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Tom Sandoval claims he broke up with Ariana Madix weeks earlier than she caught him having an affair with their Vanderpump Guidelines co-star and longtime buddy, Raquel Leviss.
Whereas showing on Howie Mandel‘s podcast on Tuesday, Sandoval recommended he and Ariana had been extra like “roommates” and “missing” intimacy earlier than their cut up as he admitted Raquel was like a drug, recalled their “magnetic” first kiss, and shaded his castmates for his or her many feedback in regards to the scandal.
“Utilizing this to make it appear to be every thing I’ve accomplished for them — they make it out like I’m a narcissist,” Sandoval mentioned of his co-stars on the April 11 episode of Howie Mandel Does Stuff, per Us Weekly. “You’re taking what I did with this affair, and you might be erasing the final 15 years of our friendship.”
“Utilizing all these items 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 [Madix]. You need to know so you’ve gotten extra content material in your podcast,” he went on. “It’s f-cking disgusting to me. It’s so gross. You aren’t somebody who offers a flying f-ck about Ariana. You might be doing this in your personal private achieve.”
Because the information broke of his and Raquel’s affair in early March, Sandoval has struggled with “darkish ideas” as individuals proceed to debate the matter.
“I don’t know [why it blew up]. I simply assume it was actually stunning. This occurred when there wasn’t rather a lot occurring [in the news],” he suspected.
Sandoval then addressed the space between him and Ariana within the months main as much as their cut up.
“That was kind of mentioned, however it sort of went unsaid. Our communication was not nice. I really feel like that’s a fault on each of us,” Sandoval mentioned, by way of TooFab.
Based on Sandoval, he began “to really feel trapped” in his relationship with Ariana as he approached his fortieth birthday and likened their dynamic to a “actually bleak” state of affairs.
“[I needed to] make a change to really feel alive once more, to really feel motivated,” he defined, noting that he was in a “very darkish place” and “craving for a connection.”
As each he and Ariana struggled with nervousness and despair, he and Raquel grew to become “actually, actually good associates,” kissing for the primary time in his yard someday after guys’ evening, after they had been seen wanting “cozy,” however earlier than Scheana Shay and Brock Davies‘ August 2022 wedding ceremony, the place Raquel kissed Tom Schwartz.
“We kissed. It was like magnetic. We had been speaking, transferring nearer. After which impulsively we’re like kissing,” he recalled. “I felt one thing that I hadn’t felt in so lengthy. Like, emotionally.”
“After Raquel and I kissed and I felt this fashion, I acquired my a– into remedy instantly to strive to determine what the hell I’m gonna do as a result of the emotions had been very, very sturdy,” he continued. “These emotions that I had began to sort of take over. Logic, all that sh-t went out the window.”
Trying again at their preliminary moments collectively, Sandoval mentioned Raquel was like a drug and admitted it was a “very unhealthy” state of affairs.
“It made us each obsessive over making an attempt to see one another and stuff,” he defined.
Though Sandoval was “a bit of jealous” when Raquel kissed Schwartz, he mentioned they solely did so as a result of they “had been crucified like they had been in a full blown relationship by [Katie Maloney] and [Lala Kent].”
Within the weeks that adopted his and Raquel’s first kiss, Sandoval mentioned he tried to withstand Raquel and started going to remedy with Ariana. Nonetheless, whereas he claims he “began to slowly plant the seed” about breaking apart together with her, she seemed to be in “denial.”
“She had heard issues and seen issues about Raquel however was very a lot turning a blind eye — or trusting me I suppose,” he defined.
Finally, Sandoval’s efforts to avoid Raquel ended as the 2 of them started spending time collectively “as usually” as doable and FaceTiming “on a regular basis.”
In the meantime, Ariana didn’t know a factor “as a result of that’s how separate [their] lives had been.”
“I needed to inform her, ‘Have you ever not observed how distant I’ve been currently?’ And she or he’s like, ‘Oh, you’ve gotten?’ She didn’t even discover, that’s how our relationship was, we had separate lives,” Sandoval shared. “So once I mentioned hypothetically if we broke up, she principally was like, nicely, positively not going to the reunion, I’m quitting the present, f-ck the sandwich store, we’re promoting the home and deleting all social media and I’m transferring away.”
Regardless of Ariana’s threats, Sandoval mentioned he dumped her on Valentine’s Day and deliberate to maintain the information to themselves till they might “work out a solution to navigate this” in a method that might assist them each.
Based on Sandoval, Ariana was “very upset” and “punched” him.
“She’s like, ‘I’m, like, not letting you permit me. You’re gonna must power me out of this relationship,’” he claimed. “I didn’t know what to do. She was utterly in denial and never accepting it.”
Even after Ariana realized about his romance with Raquel, Ariana was “making an attempt to persuade [Sandoval] to not be damaged up” and questioned him about “getting [his] sperm checked to fertilize my eggs.”
“It actually scared me,” he admitted.
Sandoval went on to say that “nothing is excusable for what I did” and confessed he “f—ed up” and “positively deserved” backlash earlier than including that the one particular person he owes a proof to is Ariana.
“On digicam, off digicam, if Ariana needs to know any particulars, I’ll totally go into that. She’s the one one who deserves that,” he mentioned.
As for the place he stands with Raquel, Sandoval mentioned, “We’re actually good associates, we’re not placing any label on it. We’re additionally taking a break.”
He then denied they’re “associates with advantages” and admitted “it’s not gonna be straightforward to return or movie” season 11, though he’s not contractually obligated to return.
Vanderpump Guidelines season 10 airs Wednesdays on Bravo.
