Not having it! Ariana Madix shut down claims that Raquel Leviss thought Tom Sandoval was in an open relationship at the beginning of their affair.
18.05.2023 - 19:15 / usmagazine.com
They were friends — until they weren’t. Ariana Madix and Tom Schwartz maintained a bond throughout the years, but things took an unexpected turn in the aftermath of Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ cheating scandal.
When season 10 of Vanderpump Rules started to air in February 2023, the topic on everyone’s mind was Schwartz’s hookup with Leviss amid his divorce from Katie Maloney. Off screen, however, news broke about the model’s affair with Sandoval.
Us Weekly confirmed in March 2023 that Sandoval and Madix had called it quits after nearly a decade of dating due to his infidelity. The Bravo series ultimately filmed more footage for the season finale that addressed the scandal.
Amid the drama, viewers questioned when Schwartz found out that his friend and business partner was being unfaithful. The Minnesota native later revealed that he was told about Sandoval and Leviss’ relationship shortly after it started.
“I learned about the affair in August. The one-night stand was in August and then it became, from my point of view, it became an emotional affair. Which is still inappropriate, but I didn’t think it was linear,” the bar owner, who had his own makeout with Leviss in August 2022, said on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen in April 2023. “[Then] in January, he came to me and told me that he was in love with Raquel.”
Schwartz went on to detail a trip he took with the Missouri native and the former beauty pageant queen during their secret romance. “Just for the record, that trip was mine and Tom’s trip,” he added at the time. “He smuggled Raquel in. What was I to do at that point? I knew that they were in love.”
The Schwartz & Sandy’s cofounder added: “At that point,
Not having it! Ariana Madix shut down claims that Raquel Leviss thought Tom Sandoval was in an open relationship at the beginning of their affair.
is taking aim at the show's namesake. On part one of the Bravo series' highly-anticipated reunion special, much of the cast pushed back at Lisa Vanderpump for appearing to side with Tom Sandoval.The first episode of the reunion came amid Scandoval, the fan-made name for the months-long affair Sandoval had with Raquel Leviss during his nine-year-long relationship with Ariana Madix.Vanderpump entered the «much-needed» reunion prepared to «sort it out» and get to the truth, even complimenting Madix's «revenge dress.» Later in the reunion, though, Vanderpump pushed back at a couple of comments Madix made.When host Andy Cohen asked if a lack of intimacy played a role in the deterioration of Madix and Sandoval's relationship, Madix replied, «No, I think he caused the divide in the relationship because he was f**king other people.»Vanderpump noted that «other people» implies more than just Leviss, and Madix insisted, «He's f**ked more than Raquel.»Later, Vanderpump's business relationship with Sandoval came up, and Cohen asked Madix if that continued relationship would cause her to cut off contact with the matriarch.«We just won’t be as close,» Madix said, as a shocked Vanderpump exclaimed, «Hold on a second! What do you expect me to do?»Vanderpump went on to point out her long-term support of Madix, but Madix insisted she'd have a hard time confiding in Vanderpump in the future.
Not over yet. The drama was front and center as the Vanderpump Rules cast reunited to discuss season 10 amid Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ cheating scandal.
Ariana Madix is gearing up for the first part of the three-part reunion to debut, and there's a few things she hopes fans will keep in mind when watching the dramatic «Scandoval»-packed special.Madix spoke with ET's Brice Sander after working the Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers counter in El Segundo, California, hours ahead of part one of the reunion set to air Wednesday night.«A lot of people are saying online, 'We're sick of hearing about it,' or, 'Why is this dragging out?' Our show is shot over the course of the summer and week-to-week you see installments of that. So, I mean, I get it, but it's definitely where we were, mentally, on March 23rd [when we shot the reunion].»The reality star explained that the reunion was shot when the wounds of her split from Tom Sandoval amid his cheating scandal with Raquel Leviss were still very fresh.
Ariana Madix has moved on, but she hasn’t moved out. Despite being photographed outside the home she shares with her ex, Tom Sandoval, with boxes and a moving truck, she’s still living there. On Monday, the Vanderpump Rules star was spotted presumably moving out of Valley Village, following Sandoval’scheating scandal with Raquel Leviss.She posted on her Instagram Story, smiling as she posed in front of her boxes. «Ready to dip out,» she wrote alongside the video, as a nod to Sandoval's much-used phrase.She later took to Instagram to clarify she wasn't moving — yet.«I’m moving up, not out,» she said in an ad on her Instagram Story.
Ariana Madix didn’t hold back as she appeared on the latest episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast.
Ariana Madix is spilling even more Scandoval tea. On the latest episode of the podcast with host Alex Cooper, the star gave fans more insight into her ex Tom Sandoval's months-long affair with Raquel Leviss.
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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.
We’re still reeling from the shocking Vanderpump Rules season finale on Bravo on Wednesday night, y’all.
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Ariana Madix doesn't think we've seen the end of Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss' romance. Despite reports this week that the pair had broken up after first getting together when Madix and Sandoval were still dating, the star laughed off the news while a guest on Wednesday's episode of .«I don't buy that at all,» Madix told Cohen when he brought up the split reports.
Ariana Madix is done covering for her ex, Tom Sandoval. After years of speculation, the 37-year-old Vanderpump Rules star confirmed that Sandoval did hook up with «Miami Girl.»In a 2015 episode of, Madix accused Sandoval of getting intimate with a woman in Miami, Florida, at the start of their relationship. On Wednesday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, Madix claimed that her ex and the mystery woman had sex.
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.
Ariana Madix doesn't think we've seen the end of Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss' romance. Despite reports earlier this week that the infamous pair had split, Ariana laughed off the rumors during her Wednesday night appearance on .«I don't buy that at all,» Ariana told host Cohen when he brought up the split reports.
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.
—and the first footage is just as intense as you'd imagine. Following next week's , titled “,” Bravo will begin airing a three-part reunion special on May 24 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Bring on the drama! The Vanderpump Rules season 10 reunion trailer is here — and it already delivers as the cast break down and fight about Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss’ affair.
Vanderpump Rules” reunion on Bravo just dropped, and it’s as chaotic as fans are hoping for. Recorded after the “Scandoval,” aka the bombshell revelation that Tom Sandoval was cheating on longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix with their castmate Raquel Leviss, the entire reunion looks to be filled with wild moments, anchored by those three cast members discussing their love triangle, along with passionate analysis from their co-stars. Among the key moments: Madix calling Leviss “diabolical, demented, sub-human” for hooking up with Tom, Leviss’ ex-boyfriend James Kennedy calling her and Sandoval “poo-poo heads,” and host Andy Cohen yelling “My cards!” when a fight causes his written-out questions to get knocked asunder.