Tom Sandoval Clarifies Controversial Ariana Madix T-Shirt Comment: ‘It Had Nothing to Do With Her Body’
16.06.2023 - 04:13
/ usmagazine.com
Tom Sandoval is clarifying what he meant by his controversial comment about ex-girlfriend Ariana Madix keeping a t-shirt on during sex.
“I think people added their own context to it,” the TomTom cofounder, 40, told TMZ of the remark on Wednesday, June 14, adding that he’s “never body-shamed Ariana ever.”
He continued: “It had nothing to do with her body or anything. It had to do with someone being very unenthusiastic. … Like, if somebody wanted to have sex with me and I just unzipped my zipper and said, like, ‘Oh, hurry up, I gotta meet somebody for lunch.’ It was more about the unenthusiasm.”
Sandoval made the comment in question during part 3 of the Vanderpump Rules season 10 reunion, which aired earlier this month. When Ariana, 37, pointed out that she and her then-boyfriend had sex after he’d already begun his months-long affair with Raquel Leviss, the Missouri native sarcastically shot back, “She kept her T-shirt on. It was really hot.”
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The dig about his sex life with Ariana — whom he dated for nine years until they called it quits in March amid the cheating scandal — prompted backlash from Sandoval’s costars and fans of the Bravo series. James Kennedy and Ariana both called the comment “disgusting” while Andy Cohen visibly cringed. Tom Schwartz, for his part, lowered his head and said, “Don’t say that, dude. Don’t say that.”
Lala Kent shared her feelings on the matter during a Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen appearance that aired directly after the final part of the reunion. “The t-shirt comment made me feel sick to my stomach,” the “Give Them Lala” podcaster, 32, said.
Cohen, 55, also weighed in on the eyebrow-raising remark during an episode of his Andy