Ariana Madix recalled a clumsy buy ex Tom Sandoval made for Raquel Leviss when the twosome have been “in love.”
“I might be in the home and there’s a field on the kitchen counter and it’s addressed to someplace in Arizona and it’s simply filled with who even freaking is aware of what,” Ariana, 38, recalled through the Tuesday, January 30, episode of the Vanderpump Guidelines After Present, which aired following the season 11 premiere. “There’s one factor that I noticed that I’m struggling to speak about it as a result of it’s so cringe.”
Ariana went on to share that she found a friendship lamp Sandoval, 41, had purchased after Raquel, 29, that would assist the pair talk once they have been far aside. “It’s Bluetooth the place if I contact it the place I’m, it’s going to activate the place you might be,” she defined, including, “Oh my god, I can’t.”
“Yeah, I used to be very a lot in love,” Sandoval mentioned when requested concerning the communicative lights by producers, noting that he would additionally ship Raquel sweet and different presents to point out his affection.
“I might signal her playing cards and stamp them with wax,” he continued. “I don’t even ship my mother birthday playing cards they stress me out. I like, realized stamp and wax [cards] and I’d put sparkles in [for] when she was midway by way of.”
Ariana and Sandoval dated for almost 9 years on the Bravo hit however known as it quits in March 2023 when Ariana found Sandoval’s affair with Raquel. After season 10 of Vanderpump Guidelines wrapped later that month, Raquel admitted herself right into a psychological well being facility in Arizona. 5 months later, Us Weekly reported that Raquel had reduce off contact with Sandoval and would not be returning for season 11.
Previous to breaking ties with the TomTom cofounder, Raquel despatched her personal set of presents to Sandoval’s residence which he nonetheless shares with Ariana — together with a lightening bolt postcard. (When season 10 of Pump Guidelines aired, eagle-eyed followers observed that each Raquel and Sandoval have been carrying lighting bolt necklaces earlier than information of their affair got here to mild.)
Throughout Tuesday’s “After Present,” Ariana revealed that she would discover mail addressed to Sandoval from Raquel arriving to the home, together with the postcard.
“One thing comes and also you’re like, ‘Is that for me? Oh no, it’s coming from someplace in Arizona,’” she mentioned, noting that she will’t make certain of Raquel’s “mindset” on the time however speculated that the mannequin had “zero idea” that Ariana might intercept the letter a co-owner of the home.
Sandoval, in the meantime, mentioned that the postcard was despatched a “month” earlier than it really arrived. When Tom Schwartz known as sending the letter an “insane” resolution, Sandoval agreed, saying he wasn’t certain what Raquel was pondering as she had additionally despatched objects to Schwartz’s tackle.
“Main as much as season 11 filming we undoubtedly have been speaking and sending one another letters and stuff like that,” he continued. “She’s like, ‘I wasn’t pondering. It was my first trip.’ That they had left the [mental health] facility they usually had gone out someplace and she or he had gotten a postcard and I used to be like, “I can’t discover it. I don’t know the place it’s.’”
Season 11 of Vanderpump Guidelines airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET. Episodes can be found to stream on Peacock the following day.