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Ariana Madix is sharing her ideas on viewers doubtlessly turning on her and softening towards Tom Sandoval on the brand new season of Vanderpump Rules.
While additionally reacting to Rachel “Raquel” Leviss‘ decision to leave the show and commenting on the way in which she’s profited off “Scandoval,” Ariana, 38, provided an replace on the place she stands with Scheana Shay, 38, mentioned how she feels about reliving Sandoval’s affair, and defined why followers could quickly have a change of coronary heart about her ex.
“I haven’t seen any of it. I only know what I lived… I just know that oftentimes, when women set boundaries or when women are angry or feeling a certain way that it’s not always received well,” Ariana mentioned on the December 11 episode of Chicks within the Office of why viewers could flip on her. “I was not holding back with how I felt at that time, and so I think that people might not like it.”
According to Ariana, she filmed with Sandoval in “May and June.” But, as a result of the season doesn’t start till subsequent month, she suspects individuals shall be confused by why she hasn’t moved on.
“They’re going to be like, ‘Why isn’t she over it?’ and ‘Why isn’t she being like nice and cordial and making everyone else happy?’ … I wasn’t about to make anyone else feel more comfortable. It was about me at that moment,” she defined.
While she and Sandoval shall be seen navigating their lives post-“Scandoval” on the brand new season, Sandoval’s former mistress, Raquel, opted out of filming.
“I mean I get it. I don’t think I would [return],” Ariana mentioned of her exit.
Being cheated on after spending 9 years with somebody was actually devastating for Ariana. However, after being thrust into the highlight on account of Sandoval’s affair, she landed a number of partnerships, a e-book deal, a task on Dancing With the Stars, and extra.
“It makes sense, a lot of people being like she only got this or that because of this thing that happened in the media earlier in the year,” Ariana reasoned. “[But] it’s like, ‘Okay, that’s cool maybe that got the eyeballs or maybe that initially got the attention on it,’ but I’m going to while I’m there prove to you that I deserve to be there.”
In the month since BravoCon came about in Las Vegas, Ariana has been tied to rumors of a possible feud with Scheana, who admittedly hung out with Sandoval in his resort room in the course of the three-day fan occasion.
“Me and Scheana, we’re good,” Ariana confirmed of the place they stand right this moment.
“In the moment, it was like I found out about it without having seen her or talked to her, and I didn’t know what was going on or being talked about, so when they asked, I was like, ‘Well that’s weird.’ But I’m never gonna tell anybody what to do or how to act or who to talk to,” she defined. “I’m just going to do what I can, and all I can do is control what I do.”
“I’m going to protect my peace, and if that means sometimes like removing myself from situations or if I’m uncomfortable then yeah but yeah, it was a whole thing,” she added.
As she prepares for the beginning of the brand new season, Ariana mentioned “it’s tough” reliving sure moments.
“Online, so many people are like, ‘We’re over it!’ And I’m like, ‘Well it was filmed, like the season was filmed and then it doesn’t come out for another many many months,’” she famous. “So what’s in the new season is going to be like going back in time a lot … It’s like you, in a way, want to move past or be like, ‘Okay, I’ve said what I can say and how I feel,’ and then have it just be gone. But yeah, it’s just the nature of being on a show like that. I’m glad that I’ll be busy in January.”
As Pump Rules followers could have heard, Ariana is headed to Broadway to star in Chicago.
“I was a theatre major. I was a theatre kid. I moved here after college to try to have a career in theatre… It’s like 13 years after moving to LA, now there’s this opportunity. It’s just one of those things where the hustle and the grind just never stops. And then eventually at some point, something happens,” she mentioned of the function.
Ariana can also be busy selling her new cocktail e-book, Single AF Cocktails: Drinks for Bad B*tches, which chronicles “Scandoval” by way of grownup drinks.
“Maybe there’s something that like people hopefully can take away or relate to. For me, it was like really therapeutic and cathartic to kind of go through and fill it out with all these stories and recipes so I feel like hopefully that can be a shared experience,” she mentioned of the publication, which she started writing on the finish of March.
“It was quick. It’s a quick turnaround for it to have like a December release date,” she added.
Vanderpump Rules season 11 premieres January 30 at 8/7c on Bravo.
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