Vanderpump Principles’ Tom Sandoval Responds to Backlash Over O.J. Simpson and George Floyd Comparisons
Vanderpump Principles big name Tom Sandoval made an announcement in accordance with criticism he got for comparing his dishonest scandal with Raquel Leviss to O.J. Simpson and George Floyd.
Tom Sandoval admits he made a mistake.
The Vanderpump Principles big name apologized after receiving backlash for comparing the media scrutiny he confronted for his 2023 affair with costar Rachel “Raquel” Leviss to the 1995 O.J. Simpson trial and the 2020 atomize of George Floyd.
“My intentions in the support of the comments I made in Novel York Times Journal maintain been to note the extent of nationwide media consideration my affair got,” Sandoval talked about in a Feb. 20 assertion to E! News. “The comparison used to be corrupt and ignorant.”
Sandoval went on to add that he used to be “incredibly sorry and embarrassed.”
Sandoval's backtracking arrived hours after The Novel York Times Journal printed an interview in which the fact big name when compared the public's response to his destroy up with Ariana Madix—who broke up with him after nine years of relationship when she caught him dishonest on her with Leviss—to those of Simpson and Floyd.
“I'm no longer a pop-tradition historian truly,” Sandoval talked about in the interview, “however I witnessed the O.J. Simpson ingredient and George Floyd and all these immense things, which is incessantly strange to examine this to that, I maintain, however create you imagine in a strange manner it's a small bit the same?”
The 41-one year-former also went on to divulge he “got extra disfavor” than That 70's Expose alum Danny Masterson—who’s currently serving 30 years to life in jail for rape—in the aftermath of his breakup from Madix.
On the time, a publicist show conceal on the interview informed readers to rob Scandoval's words with a grain of salt, noting, “Every so time and again he says too extraordinary and the following day he forgets what he says.”
And whereas Sandoval showed feel sorry about for making those statements in the cessation, he didn't ask for forgiveness over his affair with Leviss.
“I did what I did because I used to be in an unhappy impart in my life,” he explained to the journal. “I got caught up in my emotions and fully fell in savor. Admire, for staunch.”
Protect studying for a fleshy breakdown of Scandoval and Leviss' dishonest scandal.
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After Tom Sandoval's dramatic relationship with co-big name Kristen Doute got here to an cessation, Ariana Madix joined the solid of Vanderpump Principles in season two. On the time, Kristen alleged that Tom and Ariana had zigzag up whereas she and Tom maintain been peaceable together. “I'm smarter than you,” Ariana infamously spoke back. “I'm prettier than you. Web the f–k over it.”
Each and every Tom and Ariana denied the allegations, though he later admitted that the pair had made out in a pool whereas they maintain been each in Las Vegas.
At some level of the season two reunion, Tom and Ariana confirmed that they maintain been relationship. “We've certainly been hanging out,” Tom talked about. “And things maintain been big.” On the same night time the episode aired, each SUR bartenders made their relationship Instagram legit.
Kristen talked about in season three that a girl reached out to her on Instagram claiming to maintain zigzag up with Tom whereas he used to be in Miami with Jax Taylor and Tom Schwartz. Kristen even brought the girl into SUR to confront Tom and Ariana, however the couple didn't rob the allegations severely, with Tom denying he cheated on Ariana.
After meeting DJ James Kennedy at a Novel Yr's Eve social gathering, beauty competition contestant and student Raquel Leviss made her VPR debut in the season five premiere. Two years, later, the couple moved in together, despite extra than one females who worked at SUR alleging that they zigzag up with James whereas he used to be relationship Raquel. On the time, James denied the claims. After she began working at SUR as a waitress, Raquel turned a Vanderpump Principles sequence traditional in season nine.
Tom and Ariana sold their first dwelling together in Valley Village, Calif., at final transferring out of the West Hollywood rental that infamously could perchance no longer maintain the air conditioner and microwave working on the same time with out inflicting a energy outage.
