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Tom Sandoval is defending the dig he made at ex Ariana Madix during the Vanderpump Rules reunion.

Vanderpump Rules cast. That's right, Tom Schwartz and Tom Sandoval are calling it quits. Last week, Schwartz announced that he was taking a “break” from his BFF Sandoval in light of his , adding that he felt his friend “exploited” his loyalty. “It's hard for me not to be resentful of him," Schwartz said on the When Reality Hits podcast. Now, on the latest episode of , Schwartz said he's “stepping away” from his friendship with Sandoval “permanently.” Lala Kent's perspective on Raquel Leviss has shifted since watching the reunion. By "It seems each time I try to weigh in or talk about, ramble on about it, drivel on, I inevitably sound like I'm somehow justifying it or making excuses for it, and I'm not," Schwartz said.

Raquel Leviss really did THAT!

A change of heart? Stassi Schroeder is weighing in on the continued backlash directed toward former Vanderpump Rules costar Tom Sandoval in the wake of his affair with Raquel Leviss.

Ariana Madix deserves to cash in on the praise she’s been getting after dealing with her cheating ex Tom Sandoval.

jaw-dropping, headline-making affair between Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss that has dominated fans' thoughts and screens for more than three months now. For Ariana Madix, who split from Sandoval upon hearing that he cheated on her with Leviss after a decade of dating, the idea is not entirely inconceivable, but it's simply not the case for this. «If I was not a fan, like I wasn't really paying attention, I might think that about any given show at any given time,» she tells Glamour of some fans thinking the scandal was all for the show. However, «If someone says that on my page, they get blocked immediately. If they tag me in a comment that says that, I'll block them immediately.

, which culminated into a three-part drama-filled reunion special, Tom Schwartz is revealing the last thing he said to Tom Sandoval.In an interview on former castmates Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright's podcast, , on PodcastOne, Schwartz revealed that he hasn't «seen or talked» to Sandoval in «a long time» amid the latter's current tour with his band, Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras. Schwartz said that he felt «exploited» by his longtime friend and business partner after he cheated on his longtime girlfriend, Ariana Madix, with Raquel Leviss, and revealed that they last spoke immediately following the Bravo series' reunion taping. «That was the last thing I said to him, before we left the reunion,» Schwartz began, «I said, 'Dude, after all the s**t you put me through and everyone else around you through,' I was like, 'You better f**king marry this girl.'»Schwartz added, «I'm happy to report that I have no idea,» about the current relationship status between Sandoval and Leviss.

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of the Vanderpump Rules Season 10 Reunion finale.

Is this the beginning of the end for the Toms’ friendship?!

Taking time apart? Tom Schwartz got candid about how the aftermath of Tom Sandoval’s cheating scandal has impacted their friendship.

Raquel Leviss says she wants to come back for another season of, but the fact of the matter is she has no idea if she can stomach it, admitting that her future on the hit Bravo series hangs in the balance.Leviss made the admission in Peacock's extended version of part-two of the season 10 reunion, in which Andy Cohen has a one-on-one interview with the 28-year-old reality star. After asking her a series of questions, Cohen wonders if taking time apart and hitting the pause button is something Tom Sandoval or her parents suggested, but that there's no question it's a lonely time for her amid Scandoval.

Raquel Leviss is telling her side of the story.

 reunion aired Wednesday night, with Andy Cohen and the cast continuing to press Tom Sandoval about his months-long affair with Raquel Leviss.While Leviss did not join the cast until the very end of the episode, she was on-hand in a nearby trailer, where she was watching a live feed of the taping. Leviss was sequestered to the trailer due to her restraining order against Scheana Shay, who she alleged punched her after finding out that Sandoval had cheated on his longtime girlfriend, Ariana Madix, following their joint  appearance in March.The episode sees the group break for lunch, an opportunity Sandoval uses to visit Leviss in her trailer and discuss what's gone down thus far.Sandoval tells Leviss that the group is making them out to be «pathological liars,» a label they both vehemently deny.«I see that, yeah,» Leviss replies.

Did you see this coming?!

As the fallout over Tom Sandoval’s cheating scandal continues to reverberate, an awkward throwback video from more than 15 years earlier has been making the rounds on the internet.

Tom Schwartz and Tom Sandoval have been ride-or-die friends from the start, Schwartz wanted to be sure he set things straight when it came to just how soon he found out about Sandoval's affair with Raquel Leviss.Part one of the explosive three-part  reunion sees Schwartz getting grilled by the cast about the timeline of events. While it's been suggested that the affair allegedly began in June 2022, Schwartz said Wednesday that he found out about it in August, but that Sandoval had first started voicing concerns about his and Ariana Madix's relationship in July 2022.After the guys’ night in August, Sandoval told Schwartz about confiding with Leviss and sharing the same relationship concerns with her.«You guys had, like, an intimate moment,» Schwartz said.

Lala Kent is having her say in a new Scandoval sneak peek from the anticipated three-part reunion.Ahead of Part 1 airing Wednesday night, Bravo released a heated clip from the reunion where the 32-year-old reality star compared Ariana Madix's ex, Tom Sandoval, to her former fiance, Randall Emmett, with whom she broke up in 2021 with cheating allegations surfacing soon after. The reunion clip begins with host Andy Cohen asking Kent whether it's «healthy» for Madix and Sandoval to be living together in their shared home following their breakup, which was confirmed to still be the case.«No,» Kent said bluntly, after it was brought up that she moved out of the home she and Emmett shared relatively quickly after their relationship fell apart. «Sandoval Randall,» she declared. «Give it 10 years.

Ariana Madix didn’t hold back as she appeared on the latest episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast.

The Vanderpump Rules cast believes Tom Sandoval not only cheated on Ariana Madix with Raquel Leviss (and “Miami Girl”) but with former recurring cast member Billie Lee!

Not holding back! Reza Farahan weighed in on the aftermath of Raquel Leviss and Tom Sandoval‘s affair — and he thinks they need to take a major next step.