All a ruse? Tom Schwartz asked Tom Sandoval to help him figure out his lack of chemistry with Raquel Leviss — while his business partner was having a secret affair with her.
06.04.2023 - 13:47 / etonline.com
Vanderpump Rules starsTom Sandoval and Ariana Madix announced the end of their relationship after being together since 2013 when she first joined the show. Now, Tom Schwartz is saying Sandoval is «in love» with their co-star Raquel Leviss and gives a specific month for when the affair began. News of their split has sent shockwaves through the pop culture-obsessed world.
ET takes a closer look at how we got here.Feb. 10, 2014A post shared by Thomas Sandoval (@tomsandoval1)Nearly 10 years ago, Sandoval and Madix confirmed their relationship during the season 2 reunion episode of Vanderpump Rules. The couple then went Instagram official on their accounts.
(Madix has since deleted her Instagram.)The couple got together after Sandoval learned his then-best friend, Jax Taylor, was secretly hooking up with his then-girlfriend, Kristen Doute. It is believed Sandoval and Madix hooked up at least once while Sandoval was dating Kristen. Jan. 28, 2019The couple hit choppy waters when Sandoval outed Madix for hooking up with co-star Lala Kent. During a episode, fans watched as Sandoval told a group of his male friends about the encounter and ran the story by Kent.
Word got back to Madix who was very upset. According to People, Madix shared in a confessional interview, «I'm not embarrassed or ashamed of what happened between Lala and I, but I do feel like Tom betrayed my trust by telling this story to his guy friends. My sexuality is not something that is meant to sound cool to a bunch of dudes.»May 16, 2021A post shared by Raquel Leviss (@raquelleviss)Wedding bells were ringing on the horizon.
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Vanderpump Rules starsTom Sandoval and Ariana Madix announced the end of their relationship after being together since 2013 when she first joined the show. Now, Sandoval is giving details about his relationship with his co-star, Raquel Leviss, and how their affair started, which led to his split from Madix. News of their split has sent shockwaves through the pop culture-obsessed world.
Dragging them through the dirt? Lala Kent had plenty of choice words to throw Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ way after crossing paths with them again at the Vanderpump Rules season 10 reunion.
Lala Kent is letting her opinion be known!On Wednesday, following this week's all-new episode of Vanderpump Rules, Kent appeared on, where she shared her thoughts on Tom Sandoval's affair with Raquel Leviss, Tom Schwartz's explosive appearance last week, and of course, the Scandoval of it all.«It was so cringy. He needs to walk through it with a PR team first,» Kent said of Shwartz's sit-down. «Maybe I should walk through stuff with a PR too, so I don't know.»Addressing Schwartz's bombshell revelation that Sandoval is «in love» with Leviss, Kent said she thinks Leviss may be in love with Sandoval, but doesn't necessarily think it's a two-way street.«I think Raquel may be in love with him, I don't think he's in love with her because I think he's incapable of that type of emotion,» the reality star said.As fans of the show know, last month, ET confirmed that Sandoval and Ariana Madix called it quits after she discovered the aspiring musician was having an affair with Leviss.As for when Kent said she became suspicious of Sandoval and Leviss' tryst, Kent said she first thought something was amiss back in August when the months-long affair is rumored to have begun.When it comes to the theory that Schwartz's makeout session with Leviss was done in an attempt to throw everyone off Sandoval and Leviss' scent, Kent said she believes Schwartz was indeed a decoy, whether or not he was aware of it at the time.«I think Schwartz was absolutely the decoy, and I don't think he realized it. That's what's so gross about it,» Kent stated.Kent doesn't have much hope for a long-term romance between Sandoval and Leviss, saying, «Absolutely not. He's going to now see that it's real life, and he's going to be like, there isn't much happening
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Tom Schwartz got through the Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen hot seat, but now he has to deal with Katie Maloney and Lala Kent. The reality star was put on the spot Wednesday night as host Andy Cohen grilled him about Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss' affair.Schwartz spoke candidly throughout the interview, telling viewers he found out about Sandoval's «one-night stand» with Leviss in August, but he didn't find out about the alleged affair — which ended Sandoval's nine-year relationship with Ariana Madix — until January.«It was like a crisis — midlife crisis,» Schwartz explained. «And what happened in the fall, there's a lot of gray area there. Apparently not though.
Tom Schwartz came clean about when exactly he found out about that months-long Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss affair during an appearance on Wednesday’s “Watch What Happens Live”.
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Tom Schwartz is spilling some serious tea on Scandoval.In a new appearance on Wednesday, Schwartz said that the alleged months-long affair between his friend and business partner, Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss, started as a one-night stand.Schwartz admitted that he found out about Sandoval's hookup with Leviss in August, but he didn't find out about the alleged affair -- which ended Sandoval's nine-year relationship with Ariana Madix -- until January.«It was like a crisis — midlife crisis,» Schwartz explained. «And what happened in the fall, there's a lot of gray area there.
Offering more context? Tom Schwartz finally addressed how he learned about Tom Sandoval‘s affair with Raquel Leviss — and offered an update on where the couple stand now.
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