Roxie Washington, the mom of George Floyd‘s daughter, is looking out Tom Sandoval.
Washington instructed TMZ on Thursday, February 22, that though she’s not accustomed to Vanderpump Guidelines, she wasn’t thrilled by Sandoval’s “silly” reference to Floyd.
Washington, who shared 10-year-old Gianna with Floyd, identified that Sandoval’s comparability wasn’t cheap as a result of he and ex Ariana Madix are nonetheless alive. She additionally instructed TMZ that she was involved about her and Floyd’s daughter seeing statements just like Sandoval’s.
Washington added that Sandoval ought to repeat that “dumb s—t” within the mirror as his feedback replicate a few of what Gianna has heard from her classmates.
Whereas talking to New York Instances Journal on Tuesday, February 20, Sandoval speculated about why his affair with Rachel “Raquel” Leviss grew to become so huge within the media. (Information broke in March 2023 that Sandoval and Madix referred to as it quits after almost a decade of relationship on account of his infidelity.)
“I’m not a pop-culture historian actually however I witnessed the O.J. Simpson factor and George Floyd and all these huge issues, which is basically bizarre to match this to that, I feel, however do you assume in a bizarre approach it’s a little bit bit the identical?” Sandoval stated. Throughout a separate a part of the interview, the Bravo star added: “I really feel like I acquired extra hate than Danny Masterson. And he’s a convicted rapist.”
{A photograph} of George Floyd is displayed together with different images on the Say Their Names memorial Mario Tama/Getty Pictures
Masterson is presently serving out his 30-year sentence for rape whereas Simpson was famously acquitted on expenses of murdering ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her buddy Ron Goldman. Floyd, in the meantime, inspired Black Lives Matter protests world wide after former police officer Derek Chauvin murdered him throughout an arrest in 2020.
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Journalist Irina Aleksander, who wrote the profile, tried to make clear Sandoval’s quote, writing within the story, “I feel I knew what he meant. He was attempting to specific the oddity of changing into the symbolic middle of a nationwide dialogue and a significant information story; what he communicated as an alternative was one thing extra sincere, which is simply how a lot the expertise had made him lose perspective.”
The backlash got here shortly, nonetheless, and Sandoval issued an apology. “My intentions behind the feedback I made in New York Instances Journal have been to clarify the extent of nationwide media consideration my affair obtained. The comparability was inappropriate and ignorant. I’m extremely sorry and embarrassed,” he wrote by way of Instagram Tales.
The forged of Vanderpump Guidelines aren’t any strangers to controversy. The workers of Lisa Vanderpump’s West Hollywood restaurant SUR made their debut on Bravo in 2013 as a part of the Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills spinoff. The season 1 forged included Vanderpump, Stassi Schroeder, Jax Taylor, Katie Maloney, Tom Sandoval, Kristen Doute and Scheana Shay. […]
Earlier than Washington spoke out about Sandoval, his fellow Bravo stars put him on blast. His costar Katie Maloney wrote by way of Instagram feedback, “Hey Tom Schwartz you wanna come clarify what he was actually attempting to say?” (Maloney’s ex-husband is susceptible to defending Sandoval’s actions.)
Actual Housewives of Miami star Guerdy Abraira, in the meantime, wrote: “PLEASE replicate on this repulsive assertion you made (concerning GEORGE FLOYD r.i.p) particularly on black historical past month and take it again!! NOT OK! A right away apology is so as Sir!”
