her singing take center stage.

Earlier this week, Bravo announced that season 12 of the Vanderpump rules – as Madix appeared during Season 2 and joined the main cast in Season 3 – would be Lisa Vanderpump along with an all-new cast, which the network described as a group of “tight-knit SUR-verses as intricately entangled with each other as their iconic predecessors.”

“What a thrill it is to build on the legacy of this series by doing it all over again,” executive producer Alex Baskin said in a statement on Tuesday, November 26. “With deep appreciation for the original group and their iconic run, we can’t wait for audiences to watch a dynamic new group of colleagues and friends make their way through life together.”

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Later that day, Madix responded to the news via Instagram.

“Vanderpump rulesyou will forever be that girl ,” she wrote at the time. “I was up until 4am looking for all the right pictures and the right words, but there is no post or caption that could ever encapsulate everything. I am eternally grateful to have been a part of such an incredible cultural phenomenon .”

After thanking the network and the crew behind the show, Madix turned his attention to viewers.

“Thank you especially to the fans. You’ve been the constant over the past decade,” she gushed. “Your love and support is what I’m going to miss the most as it ends. You made this show what it is. To the fans who have come out for us, old and new, it is all because of you that we are here.”

Madix concluded: “I feel at peace closing this chapter and I’m excited for everything to come. I don’t know that those were the best days of our lives, but they were definitely something special .”

Season 11 of Vanderpump rulesthat aired from June to September 2023, featured Madix, Vanderpump, Tom Sandoval, Scheana Shay, Katie Maloney, Tom Schwartz, James Kennedy and Lala Kent as they dealt with the aftermath of Madix and Sandoval’s split in March 2023 following his affair with their former costar Rachel Leviss. The scandal led to a split among the cast, and Bravo subsequently put an extended pause in production before filming for season 12 began.

Since Scandoval made headlines, Madix has enjoyed a variety of new career opportunities, making her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago and host of the sixth season of Love Island USA earlier this year.