The couple purchased the five-bedroom, five-and-a-half of loo, 4,500-sq.-foot farmhouse-model property for fair appropriate over $2 million, in accordance with Bravo TV.
To pop the rely on to Raquel, James staged a a Coachella-themed proposal, which used to be documented by Bravo's cameras and aired in October.
“James proposed on the iconic Empire Polo Fields of 'RACHELLA' Friday night time…,” Raquel wrote on Instagram. “And I talked about YES! I'm over the Coachella moon.” James also announced the news on social media, writing, “THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, talked about yes.”
It used to be later published all the contrivance by contrivance of an episode of VPR that Tom Sandoval helped pay for the frilly engagement. “James and I destroy up the $25k,” he explained, “because nothing brings me extra joy than to serve a buddy create a dream that they’ve got.”
After five years together, James and Raquel ended their engagement, fair appropriate one week after filming the season nine reunion.
“After these 5 grand years we had together, we made up our minds now we maintain two completely different dreams and made the decision to call off the engagement,” the former couple talked about in a joint assertion on their separate Instagram pages. “We savor every completely different very extraordinary, however we aren't in savor anymore. We prefer nothing however the perfect for every completely different so please defend any suggestions sure.”
Raquel later published why she chose to complete their relationship.
“It used to be getting to the level where my household and him maintain been no longer meshing wisely,” she explained all the contrivance by contrivance of he Jan. 7 episode of the Scheananigans with Scheana Shay podcast. “The manner forward for Thanksgivings and Christmases and holidays used to be having a look uncover it irresistible used to be going to be both James or my household,” she talked about. “Particularly love if we had a small one. Foreseeing this future and what it used to be all coming the total model down to and I used to be love…I don't prefer that.”
For his part, James went Instagram legit alongside with his original girlfriend Ally Lewber in March 2022, who’s now featured on the present.
One month after Katie Maloney and Tom Schwartz announced they maintain been breaking apart after 12 years together, it used to be reported that Schwartz used to be noticed making out with Raquel on the Coachella.
However, the Schwartz & Sandy's co-owner used to be immediate to plot the file straight. “Guys disfavor to destroy it to you however I wasn't at Coachella,” he tweeted on the time.
Raquel did abet the song competition and posted photos on Instagram posing with Tom Sandoval and Ariana. “I'm on an island,” she captioned a selfie with Sandoval.
Even though it used to be Scheana Shay's immense day when she married Brock Davies at a lavish wedding in Cancun, Mexico, rumors of a makeout session between Schwartz and Raquel on the ceremony dominated headlines. Pictures from the trailer for season 10 confirmed the hookup occurred and Schwartz admitted that his friendship with Raquel had developed into extra of a “flirtationship” after the nuptials.
“Now we maintain, love, a connection,” Schwartz urged E! News' Erin Lim Rhodes in October. “Yes, me and Raquel maintain gotten extraordinary closer. I maintain a huge appreciation for her. I've gotten to snatch her, and I've gotten to undercover agent all these completely different aspects of her character I didn't know existed…I didn't realize how f–king silly Raquel is—and witty.”
Amid her ongoing rift with Katie relating to her relationship with Schwartz, Raquel's decision to wear a TomTom sweatshirt to BravoCon on Oct. 17 created questions.
“Compatible got here here to divulge that the no 1 reason I wore this TomTom sweatshirt on Day 3 of BravoCon used to be for the cozy vibes,” Raquel later explained on Instagram. “I also wore it to toughen BOTH of the Toms and inspired folks to cease by their booth to examine out the remaining of the magnificent merch. I truly appreciate supporting my traffic and being comfortable on the same time.” She also added the hashtags “sue me” and “no 1 Tom Stan.”
Then, for Halloween, Sandoval dressed up as Raquel at BravoCon, sporting the sweatshirt, a blonde wig and shades. In an Instagram Myth, he shared a picture of himself in costume with the caption, “Raquel has got to cease exhibiting up to TomTom it's embarrassing.”
