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The third and last a part of the “Vanderpump Rules” season 10 reunion has lastly come and gone, and it introduced much more drama as the extreme confrontation between exes Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix and their fellow SURvers continued. In the episode, Raquel Leviss lastly got here face-to-face with Madix after her and Sandoval’s months-long affair was revealed, and whereas she supplied apologies, they weren’t so effectively obtained by Madix. In reality, in a single heated second, Madix likened Leviss to a dementor from Harry Potter. But extra on that forward. First, a recap.
In early March, Madix realized about Sandoval and Leviss’s relationship. “Vanderpump Rules” cameras started rolling once more on the time to seize extra footage, and the entire forged got here collectively on March 23 to movie the reunion, throughout which Madix and Sandoval hashed out the state of affairs.
Just minutes into the primary episode, Sandoval was lashed out at by almost everybody else on the reunion stage when he started to cry after being questioned by host Andy Cohen. “You’re not at the Academy Awards,” James Kennedy yelled at Sandoval, whereas Madix chimed in, “The sad sack act is f*cking bulls*t.”
Things rapidly escalated between Kennedy and Sandoval as the 2 argued over the seriousness of their friendship within the wake of the latter’s affair with Leviss, Kennedy’s former fiancée. As threats had been thrown round, each bought out of their seats and needed to be bodily separated. Cohen then spoke particularly to Kennedy, pushing him to “stay in the chair.” Kennedy rapidly excused himself for a loo break, however yelled insults at Sandoval on his means out — together with, “You’re a worm with a mustache.”
During May 31’s episode and the earlier installment on May 24, forged member Scheana Shay was current, whereas Leviss was not on account of a brief restraining order she obtained in opposition to Shay early in March. Leviss accused shut buddy Shay of punching her upon studying of the affair. It saved Shay and Leviss from filming collectively throughout the reunion, however on March 29, Leviss and her lawyer didn’t seem in court docket for the listening to concerning the order, and it was dismissed. During a one-on-one chat with Cohen that aired on May 31, Leviss mentioned she’d had her lawyer file for the dismissal and admitted, “I completely regret filing the restraining order.”
Parts one and two of the reunion primarily confirmed Leviss listening in from a trailer exterior the studio as her castmates filmed. Shay left the stage on the finish of the second episode, and Leviss was introduced in — although her conversations with the remainder of the crew have but to air.
Shay and Leviss’s differing variations of these occasions had been the majority of the main focus throughout the May 31 episode. Shay mentioned she was not ready to talk about the incident till after her court docket date (although did showcase her nails to assist the argument that her lengthy manicure would have prevented her from forming a fist). That did not forestall different forged members from sharing their opinions, although.
Cohen instantly requested Sandoval what he thought occurred between Shay and Leviss, and after a prolonged pause, Sandoval lamented that he felt “like I’m between a rock and a hard place. I don’t want to upset my relationship with Scheana but I want to tell the truth.” Sandoval then insisted that he heard Shay inform Madix on the telephone after the previous’s encounter with Levis, “I just punched that b*tch in the face,” asserting that he was “one hundred percent [positive], I’ll take a polygraph.”
“I talked to Scheana on the phone and not once did she say ‘I punched Raquel,'” Lala Kent chimed in, supporting Shay. An emotional Shay in the end mentioned she’d by no means be pals with Leviss once more, and detailed the affect of the affair on her personal life. Shay additionally confirmed she had shared her suspicions a few relationship between Sandoval and Leviss with Madix, who’d brushed her considerations off on the time.
In the earlier episode, Sandoval and buddy Tom Schwartz had supplied differing timelines for when the latter realized about Sandoval and Leviss’s affair. Schwartz claimed Sandoval advised him he’d had a one-night stand with Leviss in early August, whereas in a separate interview with Cohen that aired May 24, Sandoval claimed his enterprise companion did not know concerning the relationship till January of this 12 months.
While Sandoval gave the impression to be crumbling beneath the stress of his pals’ questioning, Leviss appeared to maintain calm throughout the moments she was filmed. She additionally spoke about her mindset throughout the affair whereas chatting solo with Cohen within the May 31 sit-down. Leviss mentioned she and Sandoval felt Madix appeared to disregard indicators of their affair, stating that her former buddy, “never pressed about it, she never confronted me about it… just believed at face value.” When Cohen advised Leviss it appeared like she was blaming Madix for her actions, Leviss agreed: “I mean at the time I think that was my mindset . . . I’m very ashamed of it.” Leviss asserted that she and Sandoval had deliberate to return clear to Madix concerning the affair earlier than they had been found, however “just needed to get our story straight” on the timeline they deliberate to share.
In the ultimate a part of the reunion that aired on June 7, Leviss and Madix tried to apologize to Leviss and all of the individuals they’d harm by means of their actions. “I’m so ashamed and embarrassed that I’m even capable of keeping this secret from someone who has been in my corner since the beginning. Ariana, I’m so sorry for betraying you,” Leviss supplied at one level. She continued, “I did it because Tom and I had this connection. I felt seen and heard by him,” which struck a nerve with the group, as Madix had all the time been one in every of Leviss’s largest supporters. “I never confided in Ariana about personal things like I did with Tom,” Leviss defined, including, (*10*)
By the tip of the episode, Sandoval was in tears as he apologized, saying, “I understand what I did was so f*cked up, but I’m human. I make mistakes . . . Ariana, I know that you hate me, and it’s OK. I understand. But I want you to know I will always love you, and I will always be cheering you on from afar.”
Neither of their apologies had been recieved effectively, nonetheless, due to the truth that they had been persevering with their affair (and each claimed to be in love). After thanking followers of “VPR” for his or her assist all through Scandoval, Madix advised Leviss, “This is gross. When is it gonna click? [Your relationship is] an abomination . . . It’s so f*ckin awful.”
At one level within the reunion, Madix revealed Sandoval had nonetheless been sleeping together with her after his affair with Leviss had begun, which spurred Sandoval to make a very revolting remark. “She kept her T-shirt on,” he mentioned about that sexual encounter with an eyeroll. “It was really hot,” he added sarcastically, which produced groans of disgust from everybody in attendance. Even Schwartz, who had been in Sandoval’s nook all through the reunion, advised him to cease speaking.
Throughout the night time, Madix insisted she was not humiliated by Sandoval and Leviss’s actions, and he or she delivered fairly a couple of zingers on the pair, however the one which stood out was when she likened Leviss to a dementor from Harry Potter. “You are lower than the f*ckin lowest of low people. You’re a f*ckin’ psychopath,” she mentioned. “You’re terrifying to me as a person. The fact that you are capable of this sh*t — un-f*ckin-believable. You’re a dementor. I know you like Harry Potter. You’re a f*ckin’ dementor . . . You’re a soul-sucking individual. After today, I will never see or speak to you again, and I will be better for it.”
In a last interview filmed six days after the reunion, Leviss revealed extra particulars about her affair with Sandoval (the principle one being that they completely lied about their affair’s timeline), and even admitted to suggesting she, Sandoval, and Madix be a throuple. “I love Ariana as a person, and I’m in love with Tom Sandoval, so [a throuple] didn’t sound like a farfetched idea,” she mentioned. Sandoval rejected the concept, nonetheless, as Madix wouldn’t have agreed to it (clearly).
Since filming ended, Madix attended May’s White House Correspondents’ dinner and has been romantically linked to coach Danny Wai. Sandoval and Leviss each haven’t outlined their present relationship with one another past saying they love one another within the reunion.
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