Kristen Doute isn’t ready to forgive and forget Janet Caperna’s comments about her pregnancy just yet.
During the season 2 premiere of The Valley on Tuesday, April 15, the feuding costars came face to face at Brittany Cartwright’s white party to discuss the status of their friendship.
“I feel very reluctant in hearing that you actually want to be friends with me,” Kristen, 42, told Janet, 34. “After the summer, you went really hard. You did a podcast and said, ‘I don’t want your baby to come to full term. I didn’t support your pregnancy.’”
Janet quickly apologized for her comments but tried to explain the reasoning behind her thought process.
“Brittany comes to me and says Zach [Wickham] was saying, ‘He doesn’t care if you miscarry,’” she shared. “That f***ed me up. That gave me so much anxiety at the end of my pregnancy. I was not OK.”
Although Kristen didn’t condone Zach’s comments, she made it clear that it wouldn’t prevent her from continuing a friendship.
When Janet apologized to Kristen again for “roping you in with Zach’s demonic behavior,” things didn’t exactly get any better.
Janet and Jason Caperna Courtesy of Janet Caperna/Instagram
“Let’s take him out of it!” she said. “Just say, ‘I’m sorry I said [it].’ You’re still giving me this gaslight apology that includes Zach’s demonic behavior … Your apology feels so not genuine.”
Back in May 2024, Janet appeared on an episode of the “Gabbing With Gib” podcast. At the time, the pregnant Valley star told host Gibson Johns that she wanted to be surrounded by people who are kind.
“I wanted to be my true self and surround myself with people that wanted to see my pregnancy go to full term and see me become a mom and have a healthy child,” she said on the podcast. “Now I’m pretty certain that that is not what Kristen and Zach wanted.”
While Zach hasn’t had a one-on-one conversation with Janet in season 2 just yet, he appears to regret some of his past words.
“I definitely said some things I take full responsibility for,” he told both Kristen and Nia Sanchez earlier in the season premiere. “I’ve apologized.”
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If Kristen had her way, she would witness Janet be more honest and transparent about her past actions.
“Janet tried to paint me as a complete asshole liar all of last summer,” she said in a confessional. “Just own your own feelings instead of running away.”
The Valley airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET. Stream new episodes the next day on Peacock.
