Vanderpump Guidelines star Ariana Madix couldn’t be happier to be paired up with Pasha Pashkov for season 32 of Dancing With the Stars.
“I already gained as a result of I’ve the perfect associate,” Madix, 38, completely informed Us Weekly on Wednesday, September 13, shortly after the complete season 32 forged was revealed on Good Morning America.
Madix added that she is “actually stoked” in regards to the matchup “as a result of I’ve solely heard the perfect issues about Pasha.” Pashkov, 37, who welcomed daughter Nikita with spouse and fellow DWTS professional Daniella Karagach in Might, echoed his associate’s sentiments.
“I used to be very excited and I feel largely as a result of I do know Ariana’s story and I feel she’s right here with a transparent intention,” he informed Us. “She is on a mission proper now in her life, and I simply wish to be a part of the journey and [be] an excellent help system to carry it to life.”
Ariana Maddix and Pasha Pashkov ABC/Andrew Eccles
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Madix agreed with Pashkov, noting that she feels “like I’m in a brand new section” of life. “I’m prepared to simply tackle no matter I can and do my finest,” she mentioned.
The Bravo star made headlines in March when she and Tom Sandoval referred to as it quits after 9 years of courting resulting from his affair with their costar Raquel Leviss. The Pump Guidelines forged hashed out the drama through the extremely anticipated three-part season 10 reunion, which aired in Might and June. Madix and Sandoval, 41, have each since returned to movie season 11 of the truth sequence whereas Leviss, 29, stepped away from the present within the wake of the scandal.
Final month, Leviss spoke out in regards to the affair for the primary time since coming into a psychological well being therapy facility in April. In the course of the bombshell interview on Bethenny Frankel’s “ReWives” podcast, Leviss downplayed her former friendship with Madix, saying it was a “narrative” that was “written” for her.
“It’s extra salacious that approach. Ariana and I weren’t finest pals,” she claimed. “We have been acquaintances who turned pals via the present. She’s all the time been any person who’s been very candy to me. She would get up for me and encourage me to pursue no matter I used to be, I don’t know … pursuing. And that was all nice — however we by no means had, like, a deep dialog that I might have with a finest pal.”
Later that month, Madix reacted to Leviss’ feedback throughout an look on Scheana Shay’s “Scheananigans” podcast.
“That was very hurtful … [and] a really apparent lie,” she alleged. “I used to be very a lot beneath the impression that we have been, like, actually good pals. And I didn’t come to that impression flippantly. … It wasn’t faux to me.”
As for for the place Madix stands with Sandoval, the exes are nonetheless dwelling beneath the identical roof of their shared L.A. residence. Nevertheless, their relationship is lower than chummy. Throughout her look on “Scheananigans” final month, Madix revealed that she sleeps “with my door locked. Simply in case.”
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Regardless of the precaution, Madix mentioned she sleeps “so much simpler at night time not giving a f—okay” about what time Sandoval comes residence. “Towards the tip of [our relationship], whereas he was having the affair, him staying out late on a regular basis was all the time one thing that made my nervousness tremendous, tremendous unhealthy,” she defined.
Sandoval, for his half, mentioned on Wednesday that he’ll be rooting for Madix to do effectively on Dancing With the Stars.
“I can be voting for her. I feel she’s going to do very well,” he mentioned throughout an interview with Further. “She’s obtained loads of precise means in the case of dancing. She’s been eager to be on the present for a very long time. I’m tremendous stoked for her. I hope she does very well. I feel she’s going to.”
Season 32 of Dancing With the Stars premieres Tuesday, September 26, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
