Stause opened up about her fallout with Smith for the first time while appearing on SiriusXM's Hits 1 LA on May 26. The star explained she and Smith got into an argument over a design project, and because Stause didn't want her partner, G Flip, involved in the drama, Stause decided to step away from filming, which led the project to getting cut from the show.
"When G decided to film on the show, the one caveat that I'm very protective over is it cannot have anything to do with drama at all. I'm happy to take that heat because, at the end of the day, if G is going to be so gracious as to join this crazy world I'm in, it is my job to protect them," Stause explained. "So we did venture into a design project originally and as soon as [Smith] had an issue — and she kind of started an issue — that we have later since dropped but when the timeframe of filming was [going on], I didn't want to continue with the drama. We weren't speaking, so I didn't want G involved in that, so she's upset that that design [project] didn't go on the show. But we were filming for nine months. You could have done it. You didn't have to have me and my partner involved."
Despite what happened, Stause said she still "loves" Smith and hopes she'll learn to put everything in the past. "I literally love her, so I think that right now she's in her feelings because she wanted to get something on the show, but at some point, she has to understand this is my partner. I'm very protective," Stause said.