{"id":41086,"date":"2025-12-24T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T01:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=41086"},"modified":"2025-12-23T14:52:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T14:52:01","slug":"chris-hahn-speaks-out-on-the-backlash-hes-received-since-appearing-on-vanderpump-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/24\/chris-hahn-speaks-out-on-the-backlash-hes-received-since-appearing-on-vanderpump-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Hahn speaks out on the backlash he&#8217;s received since appearing on Vanderpump Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"721\">The Vanderpump Rules reboot era is officially here, and whew, people have opinions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"721\">Enter Chris Hahn. He&#8217;s a new <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/17\/he-was-the-man-behind-sur-so-where-is-peter-madrigal-from-vanderpump-rules-now\/\">SUR bartender<\/a>, aspiring singer, and reality-TV veteran who just stepped into one of Bravo\u2019s most protective fandoms.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"721\">Since season 12 premiered on December 2, 2025, the conversation hasn\u2019t just been about who\u2019s dating who, it\u2019s also been about whether the show should even exist without the OG cast.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"721\">And Chris, as one of the fresh faces, is feeling that heat in real time. Here\u2019s what he\u2019s said about the backlash, and why he\u2019s asking people to give the newbies a real chance.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"754\">Chris is a Pump Rules newbie<\/h2>\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\/reel\/DSVc9EckltL\/?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; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; 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%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; 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\/reel\/DSVc9EckltL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Chris Hahn (@chrishahnofficial)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"756\" data-end=\"1110\">If you haven\u2019t clocked him yet, Chris Hahn is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/11\/18\/not-one-but-two-real-housewives-homes-were-burglarised-during-bravocon-heres-what-we-know\/\">Bravo<\/a>\u2019s all-new season 12 SURver lineup, with Lisa Vanderpump as the lone familiar face guiding the reboot.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"756\" data-end=\"1110\">The premise is classic Pump&#8230; messy friend groups, workplace flirtations, big Hollywood dreams, just with a different batch of staff behind the bar.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1112\" data-end=\"1542\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/10\/vanderpump-rules-star-chris-hahn-previously-appeared-on-perfect-match-and-caused-chaos\/\">Chris is specifically working<\/a> as a bartender at SUR, and he\u2019s not shy about wanting to parlay the show into a bigger entertainment career. Which, in all honest, we get it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1112\" data-end=\"1542\">What\u2019s funny, though, is that he isn\u2019t even new to the reality circus. He\u2019s previously appeared on Netflix\u2019s Dated and Related, with his cousin Jason Cohen, and Perfect Match. So yes, he\u2019s &#8216;been on TV,&#8217; but Bravo fandom is its own sport.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1544\" data-end=\"1876\">After the Pump Rules premiere, rumours swirled about the show\u2019s future, with chatter tied to early viewership anxiety, even though reporting around the premiere also emphasised strong cross-platform performance.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1544\" data-end=\"1876\">In other words, the reactions were messy immediately.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1878\" data-end=\"1911\">He speaks out on wild backlash<\/h2>\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\/DOOgSNjjsiH\/?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; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; 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%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; 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\/DOOgSNjjsiH\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Chris Hahn (@chrishahnofficial)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1913\" data-end=\"2264\">Chris addressed the negativity in a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.distractify.com\/p\/chris-hahn-talks-vanderpump-rules-season-12-backlash\">Distractify<\/a> in California, and his vibe was pretty straightforward.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1913\" data-end=\"2264\">His response reads: &#8220;I get it\u2026 But give us a minute.&#8221; He acknowledged the elephant in the SUR alleyway, the new cast has &#8220;big shoes to fill,&#8221; and said fans have &#8220;preconceived notions&#8221; based on years of attachment to the original crew.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2266\" data-end=\"2586\">What\u2019s he actually hearing? According to Chris, it\u2019s less about people personally hating him and more about viewers loudly wanting the old era back.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2266\" data-end=\"2586\">He described the response as discouraging at times, because so much of the feedback is essentially, we didn\u2019t ask for new people.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2588\" data-end=\"2969\">Still, he\u2019s pushing a specific message. The <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/17\/heres-the-real-reason-the-og-vanderpump-rules-cast-wasnt-asked-back\/\">Vanderpump Rules<\/a> season 12 cast isn\u2019t trying to cosplay as Tom, Ariana, Katie, Lala, James, Scheana, or Tom Schwartz.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2588\" data-end=\"2969\">Chris stressed that he and the rest of the newbies are &#8220;totally unique&#8221; and not trying to be anyone from the original lineup, which, honestly, is the only move that makes sense.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2971\" data-end=\"3324\">His advice to people watching the show was basically a patient, slightly pleading, very Bravo-coded: &#8220;Give us a chance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2971\" data-end=\"3324\">He pointed out that only a couple of episodes had aired when the loudest backlash and cancellation chatter kicked up, and that one season, or especially a handful of episodes, won\u2019t fully show who people are.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3326\" data-end=\"3606\">And when it comes to surviving the internet yelling? Chris says <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/11\/05\/erm-lisa-vanderpump-just-revealed-a-bravo-cheating-scandal-she-knew-all-about\/\">Lisa Vanderpump<\/a> has been encouraging the cast to be themselves, be outspoken, and have fun!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Reality Shrine<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;No one&#8217;s trying to be someone they&#8217;re 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