VPR Midseason Trailer: Tom Sandoval tries to talk to Ariana Madix
The midseason trailer for season 11 of Vanderpump Rules teases Tom Sandoval pushing boundaries with Ariana Madix – and tries to meet her new boyfriend.
The two-minute teaser, which was released on Bravo on Tuesday, March 12, features Sandoval, 41, making multiple attempts to communicate with Ariana, 38, first trying to talk to her on a beach day with the cast.
“By your rules, Ariana,” he starts to say before Ariana cuts him off and adds, “Don’t talk to me. Do not talk to me.” In response, Sandoval pushes back that Ariana is the one “speaking” to him in front of their fellow cast members.
Sandoval also tries to follow Ariana at a party, which appears to be during the season finale. Ariana walks away from Sandoval and Scheana Shay but Sandoval goes after her and says, “Ariana, wait a minute.”
At the same event, Sandoval appears to lose his patience as he heads towards their circle of friends. “Ariana, she f–king talks about all of you,” he tells Scheana, 38, Lala Kent, James Kennedy and other co-stars from the hit Bravo series.
Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesAriana then breaks the fourth wall.
“He wants 30 seconds with the audience,” she says. “He doesn’t care if I die in a ditch.”
Sandoval also tries to get involved with Ariana’s boyfriend, Daniel Wai. After saying in the trailer that Ariana has “good taste in men,” Sandoval appears to approach 40-year-old Daniel at the same party from the finale.
Ariana Madix has given a glimpse into her steamy hookup with Daniel Wai following her divorce from Tom Sandoval. After nearly a decade of dating, Us Weekly confirmed in March 2023 that Madix and Sandoval split due to his affair with their Vanderpump Rules co-star Raquel Leviss. TomTom’s co-owner later publicly apologized […]
However, Daniel isn’t having it. In another scene, when Lala asks what he would do if Sandoval approached him, Daniel tells Lala, “I know what he did.”
Ariana Madix and Daniel Wai
Presley Ann/Getty Images for SoFiSeason 11 of Vanderpump Rules picked up months after sandoval and ariana split after nearly a decade of dating due to his affair with Rachel ‘Raquel’ Leviss. While the scandal played out in the public eye, Ariana made it clear that she had no plans to film with Sandoval or Rachel, 29.
“No. I have nothing to say to either of them,” she said The New York Times in May 2023, two months after her split from Sandoval. “Our show is very real and follows a real group of friends, and neither of them are in the friend group, so good luck.”
Most of the cast members eventually returned to film season 11, including Ariana, Sandoval, Katie Maloney, Tom Schwartz, Lala, 33, Scheana, James, 32, Ally Lewber and Brock Davies. However, Rachel did not return to the show after a 90-day stay in a mental health facility.
Before the season premiere, executive producer Alex Baskin confirmed that Sandoval and Ariana did not film any scenes together.
Tom Sandoval and Rachel ‘Raquel’ Leviss’ cheating scandal brought an unexpected paycheck for several Vanderpump Rules stars. When the Bravo series kicked off season 10 in February 2023, the topic on everyone’s mind was Tom Schwartz’s relationship with Leviss during his divorce from Katie Maloney. A month later, Us Weekly confirmed that Sandoval and […]
“I wouldn’t say the wounds have healed,” Baskin told TV Insider in January. “[Tom and Ariana] I haven’t gotten to the other side of what happened yet.”
He continued: “That is an oddity that we treat in all its fascination. They live together, but have vastly different beliefs and fortunes. In the same house where Ariana has all kinds of presents sent to her by sponsors and admirers, Tom has to walk past it every day.”
Elsewhere in the teaser, Scheana continues to argue with Sandoval about what their friendship means to him, wondering if he only cares because they are filming a season. Vanderpump Rules.
Meanwhile, Schwartz and Katie find themselves in a love triangle with Scheana’s babysitter. For his part, James has a conversation with Ally about having children, which she doesn’t seem interested in at the moment.
Vanderpump Rules airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 8pm ET and will be available to stream on Peacock the following day.