Raise your glass! Vanderpump Rules alum Christian Doute revealed the “real truth” about how Ariana Madix was found Tom Sandoval deal with Rachel Lewis on the “Sex, Love and What Else Matters” podcast.
“I was really with Ariana and Tom that night [at TomTom],” Doute, 40, revealed during the Wednesday, March 8, episode. “During Tom’s performance, the phone fell out of his pocket or something and someone – a mutual friend – picked up the phone, handed it to Ariana. … Ariana has a phone call and she tells me that she just has this gut intuition to see.
Doute noted that Madix, 37, and Sandoval, 39, “are a reliable couple,” the former bartender “just felt he had to see,” and added, “So he signed the photo. He had recorded a FaceTime of him and Raquel masturbating with each other. That’s right.”
Us Weekly confirmed on March 3, that Madix and Sandoval called it quits after nine years together. The Florida native drew attention to her romance with the TomTom co-founder after discovering he was having an affair with Leviss. An insider told us at a time when Sandoval and Madix have “had problems for a while,” it did not come to a “breaking point” until the cheating scandal came to light.
Doute indicated on Wednesday that since the news of the relationship, Leviss has “said [she and Sandoval] they love each other and they have matching necklaces.” While the Michigan native has “not been able to speak” with Sandoval, he claims that the musician “gassed” and “blamed” Madix for the breakup, saying, “You know we’re not happy yet,” and that he’s “not happy. supporting” the effort ” he.
Earlier this week, Doute announced via social media that she is indeed on “Team Ariana.”
“I miss Ariana. This is in real time. I love you so much,” said Doute in an Instagram Story video with Madix. Founder James Mae also shared a video in support of Madix, adding: “Karma is really coming. So Raquel needs to go home.”
Madix and Leviss are not alone Pump Rules women who have been romantically involved with musicians over the years. Doute dated Sandoval from 2007 to 2013 before breaking up between seasons 2 and 3 of the Bravo series.
When Doute and Madix were the first at odds – Madix made out with Sandoval while still dating Doute – women have long since pushed back different and become good friends.
“I don’t know why I feel the need to be obvious, but now a lot of people think it makes me happy,” she said via Instagram Stories earlier this month. “And you, Ariana and I have been good friends for years. So, I’m team Ariana – all day, every day. That’s it.”
However, Doute and Sandoval continued to have a contentious relationship after their split in 2014. The tense dynamic escalated when Doute began dating fellow owner Schwartz & Sandy. James Kennedy in the same year.
Sandoval expressed her frustration about her ex’s new relationship during the season 2 reunion — where she revealed that Doute started sleeping with Kennedy before Sandoval moved in with her, calling the whole experience a “nightmare.” Doute, for his part, said he owed the musician “nothing.”
After Doute and Kennedy quit in September 2015, the DJ moved to Leviss. The couple got engaged in May 2021, with Sandoval getting $25,000 to pay for the proposal. Leviss, however, ended the engagement in December 2021. (Leviss then made headlines in August 2022 when he broke up with Katie Maloney your ex-husband, Tom Schwartzat Scheana Shay and Brock Davies wedding.)
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