When Amanza Smith revealed she has blocked co-star Chrishell Stause on Instagram following the release of season six of Selling Sunset everyone was confused. Was there another big storyline that wasn't shown on screen? The pair had always been close friends, but it suddenly appeared that they were no longer on the same page.
Then, in a lengthy Instagram comment Amanza alleged that Chrishell was 'taking away opportunities' from her and 'affecting' her family. Amanza also replied to another comment stating, 'Not friends with [Chrishell] in person anymore. I blocked her because the sight of her face triggers me and I don’t like to be triggered.'
It wasn't until the release of series seven however, that Selling Sunset fans learnt of the backstory behind Amanza Smith and Chrishell Stause's feud.
During a trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Chrishell and her BFF Emma Hernan opted out of a group dinner, suggesting it was because the former felt uncomfortable around Jason Oppenheim's girlfriend Marie-Lou Turk. As a result, Amanza left Chrishell a vocal message calling their absence a 'little ridiculous', adding, 'If it’s because of anything else other than maybe you had your leg severed off, I don’t see an excuse.'
The following day, Amanza revealed to some of the cast that Chrishell was 'livid', so much so that she fired Amanza from a project she was working on for Chrishell's partner G Flip - something Amanza claimed to have put 'hours of creative energy' into.
In a confessional, Amanza opened up, 'I considered Chrishell one of my best friends, which equates to family in my opinion. I flew to Cabo on a private jet and I’m going home with one less family member and fired from a design job because of a video that I called somebody out on for some s**t, that she was doing that everybody saw and I’m the only one who spoke up.'
Whilst Chrishell remained relatively tight-lipped on the feud, when shocked fans tryed to get details out of her in the comments of another post Chrishell said, 'Regardless of what she says there will be no Amanza slander from me. This show convolutes real life and time will show I am not her enemy and never would be.'
Luckily all now seems to be well between the pair - following the Selling Sunset series seven reunion last year on which they hugged and made up.
Apparently their rekindling came earlier that year when Amanza was hospitalised with a severe spinal infection.
Speaking on an episode of Whine Down With Jana Kramer Amanza admitted, 'Before I went into the hospital, I had a falling out with my dear friend Chrishel. I’ve never had a falling out like this with anybody. We had a misunderstanding.
'I love Chrishell. She had been a really dear friend. When I was in the hospital, she reached out to me and it made me so emotional. In my head, I was like, "What the f**k are we even arguing about?" And we’ve talked since and we’re good.'
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