Category: Lisa Vanderpump

Made In Chelsea star Sam Vanderpump has revealed he’s engaged to his model girlfriend Alice Yaxley after just six months of dating.

Sam, 27, whose auntie Lisa Vanderpump, 64, starred in US series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and spin-off Vanderpump Rules, took to Instagram to share the news with his followers.

Posing for a bridal-inspired shoot, Alice proudly showed off her sparkling engagement ring while posing in a white frilled mini dress.

Sharing that he originally popped the question on February 23rd, Sam simply captioned his post: ‘She said yes.’ 

Sam and Alice also shared their engagement news with OK! Magazine admitting their relationship has been nothing short of a whirlwind.

However despite their short time together, he said that he was ready to pop the question when she supported him during her life-threatening battle with sepsis.

Made In Chelsea star Sam Vanderpump has revealed he’s engaged to his model girlfriend Alice Yaxley after just six months of dating

He said: Alice and I have only been dating for about six months, but we’ve gone through such a lot in such a short period of time. From day dot, Alice has been with me pretty much 24/7. And over Christmas we went through a bit of an episode together where I got really, really ill.

‘I got an infection due to a genetic disease I’ve got, which led to sepsis and it ended up quite bad. I was in hospital and it was a close call, I could have died.

‘That experience brought us very, very close. I think I walked out of that looking at Alice and thinking, ”This is the girl I want to marry.” So, my thinking was, ”If I’m saying that now, why on earth am I waiting?”

Sam added that he planned the entire proposal, including seeking permission from Alice’s father, and he popped the question during a private boutique viewing room of a jewellery shop.

He confessed that he ‘completely choked on his words,’ due to the nerves, and said they were both ’emotional wrecks’ when Alice said yes. 

Back in January, Sam first shared that he nearly died after contracting sepsis, and it was quick-thinking Alice who phoned an ambulance after the reality star became ‘delirious’ having spent days in bed suffering from dehydration and severe back pain.

Sam, who was told by doctors if he was admitted to hospital 24 hours later it would have been too late, learned his liver and kidneys had stopped working and he needed urgent medical attention.

And as Sam’s body fought off the infection, he contracted sepsis, leaving his mother Simone and model girlfriend Alice fearing for his life.

Sam said: ‘I thought I was going to die. I didn’t think my body could cope and that was the scariest thing. It was terrifying.

‘I remember the doctor saying to me that I was going into liver and kidney failure. I burst into tears. My mum didn’t react badly, you would expect her to be in complete meltdown, but she didn’t want to scare me.

‘The words they used for the function of my liver were ‘deranged’ and ‘demonic.’ You don’t feel your organs normally but when they stop working and because my liver and kidneys weren’t working my heart was in overdrive, my pancreas was struggling, my spleen wasn’t well… 

‘And you can feel all this pain and uncomfortableness, I was really, really fighting to keep myself alive. I didn’t think I was going to survive or see the outside of the hospital again. 

‘You never think the flu will lead to you being in a hospital bed and nearly dying. They told my mum that if I had got to hospital 24-48 hours later, I wouldn’t have made it. By calling the ambulance, my girlfriend literally saved my life.’ 

Sam, who was rushed to the Resuscitation Department, explained how doctors were shocked by his initial test results, which highlighted the severity of his condition.

He said: ‘There is a liver function test, when your liver is performing normally there is a protein called CRP (C-reactive protein), which releases protein into your blood to fight against infection.

‘When there’s no infection in your body you produce 0-5 milligrams because you don’t need it so when you have a mild infection, it will be around the 50 milligram mark and when it’s a bad infection and you need to seek urgent medical care it’s about 100 milligrams… but mine was up in the 400s.

‘My white cells, which are meant to be between 8-12 were double that. My liver enzymes, which are meant to be at 40, were at 140. They told me I was the sickest patient on the ward.’ 

Lisa Vanderpump and her husband Ken Todd have listed their West Hollywood condo for sale after previously being hit with $31,000 in liens on the home.

