Something is fishy, Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss were teaming up to place doubt inside Ariana Madix's mind before news of their affair broke. In the recent episode of Vanderpump Rules, the ‘TomTom’ bar owner sat down with his then-girlfriend to discuss how he had been feeling about their relationship.
Ariana and Sandoval Conversation
Sandoval: "It just sometimes feels, lately, we haven't been as connected, There's been a lot of things that have been bothering me and stacking up, and sort of swept under the rug. My very presence f---ing annoys you."
Ariana: "Your 'very presence'? I don't think those are
words that I say. Just being honest.”
Sandoval: "And that's another thing is you snap at me
and you belittle me in front of people. That really hurts my f---ing feelings."
Ariana: "But yet you're the only person that I'm
constantly wanting to hang out with more, and I never get to hang out with you
and have it be us, I've said that for months. You peacocking on a night out,
everybody else gets that, and then I get the leftovers."
Sandoval: "I feel like sometimes obviously, with all
the things you've been going through and s--- I've been dealing with, I don't
feel like we are connected the way we should be. We didn't even take a f---ing
picture together at Scheana [Shay]'s wedding. That's f---ing crazy."
Ariana: "You don't need to feel bad about that, I don't
think taking pictures together is a marker for if you're connected to
somebody."
Sandoval: "OK, dude. But yes it is. Everything that I
say, are you gonna disagree with?"
Ariana: "No, I agree with what you're saying about us
not being connected,"
Sandoval: "I just want to f---ing be better. I want us
to be more intimate. Having sex four times a year, that also affects me."
Ariana: "OK. Well, maybe you need to spend time with me
because I cannot have sex with somebody who feels like a stranger. To me,
quality time is one-on-one, no distractions. No other people – really focused
on each other. I want that emotional and physical intimacy. You can't telepath
your d--- into a vagina from The Abbey [the club in West Hollywood.]"
Sandoval: "Doing an activity. Going for a walk around the neighborhood. Making dinner together, not us necessarily going out and getting drunk together. That is your definition of quality time."
Producer: What is ideal way of spending quality time?
Sandoval: "Take some mushrooms together and watch the
sunrise. Let's go skinny dipping in the pool. Let's go hang gliding. I like
stimuli."
Sandoval: “Why Ariana goes out with her other friends, and
the two went back and forth a bit about whether or not they share the same
interests? I love you. I want us to be better."
Ariana: "I do too. You have just as many guards and
walls up as I do. It's different,"
Ariana and Raquel Conversation
Later in the episode, after Ariana and her costar Katie Maloney pulled off their first successful tasting for their sandwich shop, Something About Her, things got heated when Raquel confronted Katie Maloney about the rumors that she and Katie's ex-husband, Tom Schwartz, had made out again. But before that, Raquel, 38, caught up with Ariana at SUR to ask how she and Sandoval were doing.
Ariana: "We had a big argument last night, He feels
like he's not being heard, which is why he's always the loudest person in the
room."
Raquel: "Do you think because I remember when I opened
up to you about [my ex-fiancé] James [Kennedy] and I not having sex. And you
told me, 'Yeah. Sometimes Sandoval and I go through dry spells.'"
Ariana: "Yeah, we do, You come home after working all
night. And you think you're just gonna like whip your d--- out and I'm gonna be
like, 'Yeah, let's f---.' That's never gonna happen. You have to spend time
together."
Raquel: "I feel like in a relationship you should want
to have sex."
Ariana: "OK, but you have to be emotionally intimate
before you can be physically intimate,"
Raquel: "You guys were emotionally intimate at one
point, obviously right?"
Ariana: "Yeah, when we'd spend time together. If you
want to connect, you have to work on your connection,"
Raquel: "Do you feel like you're sexually attracted to
him?"
Ariana: "Oh my God, I think he's so f---ing hot, But
then I'm like, 'I'm not hot.' [Sandoval doesn't] don't look at my body and go,
'Yeah, that's what I want. I want cellulite, fat thighs and a big ass and bingo
arms.'"
Raquel: "Stop, Ariana. I feel like a lot of it is in
your own head, And that makes me really sad because I do that to myself too.
We're a lot prettier than we think we are. We're our own worst critics. I think
that that translates into our sexual lives."
Raquel: "I'm sure Ariana's body image insecurities have a role in the issues that Tom and Ariana are having. If you're not feeling good about yourself, there's no way that you can be having good sex. Clearly, you want to stay in this relationship."
Ariana: "Yeah, I do. I would not be having this
conversation if this wasn't who I want to be with,"
Raquel: "My point is that not everyone is that way, I
think we'll talk it out, and it'll be fine."
Relationship Snippet
We have confirmed Sandoval and Ariana had broken up on March
3. At the time, a source said the pair "had been having problems for a
while" — as indicated on Wednesday's VPR episode — but his months-long
affair with Leviss, 28, was "the final straw" for Madix. "She
put up with a lot over the years, but she won't sit back and be disrespected
this way," the insider added.
Both Sandoval and Raquel have issued apologies for their
involvement. All parties will appear at the Vanderpump Rules reunion to speak
about the fallout of their affair.
Vanderpump Rules airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
