Lala Kent says she and Ariana Madix are bonding over their shared trauma.
23.03.2023 - 01:33 / etcanada.com
Ariana Madix’s personal life may have been upended by Tom Sandoval’s affair with their “Vanderpump Rules” co-star Raquel Leviss, but the same can’t be said about her acting career.
According to a press release issues Wednesday, March 22 by the Lifetime network, Madix has been cast in an upcoming made-for-TV movie, with the working title “Buying Back My Daughter.”
Starring Meagan Good (“Harlem”, “Shazam! Fury of the Gods”), who will also serve as executive producer, the film is “inspired by actual events of mothers who fight back when their teenage daughters go missing and are sex trafficked online.”
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Madix will be starring alongside Good, Roger Cross (“Arrow”) and Faith Wright (“Riverdale”) in the ripped-from-the-headlines movie, which is currently in production.
“When Dana (Good) and Curtis’ (Cross) 16-year-old daughter, Alicia (Wright), sneaks out of the house to attend a party, a bout with teenage rebellion quickly escalates into a widespread search party spearheaded by Dana and the police,” reads the synopsis. “After almost a year of searching for her missing daughter, mother’s intuition leads Dana to the salacious world of online escort ads where, to her horror, she finds her Alicia listed for sale. Dana and Curtis spring into action and attempt to ‘buy their daughter back’ in order to rescue her from the trafficker who abducted Alicia and subjected her to unspeakable harm.”
Madix will play Karen, a police officer who helps investigate, in addition to having a very personal connection to the case.
Lala Kent says she and Ariana Madix are bonding over their shared trauma.
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The best revenge is living well…
Ariana Madix isn’t going to let Tom Sandoval’s infidelity ruin her plans. The Vanderpump Rules star was photographed dancing and enjoying herself in Oaxaca, Mexico, over the weekend. Madix was attending a friend's wedding that was planned long before news broke earlier this month that her ex cheated on her with Raquel Leviss, ET has learned. The 37-year-old was spotted enjoying sunny Mexico while wearing a colorful dress and spending quality time with friends. On Saturday, Tom Schwartz broke his silence amid allegations of the months-long affair between his best friend and business partner, Sandoval, and his co-star, Leviss.In a video obtained by TMZ, Schwartz said Sandoval is doing «OK relatively speaking» and that he has a sense of profound sadness.
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cheating scandal is .Immediately following last week's news that Tom Sandoval has allegedly been Ariana Madix with costar Raquel Leviss for upwards of six months, Doute threw her unwavering support behind her fellow woman-scorned. If you remember, Doute and Sandoval previously dated from 2007 to 2013, during which time they both cheated: Doute during season two, while Sandoval cheated with an outsider and with Madix. Despite their rocky history, Doute is staunchly Team Madix.“I stan Ariana.