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In a different light. Vanderpump Rules<\/em><\/a> viewers were thrown for a loop when the show\u2019s focus on Raquel Leviss<\/strong><\/a>\u2018 potential romance with Tom Schwartz<\/strong><\/a> was overshadowed by news of her offscreen affair with Tom Sandoval<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Before the cast started filming season 10 during summer 2022<\/a>, Katie Maloney<\/strong><\/a> and Schwartz announced their split after more than a decade<\/a> together. As cameras started rolling, Us Weekly<\/em> confirmed that the bar owner hooked up with Raquel<\/a> at Scheana Shay<\/strong><\/a> and Brock Davies<\/strong><\/a>\u2018 wedding in July 2022, upsetting Katie as she asked her ex-husband not to date within their friend group.<\/a><\/p>\n Raquel and Schwartz\u2019s potential connection was on everyone\u2019s mind as new episodes<\/a> of the Bravo show dropped. In March 2023, however, things took a turn when Sandoval and Ariana Madix<\/strong><\/a> parted ways after nearly ten years of dating<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThey were having problems for a while,\u201d a source revealed to Us<\/em>, adding that things \u201conly came to a breaking point\u201d when Ariana found out that her then-boyfriend was unfaithful with Raquel<\/a>.<\/p>\n Shortly after the news made headlines, the Florida native\u2019s brother, Jeremy Madix<\/strong>, slammed the Vanderpump Rules<\/em> costars.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s funny to watch people social climb and be soooooooo fake that they\u2019re willing to s\u2014t on people that are supposed to be their \u2018best friend\u2019 (a term that gets thrown around very often around here) all just to come up or have some sort of story line,\u201d he commented on James Kennedy<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s Instagram post. \u201cThis lifestyle and this group is beyond toxic and I wouldn\u2019t recommend it to anyone. \u2026 Toms a try hard having a midlife crisis with his cringy band and Raquel has faked her way to the top trying to make something of her life willing to step on whoever to get there starting with James. Sell out type lame s\u2014t. Let\u2019s all remember that Raquel was a fan of the show before all of this. Does anyone pay attention?\u201d<\/p>\n Sandoval, for his part, took to social media to issue an apology to Ariana, writing via Instagram, \u201cI want to first and foremost apologize to everyone I\u2019ve hurt through this process. Most of all, I want to apologize to Ariana. I made mistakes, I was selfish and made reckless decisions that hurt somebody I love. No one deserves to feel that pain so traumatically and publicly.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cI can only imagine how devastating this has been for Ariana and everyone around us. I feel really horrible about that. My biggest regret is that I dishonored Ariana. I never meant to disappoint so many people, including our loving families and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n That same month, viewers started to analyze scenes from season 10 of Vanderpump Rules<\/em><\/a> that appeared to age badly due to the drama. In a scene between Lala Kent<\/strong><\/a> and Raquel, which was filmed in July 2022, the beauty mogul questioned her coworker\u2019s interest in unavailable men.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIt is strange to me though because Raquel had zero interest in Oliver [Saunders]<\/strong><\/a> until I said [I was interested],\u201d Lala said in a confessional. \u201cNow she\u2019s treating it like a pageant and she\u2019s in competition mode with me.\u201d<\/p>\n