Tom Sandoval rebuts report he’s dating influencer Karlee Hale: ‘Just friends’
Tom Sandoval denied he’s dating Karlee Hale despite being spotted out together and reports saying otherwise.
Sandoval’s rep said Tuesday that the “Vanderpump Rules” star is “just friends” with the Texas-based influencer.
“[He] recently hung out with her because he happened to be in Austin performing with his band,” the rep told TMZ.
Sandoval’s cover band, Tom Sandoval & the Most Extras, sang at Buck’s Backyard in Buda, Texas — a 25-minute drive from downtown Austin — on May 13.
The rep also claimed the rumored flames were with “other people in their group” when fans spotted them.
It’s unclear which time the rep was referring to, as Sandoval and Hale were photographed hanging out at least twice in Austin last week.
Sandoval’s rep didn’t immediately return Page Six’s request for comment.
The Bravolebrity’s response came hours after the US Sun reported that he was “dating” Hale following his breakups from Ariana Madix and Raquel Leviss.
The alleged pals first sparked romance speculation when a Bravo fan snagged a photo of them grabbing dinner at The Peacock in the Austin Proper hotel last Tuesday.
Another fan then spotted them during a shopping trip.
Sandoval was also photographed working out at an Equinox in Austin last Wednesday, but it’s unclear whether Hale joined him.
She has since either deactivated or gone private on all of her social media accounts.
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Page Six confirmed on May 17 that Sandoval, 40, and Leviss, 28, had gone their separate ways, two months after their bombshell affair was exposed.
“Raquel dipped out,” a source told Page Six at the time. “Sandoval is not the one for her.”
However, Madix — who dumped the bar owner in March after learning about the months-long dalliance — is not convinced that the two are actually donezo.
“I don’t buy that at all. She was sending letters to my house like four days ago,” the Something About Her co-owner, 37, said on “Watch What Happens Live” last Wednesday.
Madix may no longer be on the receiving end of any mysterious letters, though, as she claimed to have moved out of her and Sandoval’s $2 million Valley Village, Calif., home Monday — only to later tease that it was simply a “financial” opportunity.
