Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss of Vanderpump Guidelines are in scorching water after followers found Tom had cheated on his long-time associate, Ariana Madix, with Raquel. Though each Tom and Raquel did apologize for this, Lisa Vanderpump doesn’t assume their apologies are sufficient.
What Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss stated of their apology statements
On March 4, Tom launched a press release on Instagram asking followers to not take their anger out on his companies and his shut buddy/enterprise associate, Tom Schwartz.
“Hey, I fully understand and deserve ur anger and disappointment towards me, but please leave Schwartz, my friends, and family out of this situation,” he stated. “Schwartz specifically only found out about this very recently, and most definitely did not condone my actions.”
Tom added, “Schwartz & Sandy’s might have my name on it, but also there are 3 other partners and 20 employees, who especially rely on the restaurant for income for them and their families. Just like TomTom, I’m a small part of a much bigger thing. Please direct ur anger towards me and not them. They did nothing wrong.”
A number of days later, Tom posted a public apology to Ariana
“I made mistakes, I was selfish, and made reckless decisions that hurt somebody I love,” he wrote. “No one deserves to feel that pain so traumatically and publicly. I can only imagine how devastating this has been for Ariana and everyone around us. I feel really horrible about that. My biggest regret is that I dishonored Ariana. I never meant to disappoint so many people, including our loving families and friends.”
Raquel has additionally shared a statement in response to the scandal. Like Tom, she apologized to Ariana and different folks affected by her actions. She additionally shared she is engaged on her personal psychological well being points.
“I have begun counseling to end my unhealthy behavioral cycle, learn to set stronger emotional boundaries and learn to protect my mental health,” she stated. “I don’t expect sympathy, understanding or forgiveness. Right now, I must focus on my own health and well-being and as I strive to be a better person moving forward, I will prioritize my mental health and learn from my mistakes.”
Lisa Vanderpump thinks Tom and Raquel’s apologies should not price a lot
Throughout a latest look on Watch What Happens Live, Vanderpump shared her ideas on Tom and Raquel’s public apologies.
“I don’t think these apologies are worth the paper or the social media they are written on. I really don’t,” the restaurant mogul stated. She continued, “I want to see true contrition. And I hope that when the reunion comes, we actually all sit down and we can have a better understanding of how this happened, why this happened, and when this happened.”
How Ariana Madix discovered of the affair
Because the scandal performs out, followers and solid members have rallied round Ariana, who was with Tom for 9 years. Whereas Ariana has not revealed how she came upon concerning the affair, Kristen Doute did share what allegedly occurred.
On her podcast, Sex, Love, and What Else Matters, Kristen defined that she and Ariana had been at TomTom one night time when Tom and his band had been enjoying. Sooner or later, Ariana received a maintain of Tom’s telephone and determined to look by it.
“Ariana did have his phone, and she told me she just had this gut intuition to look at it,” Kristen defined. “So she went into his photos, and he had screen recorded a FaceTime of him and Raquel masturbating with each other. That’s the truth.”