Adrienne Maloof Slammed by Lisa Vanderpump after Secret Surrogate Rumors, Starlet FIRED from RHOBH: 'She Says She Walked Away, But She Didn't'

During the first installment of Bravo's highly-anticipated "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" reunion special, host Andy Cohen publically fired reality starlet Adrienne Maloof, although the successful businesswoman insists that she decided to leave the show on her own accord (following shady rumors involving her family's "secret surrogate"). But according to fellow Housewife-turned-"DWTS" star Lisa Vanderpump, that's far from the truth. Vanderpump claims that 51-year-old millionaire got the official "Maloof hoof!"

Maloof tweeted her fans on March 4, revealing that season 3 would be her final appearance on "RHOBH" -

@AdrienneMaloof: "To my loyal fans . . . It was time to exit RHOBH. The show served as a wonderful platform, stay tuned!"

The hotel mogul also posted a link to her blog for a longer explanation.

But Andy Cohen wasn't hearing Maloof's "graceful" exit:

"Not only is she absent tonight, but she won't be on the show next season," Cohen stated in the opening clip of the reunion special, "[but] Adrienne Maloof's final act as a Housewife was NOT showing up tonight."

According to Celebuzz, Maloof responded to Cohen's diss at an El Rey Theatre birthday bash last week:

 "I think that Andy has to understand that [ex-husband] Paul [Nassif] and I were under a gag order from the court system, not to be able to speak about our marriage, our children, our divorce," she said. "So, therefore, since that was the whole season there wasn't really much to talk about. And knowing me being so passionate about my family and my kids, I didn't trust myself, because I have that fiery instinct and I just didn't want to take that chance."

But apparently Vanderpump agrees with Cohen that Maloof isn't being honest with her fans. Us Weekly caught up with Vanderpump after her "Dancing with the Stars" performance on March 25, and she exclaimed:

"I think you have to understand that when you sign up for something, it's a job, you know? The reunion is where you go and everything comes to fruition and you hash it out. And viewers want that the same way they want us to blog.. So yeah, she got the hoof! She says she walked away, but she didn't. She got the big Maloof hoof! And you can quote me on that!"

As Mstars originally reported, Maloof's presence on "RHOBH" started going downhill when she got into a heated feud with fellow housewife Brandi Glanville earlier in season three. Apparently, Glanville was spreading shady "lies" about Maloof's personal life... involving her young children and surrogacy rumors... read more on that here.

So what do Mstars readers think... was Maloof fired, or did she exit the hit Bravo reality show on her own?