The history of"Vanderpump Rules"may as well be a history of who cheated on whom.
In Season 10, though, one cheating scandal emerged to rule them all.
“I just think it was really unexpected,” he guessed.
But was it, really?
Moreover, it often seemed like they just didn’t like each other very much.
She noted that they even sometimes shared jeans.
“His flat iron, oh, his f***ing flat iron.
It was his most prized possession.
Would he ever look at me the way he looked at it?”
After making up following an argument, Sandoval detailed his attitude toward his relationship in a blog post forBravo.
That newfound dedication to “happy girl, happy world” was not to last.
Doute became convinced that her boyfriend was secretly hooking up with new SUR bartender Ariana Madix.
She went on the warpath, desperate to uncover the affair.
After asking Madix to be honest with her, Doute was surprised to find herself believing her adversary.
“Ariana’s reaction, it’s kind of weird,” she said.
Noble, sure, but I wasn’t ready for that.
“I f***ed a ton of guys behind your back.
I cheated on you.
Sandoval shot back, “Two in one weekend?”
and Doute rolled her eyes.
That book is closed.”
“So that to me is enough.”
At the reunion, Sandoval had several things to get off his chest.
“That’s all that happened,” he insisted.
Then the conversation took a turn, and Cohen askedif Sandoval and Madix were now dating.
Madix, her hair in a high braid, looked uncomfortable.
When Cohen pressed them again, Sandoval and Madix admitted that they were dating.
While Doute looked on, distressed, Sandoval added, “I’m like, so much happier.”
By the Season 3 premiere, there was no ambiguity left.
I can honestly say that I’ve never been this happy."
Sandoval and Madix ultimately left SUR, and Sandoval later toldUs Weeklythat he wished he walked out earlier.
“I just would have never even filmed with [her],” he said.
“I just don’t think it’s really fair …
I wish I would have just never even engaged in that at all.”
In the ensuing years, Sandoval has always denied that anything happened, including as recently as 2021.
No, I don’t."
“I told you, I was there,” Taylor insisted.
“Not only the Miami situation that was week one of their relationship, by the way.
But yeah, there’s been other times.”
At the Season 9 reunion (viaBravo), Madix clarified, “I want people to understand something.
Tom does not have this insane desire to be a dad and have kids.
It’s a very common misconception.”
Madix and Sandoval’s friends didn’t always approve of their union, especially early on.
“I think Tom will always look out for himself first,” Shay warned.
If only Madix had listened.
While Sandoval drove the drunk girls home, Kent invited Madix into the backseat.
“My sexuality is not something that is meant to sound cool to a bunch of dudes.”
“Katie said you and Ariana have an open relationship?”
Shay asks while Sandoval rubs his eyes and replies, “Oh God.”
However, Madix was quick to squash any speculation before it had a chance to get started.
“thought that was obvious.”
She expanded on the rumor while speaking withPage Sixat the season premiere party.
“There was no genuine apology.
He was saying how she never supports him, she doesn’t validate him … What a way to end nearly a decade together.
I know a lot of people are angry.”
But he also stopped short of saying that he regrets cheating.
“I could’ve handled things way better.
“He’s addicted.
It’s an infatuation of all infatuations,” Schwartz said ruefully.
“Raquel is Tom’s heroin …
He got lost in the sauce.”
