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Ariana Madix revealed a cringy present Tom Sandoval gave to Rachel “Raquel” Leviss amid her stint in therapy after the airing of the premiere episode of Vanderpump Guidelines on Tuesday.
As Sandoval, 41, defined the actual cause he refused to maneuver out of their $2 million house and accused her of being “performative” along with her anger, Ariana, 38, shared what her ex gifted his former mistress whereas additionally suspecting her former co-star, Billie Lee, 39, was dwelling of their house.
“We don’t have separate mailboxes so I’m not like going by means of stuff however one thing comes and also you’re like ‘Is that for me? Oh no, it’s coming from someplace in Arizona,’” Ariana started on the January 30 episode of the Pump Guidelines: After Present.
As a result of Sandoval and Raquel, 29, remained in contact all through her time in therapy, Ariana usually got here throughout their correspondence — whereas additionally studying new particulars in regard to their sordid affair from these beforehand near her ex.
“Individuals who was once pals with him … began sending me every kind of like information and textual content messages and photos of them in St. Louis and all these items as a result of they have been like ‘I’m not pals with him anymore. I f*cking hate him so right here’s every thing that I do know,’” she shared.
In keeping with Ariana, she suspects Raquel was sending issues to their home as a result of she didn’t understand she was a co-owner of her and Sandoval’s house.
“There’s one factor that I noticed, I’m struggling to speak about it as a result of it’s so cringe, I believe it was like after she stopped wanting to speak to him or one thing. He acquired a type of lamps that like, I’ve one and you’ve got one and it’s like Bluetooth or one thing so it’s like if I’m going contact it the place I’m, it’ll activate the place you’re,” Ariana described, including, “Oh my god, I can’t.”
Though Sandoval stated he was “cautious” to maintain his packages to Raquel hidden, he confirmed they have been “undoubtedly” speaking within the weeks main as much as filming on Pump Guidelines season 11.
“We’d ship one another letters and stuff like that,” he defined. “[Her lightning bolt] postcard was despatched like a month earlier than. I don’t know what she was considering sending that to my tackle. She’s like, ‘I don’t know what I used to be considering. It was my first outing.’ She had left the power, that they had gone out someplace and he or she acquired a postcard, and I used to be like ‘I can’t discover it.’”
Along with revealing he despatched Raquel “sweet” and saying he “discovered the best way to write and stamp wax” and would “put sparkles” in envelopes, Sandoval confirmed his cringy present to his ex.
“I despatched her certainly one of these lights the place like if I flip it a sure coloration, it adjustments, like we are able to talk with these lights. I used to be very a lot in love,” he admitted.
Throughout one other phase of the After Present, Ariana and Sandoval’s dwelling preparations have been mentioned.
“[I didn’t move out] as a result of all these payments will likely be popping out of my accounts. I knew that if I moved out, she would most likely have a good friend transfer in and I’d simply, nothing would occur,” Sandoval defined. Plus, he added, “We’re each so busy. Even when this occurred, she’s touring round, working like loopy. I’m leaving, I’m touring. I swear there have been occasions the place like, no person was in that home for like weeks at a time.”
Sandoval additionally “couldn’t afford” to get one other place.
“It’s a type of issues the place I really feel prefer it was extra of an even bigger deal to all people else than to us,” he famous.
Whereas Ariana has appeared fairly irate with him at occasions, and deservedly so, Sandoval suspected she’s not as indignant as she portrays herself to be, even suggesting her feelings are “performative.”
“I really feel like she actually went out of her strategy to dehumanize me however it feels extra performative than something as a result of on the finish of the day, if she thinks I’m this like, serial killer, then why is she okay dwelling with me?” he questioned. “I really feel like on some stage she trusted me and felt secure with me being there than her being alone in that home.”
After stating that the “respectable” factor for Sandoval to do would’ve been for him to simply accept Raquel’s provide of staying at her house, Ariana stated Sandoval “outright refused” to vacate the house — even simply two days after his affair with Raquel was revealed.
“I believe he additionally felt like all of these things occurred to him, versus him making these items occur, and so due to that perception, he additionally felt like all of it was very unfair,” she defined. “So I believe that was a part of the rationale he was like digging his heels in and throwing events and doing no matter else as a result of it was like nearly like a child throwing a tantrum.”
“It was bizarre however then there have been components of it that weren’t so dangerous,” she continued. “The first bed room being as it’s form of set me as much as be in a spot the place I may probably be in there and have every thing that I wanted and not likely really feel like I used to be having to uproot or do something that made me really feel uncomfortable.”
Nonetheless, Ariana felt out of the loop with what was occurring in the remainder of her residence, even admitting, “I believe Billie Lee actually lives in my home proper now.”
Fortunately, she maintained a optimistic outlook concerning the future division of her property.
“I lived by means of what I believed was my worst-case situation and I discovered I can do something, So I can reside in an annoying dwelling state of affairs for 2 months if it means I’m setting my future up in a great way for me,” Ariana concluded.
Vanderpump Guidelines season 11 airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.
