Stassi Schroeder is getting brutally honest about what filming a reality show has done to her marriage with Beau Clark.
The former Vanderpump Rules star opened up on the “Sorry We’re Cyrus” podcast in July 2026, sharing how her new Hulu series, House of Stassi, forced her and Clark to confront relationship issues they’d normally brush aside.
“It’s both hard and rewarding,” Schroeder said. “It puts a strain on it and it rewards it at the same time. Reality TV holds a mirror up to everything in your life. Yourself, your relationships if there are cracks, and normally when Beau and I are going about our lives, we sweep things under the rug.”
Schroeder and Clark have been married since 2020, during which time they welcomed two children.
Keep scrolling for Schroeder and Clark’s candid comments about marriage:
The ‘Strain’ of Filming ‘House of Stassi’
Schroeder explained on “Sorry We’re Cyrus” that being busy parents to daughter Hartford and son Messer means the couple don’t always deal with issues head-on until cameras changed that.
“We let it go,” Schroeder said in July 2026. “When you’re filming a reality show, you don’t get to do that. You have to say what you’re feeling, verbalize it, talk through it, figure it out.”
She compared documenting her marriage to a form of therapy — one that pushed them into deeper honesty.
“We had to be really honest about our marriage and our relationship and our needs. It was obviously hard to do, but because of that, we learned so much more about each other and were putting it all on the table, so there’s more honesty and transparency there,” she noted. “It’s helpful.”
Feeling Like ‘Roommates’
In the premiere episode of House of Stassi, Clark broke down in an emotional conversation with Taylor Strecker, describing how he felt disconnected from Schroeder as she juggled the show, her podcast and other brand deals while he primarily stayed home with the kids.
“I’m trying to balance wanting her to have her space and to be able to not stress out when she’s working,” Clark said in the July 2026 episode. “But then also I’m sitting here and I’m angry and resentful.”
Instead of speaking up, he admitted that he’d been “just shoving [his emotions] down.”
“I just got so detached from her that it’s like we’re roommates,” Clark said. “I don’t feel worthy.”
Later, in a raw scene with Schroeder, Clark laid his feelings out.
“I just literally just feel like a 1950s housewife where I have my apron on and I’m cleaning everything while feeding the kids,” he told his wife. “Sometimes that’s how I feel because we don’t have that connection all the time.”
Schroeder began to tear up, responding, “I want you to say things. I want you to say things the way that you tell me you don’t want things to build up. I need to make more of an effort.”
‘House of Stassi’ Producers Weigh In
Executive producer Renata Lombardo exclusively told Us she weren’t shocked that Schroeder and Clark’s marital tensions ended up on camera because the reality TV star made her intentions clear before production even started.
“There’s a handful of scenes that really stand out, but I think at the beginning of this journey, Stassi said to us, ‘I’m going to bleed out for this show,’” Lombardo recalled to Us in July 2026. “She knew she had to go there.”
Lombardo further noted that the series explores “the duality of her life,” pointing to a dynamic that’s become increasingly common, in that Schroeder is the breadwinner, while Clark, who has stepped back from his casting director work, handles more of the day-to-day parenting.
This story was compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists.
