Open mouth, insert foot.
“Vanderpump Guidelines” star Tom Sandoval, notorious for the present’s “Scandoval” controversy, is now evaluating that actuality present flare-up to “massive issues” just like the OJ Simpson trial and the homicide of George Floyd.
Yep. He actually is.
Sandoval, interviewed by the New York Instances in a narrative revealed Feb. 20, was requested why he thought “Scandoval” blew up into headlines final season on “Vanderpump Guidelines” when he cheated on longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix together with her BFF Rachel Leviss.
Right here’s what he needed to say.
“I’m not a pop-culture historian actually,” Sandoval stated. “However I witnessed the O.J. Simpson factor and George Floyd and all these massive issues, which is actually bizarre to check this to that, I feel, however do you suppose in a bizarre manner it’s slightly bit the identical?”
As soon as Sandoval’s feedback went public, a number of Bravo stars took difficulty with them, and one even demanded that he difficulty an apology for his “repulsive” feedback.
“Hey Tom Schwartz you wanna come clarify what he was actually attempting to say? … the f – – okay?” co-star Katie Maloney, 37, wrote underneath an Instagram submit of Sandoval’s quote, in reference to her ex-husband and Sandoval’s greatest good friend.
“PLEASE mirror on this repulsive assertion you made (concerning GEORGE FLOYD r.i.p) particularly on black historical past month and take it again!! NOT OK!” “Actual Housewives of Miami” star Guerdy Abraira added. “A direct apology is so as Sir!”
Journalist Irina Aleksander, who wrote the profile, gave Sandoval the advantage of the doubt for his off-the-wall, tone-deaf reply.
“I feel I knew what he meant,” she wrote. “He was attempting to precise the oddity of changing into the symbolic heart of a nationwide dialogue and a significant information story; what he communicated as an alternative was one thing extra trustworthy, which is simply how a lot the expertise had made him lose perspective.”
Aleksander added that, after writing up the interview, “a Bravo publicist rang me late on a Friday” as a result of a few of what Sandoval stated had gotten again to the community. The publicist wished to know what it was that Sandoval stated.
“Scandoval” made headlines final yr and turned Sandoval into some of the hated villains in actuality TV historical past when he cheated on Madix with Leviss.
It even generated the hashtag “Scandoval” which amassed over 1.2 billion views on TikTok.
Leviss, 29, ultimately departed “Vanderpump Guidelines” amidst the “Scandoval” drama.
Based on Individuals, she’s been “dipping” her “toe again into drama” together with her new podcast, “Rachel Goes Rogue,” on which she’ll talk about “Vanderpump Guidelines” twice per week.
“My function for doing that isn’t to only be within the drama essentially,” she instructed Individuals. “I need to create a more healthy surroundings for individuals watching actuality TV. I need to be part of creating moral actuality TV. And I feel part of that’s educating people who find themselves watching these exhibits about what we’re really consuming.”
Madix, in the meantime, appeared on Season 32 of “Dancing With the Stars” and is seeing a brand new beau, health coach Daniel Wai.
She’s additionally on Broadway by March 24, taking part in Roxie Hart in “Chicago.”
Madix, who debuted on January 29, “gave a killer efficiency with the polish and talent of a Broadway veteran, based on Individuals. “She obtained standing ovations by curtain’s shut and smiled brightly for the group as she took her bows.”
The Publish has reached out to reps for Sandoval and Bravo for remark.