VPR after show recap: Lala understands why Sandoval felt ‘stuck’ with Ariana
Lala Kent can understand why Tom Sandoval felt ‘stuck’ in his nine-year relationship with ex Ariana Madix.
“There were so many times when I wanted to leave my ex [Randall Emmett]” Lala, 33, explained during the Tuesday, March 12, episode of the Vanderpump rules after the show. “As if nothing had happened, I just wasn’t happy with him anymore [but] those were the things that kept me going. Like, we have the podcast, we have all these things that I feel like we’re so intertwined with, how do I leave?
Lala explained that she was staying with Randall, 52, — with whom she shares three-year-old daughter Ocean — until the departure became “undeniable” and she later faced the consequences. “So I can understand why Sandoval was a little stuck,” she said.
Sandoval, 41, and Ariana, 38, were together for nine years before calling it quits in March 2023 following news of his affair with Costar. Rachel “Raquel” Levis made headlines. Bravo picked up the cameras again after packing up Pump rules season 10 to document the drama, with Sandoval telling Ariana he felt “pressured” to stay with her during a heated conversation on the season finale.
Vanderpump Rules has officially been renewed for season 11 – and viewers are in for a messy return in the wake of Raquel Leviss and Tom Sandoval’s cheating scandal. Us Weekly confirmed in March 2023 that Sandoval and Ariana Madix had called it quits after nearly a decade of dating due to his infidelity. If […]
During Tuesday’s After Show, Lala made it clear that while she understands the feeling of being tied to a romantic partner, she doesn’t agree with the way Sandoval interacted with Ariana.
“I think the time to end the relationship is when you want to put your dick in the boyfriend,” she said. “That’s the time to call it.”
While Raquel, 29, chose to leave VPR and going to a mental health facility after the months-long affair, Sandoval returned for season 11, which premiered in January. Since then, he has had tense discussions with multiple cast members as he tries to mend fences. During an episode that aired earlier this month, Lala tried to end things with Sandoval during a group trip to Lake Tahoe, but he ended up accusing her of lying during her own relationship with Randall. (Although Lala and Randell confirmed their relationship in 2018 following his divorce from ex-wife Amber ChildersIt was previously rumored that the couple started dating even before his divorce.)
“Can I ask you a question? When you could look into my eyes and say, ‘You have to be real. You have to be honest in your life.’ All those things, knowing that you did what you did. How can you look at me and say that? Lala asked Sandoval, referring to his and Raquel’s affair. “I really want to know.”
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‘You said it to me often. Then you even wrote an article the day you got caught. It was mind-boggling. It was such a mindf-k,” she continued, adding in a confessional, “Sandoval said in this publication that I have stupid energy and I just have to be real. And I just thought, ‘How poetic that this would come out on this day? And how rich you are. ”
For his part, Sandoval defended his comments, arguing that Lala’s “entire life was a mystery and off-limits for years” and that the cast was forced to respect that choice. “Look, I lied about the seven-month relationship. Lala lied for a few years of a six-year relationship,” he told the camera. ‘We both lied. We’re both liars. I think in this case we both just call this a wash.
While Lala said she initially wanted to give Sandoval a chance to grow, his behavior convinced her that she was “overestimating” the work he had done on himself in recent months. She then accused Sandoval of manipulating Raquel during their whirlwind romance before ending the conversation.
‘You know what triggered me when she said that [during the final part of the season 10 reunion], ‘If I’m not aligned with Sandoval, I have no one.’ You isolate. You groom. You’re lying,” Lala told him. ‘I don’t want to know you. You are scary.”
Season 11 of Vanderpump Rules airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 8pm ET and will be available to stream on Peacock the next day.