Chrishell Stause has announced that she's leaving Selling Sunset after nine seasons.
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"I've gotten to a place where I don't need the show financially. I'm lucky to have other forms of employment, because it's no longer good for my mental health," Chrishell told Bustle in an interview.
Chrishell has starred on Selling Sunset, which follows the staff of a luxury real estate brokerage in L.A. called The Oppenheim Group, since the series premiered on Netflix in March 2019.
"I've vacillated back and forth with this decision in the past," Chrishell admitted of her choice to exit the series.
"I have to be honest -- having come from nothing, it's really hard to turn something like this down."
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But Chrishell made a bold statement by saying that not even "Jesus Christ himself" could persuade her to stay on Selling Sunset, which has yet to be officially picked up for a tenth season.
And Selling Sunset creator Adam DiVello also apparently can't convince Chrishell to remain a cast member.
Chrishell told Bustle that she's standing firm in her decision to leave the show in her rearview mirror, even though Adam has been calling and texting her "100 times a day."
Selling Sunset's ninth season, which features Chrishell, premiered in late October and is currently available for streaming on Netflix, and was followed by the release of the season's reunion special a week later on November 5.
Chrishell said she was able to get through the reunion taping knowing it would be her last on Selling Sunset.
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"After so many hours, I felt like, 'Sit here, get through it. You're not a quitter, but you never have to do this again. And I promise you, to your soul, you won't,'" she recalled.
But Chrishell still has to deal with scrutiny and mixed public opinion while fans are currently binging Selling Sunset.
"Every season -- whether you have a good one or a bad one -- it's a little surreal, because you're the topic of everybody's conversation," Chrishell shared.
While some tension is shown between co-stars on the show, it's apparently much worse behind the scenes.
Chrishell has therefore felt the need to defend herself or express her regrets via Instagram Stories lately.
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Season 9 of Selling Sunset has chronicled drama between Chrishell and her former best friend Emma Hernan.
The pair's relationship became contentious when Chrishell criticized Emma's on-and-off boyfriend, Blake Davis, for allegedly making offensive statements.
"He compared being nonbinary to having a mental illness," claimed Chrishell, who is married to nonbinary musician G-Flip.
"He constantly posts anti-trans stuff... He thinks it's too woke if you don't sing the N-word in songs. He posted something the other day, with a gun in view, saying he wants to 'sue [me for lying] my dick off.'"
Chrishell expressed disappointment in Selling Sunset producers omitting a lot of footage.
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"I get it, they want to make a light show," she acknowledged. "And if I was doing a show with less problematic people, I can totally see their point."
But Chrishell complained about how she looks like Emma's "overbearing friend" in the show's editing.
"But there are so many things that would've completely vindicated me and my opinion, and they left all of it out," Chrishell alleged.
Chrishell also claimed Emma told her "horrific things" that Blake had said he'd do to her when they were going through a breakup.
"He thought it was funny to say, 'If you ever do that again, I'll beat you.' Who jokes about that? It's not funny," Chrishell said.
Although Chrishell is clearly done with the show, she wished her co-stars all "the best" going forward.
"If they do [film] another one, by then, I may not watch it," she confessed of a possible Season 10.
"I don't know. But I have no ill will toward the show. The show has given me so many opportunities, and I don't want to be bitter about it, even though I'm leaving not in the way I would've loved."