On May 6, Bravo released an emotional teaser for the highly anticipated season 11 reunion of Vanderpump Rules. In it, host Andy Cohen reveals that the cast would watch the final moments of this season together to get their “real-time reactions” to the supposed bombshell he was about to unleash, where Ariana Madix spoke about Tom Sandoval.
While watching the footage, Lala Kent cocks her head to the side while Sandoval simply shakes his head and Ariana Madix mouths the words, “what the f—.” When Andy asks how she felt watching the clip, the Dancing with the Stars alum, 38, bursts into tears.
“It hurts my feelings a lot,” she cries. “It really does.”
The clip then transitions into a shot of Sandoval pleading with his former partner of nine years.
“You know me well enough to know that this is not acting,” he declares. When Ariana answers with a quiet, “I don’t,” Sandoval becomes emotional as a single tear rolls down his cheek, “You knew me, Ariana.”
“I just want you away from me. I just want you gone,” she says with eyes closed.
With emotions running high, the trailer teases the events that happened “7 hours earlier” as the cast gets ready to confront each other for the fateful three-part special. After Tom Schwartz admits he feels “PTSD” and Lala gears up to face Ariana Madix in the reunion ring, Sandoval claims he’s “keeping my mouth shut about things that I heard.”
The admission angers James Kennedy who declares, “Shut the f— up Sandoval, you haven’t heard s—.”
Ariana isn’t the only one whom Sandoval apparently owes an apology to.
“You should’ve walked out the f–king door,” Scheana Shay says. When Sandoval replies “But that’s the thing, is I — ” and she interrupts, “There’s no ‘but,’ Tom. That sentence was over.”
As the trailer continues, Ariana finds comfort in Katie Maloney, who embraces her as she seeks a shoulder to cry on.
“Sometimes, it’s okay to walk away,” Lisa Vanderpump mysteriously concludes.