Tom Sandoval has given his public response to the recent Vanderpump Rules cast shakeup. In a lengthy and emotional Instagram post, Sandoval, 42, responded to the Tuesday, November 26, announcement that the popular Bravo reality show would return for Season 12 with a brand new cast.

In the restaurant business, one shift always gives way to another,” Lisa Vanderpump gushed. “Cheers to the next generation of ‘Vanderpump Rules.'”

Bravo announced Tuesday that it would shed the original cast for a “new group of close-knit SUR-vers who are as complicatedly involved with one another as their iconic predecessors.” Lisa Vanderpump, as always, will remain among the cast and as an executive producer.