![REPORT: Tom Sandoval and Raquel Plan to Talk to Ariana About Their Relationship "for a week," Used by Schwartz as "bait," Plus Sandoval's Press Tour "[Paused]"](https://realityblurb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Ariana-Madix-and-Tom-Sandoval-v-Raquel-Leviss.jpg "Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval v Raquel Leviss")
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Tom Sandoval and Rachel Lewis they are reportedly considering him Ariana Madix about the alleged relationship “for weeks” before he finally discovered the news himself during one of the bands that showed in Los Angeles last Wednesday.
Before Ariana reportedly found Raquel’s sexual video on Sandoval’s phone at the event, Sandoval and Raquel, who allegedly “wanted to be together” now that he and Ariana had split, planned to break the news alone.
Multiple sources confirmed the news to Page Six, noting that it’s unclear if they plan to do it off-camera or on-camera. Pump Rules.
As Sandoval and Ariana’s fate is still unconfirmed, Sandoval’s rep denied he moved out after he was seen loading a suitcase into a friend’s car on Friday, insiders have revealed that the polarization of his relationship with Raquel. Tom Schwartz last summer was used to distract from him and Sandoval reported Rendezvous.
“Raquel deliberately plays up Tom Schwartz’s romance to drive attention away from the real story,” a source told OK! on March 4. “It was calculated for him.”
And according to the insider, Ariana isn’t the only one feeling “burned” by the incident.
“Tom Schwartz felt that he had been used as bait. Everyone was shocked by Raquel’s behavior. He felt that his true colors and arrogance had come out,” the source explained.
Meanwhile, according to other reports, Sandoval has been hiding from the press when he and Raquel appeared and canceled several interviews about the partnership with Hydroxycut.
“We’ve been told to pause on PR right away,” a source connected to the project explained to Radar Online on March 3. “It doesn’t affect our partnership with Tom.”
As the outlet explained, they have planned, a joint interview with Sandoval and Schwartz is scheduled for this Wednesday, March 8. But, after Pump Rules cheating scandal broke on Friday, he learned, via email, that the interview had been “put on hold” and would have to be rescheduled “in a few weeks.”
The insider also noted that the reason for the cancellation of the interview was not the scandal itself, but the fact that Sandoval and other members of the show had returned to production to absorb the fallout from the split.
Vanderpump Rules Season 10 airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.