My Twitter, Instagram and TikTok Content (and yours may be as well) has been flooded with #Scandoval

So many layers to this one, but if you can follow along, regardless of whether or not you have watched Vanderpump Rules - it's juicy as all hell.

 

A few great resources:

- An Exhaustive Guide to Scandoval

- New York Times Tweet & Article

 

#Scandoval Briefly Explained:

Now in its tenth season, Vanderpump Rules follows the lives and dramas of the staff at Lisa Vanderpump’s Los Angeles restaurants: SUR, Pump, and TomTom. Unlike more constructed reality shows (where people are brought together for filming, then never see each other again), the Vanderpump Rules cast is known for its close-knit and intertwined friendships, romantic relationships, and other entanglements.

 

Tom Sandoval, 39, has been a cast member since the first season, when he was introduced to viewers as a bartender at SUR.

Arianna Madix, 37, officially joining as a cast member in its third season as Sandoval’s friend and fellow bartender. They confirmed they were dating a few months after Sandoval’s breakup with a previous cast member.

Raquel Leviss, 28, was brought into the fold during season six in 2016, when she was dating series regular James Kennedy. The two were engaged for seven months before breaking up in December 2021.

 

This cheating scandal erupted over the weekend, Madix found a series of inappropriate text messages between Sandoval and Leviss that led her to believe they had been seeing each other behind her back. It has now been confirmed Sandoval and Leviss have been “communicating inappropriately for months” and that they “want to be together.”

 

As fans have pored over old episodes, social-media posts, and interviews in recent days, many now feel that Leviss and Sandoval have been secretly gleeful in their cheating. What is more baffling is the current season airing was filmed around the time Sandoval and Leviss started their affair - however, it appears they have been trying to cover this up with a decoy storyline. This tweet likely covers off where we are at the moment, for those that don't watch:

 

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All of this has just exploded over the weekend with the show being put back into production, them bringing back previous fired cast members. But this hasn't hit the peak just yet - today Sandoval and Leviss both put out statements (after Leviss fired 2 previous PR Firms) and it was confirmed formal letters and restraining orders have been put into place. The reunion films in two weeks.

Edited November 3, 20231 yr by Aaron.

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The Reunion is to be filmed next week, however with a few restraining orders put in place it’s not clear who will be at the reunion!

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Ariana, LVP and Lala all invited to the White House Correspondents Dinner.

Ariana to compete on Dancing With The Stars, Numerous Endorsements.

VPR is one of the #1 shows in the ratings.

Season finally wrapping up. It’s a great time to be a Vanderpump Rules Fan!

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Absolutely floored.

Even last nights episode which was *SUPPOSED* to be the Season Finale was... epic.

They've revived this show somehow - it's the best it's ever been (apart from Seasons 1 and 2).

I'm expecting an easy 3 Million for the finale. This has been the #2 show on Wednesday Nights... could easily go #1 against Survivor.

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EMMY NOMINATIONS WHAAAAATTTTTT

The next season of Vanderpump Rules will begin airing January 2024 - get caught up now (and Vanderpump Rules has been added to Netflix in many countries now!)