What To Know About Meghan McCain’s Feud With Bravo’s Ariana Madix

Meghan McCain outlines the drama on her podcast, explaining that Ariana Madix and Lisa Vanderpump were invited to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner by McCain’s employer, The Daily Mail. At the encouragement of her boss, McCain mingled with the celebrities to make them feel more comfortable before they snapped the infamous group pic. McCain posted the now-deleted photo first, and then Madix followed suit on her own Instagram (via Simplecast).

Per McCain, she wasn’t aware that Madix had reshared the photo without McCain and her friends until Page Six reached out to her for comment. “I was so confused and shocked,” McCain recounted. “So, I called my boss, and I was like, ‘FYI, this is causing unnecessary drama. Also, like, I didn’t even talk to her. What’s happening?”

Page Six reported that Madix and her team denied any targeted exclusion, with the actor’s manager telling the site, “I can tell you without a doubt that there is no agenda with this post, whether political or otherwise. It’s just how the post came out.” Madix’s team then cited the different aspect ratios between McCain’s horizontal IG feed post and Madix’s vertical Instagram Stories post. Still, McCain admitted on her podcast that she wasn’t buying it.