Stassi Schroeder Teases 'Vanderpump Villa' Role: ‘Chic Snooper on Vacay’ (Exclusive)

“Vanderpump Villa” is back for Season 2, and this time Lisa Vanderpump is bringing along a familiar face in “Vanderpump Rules” alum Stassi Schroeder!

The ladies sat down with “Extra” to dish on what’s in store at Castello Rosato in Italy, as Lisa welcomes new groups of guests and manages a staff who are living and working together — and yes, hooking up!

Lisa spoke of the high pressure situation, saying, “I want the whole experience to be wonderful for the guests. I want it to be beautiful. There's a lot to execute, and then it's also the complications of people living together is always a different dynamic." She noted, "You know, 'Vanderpump Rules,' they go home, and that's like, 'Phew!' But this was, like, intense."

Stassi offered, "I don't know that I could have been a staff member on 'Villa.'"

Lisa agreed, "You couldn't. You couldn't. You needed to go home."

Stassi agreed, "I need to tap out at times. Like, the way the staff had to live together, work together, party together, and then they were all coupled up, and then new guest groups coming in."

Lisa emphasized, "Well, they weren't supposed to be coupled up, let's be honest. I mean, that happened a little bit too quickly for my liking. I was like, ‘What’s in the water?’”

Vanderpump described the whole thing as a “social experiment” but also a “business,” saying, “It gets complicated.”

Stassi described her role as “a chic snooper on vacay” who would report back to Lisa if she saw anything.

She explained, “I hung out with my family, with my husband, with the staff, with the guest groups, and if there was anything that I felt Lisa needed to know…”

Lisa interjected that she had asked Stassi to, “Keep your ear close to the ground.”

She clarified, "I don't want to know everything, but I want to know anything that will affect the front of house."

Among the returning faces on the staff are Hannah and Marciano, and Stassi spoke about relating to Hannah and wanting to give her advice.

Schroeder shared, “I've related to Hannah, like Hannah was like 23-, 24-, 25-year-old me and so, like, I had a lot of opinions and a lot I needed to kind of say to her. I really wanted to try and give her, like, the best advice I possibly could."

There are also some new and exciting faces, but Lisa teased that they had to say “arrivederci” to some people pretty quickly!

She explained, “I have to make tough decisions sometimes, but if I feel that somebody's not thriving or they let me down and they're not cut out, I'm going to cut them out.”

Lisa has known Stassi for over a decade now, and she reflected on how much Stassi has changed. “She's a mother and she's a responsible mother, but she hasn't changed totally, for sure, as you will see.”

Schroeder noted, "I feel just like, I'm just more grateful. I think children will do that for you. Every moment, I really wanna appreciate it."

"Humble?" Lisa offered. "Little more humble?"

"I don't know if I'd use the world humble, but grateful," Stassi laughed. "Just to be in Italy and, like, be with Lisa, because that was so comforting. It's not like I was shipped off to Italy with my family with just a bunch of randoms, like, I had someone that I've known since I was 21 years old. I'm just very grateful for that whole entire experience. It was f***ing fun. It really was."