Many stars have actually come under fire for their pet ownership, consisting of Rachel Leviss and Pete Davidson.
The Vanderpump Rules star and then-fiancé James Kennedy embraced their pooch, Graham Cracker, amidst their early courtship. After they divided in December 2021, Leviss maintained custody of the dog, however numerous costars called out his poor habits.
“Rachel would bring Graham over [to my house]who is honestly a terror,” Ariana Madix declared throughout a May 2023 look on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “He bit me before. Just putting it out there. He’s not a well-trained dog [and] he’s kind of a little jerk.”
Graham’s habits led Leviss to register him in behavioral classes to no get. Leviss’ mommy, Laura Lewisdeclared in July 2023 that dealing with fitness instructors did not stop his routines which Graham bit her “to the bone,” along with hurt the fitness instructors and his brand-new owner.
Davidson, for his part, acquired a cavapoo puppy from a New York City pet store in June 2023, which not-for-profit PETA condemned and declared he ought to have embraced a rescue family pet rather. The Saturday Night Live alum consequently left PETA a scathing voicemail about his objectives.
“I haven’t seen my mom and sister cry like that in over 20 years,” Davidson informed TMZ at the time, in recommendation to viewing his family grieve their late dog. “I was trying to cheer up my family. I was already upset that the store had filmed me without my permission or acknowledgement. Then this organization made a public example of us, making our grieving situation worse. I am upset. It was a poor choice of words. I shouldn’t have said what I said, but I am not sorry for standing up for myself and my family.”
Keep reading for a breakdown of the greatest family pet scandals through the years:
Rachel Leviss
After Raquel got in a psychological health center in March 2023 following her affair with Tom Sandovalher mommy took in Graham. However, the puppy triggered “severe damage” when he bit Laura and she sent him to California Doodle Rescue for training. “My daughter nor I ever dumped Graham and want nothing but the best for him,” Laura informed Entertainment Tonight in July 2023.
After a number of stopped working efforts to rehome Graham, Kennedy chose to take in the pooch. “Look who made his way back home, back into my life. I’ll take care of you forever, and I love you,” he composed by means of Instagram at the time.
Pete Davidson
Daphna Nachminovitchthe senior vice president of cruelty examinations at PETA, informed Us Weekly in June 2023 that it was “tragic” that Davidson did pass by to adopt a dog from an animal shelter over buying a puppy from a store. “Since shelters in New York and across the country are overflowing with homeless animals, PETA urges Pete to show some big heart energy by adopting, not shopping, in the future,” Nachminovitch said.
Davidson later on informed TMZ that he was trying to find a hypoallergenic breed since of his family’s allergic reactions.
Olivia Wilde
The Don’t Worry Darling director and ex-fiancé Jason Sudeikis’ kids’s previous baby-sitter — who took legal action against the previous couple for wrongful termination — declared that Wilde quit her puppy in order to date Harry Styles. (Wilde, who divided from the One Direction alum in November 2022, has actually rejected leaving Sudeikis for Styles.)
“Gordy was adopted to @oliviawilde at 2 months old and after giving him much love and training and travel adventures, she realized that Gordy didn’t love the travel life and wasn’t happy around toddlers,” Mae Day Rescue, an animal rescue based in Los Angeles, composed by means of Instagram in October 2022, rejecting the claims and revealing that the dog has actually given that discovered his permanently home.
Lisa Vanderpump and Dorit Kemsley
Puppygate rocked The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 9 when Kemsley was implicated of discarding puppy Lucy — whom she embraced from previous costar Vanderpump’s rescue organization — at a kill shelter. Kemsley, nevertheless, has actually rejected discarding the dog, keeping in mind that she offered Lucy to a friend after the canine bit her and PK Kemsley’s kids: Jagger and Phoenix. According to the swimwear designer, the friend was the one who really abandoned the canine. The scandal fractured the 2 females’s RHOBA relationship.
“Lisa and I have been friends for a while, and we go into the season that way,” Dorit specifically informed Us in February 2019, noting she felt betrayed by the SUR owner. “And there’s a few things that I’m enlightened to and things have a way of twisting and turning.”
Kim Kardashian
Kardashian was implicated of keeping her family’s 2 Pomeranians, Sushi and Sake, in the garage rather of inside her Calabasas estate. Her oldest child, North, published a since-deleted TikTok video in December 2022 of the pups in the outside space, where they were gated off however surrounded by their toys and Christmas stockings. Kardashian, nevertheless, has actually not dealt with the claims.
Jenelle Evans and David Eason
Us verified in April 2019 that the Teen Mom 2 alum’s partner, Eason, shot and killed her dog Nugget in a fit of rage in March 2019 after the puppy “snapped at” their child Ensley.
“I dont give a damn what animal bites my baby on the face… whether it be your dog or mine, a dog is a dog and I dont put up with that s–t at all,” he composed by means of Instagram at the time. “I’m all about protecting my family, it is my lifes mission. Some people are worth killing or dying for and my family means that much to me. You can hate me all you want but this isnt the first time the dog bit Ensley aggressively. The only person that can judge weather [sic] or not a animal is a danger to MY CHILD is ME.”
Evans at first thought about ending her marital relationship, however they had the ability to work things out after Eason finished an anger management course.
Morgan Wallen
Wallen’s kid was bitten in the face by his mom KT Smith’s dog Legend in June 2023, leading the 2-year-old to require stitches. Smith, who dated the nation vocalist in between 2017 and 2019, chose to rehome the dog.
“I can’t be a mom that keeps a dog in the house when my child is also traumatized, probably, from that,” Smith said by means of her Instagram Story. “I can’t be a good dog mom to him keeping a muzzle on him or a good mom in general having a kid just really scared of him in the home.”
Wallen, for his part, did not resolve the scandal or his kid’s injury.
Cheryl Burke and Matthew Lawrence
After the Dancing With the Stars alum and Lawrence settled their divorce in 2022, he prepared to sue her for custody of their French bulldog, Ysabella. (Lawrence had formerly talented the dog to Burke for their wedding event.)
“I am still really hurt by the whole situation because that is my dog. Ysabella is my daughter; I am a dog mom,” Burke said on her “Burke in the Game” podcast in October 2022. “I couldn’t even imagine my life without her. I could just cry right now.”
Us verified in January 2023 that Burke was granted all ownership rights to Ysabella with Lawrence accepting quit any documents or information relating to the family pet.
Kim Zolciak-Biermann
Zolciak-Biermann and her partner, Kroy Biermannrevealed throughout a November 2017 episode of their Don’t Be Tardy reality television program that their kid Kroy had actually been bitten by their dog, Sinn, near his eye.
“I had the leaf blower on my back. Sinn doesn’t like the blower so he was already on high alert,” Kroy remembered of the event, which took place the previous April. “[Kash] pulls his hands down and there’s multiple lacerations. I can’t see his eye. All I see is dark. … I know that it’s a very dire emergency.”
Kash was hospitalized for 4 days, where he went through surgical treatment and received 8 stitches.
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