The tide is slowly beginning to flip amongst the Vanderpump Rules forged when it comes to Team Ariana and Team Sandoval.
During the Tuesday, February 20, episode of the Bravo present, Scheana Shay and Brock Davies sat down with James Kennedy and Ally Lewber to focus on their upcoming forged journey. The getaway — which Katie Maloney and Ariana Madix, opted out of — was turning into a trigger for concern after Tom Schwartz invited Tom Sandoval.
Scheana, 38, began the candid dialog by citing Lisa Vanderpump‘s concerns about Sandoval’s psychological well being in the aftermath of his scandal. (Sandoval, 41, made headlines in March 2023 when he and Ariana, 38, referred to as it quits after practically a decade of courting due to his affair with Rachel “Raquel” Leviss.)
“I just don’t want him to do something and for it to be too late,” Scheana stated about Sandoval, who beforehand expressed his expertise with suicidal ideation. In response, Brock, 32, requested why Lisa, 63, requested Scheana to be the one to pave the best way for peace inside the good friend group.
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“It’s not fair that this got put on you because it put you against the wall,” he famous. “What are you going to do? Say someone’s mental health isn’t OK?”
Shortly after information broke about Sandoval’s infidelity, a lot of the Vanderpump Rules forged distanced themselves from him publicly whereas earning profits off of the insane response to the scandal. Schwartz was the one one who remained in Sandoval’s nook because the others confirmed their assist for Ariana.
Ally, 28, for her half, mentioned her difficult emotions towards Sandoval throughout Tuesday’s episode, saying, “We are humans. We are going to feel bad for him. That’s why I am nervous to go to Tahoe because I know that seeing him and hearing him, I will fall for that.”
In a confessional, Ally defined that she didn’t have “a personal issue” with Sandoval.
Raquel Leviss and Tom Sandoval confronted main backlash for his or her dishonest scandal — and their Vanderpump Rules costars have been entrance and heart throwing shade. The couple made headlines in March 2023 when Us Weekly confirmed that Sandoval and Ariana Madix referred to as it quits after practically a decade collectively due to his infidelity. The magnificence […]
“He has never done anything to me. He has always been very welcoming and kind. But I just feel very uneasy being around him,” she admitted. “Just seeing the way he hurt James and I don’t want to fake being nice. It is just one of those things where you are preparing for the awkwardness.”
James, 32, in the meantime, stated he didn’t rule out probably spending time with Sandoval on the journey. During the emotional dialog, Brock weighed in on the stress a few of the forged members felt to solely communicate to Ariana or Sandoval.
“There is right and there is wrong. We are not talking sides. What you did was very very wrong and he needs to acknowledge that. So none of us are choosing Team Ariana,” he stated earlier than noting that the group was “on her side” no matter their interactions with Sandoval.
Ally agreed that they need to provide Sandoval an olive department, including, “We ride for her but we can have empathy for someone who f—ked their whole life up. It can get dark quickly.”
Earlier in the episode, Lisa sat down with Scheana and Lala Kent to ask them to have extra consideration for Sandoval’s emotions. Lisa revealed that in her dialog with Sandoval he mentioned his deteriorating psychological well being.
Lala, 33, informed cameras that she “never gave” Sandoval’s way of thinking “much thought.”
“In my mind, I looked at him as someone who was like my ex [Randall Emmett]. They don’t have feelings. I have been holding on to a lot of anger,” she famous. “I don’t trust anybody and it is jut not healthy. I don’t want to be angry all the time. It is truly killing me.”
As for Scheana, she was involved that reviving her friendship with Sandoval would hurt her reference to Ariana.
“This hasn’t been easy, for me especially. He was genuinely one of the best friends I’ve ever had in my life. Is it worth losing Ariana?” she requested. “Ariana made it very clear that anyone who chooses to remain friends with Tom Sandoval is basically dead to her. But at the same time if someone is really struggling at this level, how do I keep coming for him?”
Scheana tried to deliver up her emotions to Ariana throughout a pool get together, which was swiftly shut down. While Scheana argued that Sandoval was “such an amazing friend” to her in the previous, Ariana claimed her ex-boyfriend’s conduct wasn’t “genuine.”
“He still will not take responsibility for what he did,” Ariana continued. “I can understand that maybe he has had some thoughts and some feelings. But those thoughts and those feelings are based on the situation that he created in which he didn’t give a f—k about anyone else’s mental health. I know I am a bitch saying this but it just feels a little bit annoying.”
She added: “As soon as he is getting invited to parties again he will be like, ‘Great. That is what I wanted.’ This is a scary f—king person that I don’t trust anything that comes out of his mouth because it is constantly changing. It to me feels like manipulation.”
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