Awkward! Tom Sandoval joked about hooking up with Tom Schwartz’s ex-wife, Katie Maloney, weeks earlier than information broke about his affair with Raquel Leviss.
The Vanderpump Guidelines stars opened up solely to Us Weekly about the place they stand with their fellow Bravo personalities whereas chatting about season 10 of the hit actuality collection. Schwartz, 40, acquired candid in regards to the aftermath of his 2022 break up from Maloney, 36, which is at present enjoying out on the present. (The pair finalized their divorce final October.)
“We did make, like, this kind of very casual pact to not hook up with anybody from the group, however I don’t know [how] a lot benefit I put in that,” the Minnesota native solely informed Us. “If the roles had been reversed, it doesn’t matter who Katie hooks up with or did, [or] would’ve connected with.”
Sandoval, 39, lower in and quipped, “Effectively, I’ve one thing to inform you … ”
Tom Sandoval and Katie Maloney. Stephanie Augello/Shutterstock
Weeks after the duo’s joint interview, Us confirmed on Friday, March 3, that the Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras singer and Ariana Madix ended their nine-year relationship after he cheated with Leviss, 28. The previous magnificence queen, who joined the Bravo collection in 2016, beforehand triggered a stir after she made out with Schwartz 5 months after his break up from Maloney.
Forward of her break up from Sandoval, the Florida native, 37, addressed the rumors that the duo had been in an open relationship.
“I shut it down simply because I really feel like whenever you let issues ruminate like that, it sort of simply turns into greater than it’s,” she solely informed Us final month. “Truthfully, it might be actually attractive if we had been, however we’re not.”
As his affair with Leviss raised eyebrows, Sandoval spoke out in regards to the scandal however requested that his family and friends — together with his and Schwartz’s companies — be spared from the backlash.
“Hey, I totally perceive [and] deserve ur anger & disappointment in the direction of me, however please go away Schwartz, my family and friends out of this case … Schwartz particularly solely came upon about this very just lately, and most positively didn’t condone my actions. This was a really private factor,” he wrote by way of Instagram on Saturday, March 4.
Sandoval didn’t handle Madix immediately in his apology. He continued: “I’m so sorry that my companions, Greg, Brett, and Schwartz and our staff should endure for my actions. I will probably be taking a step again & taking a hiatus out of respect for my staff & companions … I would like a while to deal with every thing else.”
Leviss, in the meantime, has but to subject a public assertion in regards to the controversy. Schwartz, for his half, seemingly reacted to the information immediately.
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“I requested my magic 8 ball if it was going to be a chill day 💀,” he wrote by way of his Instagram Story on the time. “My reply is not any,” learn the Magic 8 ball’s response.
