Vanderpump Rules Cheating Scandal: Who Did What and What This Means for the Future of the Show

The Bravo universe was hit with a Vanderpump Rules cheating scandal this week, leaving fans in a frenzy.

The scandal involves Tom Sandoval, Ariana Madix, and Raquel Leviss.

Tom and Ariana have been together for almost a decade and were viewed as the couple that would never break up.

However, it’s been reported that Raquel and Tom have allegedly been engaging in a months-long affair.

Ariana found out about the affair after seeing a suggestive video of Raquel on Tom’s phone.

Vanderpump Rules follows the lives of ex-Real Housewife of Beverly Hills Lisa Vanderpump, who owns a restaurant called SUR, and her current and former staff as they navigate work and play.

Tom is an original cast member who was a bartender at SUR and now owns his own ventures that are featured on the show.

Ariana became an official cast member in Season 3 as a SUR bartender, and Raquel first appeared in Season 5 as a server at SUR and has since become a full-time cast member.

All three castmates are friends.

Although Vanderpump Rules had already wrapped production on Season 10, cameras will reportedly be going back up to record the aftermath of the scandal with the hopes of including it at the end of the season.

Bravo producer Andy Cohen tweeted a red siren emoji, and several fellow cast members have voiced their support for Ariana on social media, while no one has publicly aligned themselves with Raquel or Tom. Messy affairs and romantic entanglements have long complicated the workplace dynamic on the show, including in Season 1 when cast member Kristen Doute cheated on her then-boyfriend with coworker Jax Taylor, and both were not fired.

However, Lisa has fired cast members from her restaurants before, for insubordination and verbal harassment.

In the Real Housewives franchise, when a cast member no longer has allies on camera, they are rarely asked back for another season, but Vanderpump Rules is less predictable on this front.

Fans eagerly await the fallout from the cheating scandal and its potential impact on the show moving forward.

Credit: https://tvline.com/2023/03/04/vanderpump-rules-cheating-scandal-explained-ariana-tom-sandoval-raquel/

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