Tom Sandoval’sVanderpump Rulescostars — including his ex-girlfriend and current nemesis — havethoughts.
Unsurprisingly Sandoval’s ex Doute, 40, had the most to say.“This is all very surreal that this occurred with he and Raquel behind Ariana’s back,” she said. “Like, there’s still something I have not fully digested yet. I was literally shocked. But now, in hindsight, I’m like, that, yeah, that sounds about right. But I really didn’t think he’d do it to her.”
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Doute previously dated Sandoval, 40, for around five years when Madix, 37, first joined theVanderpump Rulescast in 2013. At the time, there were rumors swirling that Sandoval cheated on Doute with Madix (she and the TomTom restaurant co-owner later confirmed they had kissed).
Accordingly, Doute said onScheananigansthat Madix and Sandoval’s current situation is “bringing back so many memories.”
Doute believes she and Sandoval should’ve broken up sooner than they did.
“We should’ve broken up after a year or two,” she said, explaining that they stayed together out of convenience. “We shared a DVR box. We shared bills. We shared a s—-y apartment. We didn’t have any money. And it was like, we shared the same friend group. It was, like, easier to just — as it felt in the moment — easier to just stay in it than it was to, like, break up the friend group. But we were both unfaithful. We cheated on each other.”
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Even though Sandoval went on to date Madix, the women have grown close over time.
“I’m so lucky to call her a really good friend for many many years now,” Doute said. “And unfortunately, had to thank her for taking him out of my life. It’s so wild. There’s no karma coming down her.”
TheSex, Love, and What Else Matterspodcast host thinks Madix’s life will improve without Sandoval. “She doesn’t have a leech that’s going to dragging her down anymore,” Doute said. “She gets to flourish. She can write her own book without someone riding her coattails.”
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“Kristen has put the show behind her, but she’s considering it,” the insider says. “It’ll depend if Ariana wants her to do it and is comfortable as that’s the only way she would ever go back on the show. It’s a conversation she and Ariana are having right now. The girls have all been spending time with Ariana.”
Doute and Madix spent time together after the news broke, with Doute postingan Instagram videoon Friday expressing her love for Madix. “I stan Ariana. This is in real time. I love you so much,” Doute, who Bravofired fromVPRin 2020 over racially insensitive actions, said before she and Madix shared a kiss.
Doute defended Madix from the jump. “There’s so many people right now wondering if this is making me happy,” she said on her Instagram Story Friday. “You guys, Ariana and I have been really good friends for many, many years now so I am Team Ariana, all day, every day. That’s what’s up.”
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Prior to appearing on Shay’s podcast, Kent, 32,called out Sandoval and Levisson her own Instagram Story.
“I’ve seen you for who you [are] for a long time, and you just don’t like that,” she wrote of Sandoval Friday. “But, I think now is the time for you to shut the f— up. I’m eating good the next time I see you.”
Of Leviss, she wrote, “I suggest you get some energy for me. You’re gonna need it.”
Kent alsodiscounted the priceof the eye shadow palette Leviss created for herGive Them Lala Beautyline in response to the news. As of Saturday, the palette sold out.
Leviss’s ex-fiancéJames Kennedy(who has previously dated Doute and hooked up with Kent) also chimed in on Friday: “Hope you all feel as sick as I do. This explains everything.”
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source: people.com
