Ariana Madix, Katie Maloney, Scheana Shay and Lala Kent Celebrate ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Win at the 2023 MTV Movie and TV Awards After ‘Tumultuous Time’

Are Ariana Madix and Lala Kent feuding with Lisa Vanderpump over Scandoval?

Taking their romance out on the town. Ariana Madix and her new man, Daniel Wai, stepped out for a double date night with her Vanderpump Rules costars Scheana Shay and Brock Davies.

If there’s anyone qualified to judge the winners and losers emerging from the “Vanderpump Rules” scandal that’s been dubbed Scandoval, it’s the series’ namesake, Lisa Vanderpump.

Ariana Madix didn’t miss a beat during her first post-Scandoval interview, and she continued to take no prisoners on the Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen after show on Wednesday, May 17.

 saw Lala Kent drop a bomb that viewers may not have been ready for.While unpacking the scandal with fellow castmates, Katie Maloney, James Kennedy and his girlfriend, Ally Lewber, Kent says she's not so sold on Tom Sandoval's affair with Raquel Leviss being the first time he stepped out on Ariana Madix over the course of their nine-year relationship.Reminding the group that she suspected they were looking at the wrong Tom all along towards the tail-end of filming the summer before, when Leviss and Tom Schwartz were caught making out, Kent points out Sandoval's pattern of behavior, first cheating on Kristen Doute, and then Madix. Kent shares her theory that Sandoval got bored with Madix and wanted to be with a «sloppy drunk» girl — cue Leviss.«He got off on the fact that he could sneak around,» Kent tells the group, before asking if they believe this is the first person Sandoval's cheated on Madix with.

Vanderpump Rules, Ariana Madix appeared on and opened up about what the world just witnessed.«I thought it was laughable,» Madix said of watching the finale playback. As for what she found most cringe-worthy about the scandal and Tom Sandoval's lies, she said, «the fabrication of the narrative that was being formed like the entire time without my knowledge, behind my back, by not just my ex-boyfriend but his little flying monkeys, as well.»While she didn't have an inkling about the affair, Madix said she did feel that something was off with Sandoval in the months leading to news of the affair becoming public.«It's like I wasn't suspicious about an affair or about Raquel, but I was like something was clearly going on with him mentally, and that is what I was picking up on,» she shared.As for how she's doing now, Madix is getting by with the support of her friends.«I feel good, I definitely feel as though my friends have me in like the best position to be able to heal and grow and I am honestly just looking forward, only forward, and not looking back,» Madix said.And she's doing exactly that, showing up to the  with her boyfriend, Daniel Wai, by her side as she made her way into the clubhouse.

A different version of the story? Katie Maloney saw Tom Sandoval‘s bombshell interview about his split from Ariana Madix amid an affair with Raquel Leviss — and she has some questions.

A roller-coaster journey. Lala Kent had plenty of thoughts about the Vanderpump Rules content filmed after Raquel Leviss and Tom Sandoval‘s cheating scandal broke — and it doesn’t seem like any of them were positive.

The best days of their lives? Vanderpump Rules has officially been renewed for season 11 — and viewers are in for a messy return in the aftermath of Raquel Leviss and Tom Sandoval‘s cheating scandal.

The moment we have all been waiting for. Ariana Madix did not hold back when coming face to face with Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss at the Vanderpump Rules reunion.

Katie Maloney thinks Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss' cheating scandal is a «dumpster fire,» she does think they should give love a shot. While appearing on Wednesday’s, the 36-year-old was brutally honest about "Scandoval."«I don’t know what they’re doing but I still think maybe they should give [their romance] a shot because they’ve blown up their lives, so they might as well,» Maloney said.The Something About Her owner also shared her thoughts on Leviss giving Ariana Madix advice on her relationship issues with Sandoval during Wednesday’s season 10 episode, calling it the «most nefarious» thing she had «ever» seen. She told host Andy Cohen, «My jaw was on the floor» about the awkward exchange. On Wednesday's episode of Vanderpump Rules, Leviss offered Madix tips on how to spruce up her sex life with then-boyfriend of nine years, Sandoval.

Over it. Katie Maloney thinks the Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss cheating scandal is a “dumpster fire” — but believes the twosome should consider giving their relationship a real try. 

Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval's relationship begin to show, Raquel Leviss is throwing her hat in the ring and giving Madix advice on how to spruce up their sex life — which would seem friendly and helpful had Leviss not been engaging in an affair with Madix's boyfriend of nearly nine years behind her back.In Wednesday's all-new episode of , the final episode before all hell breaks loose and "Scandoval" is revealed, the group meets up at SUR following Madix and Katie Maloney's party for their new sandwich shop, Something About Her.Leviss, who was not invited to the party following her makeout with Maoloney's ex-husband, Tom Schwartz, reconvenes with Madix at the restaurant's garden bar, where she asks Madix how she and Sandoval are doing — earlier in the episode, the pair had a heated conversation about their relationship and where their disconnect lies, with Sandoval's increased desire to spend time with Leviss over Madix being a point of contention.«He feels like he’s not being heard, which is why he’s always the loudest person in the room,» Madix says after Leviss asks how she's doing following the intense one-on-one.Leviss then brings up Madix and Sandoval's sex life, reminding Madix that she offered Leviss advice when she was going through a dry spell with her ex-fiancé, James Kennedy.Madix stressed that her main issue with Sandoval is that she needs more quality time with the Tom Tom co-owner in order to be open to having sex with him.«I feel like in a relationship, you should want to have sex,» Leviss offers. «OK, but you have to be, like, emotionally intimate before you can be physically intimate,» Madix replies.«You guys were emotionally intimate at one point, obviously, right?» Leviss asks.

Finding the silver lining. Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor think Ariana Madix‘s life has changed for the better since her split from Tom Sandoval.

Ariana Madix got candid with fans during this year’s MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday night. 

In the latest episode of Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules”, Ariana Madix catches then-boyfriend Tom Sandoval in a lie involving Raquel Leviss, with whom he was secretly having an affair.

Vanderpump Rules, Ariana Madix catches then-boyfriend Tom Sandoval in a lie involving Raquel Leviss, with whom he was secretly having an affair. The episode opens with Sandoval, Ariana, Tom Schwartz, and Raquel en route to a glamping adventure to celebrate Raquel's birthday. The episode goes into true-crime mode, with a rewind flashback voiced-over by Lala. As she narrates, viewers see Katie Maloney at Lisa Vanderpump and Ken Todd's house to work on sandwich recipes for her and Ariana's restaurant, alongside the chef who's helped curate menus for Lisa's other L.A. eateries.

Not the apology he needed. Ariana Madix‘s close pal Jared Lipscomb heard from Tom Sandoval after slamming him for making an insensitive joke amid his cheating scandal.

The topic on everyone’s mind. Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ affair was a shock to Vanderpump Rules viewers — but the cast was seemingly onto the couple for a while.

Ariana Madix is putting a whole ocean between herself and the Scandoval fallout!