A day earlier than the Wednesday’s installment of Vanderpump Guidelines, Andy Cohen teased the episode’s “surprising” contents, which he stated had not been touched or recut in gentle of the “Scandoval” that has reinvigorated the fact collection. “You gained’t consider it,” he warned on his SiriusXM present.
That heightened urgency appears justified for season 10 of the collection, which facilities on the drama between (some present, however principally former) workers of Lisa Vanderpump’s SUR (that’s brief for Attractive Distinctive Restaurant). Simply two weeks in the past, TMZ broke the information that Vanderpump star Tom Sandoval had been dishonest on Ariana Madix, his costar and girlfriend of practically 10 years, with their fellow castmate Raquel Leviss—who was beforehand engaged to their castmate James Kennedy and shut buddies with Madix. (Each Sandoval and Leviss have issued apologies for the reason that information broke.)
The following developments—that the affair had been occurring for six months; that Sandoval’s finest good friend and enterprise associate, Tom Schwartz, could have helped cowl it up for the cameras—have solely stoked the flames. They’ve additionally helped rankings soar, with the present’s March 8 episode changing into its most-watched in practically three years, in keeping with Deadline.
As for the sordid content material Mr. Cohen was dangling, on the latest episode of Vanderpump, Lala Kent confronts Leviss for deciding to make a transfer on their new good friend Oliver Saunders after she first expressed curiosity in him. “I’ll say—you ingesting, I’d by no means belief you round my man. By no means,” Kent tells Leviss. An admittedly inebriated Leviss replies, “I imply, like thank God you don’t have a person to love fucking have round.” At one level, fellow co-star Katie Maloney, whose ex-husband Leviss has additionally pursued, says, “I’m beginning to see a sample in Raquel. She’s solely all for males both her buddies are married to or all for, and that could be a large pink flag for me.”
Even past that little bit of foreshadowing, a number of developments have occurred for the reason that drama was uncovered. Schwartz has denied kissing Leviss to cowl up her affair with Sandoval, telling TMZ at—the place else—the airport: “That’s not true. Until I used to be a pawn within the sport.” When requested about Sandoval’s well-being, Schwartz stated that his good friend and fellow Tom “has a way of profound unhappiness” and “is aware of he’s fucked up.”
Maloney stopped by Watch What Occurs Dwell with Andy Cohen on Wednesday, the place she claimed that whereas the affair’s “particulars have been surprising, I wasn’t shocked that it was Raquel.” And whereas she purports to have details about the infidelity’s “origin story,” Maloney shall be saving it for the reunion.
As for Leviss, she’s “weighing her choices” in terms of how she’ll take part within the season 10 reunion—if in any respect, in keeping with TMZ. Sources instructed the outlet that manufacturing has been working to dealer a take care of Leviss for her to not solely seem on the reunion, however in-person—regardless of Leviss’s short-term restraining order towards castmate Scheana Shay, who allegedly punched her within the face upon studying of the affair. Shay denied this incident by way of her lawyer Neama Rahmani, who instructed Web page Six on March 9: “Scheana by no means punched Rachel, interval. This complete case is a fabrication by a recognized liar and a cheat who has betrayed everybody near her.” (Rachel is Raquel’s authorized title, as has been famous each in authorized paperwork and resurfaced highschool yearbook pictures.)
There have additionally been some business-related stumbles within the Vanderverse. Each Tom Tom Restaurant and Pump Lounge have had their liquor licenses revoked for the reason that scandal broke, although apparently not as a result of of the scandal. Whereas Tom Tom’s license has since been reinstated, in keeping with California’s Division of Alcohol Beverage Management, Pump’s remains to be in limbo, as is its future at its present location in West Hollywood.
And Madix lastly broke her silence on the scandal in an Instagram put up on Wednesday evening, sharing her “honest gratitude for the outpouring of affection and assist…from buddies, household, and folks I’ve by no means even met within the final two weeks.” She continued, “To say I’ve been devastated and damaged is an understatement. Nonetheless, I do know that I’m not on this alone. So a lot of my closest buddies are additionally grieving this loss proper now and reeling from this betrayal on so many ranges.” Madix, who has been in Mexico for a good friend’s wedding ceremony, concluded her put up with a veiled warning: “what doesn’t kill me higher run.”
With a gentle stream of recent updates and affirmation that Bravo has prolonged filming on season 10, as Self-importance Truthful’s Chris Murphy defined final week: if there have been ever a time to be watching Vanderpump Guidelines, this could be it.
