Scheana Shay Opens Up About Eddie Cibrian Affair

Scheana Shay is spilling it all these days. She’s not just that familiar face from Vanderpump Rules anymore. She’s dropping real-life bombshells in her new memoir, My Good Side. One of the biggest? That time she got tangled up with Eddie Cibrian and didn’t spot a single warning sign.

Scheana says she was only 21 when she first crossed paths with Eddie. Fresh out of college, trying to find her place in LA. She was working at this private cigar lounge where celebs, directors, big shots came and went all night. A-list playground. That’s where Eddie showed up for poker nights. Tall, handsome, with those dimples. She admits it — he was her type, no question.

How Did Scheana Miss The Signs?

It’s wild hearing her break it down. Scheana says back then there was no Instagram, no Facebook clues like there are now. She couldn’t just Google him and see family photos in matching pajamas by the Christmas tree. He didn’t wear a wedding ring around her either. So when he flirted, she flirted back. When he wanted to hang out, she said yes.

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They didn’t jump straight into it. At first, it was just this flirty energy. He’d make her feel like she was the only one in the room. She was 21, working nights, living in Hollywood. The dream felt real. Soon enough they were hooking up after shifts, Tuesday nights after his poker games. They’d hang out on his boat at Castaic Lake, take pictures. She thought she could end up with him one day. No drama, just dimples and good times.

Was She Really That Naive?

Some people might ask how she didn’t question never going to his place. Scheana explains it. She didn’t have a car good enough for that trek to Calabasas. No Uber back then. Barely a thousand bucks in her account. Meeting up in Beverly Hills made sense. Her place was closer too. Less hassle. Less suspicion, she thought.

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In her head, it didn’t feel shady. He wasn’t her exclusive boyfriend anyway. She was seeing Jesse Metcalfe too for a while. She laughs about it now. She’d watched John Tucker Must Die and ended up actually dating the guy. Jesse would play her songs on his guitar, take her shopping at Neiman Marcus. He was working on his sobriety. They drifted apart but it felt like a young Hollywood dream while it lasted.

So when Jesse faded out, Eddie drifted back in. Same poker games, same after-hours calls. She says now she realizes how clueless she was. She had no clue he was living that double life. She never met his kids. Never stepped inside his house. When someone at work told her he was married, she asked him. He flat out denied it. She believed him. She wanted to believe him.

Years later, the whole mess blew up when Eddie’s thing with LeAnn Rimes went public too. Brandi Glanville, his wife, took center stage on Real Housewives. It turned into tabloid fuel. But back when Scheana was in the thick of it, she says it was just a weekly hangout with a guy who checked all her boxes.

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Now at 40, Scheana says she’s learned. She owns it. She didn’t see the red flags. She wasn’t looking for them. She wanted to live the LA life she’d dreamed about back at Azusa Pacific University. A guy like Eddie made it feel glamorous.

She’s not hiding any of it. She laid it all out in My Good Side — all the boat rides, the late nights, the stories that made her who she is now. She calls it her side of the story, messy and all.

If you know Scheana from Vanderpump Rules, you already know she’s never been shy about letting the world in. But this time, it’s not just cameras. It’s her voice, her pages. She’s not waiting for someone else to narrate the drama for her.

And that’s why people are curious. Because whether you like Scheana or not, she never pretends to be perfect. She didn’t see the red flags — and she’s the first to say it out loud now.