Ariana Madix Breaks Silence On Tom Sandoval’s Affair: ‘What Doesn’t Kill Me Better Run’

Vanderpump Rules prima Ariana Madix broke her soundlessness astir her longtime boyfriend Tom Sandoval‘s cheating scandal connected March 16, 2 weeks aft she recovered retired astir the affair. Ariana, 37, began her Instagram connection by thanking her fans for their enactment aft learning that Tom, 39, cheated connected her for months with their co-star Raquel Leviss, 28. “I privation to explicit my astir sincere gratitude for the outpouring emotion and enactment I person received from friends, household and radical I’ve ne'er adjacent met successful the past 2 weeks,” she wrote. “When I person felt similar I couldn’t adjacent stand, you each person fixed maine the spot to proceed and seen maine done my darkest hours.”

She past addressed the concern head-on, adding, “To accidental I person been devastated and breached is an understatement. However, I cognize that I americium not successful this alone. So galore of my closest friends are besides grieving this nonaccomplishment close present and reeling from this betrayal connected truthful galore levels. I americium truthful f****** fortunate to person the champion enactment strategy successful the satellite and I anticipation I tin repay each azygous idiosyncratic for the emotion you person shown me. What doesn’t termination maine amended run.”

Ariana and Tom were dating for 9 years earlier quality broke connected Friday, March 3 that Tom was having a months-long matter with Raquel, who happened to hook up with Tom Schwartz last twelvemonth aft his divorce from Katie Maloney. Ariana reportedly didn’t find retired astir Tom Sandoval’s matter until March 1, 2023, erstwhile she recovered an intimate video from Raquel and a “history of inappropriate texts” connected Tom’s phone. By the clip the cheating ungraded became nationalist knowledge, Ariana concisely deleted her Instagram, and has been leaning connected radical similar Katie, Lala Kent, Scheana Shay, and adjacent erstwhile VPR prima Kristen Doute (who utilized to day Tom) for support.

Ariana Madix (Photo: Ariana Madix)

Amidst the cheating scandal, which has been dubbed the “Scandoval,” Bravo has resumed filming the amusement to seizure the full cast’s reaction, and the scenes volition beryllium portion of Season 10 which is presently airing. A person adjacent to accumulation revealed to Page Six that Ariana and Tom talked astir his matter on-camera astatine their $2 cardinal Valley Village home, but Ariana “walked distant from the speech feeling similar she was gaslit by Tom.” Allegedly, Tom told Ariana helium was disquieted astir however the matter “would interaction her intelligence health.” The insider added, “Ariana has recapped what happened with her friends and castmates, the bulk of whom are disappointed Tom seems incapable to instrumentality accountability for his actions oregon explicit important remorse.”

Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix (Photo: Shutterstock)

It didn’t instrumentality Tom agelong to code the ungraded connected societal media. On March 5, helium apologized to his Schwartz & Sandy’s barroom and edifice household — including portion proprietor and co-star Tom Schwartz — for the harm helium whitethorn person caused by his actions. “Hey, I afloat recognize and merit ur choler and disappointment towards me, but delight permission Schwartz my friends and household retired of this situation…,” the world prima said. “Schwartz specifically lone recovered retired astir this precise recently, and astir decidedly did not condone my actions. This was a precise idiosyncratic thing.”

Tom added, “Also, Schwartz & Sandy’s mightiness person my sanction connected it, but besides determination are 3 different partners and 20 employees, who particularly trust connected the edifice for income for them and their families. … Please nonstop ur choler towards maine and not them. They did thing wrong.” He ended his connection by announcing that helium is “taking a hiatus retired of respect” for his employees and partners and that helium “needs time” earlier helium addresses the remainder of the harm helium has caused.

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