Max Boyens had a memorable expertise filming Vanderpump Guidelines — however he has no plans to return to actuality TV.
In the course of the Tuesday, August 29, episode of the “Up and Adam!” podcast, Max, 31, recalled the most important challenges of becoming a member of the Bravo sequence.
“They paid me little to nothing. As a brand new solid member, you don’t make episodic pay. You don’t receives a commission per episode, it’s only a flat fee. It’s not lots in any respect, it simply will get you by,” he claimed. “It was $4,000 [or] one thing. It was round $4,000 and so they additionally pay it to you in increments.”
In keeping with the previous TomTom supervisor, he acquired his paychecks at totally different factors all through filming. “They offer you half the examine to be sure to stick round and movie after which they provide the ultimate examine towards the tip. It’s not all up entrance,” Max shared. “It’s mainly your hire and a few groceries after which one other examine for hire and groceries.”
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Max praised his former costars for being “understanding” about how his stage of success in comparison with their very own.
“It was robust as a result of I used to be spending some huge cash. I had to purchase plenty of garments as a result of I don’t wish to be sporting the identical f—king garments each episode,” he continued. “I’m blowing all this cash on new garments, I’ve to fly to locations with [the cast] and I’m spending cash when it’s my flip to purchase drinks for everyone.”
Max concluded: “It wasn’t an issue to have [a check] coated [by someone else] typically. Tom Schwartz and Tom Sandoval had been all the time actually cool about that. Scheana Shay particularly, too.”
Bravo viewers met Max when he joined Vanderpump Guidelines as a brand new solid member throughout season 8. Nonetheless, his time on the present was short-lived after his previous racist tweets resurfaced in January 2020.
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Max issued an apology on the time for his offensive social media content material, which he posted eight years previous to becoming a member of Vanderpump Guidelines. “It was improper on each stage. It’s not a illustration of who I’m. I’m shocked I ever tweeted that — and I’m disgusted and embarrassed. I’m actually sorry,” he stated in an announcement to Us Weekly.
Max was finally fired from the sequence alongside Brett Caprioni, who had problematic tweets of his personal. Bravo additionally reduce ties with OG solid members Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute in June 2020 resulting from their conduct towards former costar Religion Stowers.
Lisa Vanderpump addressed the firings that very same month, writing by way of Instagram, “My household, my companies and I condemn all types of cruelty, racism, homophobia, bigotry and unequal therapy. We’ve by no means tolerated it within the office or our lives. Most of our staff have labored for us for over a decade, and we’ve turn into a household; one which embraces and celebrates one another’s variations. I’m pleased with the inclusive firm that we’ve created. We’ll proceed to embrace variety as considered one of our best strengths, and I’m excited to present you deeper look into the multi-faceted material of our firm sooner or later.”
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Max, who formally resigned from TomTom in Might 2021, has remained on good phrases together with his former Vanderpump Guidelines costars. In the course of the podcast look, Max revealed that he filmed scenes for Jax Taylor, Kristen Doute and Brittany Cartwright‘s upcoming spinoff sequence.
“Jax has requested me to be on the present and movie with him. However the very last thing I went to [where there were cameras], I didn’t establish with it, it wasn’t for me. I went to a boys’ evening and they’re older and they’re all married with children,” Max stated on Tuesday. “I really took off my mic and I left.”
