Lisa Vanderpump Speaks About Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval’s Split, and His Relationship With Raquel Leviss: “I’m not sure my heart is up to it.”
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Lisa Vanderpump finally spoke out about Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix’s breakup, which happened during his affair with Raquel Leviss.
The 62-year-old Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum who owns the restaurant and bar group where the Vanderpump Rules stars work responded to Andy Cohen’s tweet about the drama with her own quip, as per Yahoo reported.
“How many parts are too many parts for the #pumprules reunion???” the Watch What Happens Live host, 54, tweeted on Friday, March 3, after Us Weekly confirmed the pair’s split.
“Ummm one,” Vanderpump replied on Saturday, March 4. “I’m not sure my heart is up to it.”
Cohen cracked, “You have time to get a pacemaker because I NEED YOU.”
The Vanderpump Rules star is the latest to weigh in on the drama. Almost immediately after the news broke on Friday, cast members past and present took to social media to share their frustration with the situation.
Lala Kent, who made headlines last month after telling Cohen on an episode of WWHL that they needed to get Madix “out” of her nine-year relationship with the Schwartz & Sandy’s co-owner, was among the first to respond.
“Oh Sandoval … Your problem with me is I’m a little too real for your comfort,” the “Give Them Lala,” podcast host wrote via her Instagram Stories on Friday. “I’ve seen you for who you are for a long time, and you don’t like that. But, I think now is the time for you to shut the f—k up. I’m eating well the next time I see you.”
Tom Schwartz, who met Leviss, 28, at the wedding of Scheana Shay and Brock Davies in August 2022, months after his divorce from ex-wife Katie Maloney, also chimed in.
“I asked my magic 8 ball if it was going to be a chill day 💀,” the TomTom co-founder, who has been in business with Sandoval for years, wrote on Friday. “My reply is no,” read the Magic 8 ball’s answer.
Madix and Sandoval, for their part, appeared to respond to the controversy in different ways. While performing in Anaheim on Friday night, Sandoval & the Most Extras singer addressed the crowd, “Have you ever been one of the most hated people in America?” an eyewitness exclusively told Us. When the audience chanted his ex’s name, Sandoval replied, “We love her.”
Meanwhile, the Florida native hung out with co-stars Shay, 37, Maloney, 36, and Kristen Doute, who dated Sandoval from 2007 to 2013. Doute, 40, posted a video of herself hugging and kissing Madix, while Shay shared a video of herself and the ex-SUR employee at a Tove Lo concert.
“We really,” Shay captioned the footage of her and Madix at the concert, pointing the camera at her friend as she belted out the “Habits” singer’s song “Cool Girl”: “I’m a, I’m a, I’m a cool girl, I’m a, I’m a cool girl / Ice cold, I roll my eyes at you, boy,” Madix sang while rolling her eyes.
