Vanderpump Rules’ Kristen Doute and Ariana Madix’s Ups and Downs: From Miami Girl to #TeamAriana
09.03.2023 - 22:21
/ usmagazine.com
From feud to friendship! Kristen Doute and Ariana Madix smoothed over their bumpy past after years of bad blood on Bravo.
The former Vanderpump Rules costars were at odds throughout the early seasons of the show, which premiered in 2013, after Doute suspected then-boyfriend Tom Sandoval of cheating on her with Madix before their breakup. The Missouri native moved on with Madix in 2014 — which didn’t sit well with Doute.
The exes continued working together at Lisa Vanderpump‘s restaurant SUR, but Doute was often quick to stoke drama. During season 3, she connected with a woman who claimed she hooked up with Sandoval in Miami while he was still dating Madix and helped bring her to SUR. At the time, the Fancy AF Cocktails authors walked out of the restaurant but were brought back by their boss.
“I almost wish I didn’t [leave]. The reason why we left is because we felt like production was pulling this whole thing. We were, like, ‘Oh, so random people just show up now,'” Madix exclusively told Us Weekly in October 2021. “I do regret, I guess, just not fully calling out the whole real story, like, on camera and staying there.”
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With the confrontation firmly in the past, Madix shared an update on where she stood with Doute. “We’ve been great since we [decided to be friends],” she explained.
The path to friendship wasn’t easy, with the pair bickering about their dating lives, sketch comedy and more on the hit reality series. In her 2020 book, He’s Making You Crazy, Doute revealed that she had forgiven her ex and Madix for their past mistakes.
“I made a choice to let everything go, because whether or not I thought those rumors about an illicit rendezvous or two behind my back had