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The Bravo world was rocked on March 3 when “Vanderpump Guidelines” stars Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix cut up after 9 years collectively. Within the aftermath, quite a few shops reported that their cut up was prompted by the revelation that Sandoval cheated on Madix with their costar Raquel Leviss in a months-long affair. Dozens of Bravo stars appeared to substantiate the information on social media, together with producer Andy Cohen, who tweeted out a siren emoji after which requested, “What number of elements is simply too many elements for the #pumprules reunion???” POPSUGAR reached out to reps for Sandoval, Madix, and Leviss for touch upon the allegations however didn’t obtain responses.
The web has since been ablaze with Bravo followers making an attempt to determine what precisely occurred between the three stars, however on March 8, Sandoval and Leviss each launched statements apologizing to Madix for his or her roles within the scenario. In case you’re not a Bravo head, or are muddy on the small print, here is a full timeline of the drama, together with the newest statements on the difficulty.
Who Are Tom Sandoval, Ariana Madix, and Raquel Leviss?
Sandoval, Madix, and Leviss are all solid members of “Vanderpump Guidelines.” Sandoval and Madix met and have become buddies once they labored as bartenders at eating places owned by former “Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Lisa Vanderpump earlier than the present started filming. Sandoval was a solid member when the primary season premiered in 2013, whereas Madix joined for season two the next 12 months. Sandoval’s greatest good friend is fellow solid member Tom Schwartz, with whom he is began two eating places: TomTom With Vanderpump, and Schwartz and Sandy’s totally on their very own. Schwartz cut up from his spouse, castmate Katie Maloney, in early 2022.
Leviss, in the meantime, was first launched in season 5 because the girlfriend of solid member James Kennedy. The pair obtained engaged in Could 2021 after 5 years collectively. (Sandoval even helped Kennedy plan and pay for the over-the-top proposal.) Nonetheless, the couple finally cut up that December.
Through the summer time of 2022 (and as filmed for the present, which is at present airing on Bravo), there have been rumors that Leviss was hooking up with Schwartz and that their attraction got here to a head on the wedding ceremony of solid member Scheana Shay in late August. For the reason that present premiered, Leviss has mentioned that it was OK for her to be concerned with Schwartz regardless of Maloney’s needs as a result of she and Maloney weren’t buddies. Shay and Leviss appeared collectively on the March 3 episode of the “Chicks within the Workplace” podcast (which was launched earlier than information broke), and Leviss mentioned, “Ariana [and Scheana] had been those that actually embraced me into this group and have been there for me since day one, so I do know who my true buddies are.”
How Lengthy Had been Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix Collectively?
Sandoval and Madix started courting in 2014. They purchased a home collectively in Valley Village, in Los Angeles, in 2019.
Did Tom Sandoval Cheat on Ariana Madix With Raquel Leviss?
On March 3, TMZ broke the information that Sandoval and Madix had cut up amid allegations of dishonest involving Leviss and that “Vanderpump Guidelines” was filming the fallout. Different shops shortly confirmed the information, as did a few of their “Pump Guidelines” costars on Instagram, together with Kennedy and Lala Kent. Madix reportedly discovered in regards to the affair on Wednesday when she noticed Sandoval’s cellphone and his texts with Leviss.
Sources advised Those who the affair had been occurring for six months. Throughout that point, Leviss continued to play up rumors that she was concerned with Schwartz. She wore a TomTom sweatshirt to BravoCon in October, and when Maloney accused her of being a “fangirl,” she wrote on Instagram that she largely wore it to be comfortable and added, “I additionally wore it to help BOTH of the Toms.” She included #NumberOneTomStan.
Weeks later, Sandoval dressed as Leviss within the sweatshirt for Halloween, as Leviss memorialized in her Halloween Instagram spotlight.
What Has Tom Sandoval Mentioned Concerning the Affair?
Sandoval posted an announcement on his Instagram on March 4, asking that folks not direct their anger towards Schwartz, who he says knew nothing about his actions till just lately. He additionally requested that folks not take their frustration out on their restaurant Schwartz and Sandy’s. “Hey, I absolutely perceive and deserve ur anger and disappointment in direction of me, however please depart Schwartz my family and friends out of this example,” he wrote. “Schwartz particularly solely discovered about this very just lately, and most positively didn’t condone my actions.”
“This was a really private factor,” Sandoval continued. “Schwartz & Sandy’s may need my title on it, but in addition there are 3 different companions and 20 staff, who particularly depend on the restaurant for revenue for them and their households. Identical to TomTom, I am a small a part of a a lot larger factor. Please direct ur anger in direction of me and never them. They did nothing mistaken.”
Sandoval went on to apologize to his companions who “should endure for my actions.” He added that he can be stepping away from the eating places for now “out of respect for my staff & companions.” He concluded his publish, “I would like a while to handle the whole lot else. Sorry for the whole lot.” Sandoval didn’t point out Madix in that assertion.
Hours earlier, Schwartz and Sandy’s additionally posted an announcement on Instagram asking individuals to be form to the employees there who had “nothing to do with this unlucky scenario.” The assertion additionally known as Madix “a very good good friend and an important supporter of the restaurant.” Schwartz has not commented, however on Saturday followers posted images of him on the restaurant greeting company.
On March 8, Sandoval posted a brand new assertion to his Instagram web page, writing, “I wish to in the beginning apologize to everybody I’ve damage by means of this course of. Most of all, I wish to apologize to Ariana. I made errors, I used to be egocentric, and made reckless selections that damage someone I really like. Nobody deserves to really feel that ache so traumatically and publicly.”
