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Tom Schwartz know about Tom Sandoval and Rachel Lewis‘ business before the rest of the world, but how far in advance he knows?
As Andy Cohen asked Schwartz at the Saturday taping Vanderpump Rules season 10 reunion, insiders talk about Schwartz’s knowledge of Sandoval and Leviss’ betrayal. Ariana Madixnoting that he allegedly learned about romance before anyone else.
“Sandoval confided in Schwartz about three weeks before the news, telling her he was having an affair with Raquel and that he planned to tell Ariana,” an insider told E! News on March 23. “Schwartz asked him to tell Ariana right away.”
The source claimed it was just a few hours after Jax Taylor recounts her conversation with Schwartz in an episode of Watch What Happens Live.
“I talk to Schwartz every day, so I know for a fact, for one hundred percent of the truth, about my son, he told me he knew,” Jax said Wednesday. “He said, ‘I knew for a while,’ and that was it, but then he said, ‘I’m trying to tell him to go ahead.’ That’s what he told me, verbatim. I have to keep my word.”
Also, on Wednesday, Raquel denied that Schwartz was used to get rid of her romance with Sandoval.
“I really have an interest in Tom Schwartz,” she told TMZ. “There’s a genuine curiosity there, so it’s not a cover-up.”
Although fans will have to wait until the reunion airs to find out what happened in the weeks before Sandoval and Raquel’s relationship came to light, host Andy shared a video on his Instagram Story featuring him asking Schwartz.
“You know what I want from you? Are you going to shut up or just shut up?” Andy asked, via OK! Magazine, referencing the question Oprah Winfrey asked the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle in regards to the royal family.
“I’m going to marinate in it,” Schwartz replied, before adding. “Let’s get down and dirty.”
Vanderpump Rules Season 10 airs every Wednesday night at 9/8c on Bravo.