Andy Cohen addresses the cast of ‘Vanderpump Rules’

Andy Cohen is speaking out about the recent decision to reboot “Vanderpump Rules” with an all-new cast for season 12.

The Bravo honcho addressed the news on his SiriusXM radio show on Monday, saying he feels it was the right decision to shake up the cast with all new faces. He admitted that the series deviated from its original premise, which was to follow the staff who work there Lisa Vanderpump‘s West Hollywood Restaurant, SUR.

He says the whole point of the show changed and changed as it went on, and it ended James Kennedy was the only OG cast member who still had ties to SUR as he still DJs there occasionally. “Now he’s gone and has a residency in Vegas, and he’s having great success, and they’re all having good success outside of SUR,” AC said.

He called fractured relationships between cast members a new challenge for producers. “You have others who don’t want to be in the same room, let alone on the same show with each other, and that makes sense.”

Cohen praised the OG stars for always staying true to themselves, saying, “Like it or hate it, or love them or hate them, they were always very much themselves, and that’s what made that show so entertaining and surprising.”