Pregnant Stassi Schroeder and fiancé meet friends for LA lunch

Stassi Schroeder cradled her baby bump as she left former Vanderpump Rules costar Tom Schwartz’ house on Thursday alongside fiancé Beau Clark.

The 32-year-old reality star – who was fired from the Bravo show in June – reunited with her friends including Jax Taylor and wife Brittany Cartwright for brunch at Tom and Katie Maloney’s $1.9 million house in Valley Village, Los Angeles.

Stassi, who is expecting a baby girl in January, wore a black outfit including a fitted T-shirt and some comfy sweatpants.

Beau, 40, went for a graphic t-shirt and casual shorts for a laid-back California look. 

Jax and Brittany, who live just a few blocks away from Tom and Katie arrived in style in their customized golf cart.

The couple, who celebrated their first wedding anniversary in June, both opted for low-key athleisure looks. 

Meanwhile, Stassi’s former boss Lisa Vanderpump has opened up about Bravo’s decision to fire her, Kristen Doute, Max Boyens and Brett Caprioni in a new interview.

‘I think it’s sad, really, what happened, because I do think that people can learn from their mistakes, and I’m all about that,’ the 59-year-old Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum told Entertainment Tonight on Thursday.

‘I think you’ve seen that on the show. Of course, we do know that we’re in this momentum of really people kind of standing up for what’s right, and I’m all about that and embracing that — and I do believe in zero tolerance for that — but I also believe that you can come back from that and you’re young and you can learn from it’

She continued, ‘So, if it were up to me, I would like to see them go on but really have a better understanding of where they went wrong and really, you know — I’m not into just kind of getting rid of people, because they get it wrong. Otherwise, I’d probably have nobody working for me at this point.’

Stassi and Kristen hadn’t actually worked for Lisa for several years and Lisa reiterated that it was a network decision to let them go from the reality show after their past racist behaviour hit the spotlight.

‘Stassi hadn’t worked for me for a couple of years, nor had Kristen. So that part wasn’t down to me really at all,’ Vanderpump told ET. ‘It’s not my decision. And I think that was then and this is now, but I’m all about giving people second chances, yes, but also about holding people accountable.’

Lisa added that she’s tried to reach out to Stassi ‘two or three times’ in recent months but had no luck.

‘I haven’t heard back from [Stassi] and I really, you know, I do love them both,’ she said, but added that she understands if Stassi wants to ‘step away’ and focus on ‘a happy time in her life’ with Beau.