Pump Rules’ Raquel, Ariana Talked Sandoval Sex Life Pre-Scandal

Loaded recommendation? Raquel Leviss weighed in on Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval’s intercourse life — and boosted Ariana’s shallowness — amid her secret affair with the TomTom cofounder.

“It just sometimes feels lately, like, we haven’t been as connected,” Tom, 40, confessed to Ariana, 37, throughout the Wednesday, May 10, episode of Vanderpump Rules amid their relationship ups and downs. “You snap at me and you f—king belittle me in front of people. That really f—king hurts my feelings.”

While the Florida native “agreed” together with her then-boyfriend about “not being connected” she wasn’t satisfied that extra intercourse would assist their dynamic.

“I just want to f—king be better. I want to us to be more intimate,” Tom defined whereas having a small breakdown at their shared dwelling. “Having sex, like, four times a year, that also affects me.”

Ariana quipped: “OK, well then maybe you need to spend time with me because I cannot have sex with somebody who feels like a stranger.”

Elsewhere within the episode, the Buying Back My Daughter actress opened as much as Raquel, 28, about her insecurities and the way that they had began to have an effect on her intercourse life with the Schwartz & Sandy’s cofounder.

“I feel like in a relationship you should want to have sex,” Raquel informed Ariana throughout the Something About Her social gathering at SUR. The Fancy AF Cocktails coauthor agreed, however identified, “You have to be emotionally intimate to be physically intimate.”

When requested whether or not she was nonetheless “sexually attracted” to Tom, Ariana shortly replied, “Oh my God, I think he’s so f—king hot.”

She then confessed that she doesn’t really feel attractive. “I’m like, ‘I’m not hot,’” Ariana stated of her physique. “You don’t look at my body and go, ‘Yeah, that’s what I want. I want cellulite, fat thighs and a big ass.’”

Raquel lower her off, saying, “Stop! I feel like a lot of that is in your head.” The former pageant queen admitted that she does the identical factor to herself, which she famous was “f—ked up” and never correct.

“I think we’re a lot prettier than we think we are. We’re our own worst critics and that translates into our sexual lives,” Raquel defined. “Now that I’m single, I think that sex is a very, very important part of a healthy relationship.”

Ariana concluded by telling Raquel that she needed to repair her and Tom’s relationship. “I wouldn’t be having this conversation if this wasn’t who I wanted to be with,” she stated, including, “I think we’ll talk it out and be fine.”

Tom and Ariana’s relationship woes, nevertheless, turned a fair greater subject of dialog off digicam in March when Us Weekly confirmed that they referred to as it quits after 9 years. The information got here amid the Tom Sandoval and The Most Extras singer’s months-long affair with Raquel. (Pump Rules’ Tom Schwartz revealed throughout an April look on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen that he “learned about the affair in August.” He claimed that Sandoval had a “one night stand” with the California native earlier than embarking on a “emotional affair.”)

Both Sandoval and Raquel publicly apologized to Ariana later that month for the dishonest scandal. In the wake of the drama, the Pump Rules solid resumed filming scenes for season 10 because the fallout from the connection performed out in actual time.

Viewers will get a fair higher have a look at the place the fact stars stand with their costars throughout the explosive season 10 finale and subsequent reunion, that are each set to air later this month on Bravo. In the meantime, Ariana has been linked to health teacher Daniel Wai, whom she was noticed kissing at Coachella final month.

Raquel, for her half, checked right into a psychological well being rehabilitation middle in April following the affair backlash. Sandoval, in the meantime, introduced throughout his May 4 live performance in New York that “it’s been one month since I had my last drink of alcohol.”

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Vanderpump Rules airs on Bravo Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET.