Tom Schwartz, Katie Maloney, Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval in Best Coast’s “Everything Has Changed” music video. Courtesy photo
It’s clear the cast members of Vanderpump Rules have higher aspirations than to be waitstaff and bartenders for their rest of their lives. After all, former star Stassi Schroeder is now a New York Times bestselling author; Jax Taylor, Brittany Cartwright and Kristen Doute — who are also no longer on the show — are starring in their own spinoff The Valley.
As for those still on the Emmy-nominated show? Ariana Madix not only whipped up her own New York Times bestselling cocktail book after Scandoval broke, but she’s also a bona fide Broadway star, playing Roxie Hart in Chicago on the Great White Way in the first quarter of 2024, and she’s got a sandwich shop coming with costar Katie Maloney. Meanwhile, Toms Sandoval and Schwartz are business partners in boss Lisa Vanderpump’s popular Hollywood bar TomTom, as well as their own Franklin Village venture, Schwartz & Sandy’s.
But as shown over the numerous seasons of Bravo’s hit reality series, many of the SURvers have had some kind of musical inclination — Sandoval’s even been touring with his cover band Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras) with the cast members often collaborating on songs and starring in each other’s music videos. (Remember that awkward bedroom scene featuring Brett Caprioni in Scheana Shay’s “One More Time”? Or Sandoval project Charles McMansion’s “TIP”? Revisit them in our list!) Well, it turns out they’re also willing to take acting gigs for more successful musicians – namely, in their music videos.
Here, Billboard has rounded up the music videos various Vanderpump Rules stars past and present have appeared in over the years that aren’t another cast member’s project. So raise your glasses high and enjoy the SURvers in visuals for Lady Gaga, Bon Jovi and more!
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Lisa Vanderpump
Image Credit: Courtesy photo “G.U.Y.,” Lady Gaga, 2014
LVP wasn’t the only Beverly Hills housewife in Gaga’s video: Yolanda Hadid, Carlton Gebbia, Kyle Richards and even Lisa’s beloved late pup Giggy appeared, though Vanderpump had the most scenes of her fellow RHOBH stars. In one, she even snaps the neck of an unlucky businessman. (Watch it above.)
“(What) In the Name of Love,” Naked Eyes, 1984
Decades before finding reality TV fame, Vanderpump appeared in this music video, in which she attends a fancy party held at a mansion, and also works out in some very ’80s gear. Oh, and it looks like she was part of a scheme to fleece some very rich man. (Watch the video here.)
“Poison Arrow,” ABC, 1982
The business mogul — who was only 22 at the time — mesmerized as a stunning star of the stage in this early ’80s video from English pop band ABC. With her metallic eye makeup and perfectly teased hair, she stole hearts and crushed them just as quickly. (Watch the video here.)
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Ariana Madix
Image Credit: Courtesy photo “Oops!” by Yung Gravy, 2021
The then bartender-now-bestselling-author-and-business-owner gets cozy with Gravy — and a brightly colored bird in this rap video. (Watch it above.)
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Tom Sandoval
Image Credit: Courtesy photo “Samantha’s Gone,” Corey Taylor, 2021
Sandoval helped the Slipknot frontman poke a little fun at indie rock bands by playing a rocker himself. And in true Sandoval fashion, he rocked the part in an elaborate costume that included a mullet wig and gold chains. (Watch it above.)
“I Do Coke,” Kill the Noise and Feed Me, 2016
The SUR bartender-turned-businessman went way more adult in this music video, which YouTube put behind an age restriction, but you can watch it here. In it — like the title suggests — he enjoys the white powder and proceeds to go out of his mind with wild visions.
“Misunderstood,” Bon Jovi, 2002
The TomTom partner plays a guy — with an extremely luscious head of hair, unsurprisingly — whose girlfriend catches him cheating. While explaining the situation, Sandoval’s character recounts his terrible, no good, very bad day and how it was a total misunderstanding as to how he came to find himself in his birthday suit in bed with Camila Alves, the future Mrs. Matthew McConaughey herself. (Watch the video here.)
“All About Lovin’ You,” Bon Jovi, 2002
Back with his long, flowing mane, Sandoval this time played the same young man from the “Misunderstood” video, but is now seemingly in the depths of despair after a breakup. In a nod to the prior video, the secret password makes another appearance, as does the scene where he gets caught “cheating.” But the dark video ended with a surprising twist. (Watch the video here.)
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Tom Schwartz
Image Credit: Courtesy photo “This Little Girl,” Cady Groves, 2011
Schwartz played a heartbreaker opposite the late artist, walking away and rejecting her love. Blake Shelton also made an appearance as a tow-truck driver who takes her car as she’s illegally parked to spy on Schwartzy, who, it turns out, already has a new love interest! (Watch it above.)
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Scheana Shay
Image Credit: Courtesy photo “Margot Robbie,” Bryce Vine, 2023
The VPR OG did her pal Vine a solid by appearing in his music video named after the Barbie star. In the visual, the musician plays a Dr. Frankenstein of sorts, building his dream woman in a life-size doll played by Shay. Unfortunately for Vine, his ideal (doll) lady ends up taking inspiration from one Dexter Morgan, and he ends up rolled up in plastic wrap in a kill room. (Watch it above.)
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Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval, Katie Maloney & Tom Schwartz
Image Credit: Courtesy photo “Everything Has Changed,” Best Coast, 2020
Longtime VPR — and now former! — couples Katie and Schwartz and Ariana and Sandoval (as alter ego Chip Harley!) faced off in an ’80s-style game show as host/lead singer Bethany Cosentino had a meltdown. Turns out the grand prize wasn’t all that grand … (Watch it above.)
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Sandoval and Schwartz
Image Credit: Courtesy photo “Snap!” The Potash Twins, 2019
The dynamic duo of Tom and Tom are together again — and not behind a bar. In the video starring Terry Crews and his dancing pecs, the two besties make a quick cameo, raising their martini glasses — and eyebrows — for the cameras. (Watch it above.)
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Lala Kent
Image Credit: Courtesy photo “I’ll Always Be Young,” Shaun Barrowes, 2013
The former SUR hostess and sometime aspiring singer-actress looks lovely in this video. As she wanders a lush forest and golden fields, a man who is creepily aging backward after seeing her followers her around until he’s returned to his youth, at which point, they are in love. Obviously. (Watch it above.)
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Beau Clark
Image Credit: Courtesy photo “You and Me,” Lifehouse, 2005
You’d think it’d be his wife and (now former) VPR star Stassi Schroeder who’d have been in music videos, but nope, it’s Beau, who joined the hit Bravo show in 2018 and left two years later alongside Stassi. In the video for the song, which peaked at No. 5 on the Hot 100, a very shaggy-haired Beau is desperately searching a transit station for his love. (Watch it above.)
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Brittany Cartwright
Image Credit: Courtesy photo “Drinking Side of Country,” Bucky Covington feat. Shooter Jennings, 2012
Blink and you might miss her! Years before she found herself in Jax Taylor’s arms, Kentucky girl Brittany made a very quick appearance in this Bucky Covington video. In the scenes where he and Shooter are gathered with a bunch of people drinking and singing, Brittany is sitting in the bottom left corner in a red bikini top and white denim vest. (Watch it above.)
