Ariana Madix recalled an ungainly buy ex Tom Sandoval made for Raquel Leviss when the twosome have been “in love.”
“I would be in the house and there’s a box on the kitchen counter and it’s addressed to somewhere in Arizona and it’s just full of who even freaking knows what,” Ariana, 38, recalled through the Tuesday, January 30, episode of the Vanderpump Rules After Show, which aired following the season 11 premiere. “There’s one thing that I saw that I’m struggling to talk about it because it’s so cringe.”
Ariana went on to share that she found a friendship lamp Sandoval, 41, had purchased after Raquel, 29, that would assist the pair talk after they have been far aside. “It’s Bluetooth where if I touch it where I am, it will turn on where you are,” she defined, including, “Oh my god, I can’t.”
“Yeah, I was very much in love,” Sandoval mentioned when requested in regards to the communicative lights by producers, noting that he would additionally ship Raquel sweet and different presents to point out his affection.
“I would sign her cards and stamp them with wax,” he continued. “I don’t even send my mom birthday cards they stress me out. I like, learned how to stamp and wax [cards] and I’d put sparkles in [for] when she was halfway through.”
Ariana and Sandoval dated for practically 9 years on the Bravo hit however referred to as it quits in March 2023 when Ariana found Sandoval’s affair with Raquel. After season 10 of Vanderpump Rules wrapped later that month, Raquel admitted herself right into a psychological well being facility in Arizona. Five months later, Us Weekly reported that Raquel had reduce off contact with Sandoval and wouldn’t be returning for season 11.
Prior to breaking ties with the TomTom cofounder, Raquel despatched her personal set of presents to Sandoval’s house which he nonetheless shares with Ariana — together with a lightening bolt postcard. (When season 10 of Pump Rules aired, eagle-eyed followers seen that each Raquel and Sandoval have been sporting lighting bolt necklaces earlier than information of their affair got here to mild.)
During Tuesday’s “After Show,” Ariana revealed that she would discover mail addressed to Sandoval from Raquel arriving to the home, together with the postcard.
“Something comes and you’re like, ‘Is that for me? Oh no, it’s coming from somewhere in Arizona,’” she mentioned, noting that she will’t ensure of Raquel’s “mindset” on the time however speculated that the mannequin had “zero concept” that Ariana might intercept the letter a co-owner of the home.
Sandoval, in the meantime, mentioned that the postcard was despatched a “month” earlier than it really arrived. When Tom Schwartz referred to as sending the letter an “insane” choice, Sandoval agreed, saying he wasn’t positive what Raquel was pondering as she had additionally despatched gadgets to Schwartz’s deal with.
“Leading up to season 11 filming we definitely were communicating and sending each other letters and stuff like that,” he continued. “She’s like, ‘I wasn’t thinking. It was my first time out.’ They had left the [mental health] facility and they had gone out somewhere and she had gotten a postcard and I was like, “I can’t find it. I don’t know where it is.’”
Season 11 of Vanderpump Rules airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET. Episodes can be found to stream on Peacock the subsequent day.
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