Ariana Madix tells Tom Sandoval ‘to die’ in first post-affair ‘Pump Rules’ trailer
Ariana Madix savagely tells her ex-boyfriend Tom Sandoval “to die” after his affair with Raquel Leviss in the new mid-season trailer for “Vanderpump Rules.”
In the midst of a tense conversation about the demise of their nearly 10-year relationship, Sandoval opens a kitchen cabinet and asks Madix, “You want anything?”
A stoic Madix calmly responds, “For you to die.”
The teaser, released Monday, includes the first footage of the aftermath of Sandoval and Leviss’ months-long affair — now known as “Scandoval” — since it first made headlines on March 3.
“I wish we both would’ve tried harder,” Sandoval tells Madix during the same emotional conversation.
Madix, 37, then fires back that Sandoval, 40, does not “deserve one f–king tear of mine” after secretly carrying on a dalliance with her former close friend.
Elsewhere in the jaw-dropping trailer, Madix and Sandoval candidly discuss their sex lives, with him claiming they only sleep together “like four times a year.”
“I cannot have sex with someone who feels like a stranger,” Madix bluntly replies, although it is unclear whether that conversation occurred before or after she learned about the cheating bombshell.
The teaser ends with several one-second clips of reactions from the cast members, as well as Madix screaming and Sandoval crying in two different scenes.
Page Six previously broke the news that Sandoval and Madix filmed the confrontational scene after Bravo picked up cameras to capture the “Scandoval” aftermath.
“Ariana walked away from the conversation feeling like she was gaslit by Tom,” one insider told us on March 6.
Sources close to production claimed Sandoval gave several excuses for why he “never copped to the cheating” — including that Madix was grieving the death of her grandmother last September.
Page Six confirmed that Madix dumped Sandoval on March 1 after she saw a sexually explicit video of Leviss on her now-ex’s phone.
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Madix then discovered that the two had been “communicating inappropriately” since roughly July 2022.
“Ariana was blindsided by the cheating,” one source told us earlier this month, adding that Madix was “heartbroken” over the betrayal.
Sandoval and Leviss have since shared separate apology statements to Madix, but they have not elaborated on the current status of their relationship.
Sources told Page Six on March 7 that Leviss and Sandoval “kissed on camera” while filming the fallout, but things were still “complicated” between them.
Meanwhile, Madix appears to be taking the split in stride, as she performed at a comedy club in Los Angeles on Saturday night.
“She seemed happy to have a fun night where there was absolutely no mention of ‘Scandoval,’” one eyewitness told us.
The new footage will air at the end of the current season before the reunion, which films on Thursday.
In the meantime, Andy Cohen teased that fans will see some serious “foreshadowing” of “Scandoval” in the upcoming episodes — which were not re-edited after the affair became public.
“Vanderpump Rules” airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