According to real estate records obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com, Lisa, 63, and Ken, 66, purchased the two-bedroom, two-bathroom property in August 2016 for $630,000. It was recently listed for sale on July 26, 2024, for $799,000.

Per records, it previously faced foreclosure in 2022 but now is no longer under threat. 

The couple’s condo – part of The Courtyards Condos in West Hollywood – was ‘featured on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,’ according to the listing, and the two bedrooms – each having their own bathrooms – are split by a living room area that’s made of hardwood flooring. 

The 955-square-foot condo’s amenities include a patio and two parking spaces as well as storage units – with the complex boasting a clubhouse, pool, spa, fitness room and ‘beautiful park-like grounds.’

Lisa Vanderpump and her husband Ken Todd have listed their West Hollywood condo for sale after previously being hit with $31,000 in liens on the home- pictured May 2024 

According to real estate records obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com, Lisa, 63, and Ken, 66, purchased the two-bedroom, two-bathroom property in August 2016 for $630,000. It was recently listed for sale on July 26, 2024, for $799,000 – pictured the Courtyards Condos

Even though Lisa and Ken are the owners of the condo, owning it as part of their ‘community property,’ their son Max Todd, 32, has been residing in the home. 

However, Lisa and Ken have previously been slapped with multiple liens on the condo as seen in court documents obtained by DailyMail.com.

The liens go as far back as 2018 – nearly $5k – which was paid a year later. In July 2020, the restaurateurs were hit with another lien for $6,927.95.

Two years later, in May 2022, the property was facing foreclosure after a ‘Notice of Default and Election to Sell Under Deed of Trust’ was filed in California since they owed $40,691.19 of the total amount that they were obligated to pay, which was the original sum of $441,000, per real estate records.

A month later, however, the Notice of Default was rescinded and they were no longer facing foreclosure after a ‘Notice of Rescission of Notice of Default and Election to Sell Under Deed of Trust’ was filed.

Following this, the couple was slapped with another lien for $24,109.61, on April 5, 2024. 

Lisa Vanderpump told DailyMail.com in a statement: ‘Max is selling it after living there for seven years. There was a dispute with the HOA that has since been resolved and there are no liens on the property. 

‘He will be traveling this summer and working in Idaho, where he spent 2020 during Covid working with autistic children, and has returned to enjoy the summer there. He will look for a new place upon his return. At 32, thankfully he makes his own decisions.’

Even though Lisa and Ken are the owners of the condo, owning it as part of their ‘community property,’ their son Max Todd, 32, (pictured May) has been residing in the home.

The 955-square-foot condo’s amenities include a patio and two parking spaces as well as storage units – with the complex boasting a clubhouse, pool, spa, fitness room and ‘beautiful park-like grounds’

A lawyer for the Vanderpump family added:  ‘As an initial matter, a security lien (or liens) is an action taken by certain creditors to protect their interests; it reflects a claimed debt, and it does not mean that someone owes a certain debt. 

‘None of the family have been found liable for any debt by a court of law. ‘

‘In this case, the supposed liens were a result of needlessly complicated billing practices, failure to process payments the owners were attempting to make, and failure to communicate clearly with us, by various financial institutions. 

‘Nobody in the family has defaulted on any justly-due or owing debts and there will be no foreclosure on Max’s property.’

In May 2016, DailyMail.com exclusively reported the couple scooped up a gorgeous four-bedroom, four-bathroom home in Beverly Hills for their daughter Pandora for $1.85 million.

Lisa and Ken, who have been sued in the past by Tom Tom employees, live in their own mansion in Beverly Hills known as Villa Rosa – which of course was also heavily featured on Vanderpump Rules.

Lisa is currently lighting up TV screens in spin-off Vanderpump Villa

In addition, they own a French villa located in Carcassonne, France. The villa was supposed to be the filming spot for Lisa’s spinoff, Vanderpump Villa, but instead production opted for another property named Château Saint-Joseph. 

The 19th century chateau was referred to as Château Rosabelle in the Hulu series, which recently got picked up for another season.

Meanwhile, Vanderpump Rules season 12 has yet to start production. Bravo confirmed filming has been paused and it’s unclear when it will resume again.