‘Vanderpump Rules’ Star Bille Lee Accuses Katie Maloney of Being ‘Transphobic’

On Monday, January 21, Vanderpump Rules pretty much answered all of our questions about the beef between Billie Lee and Katie Maloney that took over social media this past summer.

Lisa Vanderpump (finally) fired James Kennedy from his “See You Next Tuesday” DJ job, so of course, Katie, 32, took it upon herself to make sure Tuesday nights at SUR continued to be even better without him.

Tom Schwartz’s “bubba” decided to invite Scheana Shay, Ariana Madix, Brittany Cartwright and Stassi Schroeder over to help plan the new event which they decided to call ‘’Girls Night In’’… a.k.a “Girls Night Out,” but in PJs. How epic! 

Billie, 34, came across the ‘’Girls Night In’’ flyers on Instagram. When she found out she was not included, she took to Twitter to let out all of her feels.“When yo co-workers don’t include the only trans girl in GIRLS night at your own job! On the night you work! #rudeAF #TransIsBeautiful,” she aggressively tweeted.

The transgender activist added fuel to the fire by “liking” comments from her fans calling out Katie for being “transphobic” — but Katie was simply not having it. “Billie is trying to insinuate that we left her out because she is trans. No. Not for a minute did I think that Billie wouldn’t be there,” she said.

Of course, Lala, 29, and Scheana, 33, were right there to back up their girl. “First of all, it is not about you being trans. Don’t get it twisted,” Scheana said, while Lala agreed.

Katie did try to offer an explanation for why Billie wasn’t tagged in her Instagram. “It’s really simple. I only tagged the people in the Instagram post that helped me plan the party,” she told Stassi, 30, while they were getting ready for the big event. “She was on the schedule. She was invited. End of story.”

On the night of the party, Billie explained why being excluded hit so close to home. “As a child, I wasn’t allowed to go to girl things because I was born a boy,” she said during her confessional. “I would miss out on things, and it would just make me feel like I was wrong. So, I felt this rush of shame when I wasn’t included.”

But, Ariana played devil’s advocate. “You and Katie have a personal beef with each other that needs to be worked out,” Ariana told Billie. “I totally get that. But I also get why your feelings were hurt.”

And then the action started …

“Girl, you did not include me in any of this! I’ve been rejected my entire life and [have not been] able to go to girls’ things, and then my co-worker doesn’t invite me?” Billie said to Katie.

“This is for everyone,” Katie replied.

“This is not about that!” Billie fought back.

Scheana set Billie straight by telling her that taking her issue to social media only made matters worse.

At this point, Katie was furious. “You perpetuating and insinuating that I’m any kind of discriminatory person — that is the grossest extrapolation ever!” she told Billie.

“I’m coming from a place where I’m a trans woman and you’re making a girls night and never f–king included me. Stop putting words in my f–king mouth,” Billie fought back before going to her confessional to elaborate. ”No, I did not call her transphobic. I liked a f–king comment. I liked 20 comments. People that were talking about their own experience being excluded for being trans,” she said. “I liked a bunch of comments.”

As the fight continued, Billie decided to walk away — but did get one last comment in, which set off Katie even more.

“You obviously don’t get it. Cis-privilege,” she said.

Katie got all riled up and yelled back: “Cis-privilege?! Stop it. Cis-privilege?! F–k this s–t.”

Billie ran to find Lisa to update her on the drama-filled situation. “My feelings are really hurt. I know that I’m coming from a trans experience of not being included. This is a girls night at my job and I wasn’t included,” Billie explained.

“You’re here, darling,” Lisa said.

“I’m trans! And it’s girls night! That’s my f–king pronoun,” Billie said in tears.

Lisa tried to sympathize but stayed true to her OG girls. “These are girls that you’ve known for years. They organized it between themselves, and maybe there was some kind of little hiccup with you, but it’s got nothing to do with you being transgender,” she said. “I have never heard a word come out of any of their mouths of any negativity toward you regarding transgender. If anything, they’ve got the utmost admiration for what you’ve been through.”

But Billie wasn’t having it. “She’s always crying about her weight, and I’m not allowed to talk about me being trans and not getting invited to a girls night?! I cannot say, ‘Oh, I can’t be trans.’ She can put down the food and do what she needs to do. Her feelings are hurt because someone calls her fat, but my feelings can’t be hurt? She pulls her fat card. I will pull my trans card,” she fired back at Lisa.

“For God’s sake, I’m not going to hear this absolute nonsense,” Lisa snapped back.

Vanderpump Rules truly never lets us down.