Here’s How Ariana Madix Actually Discovered Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss’s Alleged Affair

Gonna assume you spent the weekend spiraling in several dozen group chats/screaming at random people on street corners about the fact that Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval from Vanderpump Rules have broken up following Ariana allegedly finding out that Tom has been cheating with their costar Raquel Leviss. Like, as Bravo by Betches put it:

There have been a lot of claims floating around Instagram and Reddit, but according to a People source, “This has been going on for upwards of six months. All the while, Tom was sleeping next to Ariana in bed. 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.”

So, how did Ariana find out about the affair? People reports that Ariana learned the truth when a NSFW video popped up on Tom’s phone. She then went through his phone and saw inappropriate texts with Raquel.

Tom has since released a statement...but not one where he apologizes to Ariana. Instead, he asked fans not to attack Tom Schwartz or Schwartz & Sandy’s.

“Hey, I fully understand and deserve ur anger & disappointment towards me, but please leave Schwartz my friends and family out of this situation,” he wrote. “Schwartz specifically only found out about this very recently, and most definitely did not condone my actions.”

Tom added, “I’m so sorry that my partners, Greg, Brett, and Schwartz and our employees have to suffer for my actions. I will be taking a step back & taking a hiatus out of respect for my employees & partners. I need some time to address everything else.”

Uhh, anytime now...!

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