Ariana Madix's Friend Sets Record Straight After Skinny Dipping in 'Vanderpump Rules' Trailer

The upcoming “Vanderpump Rules” season 10 reunion show is not one to be missed.

Raquel Leviss' defense amid the backlash she's received from her affair with her  co-star, Tom Sandoval.Saunders — the eldest son of  star Garcelle Beauvais, spoke up for Leviss during an appearance on  podcast Monday.«It rubs me the wrong way how many people I feel like are so quick to judge or say negative things about somebody without really, genuinely knowing the person. You gotta give her a break,» Saunders, 32, said. «It's a mistake, and we all make mistakes.»As fans of the Bravo reality TV series know, Leviss, 28, and Saunders were caught making out during a season 10 episode of the show, during a girls' trip to Las Vegas.Filming of the Vegas trip took place months before news of Sandoval's affair with Leviss broke — bringing his nine-year relationship with Ariana Madix to an end.While Saunders, who called Madix a «sweetheart,» voiced his support for Leviss, he did acknowledge her wrongdoing amid the Scandoval madness.«Yes, she shouldn't have been hooking up with our friend's dude, but we all make mistakes.

reunion on Instagram—and was dressed to kill.  The reality star arrived at the taping in a that left her torso nearly completely exposed apart from well-placed bands across her chest and waist.

 season 10 reunion, Bravo released a photo of Ariana Madix's outfit for the special — and it's fierce!Just weeks after her breakup from Tom Sandoval amid his cheating scandal with Raquel Leviss, and following her «Boys Lie» style statement, Madix is showing her ex what he's missing in a red cut-out gown that puts her abs on full display.«Prepare the group chat

Andy Cohen says the Vanderpump Rules reunion has so much action that Peacock is planning to release «extended» versions. On SiriusXM's , Cohen shared some insight into the highly anticipated season 10 reunion and described the day as a «real reckoning.»The Bravo boss said he filmed one-on-one interviews with Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss.«I did separate one-on-ones with Tom, Ariana and Raquel, so that I could get all of their stories just in conversation with me, because I had a sense that I wasn't-- now, by the way, I re-asked a lot of the stuff in front of the group, but wanted to get everyone-- and I also, I had things that I had… my own concerns, I had my own things I wanted to confront them about, things that I had noticed,» he said. «I got to do that, so that's how we started and then we brought them in as a group, OK?»He continued, «So, it was a real reckoning.

cast filmed their highly anticipated reunion last week and Scheana Shay is finally giving fans a glimpse into what went down. On this week’s episode of Dear Media’s, the reality star sits down with her co-star, Lala Kent, to discuss the  reunion, how Ariana Madix handled herself, and how Shay is doing after the restraining order Raquel Leviss filed against her was dismissed. «I thought Ariana handled herself so well. Like, she sat back and looked insanely hot and amazing and just f**king sliced with her words.

Lala Kent says looking back, the  cast saw many red flags between Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss -- and chose to ignore them. The reality star was on SiriusXM’s on Tuesday, and revealed that at one point someone recalled «opening the doors and seeing Sandoval and Raquel under covers together» when he was in a relationship with Ariana Madix. The cast member then thought, "'This is weird but they’re just best friends.'«Kent doesn’t give away who caught the two in the compromising position but says it was off-camera at a party. The 32-year-old reality star goes on to tell Lewis that she did not tell Madix about anything because the two „haven’t been close for a while.“ However, she said she did tell Scheana Shay. Kent says Shay confronted Madix, Leviss and Sandoval but they all said nothing was going on.  alum Jax Taylor recently spoke with ET's Rachel Smith about Sandoval's affair with Leviss.

With all the drama that’s taken place after Tom Sandoval cheated betrayed longtime girlfriend Adriana Madix by cheating with Raquel Leviss, it’s a given that the upcoming “Vanderpump Rules” reunion special will be a fiery one.

Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss have been spotted together for the first time since Scandoval. The duo was photographed having a casual chat together on Thursday, after filming for the highly-anticipated season 10 reunion of wrapped.«Raquel and Tom took time to sit and talk after filming,» a source tells ET.

Ariana Madix made her feelings loud and clear at the  reunion.In new photos taken of the reality TV star on Thursday ahead of filming the show's season 10 reunion special, Madix was seen wearing an orange sweatshirt that read: «1-800-Boys Lie.»The back of the hoodie, which featured bold, bedazzled lettering in a darker orange color, had a message for prospective callers: «We're sorry. The number you are trying to reach has moved on.»Madix paired the hoodie with matching sweatpants, which shared the same lettering down the back and front of the pants.The pointed message comes as the  cast gears up to re-hash all the season 10 drama, including Tom Sandoval's affair with Raquel Leviss, which led to the end of his nine-year relationship with Madix.In addition to her slight against Sandoval, Madix also had some shade to throw Leviss' way.The 37-year-old was spotted out in Los Angeles earlier this week, when a videographer asked her if Leviss had apologized for her and Sandoval's tryst and the subsequent fallout, to which Madix replied, «I don't know who you're talking about.»Ahead of Thursday's reunion taping, a source shared some insight on what's being called Bravo's Super Bowl.«It's going to be done like never before,» the source told ET.«So many logistics have gone into preparing for the event,» the source continued before diving into the restrictions surrounding taping with Leviss and Scheana Shay.

season 10 reunion is sure to bring some drama. For some of the castmates… it will be from a distance.

