Vanderpump Rules' Lala Kent Drops Out of MTV Awards Out of Solidarity With Writers on Strike

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.

Scheana Shay, «It's all happening.»And it quite literally did, in part one of the three-part  reunion Wednesday.

Tom Schwartz and Tom Sandoval have been ride-or-die friends from the start, Schwartz wanted to be sure he set things straight when it came to just how soon he found out about Sandoval's affair with Raquel Leviss.Part one of the explosive three-part  reunion sees Schwartz getting grilled by the cast about the timeline of events. While it's been suggested that the affair allegedly began in June 2022, Schwartz said Wednesday that he found out about it in August, but that Sandoval had first started voicing concerns about his and Ariana Madix's relationship in July 2022.After the guys’ night in August, Sandoval told Schwartz about confiding with Leviss and sharing the same relationship concerns with her.«You guys had, like, an intimate moment,» Schwartz said.

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.

Lala Kent is having her say in a new Scandoval sneak peek from the anticipated three-part reunion.Ahead of Part 1 airing Wednesday night, Bravo released a heated clip from the reunion where the 32-year-old reality star compared Ariana Madix's ex, Tom Sandoval, to her former fiance, Randall Emmett, with whom she broke up in 2021 with cheating allegations surfacing soon after. The reunion clip begins with host Andy Cohen asking Kent whether it's «healthy» for Madix and Sandoval to be living together in their shared home following their breakup, which was confirmed to still be the case.«No,» Kent said bluntly, after it was brought up that she moved out of the home she and Emmett shared relatively quickly after their relationship fell apart. «Sandoval Randall,» she declared. «Give it 10 years.

Louis Staples It was an earthquake that broke the pop-cultural Richter scale: the revelation that “Vanderpump Rules”stars Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss were having a secret seven-month affair behind the backs of their closest friends. But there was one of their co-stars who didn’t find the news of the affair quite so shocking: Lala Kent. Kent was the first cast member to suspect that Sandoval was cheating on Ariana Madix,  his girlfriend of nine years. Madix found out herself when she discovered an explicit video on Sandoval’s phone, and, as Variety detailed in a May 17 interview with “Vanderpump Rules” executive producer Alex Baskin, by the time TMZ broke the story on March 3, Bravo’s cameras were already at the Valley Village home she and Sandoval share to capture the fallout. Those astonishing scenes aired during last week’s season finale.

Vanderpump Rules star Tom Sandoval is not dating influencer Karlee Hale, ET has learned.A source tells ET, «Tom is not dating Karlee. He's been focusing on his band and what his new future will look like.»The reality star and his band, Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras, recently played a gig in Austin, Texas, and after the show, the 39-year-old was spotted spending time with Hale. Tom Sandoval was spotted on a date last night.

 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 is finally tackling Scandoval.

Raquel Leviss is sharing her side of the story.Wednesday's season 10 finale of Vanderpump Rules rules saw the cast unpack «Scandoval,» and for the first time and viewers got an insight into why and how Leviss' seven-month affair with Tom Sandoval began.News broke of the affair in March, thereby ending Sandoval's long-term relationship with Ariana Madix.As for how things started, Leviss said their romance was born out of genuine curiosity and a love for one another that started in friendship.«I was just so curious to know what it would be like to be physical with someone that you love, 'cause I already knew that I loved him as a friend,» Leviss says in a confessional. «And I've never had sex like that before.

Vanderpump Rules starsTom Sandoval and Ariana Madix announced the end of their relationship after being together since 2013 when she first joined the show. It wasn't long before news broke that Sandoval had cheated on Madix with their co-star, Raquel Leviss. News of their split quickly sent shockwaves through the pop culture-obsessed world, and now fans are anxiously awaiting the season finale of, where the cheating scandal — now called Scandoval — will be fully addressed.

cheated on his longtime girlfriend, Ariana Madix, 37, with her ex-best friend, Raquel Leviss, 28. But some hardcore “Vanderpump Rules” fans are skeptical about whether the whole thing is authentic. “They needed something to get shaken up, to get people’s interest back,” podcaster Lara Schoenhals told Insider, adding that it’s “suspicious” that this happened when viewership of the show was on the decline. Hollie Bohorquez, host of the “Vanderpump Rules Party” podcast, told the outlet, “I personally feel like they were mapping this out.” As evidence, she noted the oddity of cast members giving podcast interviews teasing “explosive” developments ahead. She also uncovered a filming permit in front of a cast member’s building after the season had already wrapped.“So before Scandoval even broke, they had the filming permits in place to record with when cameras went back,” she said. Bravo has previously stated that the season has not been re-edited to reflect the discovery of the affair. Sarah Cee, co-host of “Vanderpump Rules Party” podcast, said that the show’s producers “had to have known or had very strong inklings,” because the affair seems like too seamless of a ready-made subplot in the season.

Vanderpump Rules starsTom Sandoval and Ariana Madix announced the end of their relationship after being together since 2013 when she first joined the show. It wasn't long before news broke that Sandoval had cheated on Madix with their co-star, Raquel Leviss. News of their split quickly sent shockwaves through the pop culture-obsessed world, and now fans are anxiously awaiting the season finale of, where the cheating scandal — now called Scandoval — will be full-on addressed.ET takes a closer look at how we got here.Feb. 10, 2014 — Tom Scandoval and Ariana Madix Confirm Their RomanceA 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.

Vanderpump Rules season 10 finale, Ariana Madix reveals to Katie Maloney and Scheana Shay how she discovered her boyfriend of nine years, Tom Sandoval, and Raquel Leviss were having an affair. «I went with Tom to Tom Tom because he had that party thing. I found a screen recording of them on FaceTime,» Ariana says of Tom and Raquel. «It was literally from the night before.

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.

Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss go toe-to-toe with Ariana Madix and the rest of the Vanderpump Rules cast after the two co-stars were exposed having a months-long affair.Bravo just released the explosive trailer for season 10 and it's jam-packed with tears, yelling, and a heated argument between Sandoval and James Kennedy that almost turns physical. In the trailer, a crying Madix is seen saying she «can't think of two worse people she doesn't „see anything good coming for those f**king rats,“ referring to Leviss and Sandoval. It’s all been leading to this. The explosive 3-part #PumpRules Reunion begins May 24th.

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.

Lala Kent is pushing back on a Scandoval fan theory. On the latest episode of her podcast, the 32-year-old reality star denied that Tom Sandoval's affair with Raquel Leviss, which he had amid his nine-year relationship with Ariana Madix, was staged for ratings.«This is not a staged thing.

CAA on Monday announced its signing of Lala Kent, the media and business personality best known for starring in the Bravo reality series Vanderpump Rules.