He continued, “I can solely think about how devastating this has been for Ariana and everybody round us. I really feel actually horrible about that. My largest remorse is that I dishonored Ariana. I by no means meant to disappoint so many individuals, together with out loving household and buddies.”
He then appeared to handle “Vanderpump Guidelines” viewers, writing, “My love for Ariana was robust than any digital camera ever may have captured. A few of our greatest time collectively had been by no means filmed. The identical goes for a few of our largest struggles. I want issues occurred in a distinct order and our relationship was not severely tarnished, and that it ended with the identical respect for her that it started with. I owed Ariana higher.”
He concluded, “I’m past unhappy that it ended the way in which it did. The alternatives I made damage so many individuals. I acted in a approach that clashes with who and the way I wish to be. I’ll replicate and work on myself. I’ve work to do. I all the time have, and I all the time will.”
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What Has Raquel Leviss Mentioned Concerning the Affair?
Leviss launched an announcement to “Leisure Tonight” on March 8, which started along with her writing, “I wish to apologize for my actions and my decisions foremost to Ariana, and to my buddies and the followers so invested in {our relationships}. There isn’t any excuse, I’m not a sufferer and I need to personal my actions and I deeply remorse hurting Ariana.”
She continued, “I’m reflecting on my decisions, chatting with a counselor and I’m studying issues about myself similar to my patterns of codependency and habit to being and feeling beloved. I’ve sought emotional validation by means of intimate connections that aren’t wholesome with out regard for my very own well-being, typically negatively affecting others and infrequently prioritizing the intimate connection over my friendships. I’m taking steps to know my habits and make more healthy decisions.”
The assertion went on, “Though I selected to be on a actuality present accepting the nice and dangerous that comes with it, past my very own actions I’ve been bodily assaulted, misplaced friendships, acquired dying threats and hate emails along with having had my privateness violated.”
Leviss concluded, “I’ve begun counseling to finish my unhealthy behavioral cycle, study to set stronger emotional boundaries and study to guard my psychological well being. I do not count on sympathy, understanding or forgiveness. Proper now I need to focus alone well being and well-being and as I attempt to be a greater particular person transferring ahead, I’ll prioritize my psychological well being and study from my errors.”
Leviss’s assertion got here a day after it was reported by TMZ that her attorneys had despatched letters to the “Vanderpump Guidelines” solid saying that the video on Sandoval’s cellphone that Madix discovered was recorded with out her permission and that everybody who had the video ought to delete it. That very same day, Leviss additionally served Shay with a restraining order, as confirmed by Individuals, although the rationale for the order is unknown (although Leviss claims in her assertion that she was bodily assaulted and doesn’t title the particular person).
In a March 9 assertion to POPSUGAR, Shay’s lawyer, Neama Rahmani, responded to the submitting saying, “This case is a fabrication by a recognized liar and a cheat who has betrayed everybody near her. Scheana by no means punched Rachel, interval. The supposed darkish markings round her left eye have been there for months. Neither Scheana nor different solid members need something to do with Rachel going ahead. The decide has solely heard a one-sided account of what occurred, and we sit up for presenting the complete and true story on the March 29 listening to.”
In the meantime on March 9, Leviss addressed hypothesis in regards to the standing of her relationship with Sandoval in an Instagram publish amid rumors that the pair deliberate to proceed their scandalous romance. Wrote Leviss, “In addition to the indefensible circumstances surrounding our relationship, my emotions for Tom have all the time been honest and born out of a loving friendship. Realizing how many individuals we damage, I would like to know my decisions and study to make higher ones. I have to handle my well being, work on self progress and take time to be comfortable with being alone.”
Concluded Leviss, “I take care of Tom and I do not wish to label something or predict what lies forward. Proper now I have to heal.”
What Has Ariana Madix Mentioned About Raquel Leviss and Tom Sandoval’s Affair?
Madix has but to make a publish or assertion of her personal, and he or she deleted her Instagram account when the information broke. (As of March 9, she’s rejoined the platform.) However her good friend (and Sandoval’s ex-girlfriend) Kristen Doute posted a video on Instagram on March 3 of the pair hugging. Doute assured followers that Madix was not alone, and her buddies had been there supporting her.
Her brother, Jeremy Madix, additionally commented on Kennedy’s since-deleted Instagram publish in regards to the information, writing, “It is humorous to look at individuals social climb and be soooooooo pretend that they are keen to sh*t on individuals which might be presupposed to be their ‘greatest good friend’ (a time period that will get thrown round fairly often round right here) all simply to come back up or have some type of story line,” based on Us Weekly.
Will the Dishonest Drama Be A part of “Vanderpump Guidelines” Season 10?
The “Vanderpump Guidelines” cameras are again on and filming the fallout of the dishonest allegations, and that footage will probably be included on the finish of the season, which is at present airing. A number of solid members have posted images of themselves filming speaking heads for brand spanking new episodes, and there are quite a few rumors about scenes filmed between Madix and Sandoval and Leviss and Sandoval.
On March 10, Bravo confirmed Madix’s good friend Kristen Doute can be returning to the sequence after she was fired in 2020 for a racist prank she pulled on her then-costar Religion Stowers. Her return comes after the truth TV star posted her supportive Instagram for Madix, which suggests she’ll be wading into the controversy that Bravo followers have dubbed “Scandoval.”
The present has but to movie the season’s reunion, which, based on Cohen on his March 6 radio present, is scheduled to happen in two weeks. Nonetheless, it is not clear how the restraining order towards Shay will have an effect on filming, which generally entails the complete solid collectively in a single room.
— Further reporting by Victoria Edel
