Many stars have come underneath fireplace for his or her pet possession, together with Raquel Leviss and Pete Davidson.
The Vanderpump Guidelines star and then-fiancé James Kennedy adopted their pooch, Graham Cracker, amid their early courtship. After they break up in December 2021, Leviss retained custody of the canine, however many costars known as out his poor conduct.
“Rachel would carry Graham over [to my house], who’s actually a terror,” Ariana Madix claimed throughout a Might 2023 look on the “Name Her Daddy” podcast. “He bit me earlier than. Simply placing it on the market. He’s not a well-trained canine [and] he’s type of just a little jerk.”
Graham’s conduct led Leviss to enroll him in behavioral lessons to no avail. Leviss’ mother, Laura Leviss, alleged in July 2023 that working with trainers didn’t cease his habits and that Graham bit her “to the bone,” in addition to injured the trainers and his new proprietor.
Davidson, for his half, bought a cavapoo pet from a New York Metropolis pet retailer in June 2023, which nonprofit PETA condemned and claimed he ought to have adopted a rescue pet as an alternative. The Saturday Night time Stay alum subsequently left PETA a scathing voicemail about his intentions.
“I haven’t seen my mother and sister cry like that in over 20 years,” Davidson instructed TMZ on the time, in reference to watching his household mourn their late canine. “I used to be making an attempt to cheer up my household. I used to be already upset that the shop had filmed me with out my permission or acknowledgement. Then this group made a public instance of us, making our grieving state of affairs worse. I’m upset. It was a poor alternative of phrases. I shouldn’t have stated what I stated, however I’m not sorry for standing up for myself and my household.”
Hold studying for a breakdown of the largest pet scandals by the years:
Raquel Leviss
After Raquel entered a psychological well being facility in March 2023 following her affair with Tom Sandoval, her mother took in Graham. Nevertheless, the pup brought on “extreme harm” when he bit Laura and she or he despatched him to California Doodle Rescue for coaching. “My daughter nor I ever dumped Graham and need nothing however the very best for him,” Laura instructed Leisure Tonight in July 2023.
Raquel Leviss with canine Graham. Courtesy of Raquel Leviss/Instagram
After a number of failed makes an attempt to rehome Graham, Kennedy determined to soak up the pooch. “Look who made his means again dwelling, again into my life. I’ll handle you endlessly, and I really like you,” he wrote through Instagram on the time.
Pete Davidson
Daphna Nachminovitch, the senior vice chairman of cruelty investigations at PETA, instructed Us Weekly in June 2023 that it was “tragic” that Davidson didn’t select to undertake a canine from an animal shelter over buying a pet from a retailer. “Since shelters in New York and throughout the nation are overflowing with homeless animals, PETA urges Pete to point out some massive coronary heart vitality by adopting, not buying, sooner or later,” Nachminovitch stated.
Davidson later instructed TMZ that he was in search of a hypoallergenic breed due to his household’s allergy symptoms.
Olivia Wilde
The Don’t Fear Darling director and ex-fiancé Jason Sudeikis’ youngsters’s former nanny — who sued the previous couple for wrongful termination — claimed that Wilde gave up her pet so as to date Harry Types. (Wilde, who break up from the One Course alum in November 2022, has denied leaving Sudeikis for Types.)
“Gordy was adopted to @oliviawilde at 2 months outdated and after giving him a lot love and coaching and journey adventures, she realized that Gordy didn’t love the journey life and wasn’t completely happy round toddlers,” Mae Day Rescue, an animal rescue based mostly in Los Angeles, wrote through Instagram in October 2022, denying the claims and revealing that the canine has since discovered his endlessly dwelling.