fraught with Shakespearian-level dramatic irony as the show reveals the mounting drama leading up to the revelation of Tom Sandoval, 40, and Raquel Leviss’ months-long affair.In this week’s installment, the gals are still reeling from the Lake Havasu girls trip gone wrong (the most common type of Lake Havasu girls trip).A pool party with the whole gang at Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix’s once happy home plays, on the surface, like “Mean Girls” lite. Lala Kent and Katie Maloney are still on the offense over Leviss’ behavior on the trip — namely that she got drunk and made out with a Vegas waiter Kent liked and then used a kiddo galaxy light to illuminate her Vegas hotel room.“I was being young and fun and single and living my life, and these girls literally set me up to make me seem like I’m only chasing after guys that they’re interested in,” Leviss, 28, says early in the episode.Kent and Maloney, 36, are accused of being the villains in their treatments of Leviss, who seems intent on defending herself against the volatile Kent.“She is kinda thriving, kinda hot,” Tom Schwartz says of Leviss defending herself.Not surprisingly, Tom Sandoval also stands up for the woman we now know to be his mistress, confronting Maloney for being a supposed bully.“Katie, here’s the thing with you: If somebody doesn’t have your exact perspective, they’re somehow wrong” he says.

Tom Sandoval to the rescue!On Wednesday's all-new Vanderpump Rules, Tom stepped in to defend Raquel Leviss following her fallout with Lala Kent, Katie Maloney and Kristina Kelly in Lake Havasu.Following the trip, the group convenes at Tom and his then-girlfriend, Ariana Madix's, home, for a pool party, where Lala decides to share her side of the story with Scheana Shay.«I think she’s weak,» Lala says of Raquel.«She’s built so much confidence this year,» Scheana retorts.«That’s a PC answer, and I respect it, but I’m gonna decline that,» Lala replies.While Lala says she's unable to forgive Raquel for calling her a «mistress,» Scheana reminds her that it was not long ago that she too was wearing that label. «It’s like wearing a f**king scarlet letter,» Scheana says in an interview before a flashback to her sit-down with Brandi Glanville for being with her then-husband, Eddie Cibrian, hits the screen.«Here we are in 2022 and I’m still a home-wrecking whore,» she continues.The conversation about Raquel's behavior on the trip continues, with Kristina joining in. But Scheana isn't going to let all the back-and-forth about her then-bestie slide — she decides to tell Raquel that Lala called her weak.«I think Lala’s pathetic.

EXCLUSIVE: Ariana Madix — who’s been knee-deep in a “Scandoval” involving her Vanderpump Rules ex-boyfriend Tom Sandoval — has determined her next move: she’s joining the Meagan Good starrer Buying Back My Daughter for Lifetime.

Brett Kenyon is denying a romance with Ariana Madix. After “Vanderpump Rules” released its first post-Scandoval footage, fans noticed Madix’s topless swim with her male pal, but Kenyon was quick to set the record straight on social media.

fans (and everyone else who has become sucked into the Scandoval of it all!). In the new midseason trailer for the Bravo reality series, viewers get to see the first footage of the fallout between Tom Sandoval and his ex Ariana Madix over hisalleged affair with Raquel Leviss.Sandoval is seen kissing someone in bed as it cuts to Scheana Shay declaring herself the «OG home wrecking whore of this group,» before saying, «and then came Lala [Kent] and now you.» Shay is talking Leviss, who laughs in the clip, which is clearly taken before the pair's alleged altercation in the wake of the cheating scandal news.Leviss is also seen kissing Tom Schwartz as his ex Katie Maloney declares that they are not divorced yet.

Kate Aurthur editor “Vanderpump Rules” — after two fallow seasons of grim plots and uninspired storylines — has risen from the ashes in Season 10, and its ratings are spiking as a result. The show’s 10th season was already filled with old school “Vanderpump Rules” drama, caused largely by fallout from breakups among the core cast. That resurgence was before the March 3 revelation about the show’s cheating scandal — aka, the #Scandoval — made international headlines, with even the New York Times offering an explainer for its readership. Now, Bravo is further stoking the fandom’s ardor for more, dropping the show’s midseason teaser, and within it revealing the first look at the episode filmed earlier this month: Production restarted on Season 10 after the news broke about Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss’ months-long affair, which blew up his nine-year relationship with Ariana Madix.

Ariana Madix has remained relatively quiet since the Vanderpump Rules scandal broke, but that’s about to change, ET has learned. A source tells ET, “Ariana is getting ready for the reunion. She’s preparing herself and getting in the correct mindset for it.

Teddi Mellencamp wants to clarify her take on Scandoval. Or rather, her  about it.Earlier this week, a comment Teddi made on Melissa Gorga's  podcast spun itself into a headline across multiple outlets, all covering the fallout from  star Tom Sandoval cheating on longtime love Ariana Madix with co-star Raquel Leviss.«She probably paid Raquel to do this,» Teddi remarked, the «she» being her former  castmate Lisa Vanderpump, who stars on and executive produces . «Clearly I was making a joke and I'm being eviscerated for making a joke, which wasn't even being reported correctly, because everyone conveniently leaves out I said 'probably' and was ,» the  podcast host tells ET. «I love Bravo fans, I think how passionate they are is obviously why is so successful, but it feels like my words will continue to get twisted and when people will come at you and say, 'I wish you weren't alive, I wish you died!'» she adds. «They get brutal with even the words they say.

Pump the brakes. What fresh hell is this?Reality TV reached record levels of emotional carnage in the wake the shocking revelation that “Vanderpump Rules” star Tom Sandoval has been carrying on a months long affair with cast mate Raquel Leviss, the supposed bestie of his long time girlfriend, Ariana Madix. The dark deed came to light while Madix was supporting her two-timing man and his cover band the Most Extras (eye roll) as they took the stage at his bar TomTom in West Hollywood.