Ariana addressed the hypothesis that she and Tom maintain an “launch relationship,” which used to be teased in the explosive season 10 trailer.
“We dont maintain an launch relationship. i'm truly no longer that frigid. idea that used to be evident,” she tweeted after the preview dropped, adding that “bisexual ≠ polyamorous.”
Raquel's hookup with Tom Schwartz used to be addressed in the sneak scrutinize, as wisely, with Raquel admitting, “I create love Schwartz quite a bit.” Raquel's makeout session with The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills big name Garcelle Beauvais' son Oliver Saunders and dates with habitual solid member Peter Madrigal also make it into the preview.
The Bravo world used to be rocked on March 3 when it used to be confirmed that Tom Sandoval and Ariana had damaged up after nine years together, with an insider telling E! News that cameras maintain been rolling on the solid on the same time, that manner the drama will doubtless play out on the Bravo sequence' currently airing 10th season.
Their destroy up got here after Ariana reportedly realized Tom and Raquel had been having an affair for a complete lot of months, with Scheana, Katie and Kristen all being photographed going over to Ariana's dwelling to console her. Apart from, Kristen, who arrived with vegetation and a bottle of wine, shared a selfie video of herself with Ariana on her Instagram Reviews. “I stan Ariana,” she talked about. “That is in staunch time.”
Tom, meanwhile, conducted at a concert alongside with his band Tom Sandoval & the Most Extras later that night time in Anaheim, Calif.
On the gig, many followers in the viewers chanted “Cheater, cheater!” as Tom took the stage, as considered in a TikTok video. He did no longer respond, however after one guest shouted, “Ariana!” he talked about into the mic, “We savor her.” As for him, one other eyewitness urged E! News that concertgoers also chanted “Douche” in his general route.
Following news of their destroy up, Ariana deleted her Instagram web page, and, despite hypothesis, Tom's procure urged E! News solely that the fact big name has no longer moved out of his and Ariana's dwelling.
Tom Sandoval took to Instagram March 4 to take care of the backlash the workers of his restaurant Schwartz and Sandy's had been receiving for the reason that news broke.
“Hi there, I fully charge and deserve ur nettle & disappointment in direction of me, however please lunge away [Tom] Schwartz, my traffic and household out of this anguish,” he wrote on Instagram. “This used to be a truly inside most ingredient.”
Happening to divulge “they did nothing imperfect,” Tom added, “I'm so sorry that my companions, Greg, Brett, Schwartz and our workers have to undergo for my actions. I may be taking a step support & taking a hiatus out of recognize for my workers & companions. I prefer some time to take care of every part else. Sorry for every part.”
On March 7, Tom at final publicly apologized without lengthen to Ariana amid the affair scandal. “Most of all, I wish to divulge regret to Ariana,” the 39-one year-former wrote in a March 7 assertion shared to Instagram. “I made errors, I used to be selfish, and made reckless decisions that hurt somebody I savor. Nobody deserves to truly feel that anxiousness so traumatically and publicly.”
“I will easiest imagine how devastating this has been for Ariana and every person round us,” the TomTom co-owner endured. “I truly feel truly injurious about that. My perfect feel sorry about is that I dishonored Ariana. I by no manner intended to disappoint so many folks, together with our loving families and traffic.”
“I’m so previous unhappy that it ended the model it did,” he concluded. “I acted in a technique that clashes with who and the contrivance I wish to be. I may continue to repeat and work on myself. I maintain work to create. I continuously maintain, and I continuously will.”
Compatible a few hours after Tom made his assertion, Raquel issued her maintain public apology to Ariana. “I wish to divulge regret for my actions and my picks predominant to Ariana, and to my traffic and the followers so invested in our relationships,” she wrote in a March 8 Instagram assertion. “There shouldn’t be this kind of thing as a excuse, I’m no longer a victim and I have to maintain my actions and I deeply feel sorry about hurting Ariana.”
