
Chrishell Stause. (Photograph by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
Chrishell Stause’s newest Instagram publish selling her stint on the upcoming season of The Traitors is elevating eyebrows.
The Promoting Sundown star, 43, took to social media on Friday, November 22 to share a collection of promotional snaps from season 3 by way of her Instagram – with one evident omission.
Whereas Stause’s fellow Traitors contestants, together with Sam Asghari, Dylan Efron and Nikki Garcia, appeared within the publish, Tom Sandoval was noticeably lacking from the line-up.
The omission has left followers scratching their heads over whether or not the Vanderpump Guidelines star’s exclusion was intentional or not, given there is no such thing as a well-known feud between the pair.
Whereas it’s attainable the fact stars might have butted heads whereas filming the present, which is slated to return to Peacock in January 2025, Stause’s followers speculated Sandoval’s previous scandal could also be accountable for the snub.
Sandoval made headlines in March 2023 when he cut up from longtime associate Ariana Madix following an affair with their Vanderpump Guidelines costar Rachel “Raquel” Leviss. Bravo followers had been following Sandoval and Madix’s relationship onscreen since 2014.
A few of Stause’s followers alluded to the incident, speculating that the Promoting Sundown star could also be “Workforce Ariana” amid the drama.
“Omg if you happen to blocked off Sandoval’s face within the final slide… ICONIC BEHAVIOR 🔥” wrote one follower.
One other added, “Now I KNOW Chrishell is group Ariana 😌✨ icons supporting icons.”
After being caught out for dishonest, Sandoval, 42, later publicly apologized to Madix by way of social media in a prolonged publish.

Tom Sandoval. (Photograph by Amanda Edwards/Getty Photographs)
“I wish to before everything apologize to everybody I’ve damage by means of this course of. Most of all, I wish to apologize to Ariana,” he wrote by way of Instagram in March 2023. “I made errors, I used to be egocentric and made reckless selections that damage any individual I like. Nobody deserves to really feel that ache so traumatically and publicly.”
The Vanderpump Guidelines star 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 greatest remorse is that I dishonored Ariana. I by no means meant to disappoint so many individuals, together with our loving households and associates.”
Sandoval added that most of the ups and downs of their nine-year relationship weren’t captured by the cameras.
“My love for Ariana was stronger than any digicam might ever have captured,” Sandoval continued. “A few of our greatest occasions collectively have been by no means filmed. The identical goes for a few of our greatest struggles.”
The TomTom co-owner advised followers that he wished his historical past with Madix “was not severely tarnished,” including, “[I wish] it ended with the identical respect for her that it started with. I owed Ariana higher.”


