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Tom Sandoval was concerned in a heated brawl whereas attending a proper social gathering.
In response to a Friday, September 1, TikTok video, the 41-year-old Vanderpump Guidelines star seemingly tried to intervene when a partygoer tossed each a drink and a floral centerpiece within the crowd.
After the person threw a glass of pink wine on the occasion’s safety guards, he ran towards a separate space of the room and picked up a gold chair. Sandoval can then be seen operating into the body, seemingly attempting to de-escalate the scenario. Whereas a separate safety guard restrained the person in his arms, he retained a grasp on the chair. Sandoval grabbed the opposite aspect of the seat, and so they appeared to get into an aggressive tug-of-war over it.
TikTok consumer TheMeganPlays, who filmed the interplay, defined that she and her good friend attended a celebration the place the Pump Guidelines forged was filming. “A random man began a struggle with safety, idk about what. He grabbed our centerpiece so,” she wrote beneath the publish.
Megan additional clarified on Saturday, September 2, that the person — who has not been recognized — was not attacking Sandoval.
“We have been simply sitting at a desk and this random man got here and he grabbed the centerpiece [of a] flower vase [and] chucked it on the safety guard,” Megan recalled in a second video, speculating he in all probability wished to get on digicam through the Vanderpump Guidelines taping. “Then, Sandoval stepped in. I don’t suppose Sandoval was initially concerned within the struggle — that’s not what it appeared like.”
Megan additional alleged that Vanderpump Guidelines producers “didn’t know what was happening” earlier than the person was kicked out of the venue. Producers then shuffled the forged out of the room as effectively, and it isn’t recognized if the brawl continued elsewhere.
Sandoval has not but publicly addressed the incident.
The Vanderpump Guidelines forged have at the moment been on a forged journey to San Francisco, the place Sandoval, Lala Kent, Scheana Shay, Katie Maloney, James Kennedy and Ally Lewber all stepped out on the Friday bash. The crew snapped behind-the-scenes pics of their formalwear by way of their respective Instagram Tales however didn’t seize any moments from the struggle.
Sandoval’s ex-girlfriend Ariana Madix, whom Us Weekly confirmed in March that he break up from following his affair with Raquel Leviss, additionally joined the group for the journey. Madix, 38, was accompanied by her new boyfriend, Daniel Wai.
The San Fran getaway marked the conclusion of season 11. “That’s a wrap on season 11,” Kent 33, stated by way of her Instagram Tales afterward Friday. “What a wild and unusual summer time, but it surely’s finished.”
Season 11 will likely be notably heated as a result of it options the primary on-camera interactions between the forged after final season’s reunion, the place the group was at odds with Sandoval and Leviss, 28, following their dishonest scandal. Leviss, for her half, opted to not return for the brand new episodes after she left a psychological well being remedy facility in July.
