Katie Maloney, Tom Sandoval, Ariana Madix, and Raquel Leviss. Shutterstock (4)
A special model of the story? Katie Maloney noticed Tom Sandoval‘s bombshell interview about his break up from Ariana Madix amid an affair with Raquel Leviss — and she or he has some questions.
“[The interview was a] dumpster fireplace. I simply had a tough time with the Ariana slander of all of it and instantly beginning off with a lie,” the Vanderpump Guidelines star, 36, stated on the Tuesday, Might 16, episode of the “Not Skinny However Not Fats” podcast. “As a result of he was speaking a few marriage ceremony [and how he has been] flying solo in life and the way she didn’t need come. Dude, she had COVID. She couldn’t come.”
Maloney claimed that Sandoval, 40, withheld info with a view to make himself look higher within the aftermath of the breakup, including, “Why are you performing like she opted out? She was sick and she or he couldn’t go. Why are you mendacity already?”
The TomTom co-owner’s private life made headlines in March when information broke about his break up from Madix, 37, after practically a decade of relationship. On the time, Us Weekly confirmed that Sandoval had an affair with Leviss, 28, whereas nonetheless collectively with the Florida native.
Amid the controversy, Sandoval went on Howie Mandel‘s podcast to clarify what led to his infidelity. The Schwartz & Sandy’s cofounder claimed that the previous couple had conversations about calling it quits earlier than his dishonest scandal.
“We didn’t inform anyone, however she knew,” he alleged on an April episode of the “Howie Mandel Does Stuff” podcast. “She was attempting to, like persuade me to not be damaged up … however that was not the case. She requested me that day as we have been leaving about, like — as a result of we had talked about fertilizing [her] eggs, which I by no means did. She was like, ‘So, what do you consider doing a sperm test to fertilize my eggs?’ And I’m like, ‘What? We’re damaged up.’ … I used to be like, ‘We’ll speak about this later, I gotta go do my present.’”
Sandoval, who first attached with Leviss in August 2022, recalled rising nearer to the mannequin whereas filming season 10 of Vanderpump Guidelines. “I used to be seeing Raquel as typically as I may. I do know that sounds horrible,” he stated. “And FaceTiming her on a regular basis. And Ariana didn’t even discover as a result of that’s simply how separate our lives have been. I needed to really inform her, ‘How have you ever not seen how distant I’ve been currently?’”
Tom Sandoval, Ariana Madix, Raquel Leviss. MediaPunch/Shutterstock
The Missouri native went on to say that his break up from Madix was a very long time coming. “Like many relationships, it felt prefer it turned extra of like a greatest associates, household [thing] — generally roommates,” he shared. “There have been a whole lot of methods the place the connection was simply missing the intimacy, the connection. We might journey extra by ourselves than we might collectively. I’d go to weddings on my own.”
Mandel, 67, for his half, addressed criticism towards the podcast look shortly after receiving backlash.
“[Bravo fans] needed to listen to me cross-examine. They needed me to grill him,” the comic defined through the Might 2 episode of the “The Viall Information” podcast. “The robust factor was, and I stated to [my daughter and cohost Jackelyn Shultz], ‘In case you hear one thing that you simply don’t agree with then you’ll be able to’t problem. There aren’t any challenges on this explicit second. We aren’t difficult, that isn’t what that is about.’”
The Canada native revealed that he “promised” Sandoval’s workforce he wouldn’t push again towards their consumer on the air. Mandel additionally provided to “edit” out something Sandoval wasn’t glad with after the taping.
“I’d not do something otherwise,” Mandel added. “As folks have came upon, one of many individuals who works for me is married to his street supervisor. … I [was] not going to place him in an uncomfortable place. I informed him, ‘You wish to converse, come on and speak.’ My level is — and the rationale I needed to [have him on the show] — that I nonetheless don’t perceive [the outrage around Scandoval].”
The season 10 finale of Vanderpump Guidelines airs on Bravo Wednesday, Might 17, at 9 p.m. ET, adopted by the three-part reunion particular.
