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Scheana Shay Says Social Media Haters Should Know The Whole Story

By Mary Jane
Published on: 03:54 PST, Jan 26, 2016

Vanderpump Rules star Scheana Shay decided to share her husband’s emotional battle with alcohol and drugs on this season of the show. Scheana was shocked to find out that her husband, Mike Shay, had been popping pills and drinking hard liquor behind her back. Shay was shocked to learn that news about her husband, especially since they had only been married for three months.

Scheana Shay quickly came under fire for some of the things she was saying on Vanderpump Rules. Shay claimed that she couldn’t be married to someone who was always sober. Plus, she assumed that her husband would be able to manage his alcohol consumption on his own, drinking just a few shots instead of many. Scheana knew it was a risk to share her journey on Vanderpump Rules, and she’s faced many judgments from viewers.

According to a new Bravo report, Vanderpump Rules star Scheana Shay is now revealing that she really wishes that her haters knew the whole story about her husband’s struggles before judging. Of course, she isn’t going to share the whole story, but she wishes that people wouldn’t judge so much.

“There were a couple things that I said that were publicly taken so out of context because you didn’t get the whole story,” Scheana told the Daily Dish, adding, “When you just hear one ignorant comment without getting the backstory or hearing the end of the story, it’s frustrating. So I’ve just chosen on episodes that I know now I’m gonna get sh** for that, I just stay off social media.”

One of the things that really annoys Scheana Shay is the fact that so many people think that he’s still struggling with his sobriety. The two got married last year, and they traveled to Hawaii over the summer months. He was clearly struggling then, but she claims that he is doing great these days, and he’s moving on in a healthy way.

“That was nothing I needed to be worried about. He’s been extremely strong. He’s been doing amazing. He hasn’t drank for longer than I can count now. He’s doing awesome,” Scheana Shay tells the Daily Dish, adding, “It’s just frustrating in November to see something that was filmed so many months ago. People are like, ‘Oh, dude. You need rehab. You need to do this. You need the Suboxone or whatever.’ I’m like, no, he’s been good for almost a year.”

For a while, Shay wasn’t sure whether she should share his struggles, and it is possible that she could have kept his drinking to a minimum. She could just have come across as a controlling wife who didn’t allow her husband to drink that much. But the decision to share his struggles was a mutual decision. Mike Shay and Scheana hoped that they could help someone who may have similar struggles.

“This was something I felt like if we put this out there, if we can help one person struggling with addiction, our job’s done. Vanderpump Rules isn’t a serious show that deals with these kind of issues. It’s like, who slept with who, who’s fighting with who, and this was something I felt like even makes our show more real,” Scheana Shay explains, adding that she was hoping to influence someone’s life, adding, “It was really sad and really heartwarming at the same time to see how many people we actually touched by just putting our story out there. And I was like, ‘See? It’s not all bad.’ If we can help people on our show, that’s the best thing.”

One could argue that Shay is the one character on the show that has changed the most. According to Bustle, many of the cast members have changed over the years, as the show has been on for four seasons. But Scheana may have been dealing with the most serious issues, even though Jax Taylor has been arrested a few times.

What do you think of Scheana Shay’s decision to air her marital issues?

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