Tom Sandoval, Ariana Defended Raquel From ‘Whore’ Comments Pre-Affair

Taking sides? Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix get up for Raquel Leviss because the aftermath of her and Tom Schwartz‘s kiss performs out on Vanderpump Rules.

The musician, 40, and his now-ex, 37, defend the wonder queen, 28, throughout a dialog with Katie Maloney airing as a part of the Wednesday, April 19, episode of the Bravo hit. A sneak peek shared through the community’s Twitter account on Tuesday, April 18, exhibits Katie’s unfiltered response to her ex-husband making out with Raquel at Scheana Shay and Brock Davies‘ wedding ceremony.

“I don’t think it was really, like, a big deal,” the Missouri native says of his BFF locking lips with Raquel. Katie, in the meantime, asserts that the kiss made her not need to be buddies with Schwartz following their divorce. (The former couple finalized their proceedings in October 2022, two months after their costars’ nuptials.)

Sandoval continues: “They’re just two single people who are decent looking and, like, in Mexico that just decided to makeout.”

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Ariana stands beside her then-beau within the kitchen as Katie defends her stance on the state of affairs. “We’ve had 900 conversations about it and he’s told me 100 times, like, ‘I’m not interested in her. Nothing’s ever gonna happen,’” the Utah native explains. “It’s too close to home.”

The TomTom co-owner interjects along with his opinion a number of occasions as Katie continues to debate the “aftermath” of the kiss. Ariana, in the meantime, concedes that it is going to be “really difficult for [Katie] and Raquel to be friends” due to what occurred.

“She’s a f–king whore,” Katie says of the California native, prompting immediate reactions from her costars.

Ariana argues, “She did not get paid by anyone to do anything,” because the digicam pans to point out Sandoval standing along with his arms crossed.

The Schwartz & Sandy’s cofounder refuses to see Katie’s viewpoint, telling her that she shouldn’t be stunned by her former partner’s conduct. “If you’re not with somebody and they do something stupid like that, [it shouldn’t matter],” he claims.

While Schwartz’s flirty relationship with Raquel has been a deal with season 10, the offscreen drama has centered round his enterprise associate. Us Weekly confirmed in March that Sandoval and Ariana referred to as it quits after 9 years collectively as a result of his affair with Raquel, who was beforehand engaged to costar James Kennedy.

Since information broke of the dishonest scandal, the Pump Rules solid has been revisiting obvious clues of Sandoval and Raquel’s romance. Earlier this month, Katie admitted on “Off the Vine With Kaitlyn Bristowe” that she discovered the duo’s friendship “suspicious” however didn’t “know for a fact” that something was occurring. Scheana, in the meantime, claimed that Raquel was noticeably absent for a number of hours on her wedding ceremony day in August 2022.

“She said she needed pool time or me time, but that’s probably not what she was doing for that entire time. … We all had schedules of where to be, and if [Sandoval and Raquel] were trying to figure out a time that they could have privacy, that would be the time because everybody was scheduled to be in your room,” she alleged on her “Scheananigans” podcast in March.

Sandoval, for his half, admitted on the “Howie Mandel Does Stuff” podcast earlier this month that he and Raquel had already kissed earlier than Scheana’s wedding ceremony. Eagle-eyed viewers have been satisfied Sandoval made a go on the SURver in the course of the Wednesday, April 12, episode of Pump Rules — in entrance of Ariana — because the group celebrated on the resort in Mexico.

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