Tom Sandoval's Ex Kristen Doute in 'Conversation' with Ariana Madix to Hash Out VPR Drama on Camera
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Kristen Doute is considering a return to Vanderpump Rules as a cheating scandal swirls around her ex Tom Sandoval.
A source tells PEOPLE that Doute, 40, would only discuss Sandoval's reported affair with VPR's Raquel Leviss with the approval of his most recent ex Ariana Madix, whose nine-year relationship with the TomTom co-owner ended due to the explosive accusations.
"Vanderpump Rules producers have approached Kristen to come back on the show to talk about this," the insider shares. "She's had her fair share of ups and downs with Sandoval over the years, but right now she's completely supporting Ariana."
"Kristen has put the show behind her, but she's considering it," the source adds. "It'll depend if Ariana wants her to do it and is comfortable as that's the only way she would ever go back on the show. It's a conversation she and Ariana are having right now. The girls have all been spending time with Ariana."
PEOPLE reached out to Bravo for comment.
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Over the weekend, Doute — who previously dated Sandoval, 39, and cheated on him twice with Sandoval's ex-pal and VPR alum Jax Taylor — showed her support for Madix on social media.
Doute captured the moment in a video on her Instagram feed. "I stan Ariana. This is in real time," she said in the clip as Madix wrapped her arms around her former costar.
"I love you so much," Doute then told Madix, 37, before they shared a kiss. "I love you more than anything in the whole wide world, and I'll kill people for you."
Amanda Edwards/Getty; Emma McIntyre/WireImage; Charles Sykes/Bravo/Getty Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss
Along with other VPR stars who have spoken out about the alleged affair scandal, Doute declared herself as "Team Ariana" in a video on her Instagram Story Friday.
"I don't know why I feel like I need to make this clear, but there's so many people right now wondering if this is making me happy," she said in the clip. "You guys, Ariana and I have been really good friends for many, many years now so I am Team Ariana, all day, every day. That's what's up."
At the bottom of her video, Doute wrote: "Karma is indeed coming, so Raquel should just move home."
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Madix joined the cast of VPR in 2013, and became the subject of cheating rumors with Sandoval amid his relationship with Doute. They later acknowledged they'd shared a kiss.
Madix learned about Leviss and Sandoval's affair on Wednesday. That night, she was at a venue in Los Angeles supporting her then-boyfriend's band Tom Sandoval & the Most Extras.
While there, a video that was sexual in nature between Leviss and Sandoval was discovered by Madix on his phone. Madix then began scrolling and saw a history of inappropriate texts.
"This has been going on for upwards of six months — all the while, Tom was sleeping next to Ariana in bed," one source told PEOPLE. "She was completely blindsided by this; devastated doesn't even scratch the surface of how she feels."
"This is someone she thought she knew; someone she planned to spend the rest of her life with. You can't even put into words that betrayal," the source added.
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Doute was fired from VPR in 2020 after viewers and the network learned that she and fellow original cast member Stassi Schroeder had taken racially insensitive actions toward costar Faith Stowers.
Vanderpump Rules airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
