Natalie Maguire understands why Lisa Vanderpump suspended her from SUR after she bought right into a heated altercation on the West Hollywood hotspot.
“It doesn’t really feel wonderful, I gained’t lie,” Maguire, 27, solely informed Us Weekly forward of the Tuesday, December 2, Vanderpump Guidelines season 12 premiere. “I did know that I deserved it. I knew it was coming.”
SUR’s outspoken lead bartender defined, “That had been an extended, lengthy week. I had additionally been scolded by Nathalie Zapata [the restaurant’s co-owner], so I used to be simply form of able to take it. However I did need her [Vanderpump] to know that I felt like I had somewhat little bit of a cause.”
Maguire went on to confess the suspension was “so honest,” whereas additionally confessing she was “clearly nervous to sit down down” with Vanderpump and come clean with her transgression.
“I completely understood why she was upset,” she added. “I’m engaged on filtering myself.”
Episode one of many Vanderpump Guidelines reboot opened with SUR safety footage exhibiting Maguire practically attacking her ex-boyfriend, additionally a SUR worker, and getting right into a verbal struggle with the restaurant’s supervisor, Demy Selem.
Viewers watched as Vanderpump sat down with Maguire for a one-on-one following her return to work — and she or he’s not the one SUR worker that Lisa scolded.
Resident pot-stirrer Marcus Johnson and loveable Venus Binkley additionally bought a tongue-lashing for ingesting on the job. Their conduct prompted Vanderpump to name an emergency assembly with workers, the place she laid down the regulation.
“When she known as me out, I immediately began tearing up, and I had a coronary heart assault,” Binkley, 27, revealed to Us when requested about his response to the state of affairs. “I couldn’t course of something at that time. I blacked out. It was so embarrassing.”
He shared, “The worst feeling on the planet is when your mother’s mad at you, however it’s even worse when Lisa Vanderpump is mad at you.”
Johnson, 35, nonetheless, didn’t really feel the identical.
He informed Us that whereas he “revered everybody’s disappointment in me,” he’s “not going to let it change how I behave at work.”
“I used to be simply somebody who bought caught within the second. It is a celebration on a regular basis. I used to be simply not slick sufficient that day to get my partying off,” Johnson added.
Selem additionally shared her ideas on the footage exhibiting Johnson ingesting at work.
“I used to be livid,” the SUR supervisor mentioned in regards to the state of affairs. “I’m not silly. I do know individuals are sneaking drinks. I’m not an fool.”
She admitted it’s “onerous being a boss to your mates.”
“That was positively my largest problem,” Selem informed Us. “There’s cameras in every single place filming, however I’m nonetheless targeted on ensuring the restaurant is operating and ensuring tables are joyful.”
New episodes of Vanderpump Guidelines season 12 air on Tuesdays at 9 pm ET/PT on Bravo and stream the following day on Peacock.

