Lisa Vanderpump Explains Why She Finally Hired Brittany Cartwright

As you might recall, when Brittany Cartwright first met with Lisa Vanderpump to interview for a job at SUR last season, the Vanderpump Rules boss decided the time wasn't right to add her to the staff. However, earlier this year, Jax Taylor's lady love officially became a SURver, and now the restaurateur is revealing what made her change her mind about the former Hooters waitress.

"Well, she became part of the show and obviously it’s great for the restaurant to have people that legitimately need to work, and she really wanted to work," she explained to Entertainment Weekly. "We were a couple of waitresses down, and I thought, 'Why not give her a shot?' She’s actually fantastic. She really is there four or five nights a week. She’s lovely – I have never met a girl like her. I don’t know if it’s where she’s from, but [fakes a Kentucky accent] 'everything is absolutely so nice!'"

However working at SUR now means that Brittany is the subject to some office gossip. The rumor, at least according to Jax, is that she hooked up with Kristen Doute. Find out how the drama will unfold Mondays at 9/8c, below.

Lisa Confronts Kristen About the Brittany Hookup Rumor