Each Bombshell Reveal & Accusation from Vanderpump Guidelines Reunion, Tom and Ariana Sit-downs

The hour started with Andy Cohen really interviewing Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss individually the day earlier than the complete forged sat down collectively. Sadly, viewers should wait till subsequent week to essentially hear from Raquel, whose one-on-one interview wasn’t actually seen and who — due to her restraining order in opposition to Scheana Shay on the time — spent a lot of the episode watching the reunion being filmed from a TV display screen inside a trailer 100 ft away.

Subsequent week, she’ll commerce spots with Shay … however, till then, let’s dive into all the pieces that went down between Ariana and Sandoval tonight.

Throughout her convo with Cohen, Madix first revealed her textual content messages to and from Raquel within the rapid aftermath of discovering the affair. It confirmed that on the evening she discovered about it, Ariana texted, “You might be DEAD TO ME,” earlier than Leviss responded two days later by writing, “I do not even know what to say proper now in addition to I actually f—ed up and I’m so so so sorry.”

Madix’s response? “Shut the f— up you f—ing RAT.” She then blocked Raquel.

Tom, in the meantime, began to put out the alleged timeline of occasions — saying that he and Raquel bought shut final yr, earlier than having intercourse after a number of the forged went to The Abbey collectively final August. He mentioned they weren’t collectively once more for some time after that, till late September, however had began hooking up earlier than BravoCon. Listening to that, Cohen questioned if Sandoval “bought off” seeing each Ariana and Raquel cheering him on throughout a efficiency on the fan conference, with Tom exclaiming, “No! Oh my god, no!”

He went on to say that he and Madix “had points” for some time, claiming that he felt extra like her “homosexual BFF” than her associate. He mentioned he did not like holding their points from the remainder of the forged, as unseen footage from September 2022 confirmed him venting to a producer that he felt they had been being faux. Ariana, nonetheless, mentioned she felt as if she “at all times confirmed all the pieces,” and took challenge along with his model of occasions.

“He is framing it now as one thing else. As a result of he has to, he is determined. He’ll throw something on the wall proper now, hoping it’s going to stick,” she advised Andy. “He is the one who used to inform me, he coached me on this the identical means he is teaching Rachel. Gotta get their lies proper, their story proper, their spin.”

She added that she was so dissatisfied and upset with Raquel as a result of whereas “everyone knows males are trash,” Madix trusted her girlfriends. “So for somebody to be so ingratiated in my life as my good friend, how can somebody be as near me as she did after which [do that]?” she questioned, saying she “could not think about doing that to certainly one of my buddies” herself.

And with that, the reunion correct began, as Andy sat down with Ariana, Tom, Lala Kent, James Kennedy, Katie Maloney, Lisa Vanderpump, Tom Schwartz and Scheana Shay. After noting that Raquel was MIA as a result of restraining order scenario, Cohen then instantly began issues off by asking Tom whether or not he had something to say to Ariana or the group about Scandoval.

“I simply wanna thank everyone,” he started, his voice quivering as a single tear rolled down his cheek. With that, everybody began to pounce on him. “Pull your self collectively, man! You are not on the Oscars!” exclaimed James, mocking Sandoval’s crying earlier than shouting, “Crocodile tears, p—y!” Madix additionally lower off Tom, exclaiming that he was “not a sufferer” and telling him, “The unhappy, unhappy act is f—ing bulls—.”

As he thanked the forged for supporting Ariana and including she “did not deserve” something that occurred to her, he apologized for “doing the one factor I mentioned I would not do and I did it within the worst means doable. I really like you and I apologize.” Madix wasn’t having it, nonetheless, and advised Andy that Tom “has victim-blamed me 100% of the way in which.” She added, “I do not consider something that simply got here out of his mouth. I feel he is f—ing stuffed with s— and he can f— off.”

After Kent then in contrast Sandoval to her personal ex Randall Emmett — calling Tom a “harmful individual” and “f—ing narcissist” — she and LVP bought into it briefly, as Lisa thought that was a “ridiculous stance” to take. Lala mentioned she wasn’t asking for anybody else’s opinions, rejecting Vanderpump’s earlier than slamming Sandoval for dishonest. Tom mentioned she was the final one who needs to be judging his character, as LVP scolded all of them, saying, “We can’t begin like this.”