“I’m reflecting on my picks, speaking to a counselor and I’m discovering out things about myself such as my patterns of codependency and habit to being and feeling cherished,” she endured. “I maintain sought emotional validation by contrivance of intimate connections that are no longer wholesome with out regard for my maintain wisely-being, in most cases negatively affecting others and time and again prioritizing the intimate connection over my friendships. I’m taking steps to realize my behavior and make extra healthy picks.”
Tom and Raquel's boss Lisa Vanderpump sat down for a expose-all interview with Andy Cohen on March 8's Look What Happens Are dwelling, admitting she used to be “gobsmacked” and “flabbergasted” by the news. “I mean, literally, no words,” she talked about. “I didn't see it coming. Nobody noticed it coming.”
LVP added the “most hideous” part of the scandal is their affair had “been going a really long time” with out someone luminous.
Sharing an update on Ariana, Lisa talked about “Devastated. A complete lot of tears. Ariana used to be continuously that hotfoot-or-die girlfriend. It appears to be like love Raquel used to be the hotfoot girlfriend and she or he used to be the die girlfriend—no longer appropriate.”
With many followers peaceable wondering when exactly Tom Schwartz learned about his BFF's affair with Raquel, the TomTom co-owner broke his silence to TMZ on March 11.
“In truth, I'm fair appropriate unhappy, you realize, about the antagonistic impact it's had on our enterprise,” he talked about. “But I maintain cooler heads will prevail and I'm fair appropriate gonna defend on keeping on.”
As for how Sandoval is doing amid the backlash, he added, “He's k, I maintain. He has a sense of profound sadness, rightfully so. I maintain he feels love a little bit of s–t and to some extent, doubtless he’s. He is conscious of he f–ked up and the total ingredient is sweet truly unhappy.”
At some level of a March 15 appearance on Look What Happens Are dwelling, Katie Maloney published she “wasn't apprehensive” by the Tom-Raquel dishonest scandal before adding, “But the info maintain been hideous.”
She also gave an update on Ariana post-breakup. “All things idea of, she's in a appropriate headspace,” Katie shared. “She's taking care of herself. I noticed her the day gone by, and we're wrathful. She's wrathful.”
After almost about two weeks of staying silent on the controversy, Ariana at final spoke out about the breakup in a March 15 Instagram post.
“I wish to explicit my most true gratitude for the outpouring of savor and toughen I maintain got from traffic, household, and folks I've by no manner even met in the final two weeks,” the 36-one year-former wrote. “Once I maintain felt love I couldn't even stand, you all maintain given me the energy to continue and considered me by contrivance of my darkest hours.”
“To claim I maintain been devastated and damaged is an underestimation,” Ariana endured. “However, I know that I’m no longer in this by myself. So many of my closest traffic are also grieving this loss appropriate now and reeling from this betrayal on so many ranges. I’m so f–king lucky to maintain the perfect toughen machine on this planet and I hope I will repay each individual for the savor you’re going to maintain shown me.”
On March 20, Bravo published the first photos of Scandoval in the season 10 midseason trailer. The cameras caught Tom and Ariana's dramatic post-affair breakup talk in which she urged him to “die” for dishonest with Raquel.
Whereas Tom admitted “I wish we each would maintain tried extra tough,” Ariana fired support with, “You don't deserve one f–king trudge of mine.”
On March 23, Andy Cohen filmed the explosive VPR season 10 reunion where the total solid confronted Tom and Raquel about their affair. A supply urged E! News that “tensions maintain been so excessive” all the contrivance by contrivance of the reunion, “Andy finally had to separate two solid individuals before a fight could perchance happen.”
Andy later published on his April 3 radio present, “It used to be a staunch reckoning. Within the event it’s seemingly you’ll very wisely be having a look to hear their yarn, you’re going to. Within the event it’s seemingly you’ll very wisely be having a look for them to be confronted to their face about what they've performed in what I would divulge an aggressive manner—a confrontational manner—you’re going to procure it.”
Bravo published the solid's reunion looks to be like on April 3, together with Ariana's red-sizzling revenge costume.