Lisa Vanderpump and Dorit Kemsley
Puppygate rocked The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills season 9 when Kemsley was accused of dumping pup Lucy — whom she adopted from former costar Vanderpump’s rescue group — at a kill shelter. Kemsley, nonetheless, has denied dumping the canine, noting that she gave Lucy to a good friend after the canine bit her and PK Kemsley’s youngsters: Jagger and Phoenix. In line with the swimsuit designer, the pal was the one who really deserted the canine. The scandal fractured the 2 ladies’s RHOBH friendship.
“Lisa and I’ve been mates for some time, and we go into the season that means,” Dorit solely instructed Us in February 2019, noting she felt betrayed by the SUR proprietor. “And there’s just a few issues that I’m enlightened to and issues have a means of twisting and turning.”
North West and Kim Kardashian wig canines Sushi and Saké. Courtesy of Kim Kardashian/Instagram
Kim Kardashian
Kardashian was accused of protecting her household’s two Pomeranians, Sushi and Sake, within the storage as an alternative of inside her Calabasas mansion. Her eldest daughter, North, uploaded a since-deleted TikTok video in December 2022 of the pups within the exterior area, the place they have been gated off however surrounded by their toys and Christmas stockings. Kardashian, nonetheless, has not addressed the allegations.
Jenelle Evans and David Eason
Us confirmed in April 2019 that the Teen Mother 2 alum’s husband, Eason, shot and killed her canine Nugget in a match of rage in March 2019 after the pup “snapped at” their daughter Ensley.
“I dont give a rattling what animal bites my child on the face… whether or not it’s your canine or mine, a canine is a canine and I dont put up with that s–t in any respect,” he wrote through Instagram on the time. “I’m all about defending my household, it’s my lifes mission. Some persons are value killing or dying for and my household signifies that a lot to me. You’ll be able to hate me all you need however this isnt the primary time the canine bit Ensley aggressively. The one individual that may decide climate [sic] or not a animal is a hazard to MY CHILD is ME.”
Evans initially thought of ending her marriage, however they have been capable of work issues out after Eason accomplished an anger administration course.
Morgan Wallen
Wallen’s son was bitten within the face by his mom KT Smith’s canine Legend in June 2023, main the 2-year-old to want stitches. Smith, who dated the nation singer between 2017 and 2019, determined to rehome the canine.
“I can’t be a mother that retains a canine in the home when my little one can also be traumatized, in all probability, from that,” Smith stated through her Instagram Story. “I can’t be canine mother to him protecting a muzzle on him or mother typically having a child simply actually frightened of him within the dwelling.”
Wallen, for his half, didn’t deal with the scandal or his son’s damage.
Cheryl Burke with canine Ysabella. Courtesy of Cheryl Burke/Instagram
Cheryl Burke and Matthew Lawrence
After the Dancing With the Stars alum and Lawrence settled their divorce in 2022, he deliberate to sue her for custody of their French bulldog, Ysabella. (Lawrence had beforehand gifted the canine to Burke for his or her wedding ceremony.)
“I’m nonetheless actually harm by the entire state of affairs as a result of that’s my canine. Ysabella is my daughter; I am a canine mother,” Burke stated on her “Burke within the Recreation” podcast in October 2022. “I couldn’t even think about my life with out her. I might simply cry proper now.”
Us confirmed in January 2023 that Burke was awarded all possession rights to Ysabella with Lawrence agreeing to surrender any documentation or information pertaining to the pet.
Kim Zolciak-Biermann
Zolciak-Biermann and her husband, Kroy Biermann, revealed throughout a November 2017 episode of their Don’t Be Tardy actuality TV present that their son Kroy had been bitten by their canine, Sinn, close to his eye.
“I had the leaf blower on my again. Sinn doesn’t just like the blower so he was already on excessive alert,” Kroy recalled of the incident, which occurred the earlier April. “[Kash] pulls his fingers down and there’s a number of lacerations. I can’t see his eye. All I see is darkish. … I do know that it’s a really dire emergency.”
Kash was hospitalized for 4 days, the place he underwent surgical procedure and obtained eight stitches.
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