Ariana Madix Will Be ‘More Than OK’ After Tom Sandoval Affair

Keep your head up! Ariana Madix trying to go after his ex-boyfriend Tom Sandoval had an affair with a costar Rachel Lewis.

“Ariana knows she’ll be more than OK,” an exclusive source tells us Us Weekly. “He has his whole life ahead of him and knows he has a lot to look forward to.”

At Vanderpump Rules star, 37, has leaned in her main circle after learning earlier this month that Sandoval, 40, cheated on her – which subsequently ended the relationship of nine years.

“Ariana doesn’t know what she would have done without the support of her friends and family through all of this,” the insider said. “Not only him, but to have the support of so many fans and people I don’t know or haven’t met, it’s amazing.”

At Fancy AF cocktails coauthor “feels beyond grateful to everybody for having him back,” the source tells usadding that Madix’s fans “mean to contribute to him being in a good place.”

Madix previously thanked fans for their support in his first public statement on Thursday, March 16. met two weeks ago,” she wrote via Instagram at the time. “I’m so lucky to have the best support system in the world and I hope I can repay everyone for the love you’ve shown me. don’t kill me better run.”

us confirmed on March 3 that Sandoval and Madix split following news that the TomTom co-founder slept with Leviss, 28. The former couple had been dating since 2014 before the scandal.

A day after the affair made headlines, the Missouri native publicly apologized for his actions and asked fans not to judge his business. “S*ndoval. Look. Employee, abort the mission,” Pump Rules star Lala Kentrung wrote through Instagram on March 4, pointing out that his costar did not mention his ex-girlfriend. “Where is Ariana’s apology? It’s called narcissism… & it’s scary.

A few days later, Sandoval issued another statement, this time directed at Madix. “I want to apologize to Ariana. I made mistakes, I was selfish and I made reckless decisions that hurt the people I love,” the owner of Schwartz & Sandy wrote via Instagram on March 7. … My biggest regret is that I underestimated Ariana. I have never let many people down, including my loving family and friends.

Leviss, meanwhile, apologized for his involvement in the scandal the next day. “I want to apologize for my actions and my choices especially for Ariana, and for my friends and fans to invest in our relationship,” the former Miss Sonoma County wrote through social media on March 8. “There is no reason, I am not a victim and I had to act and I really regret hurting Ariana.

The Sonoma State University alum also decided to take legal action against her costars amid the relationship’s fallout. Leviss served Scheana Shay with a temporary restraining order on March 7 after claiming the “Good as Gold” singer, 37, punched her after they were seen together at Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen earlier in the month. Shay has denied the allegations through his lawyer.

She also sent a letter to many of her friends the same week asking them to remove the explicit video of her and Sandoval that was recorded “unauthorizedly” and without “knowledge of consent”.

Leviss’s statement continued: “Although I chose to be on a reality show that accepts the good and the bad that exists, beyond my own actions, I have been physically attacked, lost friendships, received death threats and hate mail in addition to having my password violated. I have started counseling. to stop the cycle of unhealthy behavior, learn to set strong emotional boundaries and learn to protect your mental health. I do not expect sympathy, understanding or forgiveness.

Fans will watch the fallout from the affair play out in the second half Pump Rules season 10, which is currently airing. “I hope we both try harder,” Sandoval told Madix in a teaser from the new footage, which was released on Monday, March 20. The Florida native, meanwhile, quips, “You don’t deserve one f—king tear. from me.”

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Vanderpump Rules airs on Bravo Wednesdays at 9 pm ET.