At some level of a bombshell April 5 Look What Happens Are dwelling interview, Tom Schwartz published he learned Sandoval and Leviss first zigzag up final August before things got extra severe. “From my level of look, it turned, love, an emotional affair,” he added, “which is peaceable corrupt.”
Schwartz claimed his BFF urged him in January he's “in savor” with Leviss, despite peaceable being with Madix on the time. “He's addicted,” he talked about of Sandoval's emotions for Leviss “It's an infatuation of all infatuations.”
More than a month after news broke about their months-long affair, Raquel entered a facility to develop psychological wisely being counseling, a supply confirms to E! News on April 14.
“Raquel and her household made up our minds months before the relationship used to be stumbled on, that she wanted psychological wisely being therapy and finally made up our minds she would enter a voluntary facility for psychological wisely being counseling,” her procure urged E! News. “Raquel used to be scheduled to transfer in pre-reunion however made up our minds she wished to plot her filming dedication. Bravo and production maintain been mindful and in toughen of her stoop in direction of better psychological wisely being.”
Ariana proved she's transferring on from Tom all the contrivance by contrivance of Coachella 2023 weekend from April 14 to 16. The actuality big name used to be noticed cuddling and making out with wisely being coach Daniel Wai all the contrivance by contrivance of the annual California competition.
At some level of VPR's explosive season 10 finale, Tom and Raquel talked about “I savor you” for the first time publicly amid the fallout from the affair and even talked about their future together after the scandal.
“I will't predict the future,” he shared. “Perchance things will figure out with Raquel and I, doubtless they obtained't. But, when I kissed Raquel I felt hope, I felt love, 'Wait a minute, you're no longer washed up. Your most effective days aren't in the support of you, doubtless they're fair appropriate starting save.'”
In a single other finale bombshell, Tom admitted to dishonest on Ariana sooner than his affair with Raquel.
At some level of a coronary heart-to-coronary heart with Scheana Shay, she requested, “So completely different than Miami lady, here is the first time you've ever cheated on Ariana?” to which he replied, “There used to be one completely different time.”
Her response? “You're sick,” she talked about. “Compatible a random individual?”
Despite the fact that Tom in the starting save talked about yes, he awkwardly adopted with, “Effectively, no,” before refusing to level from now on itsy-bitsy print.
The day after the finale episode, Ariana opened up about transferring on with original man Daniel Wai all the contrivance by contrivance of a TODAY present appearance.
“I'm having fun with myself and I would divulge I'm very chuffed appropriate now,” Ariana shared Could maybe merely 18. “I met him at a marriage about 10 days in the end of this. And in no manner, form or make did I lunge into that taking into consideration the rest. I maintain fair appropriate been taking things very, very leisurely and truly having fun with myself. And it's fair appropriate truly magnificent to maintain interaction with somebody who’s sweet so good and kind and magnificent and caring.”
On Could maybe merely 24, VPR producer Alex Baskin formally shot down rumors that Tom and Raquel maintain been looking ahead to a baby together amid the affair.
“The pregnancy one used to be wild,” Baskin urged Web page Six. “She's no longer pregnant by the model.”
At some level of the June 7 reunion episode, Raquel got here face-to-face with Ariana for the first time for the reason that scandal and delivered an emotional apology.
“I'm so ashamed and embarrassed that I'm even in a position to keeping this secret from somebody who has been in my nook for the reason that starting save,” she shared. “Ariana, I’m so sorry for betraying you. I will't even fathom the anxiousness that I've brought about you. And I maintain been fully selfish and, you're appropriate, selfish is no longer the suitable observe since it doesn't even launch to verbalize the mind save I maintain been in. It used to be a mistake.”
Ariana did no longer settle for. “Selfish would no longer f–king conceal it, bitch,” she fired support. “Diabolical, demented, disgusting, subhuman—beginning getting the next vocabulary to verbalize your f–king actions because selfish would no longer f–king conceal it.”
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