Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz are hard at work filming for Vanderpump Rules season 11.
28.06.2023 - 23:11 / perezhilton.com
Tom Schwartz was ready to get the hell out of El Lay amid Le Scandoval!
Tom Sandoval, Ariana Madix, and Raquel Leviss weren’t the only ones feeling the heat from the wild cheating scandal — Sandoval’s (former??) bestie was getting super stressed out too! So much so, in fact, Schwartz was planning on leaving his favorite city for good — which of course would also mean quitting Vanderpump Rules.
Related: Did Sandoval Shade Former Bestie Schwartz Mid-Concert??
The 40-year-old dished to People on Wednesday he was ready to “pack up” his stuff and “move” away from Los Angeles for good when the cheating controversy came to a head:
Leave without a destination… yeah, that’s running away.
As avid VPR fans know, at the time the cheating scandal broke, Schwartz was still figuring out how to navigate his divorce from Katie Maloney, as well as having some family health scares along the way. While dealing with these things in his private life, suddenly a bomb went off — and he was swept into the Tom, Ariana, and Raquel tidal wave. It all became too much for him to handle.
The Bravo star says he was “yearning to just disconnect, to take a break from the internet, my phone, social media” due to all the stressors life was hurling at him all at once.
Oddly, he found the escape he was looking for not by leaving Hollywood but by jumping into a new reality TV project — Stars on Mars! Alongside William Shatner and other celebs, he tried to survive a space camp that simulated the environment on a Martian space station. Can’t get farther away than that! So Schwarts ended up realizing the show was a great opportunity that “couldn’t have come at a better time”:
And while Schwartz still feels some anxiety about filming Season 11 of Pump Rules, now
Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz are hard at work filming for Vanderpump Rules season 11.
Vanderpump Rules is full steam ahead with one major star missing: Raquel Leviss.ET has learned the 28-year-old reality TV star hasn’t signed on for the new season and her team is still negotiating her contract with production. The news comes after it was revealed earlier this year that Tom Sandoval was cheating on his longtime girlfriend, Ariana Madix, with Leviss, which played out last season. «Raquel’s mental health is the most important thing to her and her family,» says the source.
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The gang is getting back together again!
Ariana Madix is a dancing queen! The 38-year-old danced the night away at a bar co-owned by Tom Sandoval, and cameras were there to capture it for season 11 of .In video shared on TikTok, Madix can be seen holding court in her quasi-dance floor at the West Hollywood joint, TomTom, which is co-owned by Sandoval and co-star Tom Schwartz. She's movin' and groovin' as James Kennedy spins tracks behind the DJ booth.
During Jax Taylor’s Friday, June 30, nightclub appearance in Atlantic City, he seemingly confirmed that he was planning to return to Vanderpump Rules.
. In the wake of Scandoval, a source tells ET that the network «is looking to bring in some new cast members» for its 11th season, which is currently in production.«They have started having outbound conversations,» the source says, before adding that Lala Kent and Katie Maloney «are looking in their external friend groups to see who might be a good fit for the show.»The search for new stars comes after the show's surge in popularity following Tom Sandoval's affair with Raquel Leviss during his nearly decade-long romance with Ariana Madix.While the majority of the show's season 10 cast has signed on for season 11, that's not true for Leviss.«They have all signed back on except for Raquel,» a source previously told ET, before adding that Leviss' team and Bravo are currently in negotiations, but nothing has been finalized.During the season 10 reunion, Leviss admitted that she was unclear about her future, telling Andy Cohen, «I don't know.
, but the popular Bravo reality series is still missing a few key players.A source told ET on Friday that Tom Sandoval — one of the three stars involved in the now-infamous cheating scandal known as "#Scandoval" — is not currently filming for the series, because he's currently shooting another reality series, Fox'sThis news comes just a few days after reporting that Raquel Leviss — with whom Sandoval cheated on longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix — has not yet finalized her contract to appear on the new season.A source told ET earlier this week, «The cast is set to pick up filming for next season on Wednesday. They have all signed back on except for Raquel.» The same source also told ET that Leviss' team and Bravo are currently in negotiations but nothing has been finalized.ET has reached out to Leviss' team but haven't heard back. was first to report the news.It was during Peacock's extended version of part 2 of 's recent season 10 reunion when Leviss, 28, told Andy Cohen that her future with the hit series hangs in the balance.
