Ariana Madix. Fati Sadou/ABACAPRESS.COM/Shutterstock
Vanderpump Guidelines’ Ariana Madix is becoming a member of the forged of Dancing With the Stars amid her cut up from Tom Sandoval — and his affair with costar Raquel Leviss.
Madix, 37, was the primary forged member revealed forward of season 32 of the ABC competitors collection, which is able to premiere on this fall. The announcement was made through the Friday, July 7, episode of Good Morning America.
Derek Hough joined Madix in her and costar Katie Maloney‘s One thing About Her sandwich store for the massive reveal. “This season on Dancing With the Stars, we’re going completely mad — mad for Madix,” he teased.
Hough added: “Say goodbye to the drama and hi there to the dance ground.”
The remaining forged members will probably be unveiled on GMA Thursday, September 13.
Madix made headlines in March after she and Sandoval, 40, known as it quits after 9 years of courting over Sandoval’s ongoing affair with Leviss, 28. A supply completely advised Us Weekly that Madix came upon about Sandoval and Leviss’ relationship after she checked out his “telephone whereas he was on stage performing his new tune” at a live performance in early March.
Whereas filming for the Bravo collection’ tenth season wrapped earlier than information broke in regards to the dishonest scandal — aptly dubbed Scandoval — taking pictures picked up once more within the wake of the drama.
Following her cut up from Sandoval, the Pump Guidelines forged flocked to Madix’s aspect within the midst of the dishonest scandal. Forward of the season 10 reunion, which was taped in Could and aired one month later, Madix praised her costars for being in her nook through the taping.
“I used to be offended. At occasions, I used to be unhappy. However I actually suppose that the most important factor that I felt was so grateful for my associates,” she mentioned n the “Name Her Daddy” podcast that month. “Each the buddies that have been there that day and in any other case.”
Sandoval, in the meantime — who admitted to starting his affair with Leviss in August 2022 — accused his costars of utilizing his affair for his or her profit.
“Utilizing all this stuff as content material for his or her podcast. Fellow forged members are asking me all these questions, however you don’t need to know since you care about Ariana. You need to know so you’ve gotten extra content material on your podcast,” he mentioned on the time. “It’s f—king disgusting to me. It’s so gross. You aren’t somebody who offers a flying f—ok about Ariana. You might be doing this on your personal private acquire.”
Whereas among the Bravo forged members have benefited from the drama — together with earnings from their respective podcasts, merchandise and extra — Madix has seen probably the most change in her financials. She reportedly earned greater than $1 million from sponsorship offers for firms corresponding to Uber, Bic, Duracell and extra — and was lately forged within the Lifetime film, Shopping for Again My Daughter.
“Now we have no generational wealth in our household,” Madix advised Glamour in a June 2023 interview. “I need to make sufficient cash to have the ability to care for my mother and my brother and another relations who might or might not want it. I by no means need to fear about it ever, ever, ever. So I’ll work as a lot as potential to not need to.”
