Ariana Is ‘Happy’ After Sandoval Split

Discovering the silver lining. Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor assume Ariana Madix‘s life has modified for the higher since her cut up from Tom Sandoval.

“For Jax, I really feel like he’s gotten nearer with Ariana,” Cartwright, 34, stated throughout a latest episode of the “Endlessly Younger” podcast, noting that her husband, 43, and Madix, 37, “at all times had their fights” previously.

The Kentucky native — who exited Vanderpump Guidelines with Taylor in December 2020 — defined that the couple have bonded with Madix within the weeks since Sandoval, 40, and costar Raquel Leviss’ dishonest scandal made headlines. (Us Weekly confirmed in March that the Fancy AF Cocktails coauthors known as it quits after 9 years of courting amid his affair.)

“Ariana’s been round. She got here to Cruz’s party,” Cartwright defined on the podcast, referring to the pair’s 2-year-old son. “She simply looks as if she’s doing nice. On that aspect, I really feel like issues are higher. We haven’t talked to Tom.”

Taylor agreed along with his spouse, telling the podcast’s host, Dr. John Layke, that he has “nothing in opposition to Ariana” — despite the fact that they didn’t precisely see eye to eye throughout their time on the Bravo sequence.

“We’re simply two totally different individuals. We simply by no means actually obtained alongside, we’d simply butt heads,” the Michigan native recalled. “Ever since this has occurred, I really feel like she’s a unique particular person. She appears actually joyful. She looks as if a very totally different particular person.”

Cartwright — who cohosts Peacock’s Vanderpump Guidelines: Watch With Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor along with her husband — chimed in, “[It’s] like the load was lifted off her shoulders.”

The previous SUR bartender known as Madix a “stunning particular person,” who “seems to be beautiful” after forging her personal path within the wake of Sandoval and Leviss’ scandal.

“She seems to be nice. She simply appears actually joyful,” Taylor continued, noting that the Florida native “has an enormous help system.”

Whereas Cartwright identified that she’s “positive it’s been actually arduous nonetheless” for the Shopping for Again My Daughter actress to maneuver ahead after her breakup, she and Taylor agreed Madix is “simply glowing” now.

Each Sandoval and Leviss, 28, publicly apologized to Madix in March after their months-long affair was uncovered. Amid the drama, cameras continued rolling on season 10 of Pump Guidelines, which is about to conclude with a bombshell finale later this month.

The TomTom cofounder addressed the scandal throughout an April look on the “Howie Mandel Does Stuff” podcast, claiming that he tried to interrupt up with Madix in February, however she was in “denial.” Sandoval additionally alleged he and Leviss had been “taking a break” from one another and had been “not” buddies with advantages. (She later checked right into a psychological well being therapy facility amid the backlash.)

Earlier this month, the restauranteur raised eyebrows when he seemingly poked enjoyable at his secret romance with Leviss throughout a Tom Sandoval and The Most Extras efficiency.

The Missouri native did a rendition of “Stacy’s Mother” throughout his Thursday, Might 4, present in Lengthy Island, inserting Tom Schwartz and Leviss’ names into the lyrics. “Schwartz’s mother has obtained it happening. She’s all I need and I wait for therefore lengthy. Schwartzy can’t you see that Raquel is sizzling for me,” he sang as the gang cheered.

Within the feedback part, Pump Guidelines followers questioned whether or not Sandoval stated the previous pageant queen was “not” for him or “sizzling” for him.

Taylor, for his half, claimed throughout his Might 2 podcast look that Sandoval is missing in “empathy” amid all of the drama.

“I really feel like he’s not sorry in any respect. There’s no disappointment,” the Sharknando 4 actor informed listeners. “I do know once I went by way of this deal I used to be mortified. It was an terrible scenario. I used to be so upset with what I’ve carried out.” (Followers watched Taylor’s affair with Religion Stowers play out on season 6 of Pump Guidelines earlier than he and Cartwright tied the knot in 2019.)

Madix, in the meantime, has been linked to health coach with Daniel Wai after the pair had been noticed packing on the PDA at Coachella in April.

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