As a reality TV fan, there is a strange (and slightly unhinged?) feeling of loss when the reality stars whose lives you've watched unfold for so many years step away from the camera. You realize that the over-familiar (and entirely one-sided) relationship you've formed with them won't continue in the same way.

Bravo revealed on November 26 that the upcoming 12th season of Vanderpump Rules will have an entirely new cast of characters, still culled from SUR’s and TomTom’s staff. Lisa Vanderpump, per the title of the show,

After 11 dramatic seasons, Vanderpump Rules, Bravo’s Emmy-nominated reality show, is turning the page with an entirely new cast for its twelfth season, keeping only Lisa Vanderpump at the helm. Bravo confirmed the news in a press release,