Ariana Madix

VANDERPUMP RULES STARS: NOT AS CLOSE AS THEY USED TO BE

These days there’s more drama offscreen than onscreen for reality costars, Ariana Madix and Katie Maloney. After countless delays, the gals opened up their West Hollywood sandwich shop, Something About Her, but no sooner was the first customer served than Ariana flew to Bali to host Love Island, leaving Katie behind to deal with the grunt work. As we previously reported, Ariana isn’t sure she wants to stay in the restaurant business as her Hollywood career has taken off. Now get this scoop – Katie has offered to buy Ariana’s shares out and team up with her cheating ex-boyfriend, Tom Sandoval! According to my Vanderpump Rules source, Katie is livid that Ariana has pretty much all but abandoned her and teaming up with Tom is her way to get revenge.

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ARIANA MADIX HAS BIGGER FISH TO FRY

It has taken years and one major scandal, but Something About Her, a sandwich shop in West Hollywood that was just opened by Vanderpump Rules castmates, Ariana Madix and Katie Maloney might soon be called something for sale! The gals came up with the idea to open the sandwich shop BEFORE Ariana’s relationship with Tom Sandoval exploded into a cheating scandal and made them both famous. The publicity propelled Ariana her to bigger opportunities -including a twirl on Dancing With The Stars and a role on a made for TV movie. Although the restaurant has long lines, Ariana is quietly looking to sell her shares in the place so she can focus on bigger money-making opportunities. As my source explains it, at the time she was just one cast member on a so-so reality show, but after the cheating scandal made her super-famous, she’s not quite sure she wants to be slicing turkey in the kitchen as part of her career.

Photo Credit: BACKGRID-USA Ariana and Katie at crowded restaurant opening

ARIANA MADIX: BEING JILTED PAYS OFF

We could live quite happily without reality TV, but lately one cannot avoid hearing about the drama on Vanderpump Rules. For those who watch, here’s another juicy tidbit: Costars, Ariana Madix and Katie Maloney have grown even CLOSER since Ariana’s beau, Tom Sandoval cheated on her with their other costar Raquel Leviss. Fans of the show will know they’re close to opening their West Hollywood cafe, Something About Her. A Bravo insider reveals that their once solid friendship has now hit a hiccup – over MONEY. Ariana is raking in the dough since the scandal, with our source estimating she’s pocketed close to $1 million in endorsement deals in the past few months, while her BFF Katie hasn’t earned one cent. The insider says that Katie was hoping to get a cut of the pie, especially since they’re pooling their resources to open their restaurant, and it’s caused a rift in their friendship. As the source explains, Katie assumed Ariana would find a way to include her in some of her money-making new opportunities, but so far she’s been left out in the cold.

 

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CHEATING TOM SANDOVAL MAY GET HIS OWN SERIES

Their affair was the biggest ratings boost to happen to Bravo in years, and now it could land Vanderpump Rules costars and forbidden lovers, Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss their own spin-off! (Readers might have realized that our Bravo source is well-informed – we were the FIRST to reveal Denise Richards was returning to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.) Now we are hearing that Tom, Raquel and their costar, Tom Schwartz are UNLIKELY to return to Vanderpump Rules but will instead star in their OWN show based on the two Toms’ business ventures (restaurant/bars) and Sandoval’s potential romance with Raquel. The source explains that scorned Ariana Madix is refusing to film with her ex boyfriend and her two former friends, so producers are planning the spinoff on which some of their Vanderpump Rules costars might also appear. It’s being speculated that this whole situation was scripted to raise ratings – so you be the judge…

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JILTED ARIANA MADIX IS MAKING THE MOST OF IT

We don’t watch Vanderpump Rules, but a lot of people do, so we want to share this latest tidbit. Our reality show source says that Ariana Madix (she was the one who got cheated on) is asking for a HUGE salary increase if Bravo wants her back next season. Ariana wants NOTHING to do with her ex, Tom Sandoval and his new flame, Raquel Leviss, and the only way she will share screen time with them is if producers show her the money. She knows producers are delighted with all the publicity the cheating scandal brought the show, and they want her back. Ariana is asking for the SAME amount Lisa Vanderpump makes per episode, (no, we don’t know the exact amount but it’s substantially more than anyone else on the show.) Ariana’s career, aside from reality TV, is taking off – she just filmed a made-for-TV movie, and is slated to appear on Dancing With the Stars – so unless the offer is too good to pass up, she’s ready to walk!

TOM SANDOVAL CALMS HIS NERVES WITH DIET COKE AND CIGARETTES

We’re not fond of most reality TV, but here’s some gossip that the  Vanderpump Rules audience might appreciate. We’ve heard MORE than enough about the “shocking” affair between costars Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss – since he was engaged to AND owned a home with their other costar Ariana Madix. Now here’s the scoop: Tom is trying to get a loan to buy his former fiancé Ariana’s share of the Valley Village, California home they purchased together so he can move Raquel in. BUT, a realtor told me that Tom’s hit a roadblock, because the real estate market has TANKED since he and Ariana purchased the farmhouse style property in 2019. Jilted Ariana doesn’t want to lose money by selling now, so she’s STILL living there with Tom! Don’t think for a second that this juicy drama won’t be part of next season’s storyline.

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