Cast members of Vanderpump Rules couldn't miss the 2024 People's Choice Awards amid their three nominations.
Scheana Shay, Brock Davies And Katie Maloney stepped out for the ceremony on Sunday, February 18, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California.
The Bravo series itself received nods in two categories. Vanderpump Rules competed against Grey's anatomy, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Only murders in the building, Saturday evening live, Ted Lasso, The bear And The last of us for Show of the Year, but Grey's ultimately took home the trophy.
Pump rules also faced 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?, Below deck, Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, Selling sunset, The Kardashians, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills And The Real Housewives of New Jersey for Reality Show of the Year with The Kardashians be crowned the winner.
Ariana Madixfor her part, won for Competition Entrant of the Year after her appearance in season 32 of Dancing with the stars. She was also up for Reality TV Star of the Year, with Selling sunset'S Chrishel Stause, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Kyle Richards And Garcelle Beauvais, The Real Housewives of Atlanta'S Kandi Burrus, The Kardashians' Kim Kardashian And Jersey Shore: Family Vacation'S Mike “The Situation” Sorrentinobut it was Khloe Kardashian who took home the honors.
Madix, 38, responded to the news in January. “Can you believe it?! A PCA NOMINEE?!! I am filled with gratitude for all of you – your support means everything,” she wrote via Instagram at the time. “Let's bring it home together!”
Madix has been in the spotlight since he joined Vanderpump Rules in 2013, but her fame skyrocketed after they split in March 2023 Tom Sandoval after his cheating scandal with their costar Rachel 'Raquel' Leviss. As fans gathered around her, she finished in third place Dancing with the stars in December 2023 and made her Broadway debut in Chicago in January.
Amid her rising popularity, Costar Tom Schwartz accused Madix of letting her success change her. “I think she may not have even been aware of it for a short period of time, but I think it went to her head,” he claimed during the speech. Vanderpump rules after the show on Tuesday, February 13. “I think she has become a bit of a diva.”
Madix subsequently denied Schwartz's assessment. “I don't understand at all how a job translates to my ego or my personality. Get up and go to work? Don't those people get up and go to work?” she thought. “I do not know what that means. I don't think I'm cooler than I was before all this.”
Madix emphasized that taking advantage of new opportunities comes from her strong work ethic. “I don't think hard work is something that usually gives people a big ego. You know, I took stock and said, 'I have to work my ass off,'” she explained, adding that she doesn't “live some kind of glamorous life.”