While hosting the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Roy Wood Jr. joked astir the Vanderpump Rules cheating ungraded involving Tom Sandoval—with Ariana Madix sitting successful the audience.
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While performing his drama acceptable at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, host Roy Wood Jr. referenced Vanderpump Rules star Tom Sandoval and the cheating scandal involving him that erupted followed quality of his breakup from Ariana Madix—who sat successful the assemblage astatine the April 29 event.
The comedian, a Daily Show correspondent, prefaced his gag by talking about Tucker Carlson's recent exit from Fox News. "Scandals person been devouring careers this year," Roy said. "Tucker got caught up. Got caught up similar that dude from Vanderpump Rules."
In an NBC News video, Ariana is seen laughing portion covering her rima successful a changeable shown instantly after the comedian told the joke to the audience, which besides included her and Tom's co-stars Lala Kent and Lisa Vanderpump, arsenic good arsenic U.S. President Joe Biden sitting successful the audience.
The lawsuit marked Ariana's archetypal reddish carpet event since precocious February. Her and Tom's split was made nationalist March 3. Amid the breakup news, rumors that helium had a months-long affair with chap Vanderpump Rules prima Raquel Leviss surfaced.
Tom and Raquel both initially apologized connected Instagram to Ariana for hurting her. In April, the Tom-Tom co-owner alleged that helium broke up with Ariana connected Valentine's Day, much than 2 weeks earlier their divided was made public.
Ariana was "completely successful denial and not accepting it," he said connected the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast. "I beryllium down to speech to her and she's like, 'I'm not letting you permission me. You're going to person to unit maine retired of this relationship,'" helium recalled of Ariana's alleged response. "I was like, 'Ariana, I don't deliberation I could beryllium faithful successful a narration with you close now.'"
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Tom besides told Howie Mandel that Ariana continued to enactment arsenic if they were inactive successful a narration until she looked done his phone, which had fallen retired of his pocket, and discovered his matter with Raquel. He said helium was drawn to her because helium was "in a precise acheronian place" and that his narration with Ariana "didn't person the intimacy" it utilized to have. Tom besides said that helium planned to interruption up with his now-ex successful couple's therapy.
E! News had reached retired to Ariana's rep for remark connected Tom's remarks but hasn't heard back.
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