is on the way. ET has confirmed that a new spinoff is underway at Bravo, and it's set to star some of your favorite former castmates, including Jax Taylor, Brittany Cartwright and Kristen Doute.A new report from says that the series will «follow a group of tightknit friends, who are trading in their glamorous West Hollywood lives and swapping bottle service for baby bottles as they adapt to the next chapter of their fun-loving lifestyle in The Valley.»While a source tells ET that no cast has been confirmed, those name checked in 's report are in «early discussions.»Bravo, meanwhile, had no comment on the potential series.The spinoff is the latest in the universe, with Taylor and Cartwright previously starring in their own off shoot of the series, , which saw the pair go on vacation to Cartwright’s home state Kentucky with Taylor spending time with her family. The show aired one season in 2017.The two most recently returned to the franchise amid "Scandoval," starring on the recap series on Peacock titled, , in which they shared their commentary regarding Tom Sandoval having an affair with co-star Raquel Leviss behind his longtime girlfriend, Ariana Madix's, back.Taylor and Cartwright previously alluded to their return to reality TV in March, telling ET, «We have things that are coming, arising.»Taylor continued, «I don't know what we're allowed to [say]. We're working on a situation… What I'd like to have is the parents on one [show] and that's what I wanted, but I don't know.
Vanderpump Rules, once simply part of the Bravo-verse, albeit a section that dutifully spit out podcasters and side hustles, and the only one with two physical locations (Pump and SUR, both owned by Lisa Vanderpump) that my friends visiting LA regularly ask me to drive by so they can maybe catch a glimpse of a reality star in the wild.When season 10 ended with the revelation that Tom Sandoval had a months-long affair with Raquel Leviss—the drama also known as Scandoval—it made its cast members, however briefly, A-listers. (Check out , and .)Which is why the upcoming season is perhaps the most anticipated yet! Which cast members are returning? Who's staying away? How can they ever top last season's drama? Here's everything we know about Vanderpump Rules season 11:Of course he is! Tom Sandoval, the “worm with a mustache” who , is probably angling for a redemption arc, or at least is smart enough to know that if he doesn't keep telling his side of the story, he'll just go down in history as a cheater.
is slated to return to filming on Wednesday for season 11, but one critical cast member has yet to sign on the dotted line: Raquel Leviss.A source tells ET, «The cast is set to pick up filming for next season on Wednesday. They have all signed back on except for Raquel.» The same source also tells ET that Leviss' team and Bravo are currently in negotiations but nothing has been finalized.ET has reached out to Leviss' team but haven't heard back.
Ariana Madix celebrated her birthday over the weekend with her new man, Daniel Wai, and friends. The Vanderpump Rules star turned 38 on Saturday and showed no signs of sadness as she partied and enjoyed some self-care on her first birthday since breaking up with Tom Sandoval after he cheated on her with Raquel Leviss.In a post on her Instagram Story, she shared that she went for «a little bday @facegym sesh with» Wai and friend Logan Cochran.
Tom Schwartz is really not looking forward to filming season 11 of Vanderpump Rules…
Tom Schwartz is sharing an update on how he’s feeling about the upcoming season 11 of Vanderpump Rules.
Tom Schwartz has his “rose-colored glasses” back on when it comes to reality TV — but that doesn’t mean he isn’t hesitant to start filming season 11 of Vanderpump Rules in the wake of Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss’ affair.
Ariana Madix’s breakup with Tom Sandoval was tough at first, but now the Vanderpump Rules star is focusing on her professional life.A source tells ET that «Ariana is doing well and focused on her business ventures.»After news broke that Madix’s ex of nearly 10 years was having a months-long affair with Raquel Leviss, the reality star took advantage of the moment and released a line of merch she started with fellow Vanderpump Rules co-star, Katie Maloney, called Something About Her. During the reunion, the ladies revealed they made around $200,000 from the merch drop. And though the duo hadn’t planned to open their sandwich shop for a while longer, Madix and Maloney decided to launch it early to cash in on the influx of support Madix received in the wake of Sandoval’s cheating. «She was so angry, hurt, and going through the stages of grief after finding out about Tom and Raquel’s affair, but now she is moving on and forward with her life,» the source told ET. «She doesn’t care as much and is in a good place.»Madix seems to be in a good place following the emotional and startling three-part reunion special on Bravo.