‘Vanderpump Rules’ Finale Clip: Ariana Details Confronting Raquel and Sandoval About Affair for the 1st Time

The cast of Vanderpump Rules is coming back together for a three-part reunion that will see Ariana Madix coming face-to-face with her ex-boyfriend Tom Sandoval and ex-best friend Raquel Leviss. Bravo is airing the first part of the reunion on Wednesday, May 24 starting at 9 p.m. ET with Peacock making the episode available online the next day.

Louis Staples It was an earthquake that broke the pop-cultural Richter scale: the revelation that “Vanderpump Rules”stars Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss were having a secret seven-month affair behind the backs of their closest friends. But there was one of their co-stars who didn’t find the news of the affair quite so shocking: Lala Kent. Kent was the first cast member to suspect that Sandoval was cheating on Ariana Madix,  his girlfriend of nine years. Madix found out herself when she discovered an explicit video on Sandoval’s phone, and, as Variety detailed in a May 17 interview with “Vanderpump Rules” executive producer Alex Baskin, by the time TMZ broke the story on March 3, Bravo’s cameras were already at the Valley Village home she and Sandoval share to capture the fallout. Those astonishing scenes aired during last week’s season finale.

Kate Aurthur editor “Vanderpump Rules” viewers did not dip out of the Season 10 finale: The ratings for the May 17 episode hit series highs for the Bravo show. The episode, which showed the fallout of the #Scandoval, drew a combined audience of 4.1 million viewers on Bravo, on-demand and the Peacock platform within three days. Of that viewership, 2.4 million were in Bravo’s target audience of 18-to-49 year-olds, reaching another series high. Those “Vanderpump Rules” ratings also buoyed those for Andy Cohen’s Bravo talk show “Watch What Happens Live,” which featured the first post-#Scandoval interview with “Vanderpump Rules” star Ariana Madix. In delayed viewing, an audience of 2.2 million total viewers across platforms tuned in to see Madix.

They were friends — until they weren’t. Ariana Madix and Tom Schwartz maintained a bond throughout the years, but things took an unexpected turn in the aftermath of Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ cheating scandal.

We’re still reeling from the shocking Vanderpump Rules season finale on Bravo on Wednesday night, y’all.

Raquel Leviss is sharing her side of the story.

, Tom Sandoval races over to Tom Schwartz's apartment and cries his eyes out. He's hysterical.

Raquel Leviss is sharing her side of the story.Wednesday's season 10 finale of Vanderpump Rules rules saw the cast unpack «Scandoval,» and for the first time and viewers got an insight into why and how Leviss' seven-month affair with Tom Sandoval began.News broke of the affair in March, thereby ending Sandoval's long-term relationship with Ariana Madix.As for how things started, Leviss said their romance was born out of genuine curiosity and a love for one another that started in friendship.«I was just so curious to know what it would be like to be physical with someone that you love, 'cause I already knew that I loved him as a friend,» Leviss says in a confessional. «And I've never had sex like that before.

Vanderpump Rules fans have been waiting for is finally here… the «Scandoval» episode.Aptly titled as such, Wednesday's season 10 finale saw Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval address Sandoval's affair with Raquel Leviss, as they tearfully came to grips with the end of their nine-year relationship.The episode kicks off with both Sandoval and Madix recounting the moment Madix found a FaceTime video of Leviss and Sandoval on Sandoval's phone. It all went down while Sandoval's band was performing at TomTom in L.A.

Bring on the drama! The Vanderpump Rules season 10 reunion trailer is here — and it already delivers as the cast break down and fight about  Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss’ affair.

Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss go toe-to-toe with Ariana Madix and the rest of the Vanderpump Rules cast after the two co-stars were exposed having a months-long affair.Bravo just released the explosive trailer for season 10 and it's jam-packed with tears, yelling, and a heated argument between Sandoval and James Kennedy that almost turns physical. In the trailer, a crying Madix is seen saying she «can't think of two worse people she doesn't „see anything good coming for those f**king rats,“ referring to Leviss and Sandoval. It’s all been leading to this. The explosive 3-part #PumpRules Reunion begins May 24th.

Although Vanderpump Rules star Katie Maloney thinks Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ cheating scandal is a “dumpster fire,” she does think they should give love a shot.

