{"id":39948,"date":"2025-12-10T01:30:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T01:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=39948"},"modified":"2025-12-09T15:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:54:57","slug":"marcus-johnson-defends-his-toxic-relationship-with-kim-suarez-on-vanderpump-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/10\/marcus-johnson-defends-his-toxic-relationship-with-kim-suarez-on-vanderpump-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Johnson defends his &#8216;toxic&#8217; relationship with Kim Suarez on Vanderpump Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The introduction we got to the relationship between Marcus Johnson and Kim Suarez wasn&#8217;t exactly the most encouraging on <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/tag\/vanderpump-rules\/\">Vanderpump Rules<\/a>, and something tells me we&#8217;re in for a rocky ride.<\/p>\n<p>Macrus defended their &#8220;toxic&#8221; relationship, explaining to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/vprs-marcus-johnson-and-kim-suarez-defend-toxic-relationship-excl\/\"> Us Weekly<\/a>: &#8220;Everyone\u2019s entitled to their own opinion. Some people are used to relationships and understand the ups and downs of it and some people aren\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMedMlRxEiG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; 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height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DFgbYhjSG_a\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Kim Suarez (@kimalexisss)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nShe said: &#8220;There\u2019s nothing that\u2019s been said on camera that I haven\u2019t heard already off camera.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Marcus and I\u2019s relationship is a bit misunderstood because you have friends who understandably are protective over you and don\u2019t want to see you in a toxic situation. But we\u2019re not going through toxicity the way that people think.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kim also explained that Marcus has been &#8220;navigating the]grief\u201d of losing both of his parents alongside their relationship, which she admitted\u00a0\u201cnever got a honeymoon phase.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully their relationship won&#8217;t end in complete disaster.<\/p>\n<p><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Facebook<\/a><\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They&#8217;re a bit of a mess<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734183,"featured_media":39967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[1364],"class_list":["post-39948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-vanderpump-rules"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/10\/marcus-johnson-defends-his-toxic-relationship-with-kim-suarez-on-vanderpump-rules\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Marcus Johnson defends his &#8216;toxic&#8217; 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