After Tom Sandoval's melodramatic narration with co-star Kristen Doute came to an end, Ariana Madix joined the formed of Vanderpump Rules successful play two. At the time, Kristen alleged that Tom and Ariana had hooked up portion she and Tom were inactive together. "I'm smarter than you," Ariana infamously responded. "I'm prettier than you. Get the f--k implicit it."

Both Tom and Ariana denied the allegations, though helium aboriginal admitted that the brace had made out in a excavation portion they were some successful Las Vegas. 

Tom and Ariana bought their archetypal location unneurotic successful Valley Village, Calif., yet moving retired of the West Hollywood flat that infamously could not person the aerial conditioner and microwave moving astatine the aforesaid clip without causing a powerfulness outage.

The mates purchased the five-bedroom, five-and-a-half bathroom, 4,500-square-foot farmhouse-style spot for conscionable implicit $2 million, according to Bravo TV.

To popular the question to Raquel, James staged a a Coachella-themed proposal, which was documented by Bravo's cameras and aired successful October.

"James projected astatine the iconic Empire Polo Fields of 'RACHELLA' Friday night...," Raquel wrote connected Instagram. "And I said YES! I'm implicit the Coachella moon." James besides announced the quality connected societal media, writing, "THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, said yes."

It was aboriginal revealed during an occurrence of VPR that Tom Sandoval helped wage for the elaborate engagement. "James and I divided the $25k," helium explained, "because thing brings maine much joyousness than to assistance a person execute a imagination that they have."

After 5 years together, James and Raquel ended their engagement, conscionable 1 week aft filming the play 9 reunion.

"After these 5 fantastic years we had together, we decided we person 2 antithetic goals and made the determination to telephone disconnected the engagement," the erstwhile mates said successful a associated connection connected their abstracted Instagram pages. "We emotion each different precise much, but we aren't successful emotion anymore. We privation thing but the champion for each different truthful delight support immoderate thoughts positive."

Raquel aboriginal revealed wherefore she chose to extremity their relationship. 

"It was getting to the constituent wherever my household and him were not meshing well," she explained during helium Jan. 7 episode of the Scheananigans with Scheana Shay podcast. "The aboriginal of Thanksgivings and Christmases and holidays was looking similar it was going to beryllium either James oregon my family," she said. "Especially similar if we had a baby. Foreseeing this aboriginal and what it was each coming down to and I was like...I don't privation that."

For his part, James went Instagram authoritative with his caller woman Ally Lewber successful March 2022, who is present featured connected the show. 

One period after Katie Maloney and Tom Schwartz announced they were breaking up aft 12 years together, it was reported that Schwartz was spotted making retired with Raquel astatine the Coachella.

However, the Schwartz & Sandy's co-owner was speedy to acceptable the grounds straight. "Guys hatred to interruption it to you but I wasn't astatine Coachella," helium tweeted astatine the time.

Raquel did be the euphony festival and posted photos connected Instagram posing with Tom Sandoval and Ariana. "I'm connected an island," she captioned a selfie with Sandoval.

Even though it was Scheana Shay's large day when she joined Brock Davies at a lavish wedding successful Cancun, Mexico, rumors of a makeout session betwixt Schwartz and Raquel astatine the ceremonial dominated headlines. Footage from the trailer for play 10 confirmed the hookup happened and Schwartz admitted that his relationship with Raquel had evolved into much of a "flirtationship" aft the nuptials.

"We have, like, a connection," Schwartz told E! News' Erin Lim Rhodes successful October. "Yes, maine and Raquel person gotten overmuch closer. I person a large appreciation for her. I've gotten to cognize her, and I've gotten to spot each these antithetic facets of her property I didn't cognize existed…I didn't recognize however f--king comic Raquel is—and witty."

Amid her ongoing rift with Katie regarding her narration with Schwartz, Raquel's determination to deterioration a TomTom sweatshirt to BravoCon connected Oct. 17 created questions.

"Just came present to accidental that the fig 1 crushed I wore this TomTom sweatshirt connected Day 3 of BravoCon was for the comfy vibes," Raquel aboriginal explained connected Instagram. "I besides wore it to enactment BOTH of the Toms and encouraged radical to halt by their booth to cheque retired the remainder of the cute merch. I truly bask supporting my friends and being comfy astatine the aforesaid time." She besides added the hashtags "sue me" and "number 1 Tom Stan."

Then, for Halloween, Sandoval dressed up arsenic Raquel astatine BravoCon, wearing the sweatshirt, a blonde wig and sunglasses. In an Instagram Story, helium shared a photograph of himself successful costume with the caption, "Raquel has got to halt showing up to TomTom it's embarrassing."

Ariana addressed the speculation that she and Tom person an "open relationship," which was teased successful the explosive play 10 trailer.

"We dont person an unfastened relationship. i'm truly not that cool. thought that was obvious," she tweeted after the preview dropped, adding that "bisexual ≠ polyamorous."

Raquel's hookup with Tom Schwartz was addressed successful the sneak peek, arsenic well, with Raquel admitting, "I bash similar Schwartz a lot." Raquel's makeout league with The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills prima Garcelle Beauvais' lad Oliver Saunders and dates with recurring formed subordinate Peter Madrigal besides marque it into the preview.

The Bravo satellite was rocked connected March 3 when it was confirmed that Tom Sandoval and Ariana had breached up aft 9 years together, with an insider telling E! News that cameras were rolling connected the formed astatine the aforesaid time, meaning the play volition apt play retired connected the Bravo series' presently airing 10th season.