Madix went on to say {that a} lack of high quality time between her and Tom wasn’t the difficulty, as a substitute saying he “induced a divide within the relationship as a result of he was f—ing different individuals” — and never simply Raquel. “He is f—ed greater than Raquel,” she mentioned, citing Miami Woman and the thriller lady Tom admitted to dishonest with within the season finale. “That f—ing f—er is at fault as a result of he is the one who made these selections,” she added, earlier than proclaiming that “having intimacy points doesn’t excuse any f—ing factor” and saying any suggestion in any other case was nothing wanting “victim-blaming.”

Ariana added that she knew about Miami Woman, however since they weren’t “unique” on the time of that hookup, she stood by Tom on the time, hoping everybody else would see the perfect in him as a result of that is what I noticed on the time.” When Andy then reminded the forged that they had been a gaggle of cheaters — Madix included — Kent was the primary to level out that “none of us had been f—ing our greatest good friend’s man.”

Cohen then tried to ask three totally different occasions why Sandoval did not cop to his conduct sooner — although near-physical confrontations between Tom and James saved derailing the reunion. As she watched from the trailer, Raquel smiled and laughed as she mentioned to the TV, “I need him to reply this query!”

“I used to be clearly scared to. I feel additionally she was going by way of loads in that point and I did not wish to add something,” Sandoval ultimately mentioned.

The main target then shifted to Schwartz, who was placed on the spot about what he knew and when he knew it. He claimed that Sandoval first began coming to him in July 2022 to vent about his relationship points with Madix, earlier than listening to from Tom that he had an “intimate second” with Raquel in August. “When Charlotte’s physique wasn’t even chilly,” Madix interjected, referring to the couple’s lifeless canine, who handed when the affair began. Schwartz then claimed Tom “broke it down for me” once more in late August, after Scheana’s marriage ceremony.

That assertion, nonetheless, caught Sandoval and the remainder of the forged off guard — as Sandoval claimed he did not fill in Schwartz till mid-to-late January. “Did you guys not get your timelines collectively to match?” requested Kent, getting snicker out of Madix.

Each Toms then mentioned that Sandoval pushing Schwartz to hook up with Raquel was 100% not a decoy or try and distract from Sandoval and Leviss’ affair — however LVP although it was each “macabre” and “perverse” that Sandoval was encouraging his “finest good friend to make out with any individual who you’ve got simply slept with.” She added, “There’s one thing unusual about that.”

The boys then mentioned that Schwartz & Sandy’s did “take a success” when the scandal was first uncovered in public, including that there was even #TeamAriana graffiti within the bar’s toilet. As Ariana mentioned that anybody who visits their institution higher “not f—ing attempt to discuss to me ever once more,” Cohen questioned whether or not that additionally meant she’d cease talking with LVP if Vanderpump stayed in enterprise with the Toms.

“We simply will not be as shut,” mentioned Madix, actually surprising Lisa together with her remark. “What do you anticipate me to do? I have been near you and supportive. I really like you very a lot,” mentioned Lisa, as Ariana mentioned she would have “a tough time confiding” in Vanderpump going ahead if she remained tied to Sandoval. “I will at all times love and assist something you do,” she then clarified, including, “that may simply not be a spot that I [visit].” Lisa added that she did not need Tom and their enterprise offers “have an effect on our relationship.”

Because the episode got here to a detailed, Scheana then mentioned she regretted having Raquel’s again all season, one thing which induced severe stress between her and Katie all through the episodes. She admitted to taking Raquel’s phrase about feeling bullied by Maloney — who was pissed at Leviss for making out together with her ex-husband, Schwartz — as “Bible,” and felt that, as somebody who had been in the same place prior to now, she needed to “shield Raquel in any respect prices.”

“The phrase bully, we ain’t educating pre-Okay right here, that is f—ing Bravo, all of us signed up for it,” mentioned Kent, prompting a vicious backwards and forwards between her and Sandoval, who referred to as Lala a “bully” herself. When she introduced up his affair, he mentioned it wasn’t a “get of jail free card” to be thrown round any struggle, earlier than accusing Kent of utilizing Raquel “as a scapegoat” all season lengthy.

“I’m taking accountability, you aren’t,” he added, earlier than Lisa interjected and mentioned that, sure, generally Kent might be “fairly aggressive” in the way in which she offers with others. That remark set off Kennedy, who felt Lisa was “sticking up for Tom an excessive amount of.” She denied doing that, Tom mentioned Lisa was simply “being affordable” and Kennedy stormed out of filming — exclaiming that he wasn’t “gonna hearken to this s—” anymore. The hour ended with Raquel rolling her eyes at Kennedy’s antics, including, “Oh my god.”

The “Vanderpump Guidelines” reunion will proceed subsequent Wednesday with Leviss within the scorching seat … keep tuned!