Stassi Schroeder Says House of Stassi Breaks the Fourth Wall on Purpose: "The Realest Show We Could Make"

Stassi Schroeder is making a case for a different kind of reality TV. In Us Weekly’s Reality Stars of the Year issue, the House of Stassi star and executive producer said her Hulu series deliberately acknowledges the cameras and producers, and that choice was fully intentional. Her logic: a perfectly polished version of her life would belong on Instagram, not television, and audiences can always tell when the truth is being withheld.

The show wrapped its first season on Hulu two months ago, and Schroeder says the experience left her marriage to Beau Clark in its most honest place ever. She’s quick to note that filming with family and close friends always means processing group dynamics afterward, but the relationships came out strong. She also opened up about what she’s learned, saying she’s realized just how resilient she is and that she can withstand everything from humbling moments to the occasional reality check.

Schroeder first became a household name when Vanderpump Rules launched on Bravo in 2013, so she’s no stranger to the debate over what’s real and what’s produced. There’s no official word on a season 2 yet, but she’s said she’d love to keep the show going. So we have to ask: does breaking the fourth wall actually make a reality show feel more authentic to you, or does it just become another layer of production?