'Pump Rules' scene with new meaning amid Sandoval, Raquel affair

in a different light. vanderpump rules when the focus of the show Raquel Lewispotential romance with Tom Schwartz dominated the news of offscreen affair with tom sandoval,

Before the cast begins filming Season 10 during the summer of 2022, Katie Maloney and Schwartz announced their split after more than a decade together. As the cameras started rolling, us weekly confirms that the owner of the bar had a relationship with Raquel shayna shay And brock davisThe wedding, in July 2022, was upsetting to Katie as she asked her ex-husband not to date within her friend group.

Raquel and Schwartz’s possible connection was on everyone’s mind as new episodes of the Bravo show dropped. However, in March 2023, things took a turn when Sandoval and ariana madix The two parted ways after dating for about ten years.

A source revealed, “He’s been having problems for a while.” Wesaying that “only came to a breaking point” when Ariana learned that her then-boyfriend had been unfaithful to Raquel.

Shortly after the news made headlines, the Florida native’s brothers, jeremy maddixSlammed vanderpump rules co-stars.

“It’s funny to see people socialize and be so fake that they’re willing to do s–t on people who are supposed to be their ‘best friends’ (a term that gets thrown around here too often) There is some sort of story line to come,” he commented james kennedy‘s Instagram post. “This lifestyle and this group is beyond toxic and I would not recommend it to anyone. … Toms has tried his best to have a midlife crisis with his rock band and Raquel has clawed her way to the top, which Ready to step on anyone, starting with James. Sell out type lame s–t. Let’s just say Raquel was a fan of the show before all this. Does anyone pay attention?”

Sandoval, for his part, took to social media to issue an apology to Ariana, writing via Instagram, “I want to apologize first and foremost to everyone who was hurt by this process. Above all, I want to apologize to Ariana. I made mistakes, I was selfish and made reckless decisions that hurt someone I love. No one deserves to feel that pain so painfully and publicly.

He added: “I can only imagine how devastating this must have been for Ariana and everyone around us. I feel really terrible about it. My biggest regret is that I disrespected Ariana.” I never wanted to let so many people down including my dearest families and friends.

That same month, viewers began analyzing scenes from season 10 of vanderpump rules who appeared to be aging badly due to the drama. in the middle of a scene Lala Kent and Raquel, which was filmed in July 2022 after the beauty mogul questions her co-worker’s interest in unavailable men.

“Though it’s strange to me because Raquel was not interested in oliver [Saunders] until i said [I was interested]Lala said in the confessional statement. “Now she’s treating it like a competition and she’s in competition mode with me.”

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