Vanderpump Rules: Who Took a Stand on Tom Sandoval's Cheating Scandal?

Tom Sandoval’s cheating scandal has caused quite a stir and led to the Vanderpump Rules cast members taking a stand: Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix, Vanderpump Rules stars, split last week following nine years of marriage. The breakup happened after news broke that Tom cheated on Ariana with fellow cast member Raquel Leviss.

“I fully understand and deserve your anger and disappointment towards me,” Sandoval said in an Instagram post. He also requested fans to leave Schwartz, his friends, and his family outside of this situation.

TMZ was the first to break out the news on March 3rd. More sources, such as People, have news that Leviss and Sandoval have been in an affair for the last six months. Yikes!

The news suddenly caught the attention of all their cast members, and they all reacted on social media. Bravo is also shooting the tenth season of Vanderpump Rules right now.

Leviss and Madix have not made any comments yet, with the latter deleting her social media amidst the entire drama. Her brother, Jeremy Madix, did speak up on the drama about the scandal.

"It's funny to watch people social climb and be soooooo fake that they're willing to shit on people that are supposed to be their 'best friend' (a term that gets thrown around very often around here). All just to come up or have some sort of storyline," he reportedly said in a now-deleted Instagram comment. "This lifestyle and this group are beyond toxic, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.”

"Toms a try hard having a midlife crisis with his cringy band and 

Raquel has faked her way to the top trying to make something of her life, willing to step on whoever to get there, starting with James," he added.

He is so done with all the drama!

On March 4, Tom Sandoval commented on the allegations.

"I fully understand and deserve your anger & disappointment towards me," Sandoval wrote.

"But please leave Schwartz, my friends, and family out of this situation. Schwartz specifically only found out about this recently and most definitely did not condone my actions. This was a very personal thing."

He continued: "Also, Schwartz & Sandy's might have my name on it, but also there are three other partners and 20 employees who especially rely on the restaurant for income for themselves 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. I'm so sorry that my partners, Greg, Brett and Schwartz and our employees have to suffer for my actions. I will be taking a step back & taking a hiatus out of respect for my employees & partners. I need some time to address everything else."

"Sorry for everything," he said. Read his post yourself over here!

James Kennedy, Leviss’ ex-fiancée and co-star, shared a screenshot of the cheating article on his story and deleted it. He was romantically linked with Leviss for five years before the two called it quits. “Hope you all feel as sick as I do. This explains everything”, his deleted post said.

Katie Maloney shows her support for Ariana Madix. He asks Sandoval to apologize to Ariana for the hurt he caused her!

Lala Kent has openly spoken in favor of Ariana. She has also cut the prices on her makeup collaboration with Leviss as she is purely disappointed in her behavior. 

Kent did not only slash the prices of her makeup line with Leviss but also shamed her and Sandoval for hurting Ariana. 

“I tried to tell y’all. She is sick. Someone call her mama”, Kent wrote. 

The star has not spoken up clearly about whose side he is on. According to US Weekly, he reportedly wrote on his Instagram that "I asked my magic 8 ball if it was going to be a chill day, “ adding, "my reply is no."

Kristen Doute, former Pumps star, has sided with Ari. She knows her home girl was wronged!

Shay posted a photo of herself with Madix and captioned it, “Always got your back!” #Team Ariana. She also announced that Doute and Kent will be in her weekly podcast!