Time for a chill capsule? Andy Cohen understands why followers are outraged about Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss’ dishonest scandal — however thinks the backlash has gotten “uncontrolled.”
“Tom Sandoval made a mistake that he’ll most likely remorse for the remainder of his life. He’s nonetheless an individual,” Cohen, 54, stated through the Tuesday, Could 30, episode of the “Not Skinny However Not Fats” podcast. “It’s uncontrolled. I hope it’s sort of dying down for his sake. He’s an actual particular person.”
The Bravo exec added that whereas the Vanderpump Guidelines star, 40, did one thing “actually silly and hurtful and asinine” by dishonest on Ariana Madix with Leviss, 28, the extent of vitriol he’s acquired has been excessive. “He didn’t kill anybody. He didn’t commit a criminal offense,” Cohen stated, noting that the hatred probably stems from the Pump Guidelines solid being “so incestuous” already — and that Sandoval’s affair with the previous magnificence queen just isn’t his first on the present.
Us Weekly confirmed in March 2023 that Sandoval and Madix, 37, known as it quits after almost a decade of courting as a consequence of his infidelity with Leviss. Whereas season 10 of the fact sequence had completed filming by the point information broke, cameras picked again as much as observe the aftermath — resulting in an explosive and emotional finale and subsequent three-part reunion particular hosted by Cohen, which kicked off on Wednesday, Could 24.
Since information of their affair broke, Leviss and Sandoval — who’ve each issued apologies to Madix by way of social media — have been beneath fixed fireplace. The California native, for her half, checked right into a psychological well being facility earlier this month.
A rep for the previous pageant queen later confirmed to Us that Leviss and her household have additionally “been on the receiving finish of violent and graphic loss of life threats each on-line and over the telephone.” A few of these threats have been despatched by way of social media, with one sender allegedly writing that they needed to go away Leviss “un-alive and dump the physique.”
The FBI, in the meantime, declined to substantiate whether or not the mannequin or her household had been involved with the company. “FBI neither confirms nor denies investigations,” a spokesperson for the group informed TMZ on the time. “Clearly, we evaluation all allegations reported to us and encourage anybody who believes their life is in imminent hazard to name 911.”
Sandoval, in the meantime, opened up about coping with the general public fallout throughout an episode of the “Howie Mandell Does Stuff” podcast final month.
“I’ve by no means felt the fight-or-flight [like I did] with this example,” Sandoval informed host Mandel, 67, recalling the speedy time interval after information of the affair was made public. “I used to be actually on the run like I used to be needed for a triple murder. I didn’t bathe for days. I used to be in the identical garments for days. Didn’t have my remedy. … It did at occasions flip me into a complete a–gap.”
The Schwartz & Sandy’s co-owner additionally famous that his costars weighing in on the scenario has solely made issues worse for him — and that he looks like they’ve used his points for private achieve.
“There are actually good buddies of mine which have used this state of affairs … as content material for his or her podcast. Fellow solid members,” he defined. “You don’t know need to know since you care about Ariana. You need to know so you could have extra content material to your podcast. It’s f–king disgusting to me. It’s so gross. … So, when I’ve folks like Scheana [Shay] and Lisa [Vanderpump] and even our producers asking questions [about the timeline], I don’t owe that s–t to them for content material or so as to add salaciousness to our present.”
Elements 2 and three of the Vanderpump Guidelines reunion air on Bravo Wednesday, Could 31, and Wednesday, June 7, at 9 p.m. ET.