Katie Maloney thinks Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss' cheating scandal is a «dumpster fire,» she does think they should give love a shot. While appearing on Wednesday’s, the 36-year-old was brutally honest about "Scandoval."«I don’t know what they’re doing but I still think maybe they should give [their romance] a shot because they’ve blown up their lives, so they might as well,» Maloney said.The Something About Her owner also shared her thoughts on Leviss giving Ariana Madix advice on her relationship issues with Sandoval during Wednesday’s season 10 episode, calling it the «most nefarious» thing she had «ever» seen. She told host Andy Cohen, «My jaw was on the floor» about the awkward exchange. On Wednesday's episode of Vanderpump Rules, Leviss offered Madix tips on how to spruce up her sex life with then-boyfriend of nine years, Sandoval.

Loaded advice? Raquel Leviss weighed in on Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval’s sex life — and boosted Ariana’s self-esteem — amid her secret affair with the TomTom cofounder.

Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval's relationship begin to show, Raquel Leviss is throwing her hat in the ring and giving Madix advice on how to spruce up their sex life — which would seem friendly and helpful had Leviss not been engaging in an affair with Madix's boyfriend of nearly nine years behind her back.In Wednesday's all-new episode of , the final episode before all hell breaks loose and "Scandoval" is revealed, the group meets up at SUR following Madix and Katie Maloney's party for their new sandwich shop, Something About Her.Leviss, who was not invited to the party following her makeout with Maoloney's ex-husband, Tom Schwartz, reconvenes with Madix at the restaurant's garden bar, where she asks Madix how she and Sandoval are doing — earlier in the episode, the pair had a heated conversation about their relationship and where their disconnect lies, with Sandoval's increased desire to spend time with Leviss over Madix being a point of contention.«He feels like he’s not being heard, which is why he’s always the loudest person in the room,» Madix says after Leviss asks how she's doing following the intense one-on-one.Leviss then brings up Madix and Sandoval's sex life, reminding Madix that she offered Leviss advice when she was going through a dry spell with her ex-fiancé, James Kennedy.Madix stressed that her main issue with Sandoval is that she needs more quality time with the Tom Tom co-owner in order to be open to having sex with him.«I feel like in a relationship, you should want to have sex,» Leviss offers. «OK, but you have to be, like, emotionally intimate before you can be physically intimate,» Madix replies.«You guys were emotionally intimate at one point, obviously, right?» Leviss asks.

Flipping the script. From Ariana Madix‘s original reaction after she caught Tom Sandoval in a lie to alleged staged scenes, Lala Kent broke down major Vanderpump Rules edits amid Raquel Leviss‘ cheating scandal.

Lala Kent is pushing back on a Scandoval fan theory. On the latest episode of her podcast, the 32-year-old reality star denied that Tom Sandoval's affair with Raquel Leviss, which he had amid his nine-year relationship with Ariana Madix, was staged for ratings.«This is not a staged thing.

Tom Sandoval is toasting to his sobriety!While performing with his band Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras at The Space at Westbury in New York Thursday night, the Vanderpump Rules star announced that it's been one month since he's had a sip of alcohol.«It's been one month since I've had my last drink of alcohol,» Sandoval told the crowd, according to a video obtained by. «I'm just taking a little break for a second.»Sandoval celebrated the moment by taking a sip of his own beverage, which he clarified was a Heineken 0.0, a non-alcoholic beer.«Cheers,» the reality star said while clinking a fan's drink.Sandoval's sobriety announcement comes just two months after his affair with Raquel Leviss was made public, effectively ending his nine-year relationship with longtime girlfriend, Ariana Madix.The scandal not only rocked the Bravoverse but it's also played out both in real time and on the hit reality series, with a teaser for the show's epic season 10 finale detailing the dramatic aftermath of Sandoval's affair, with more set to play out in the  reunion set to follow.ET recently spoke with Madix and Vanderpump Rules matriarch, Lisa Vanderpump, about the scandal's impact on the cast both on and off screen.«Normally, the magic of this show is the ups and the downs… the authenticity of the show,» Vanderpump shared with ET.

In the latest episode of Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules”, Ariana Madix catches then-boyfriend Tom Sandoval in a lie involving Raquel Leviss, with whom he was secretly having an affair.

The Vanderpump Rules stars are slowly starting to piece together Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ affair.