Tom Sandoval clarifies what he meant by his controversial comment about ex-girlfriend Ariana Madix wear a t-shirt during sex.
“I think people added their own context to it,” the TomTom co-founder, 40, told TMZ of the Wednesday, June 14 remark, adding that he had “never put Ariana to shame.” .
He continued: “It had nothing to do with his body or anything. It had to do with someone who was very unenthusiastic. … For example, if someone wanted to sleep with me and I unzipped my zipper and said, ‘Oh, hurry up, I have to meet someone for lunch.’ It was more about lack of enthusiasm.”
Sandoval made the comment in question during part 3 of the Vanderpump Rules season 10 reunion, which aired earlier this month. When Ariana, 37, remarked that she and her then-boyfriend had sex after he had already started his months-long affair with Rachel Leviss, the Missouri native replied sarcastically, “She kept her T-shirt on. It was really hot.”
The dig into his sex life with Ariana – who he dated for nine years until they called it quits in March amid the cheating scandal – prompted a backlash from Sandoval teammates and fans from the Bravo series. james kennedy and Ariana both called the comment “disgusting” as Andy Cohen visibly cracked. Tom Schwartz, for his part, lowered his head and said, “Don’t say that, man. Do not say that.
Lala Kent expressed his feelings about this during a Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen appearance broadcast directly after the last part of the meeting. “The comment on the t-shirt made my stomach hurt,” said the “Give Them Lala” podcaster, 32.
Cohen, 55, also weighed in on the snide remark during an episode of his Andy Cohen live radio program. “I think there are a lot of people who have body issues,” the talk show host said. “And by the way, Ariana herself in past seasons of Vanderpump Rules talked about not feeling good about his body, so to weaponize that – it was so grumpy.
Ariana, for her part, didn’t let the low blow hold her back. The Florida native took to Instagram as the reunion episode aired to drop a shirt that reads, “F—k Me in This T-Shirt.” The top is sold by her and Katie Maloneysandwich shop, Something About Her, for $34.99. (Something About Her is set to open this summer).
In addition to commenting on the t-shirt debacle, Sandoval gave TMZ his reaction to Schwartz’s recent comments about the “permanent” withdrawal from the cheating scandal drama.
During the Monday, June 12 episode of Stars on MarsSchwartz, 40, revealed how her business partner’s affair with Leviss, 28, negatively impacted her own life.
“[Sandoval] had a torrid affair. It’s horrible and I feel complicit because I didn’t cover it, but I supported it. He came to me and confided in me that he was in love with someone else,” Schwartz said. “At the end of the day, it’s his life. I didn’t have an affair. I’m not him. And it’s so weird that I got completely mired in it.
While many thought the Minnesota native was implying he wanted to take a step back from his friendship with his co-founder Schwartz & Sandy, Sandoval told TMZ on Wednesday that Schwartz was not implying he was cutting his business partner. and longtime friend of his life. “He said he doesn’t talk about Scandoval indefinitely anymore. Not Sandoval, Scandal“, he underlined.
Musician Tom Sandoval & the Most Extras added that he has “no idea” when Leviss will be released from the mental health treatment facility she checked into in April.
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“I just don’t want to comment on anything with her. I’ll let her tell her own story when she’s ready,” he said of the former pageant queen.