Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval. Picture Press Company/NurPhoto/Shutterstock; Christopher Polk/Shutterstock
With season 11 manufacturing underway, Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval have seemingly managed to keep away from each other in entrance of the cameras to this point — however one Vanderpump Guidelines exec isn’t certain the sample can proceed.
Producer Alex Baskin shared perception into returning to the present’s “regular, fairly aggressive timeline” of filming in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter revealed Tuesday, July 18. Baskin hinted that the “hysteria” surrounding Sandoval and Ariana’s breakup — and his affair with costar Raquel Leviss — is much from dying down.
Us Weekly confirmed in March that the longtime couple — who dated for almost a decade — referred to as it quits after Ariana realized of Sandoval’s infidelity. Manufacturing on season 10 had already wrapped when the scandal broke, however Bravo resumed filming for a gut-wrenching season finale, which aired in Could. The episode featured a heated confrontation between the exes, however Ariana has asserted that she has little interest in going through off towards Sandoval once more.
“I’ve nothing to say to both of them,” she instructed The New York Instances of Raquel and Sandoval. “Our present may be very actual and follows an actual group of mates, and neither of them are within the group of mates, so, good luck.”
Baskin, nonetheless, doesn’t suppose Ariana’s plan is possible. “We all the time cope with pushback if completely different events don’t wish to shoot with one another due to strained relations,” he instructed THR. “Clearly, that is extra excessive. However Ariana and Tom Sandoval, I’d hasten to level out, they nonetheless dwell collectively.”
He added: “The concept they wouldn’t shoot collectively is just a little bit arduous to digest. They’re in the identical residence.”
Ariana had followers satisfied in Could that she was leaving the house she shared with Sandoval after transferring vans have been noticed on the property. “Able to dip out 😏,” she hinted through her Instagram Story, referring to a phrase utilized by Sandoval throughout season 10 in an try to cowl up his romance with Raquel.
Regardless of hinting in any other case, Ariana stayed put. “I’m transferring up, not out — nicely, not but at the very least,” she stated in a subsequent Story selling her partnership with SoFi.
Season 11 started filming in June. Earlier this month, Ariana was noticed taking pictures with Lala Kent and Katie Maloney — however Sandoval and Raquel have been noticeably absent from the trio’s social media footage as they filmed.
Lala gave followers an replace on Tuesday throughout a forged journey to Lake Tahoe. “Everyone seems to be in a pair. The Toms, Brock [Davies] and [Scheana Shay] and these little love birds [James Kennedy and Ally Lewber],” she teased in an Instagram video, leaving out each Katie and Ariana. “It’s a good factor we’ve the MILF and I’m OK with it.”
Although cameras are up as soon as once more, it may be some time earlier than followers are watching fights within the SUR alley or events at TomTom. “I’ve blended emotions [about it],” Baskin confessed to THR. “I’d like to benefit from the second, however it’s actually intense to make these exhibits. … In six months, we’ll drop a brand new season. It’s good to make the viewers miss you just a little bit.”
Baskin additionally asserted that it appears like time to “transfer on” from Scandoval. “This present’s by no means been static, and we’d disappoint the viewers if we began simply sleuthing,” he stated. “Everyone seems to be making an attempt to maneuver on with their lives. If that creeps again in, then it creeps again in.”
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Relating to Raquel, who entered psychological well being remedy amid backlash for the affair, even producers aren’t certain the place she stands. “These are ongoing conversations,” Baskin stated. “I think about there can be an replace pretty quickly. However, for now, we’re nonetheless in dialogue along with her.”
