Kristen Doute and Ariana Madix's Friendship, Feud Timeline

From feud to friendship! Kristen Doute and Ariana Madix smoothed over their bumpy previous after years of dangerous blood on Bravo.

The previous Vanderpump Guidelines costars had been at odds all through the early seasons of the present, which premiered in 2013, after Doute suspected then-boyfriend Tom Sandoval of dishonest on her with Madix earlier than their breakup. The Missouri native moved on with Madix in 2014 — which didn’t sit effectively with Doute.

The exes continued working collectively at Lisa Vanderpump‘s restaurant SUR, however Doute was typically fast to stoke drama. Throughout season 3, she related with a girl who claimed she attached with Sandoval in Miami whereas he was nonetheless courting Madix and helped carry her to SUR. On the time, the Fancy AF Cocktails authors walked out of the restaurant however had been introduced again by their boss.

“I virtually want I didn’t [leave]. The explanation why we left is as a result of we felt like manufacturing was pulling this entire factor. We had been, like, ‘Oh, so random folks simply present up now,’” Madix completely advised Us Weekly in October 2021. “I do remorse, I suppose, simply not totally calling out the entire actual story, like, on digicam and staying there.”

With the confrontation firmly previously, Madix shared an replace on the place she stood with Doute. “We’ve been nice since we [decided to be friends],” she defined.

The trail to friendship wasn’t straightforward, with the pair bickering about their courting lives, sketch comedy and extra on the hit actuality collection. In her 2020 e book, He’s Making You Loopy, Doute revealed that she had forgiven her ex and Madix for his or her previous errors.

“I made a option to let every little thing go, as a result of whether or not or not I believed these rumors about a bootleg rendezvous or two behind my again had been true or not, it didn’t matter anymore,” she wrote. “A lady can’t truly steal somebody’s boyfriend. He made a free-willed selection to depart me, and a free-willed option to be together with her. I wanted to allow them to be completely satisfied.”

Us confirmed in March 2023 that Sandoval and Madix had cut up after almost 10 years collectively after his affair with costar Raquel Leviss. Whereas she was not a part of the Pump Guidelines solid — Doute was axed from the collection in 2020 together with OG star Stassi Schroeder and two extra costars — the Bravo alum was vocal about supporting Madix by the scandal.

“I don’t know why I really feel like I have to make this clear, however there’s so many individuals proper now questioning if that is making me completely satisfied,” she advised followers in an Instagram Story video because the controversy made headlines. “And also you guys, Ariana and I’ve been actually good buddies for a lot of, a few years now. So, I’m crew Ariana — all day, daily. That’s what’s up.”

Each Sandoval and Leviss issued public apologies for his or her illicit relationship, however Madix didn’t instantly deal with the state of affairs. Throughout a March 2023 episode of her podcast, Doute gave an replace on how her pal was coping.

“She’s not doing effectively. She’s numb and she or he’s unhappy and she or he doesn’t wish to hear about something anymore,” she stated on “Intercourse, Love and What Else Issues” on the time. “She’s like, ‘What does it matter? I don’t wish to hear any extra rumors.’ We had been telling her some extra rumors that had been arising yesterday and she or he’s like, ‘What does it matter? I simply don’t have to know anymore. It’s simply going to make me really feel worse.’”

Doute went on to say that Madix apologized to her for being “poisonous” previously when it got here to their drama with Sandoval. “For her to apologize to me? As a result of she didn’t hearken to me or due to the best way their relationship began?” she stated. “No. That’s why I took to social media virtually instantly as a result of I used to be so bored with folks saying, ‘Oh, my God, that is Ariana’s karma.’”

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