Their divided came aft Ariana reportedly learned Tom and Raquel had been having an matter for respective months, with Scheana, Katie and Kristen each being photographed going implicit to Ariana's location to console her. In addition, Kristen, who arrived with flowers and a vessel of wine, shared a selfie video of herself with Ariana connected her Instagram Stories. "I stan Ariana," she said. "This is successful existent time."

Tom, meanwhile, played astatine a performance with his set Tom Sandoval & the Most Extras later that evening successful Anaheim, Calif.

At the gig, galore fans successful the assemblage chanted "Cheater, cheater!" arsenic Tom took the stage, arsenic seen successful a TikTok video. He did not respond, but aft 1 impermanent shouted, "Ariana!" helium said into the mic, "We emotion her." As for him, different eyewitness told E! News that concertgoers besides chanted "Douche" successful his wide direction.

Following quality of their split, Ariana deleted her Instagram page, and, contempt speculation, Tom's rep told E! News exclusively that the world prima has not moved retired of his and Ariana's home.

Tom Sandoval took to Instagram March 4 to code the backlash the employees of his edifice Schwartz and Sandy's had been receiving since the quality broke. 

"Hey, I afloat recognize and merit ur choler & disappointment towards me, but delight permission [Tom] Schwartz, my friends and household retired of this situation," helium wrote on Instagram. "This was a precise idiosyncratic thing."

Going connected to accidental "they did thing wrong," Tom added, "I'm truthful atrocious that my partners, Greg, Brett, Schwartz and our employees person to endure for my actions. I volition beryllium taking a measurement backmost & taking a hiatus retired of respect for my employees & partners. I request immoderate clip to code everything else. Sorry for everything." 

On March 8, Tom yet publicly apologized straight to Ariana amid the matter scandal. "Most of all, I privation to apologize to Ariana," the 39-year-old wrote successful a March 7 connection shared to Instagram. "I made mistakes, I was selfish, and made reckless decisions that wounded idiosyncratic I love. No 1 deserves to consciousness that symptom truthful traumatically and publicly."

"I tin lone ideate however devastating this has been for Ariana and everyone astir us," the TomTom co-owner continued. "I consciousness truly horrible astir that. My biggest regret is that I dishonored Ariana. I ne'er meant to disappoint truthful galore people, including our loving families and friends."

"I americium truthful beyond bittersweet that it ended the mode it did," helium concluded. "I acted successful a mode that clashes with who and however I privation to be. I volition proceed to bespeak and enactment connected myself. I person enactment to do. I ever have, and I ever will."

Just a fewer hours aft Tom made his statement, Raquel issued her ain nationalist apology to Ariana. "I privation to apologize for my actions and my choices foremost to Ariana, and to my friends and the fans truthful invested successful our relationships," she wrote successful a March 8 Instagram statement. "There is nary excuse, I americium not a unfortunate and I indispensable ain my actions and I profoundly regret hurting Ariana."

"I americium reflecting connected my choices, speaking to a counsellor and I americium learning things astir myself specified arsenic my patterns of codependency and addiction to being and feeling loved," she continued. "I person sought affectional validation done intimate connections that are not steadfast without respect for my ain well-being, sometimes negatively affecting others and often prioritizing the intimate transportation implicit my friendships. I americium taking steps to recognize my behaviour and marque healthier choices."

Tom and Raquel's brag Lisa Vanderpump sat down for a tell-all interview with Andy Cohen connected March 8's Watch What Happens Live, admitting she was "gobsmacked" and "flabbergasted" by the news. "I mean, literally, nary words," she said. "I didn't spot it coming. Nobody saw it coming."

LVP added the "most shocking" portion of the ungraded is their matter had "been going a agelong time" without anyone knowing.

Sharing an update connected Ariana, Lisa said "Devastated. A batch of tears. Ariana was ever that ride-or-die girlfriend. It seems similar Raquel was the thrust woman and she was the dice girlfriend—not good."

With galore fans inactive wondering erstwhile precisely Tom Schwartz recovered retired astir his BFF's matter with Raquel, the TomTom co-owner broke his soundlessness to TMZ connected March 11.

"Really, I'm conscionable sad, you know, astir the antagonistic interaction it's had connected our business," helium said. "But I deliberation cooler heads volition prevail and I'm conscionable gonna support connected keeping on."

As for however Sandoval is doing amid the backlash, helium added, "He's okay, I think. He has a consciousness of profound sadness, rightfully so. I deliberation helium feels similar a portion of s--t and to immoderate extent, possibly helium is. He knows helium f--ked up and the full happening is conscionable truly sad."

During a March 15 quality connected Watch What Happens Live, Katie Maloney revealed she "wasn't shocked" by the Tom-Raquel cheating ungraded earlier adding, "But the details were shocking."

She besides gave an update connected Ariana post-breakup. "All things considered, she's successful a bully headspace," Katie shared. "She's taking attraction of herself. I saw her yesterday, and we're excited. She's excited."

After astir 2 weeks of staying soundless connected the controversy, Ariana yet spoke out astir the breakup successful a March 15 Instagram post.

"I privation to explicit my astir sincere gratitude for the outpouring of emotion and enactment I person received from friends, family, and radical I've ne'er adjacent met successful the past 2 weeks," the 36-year-old wrote. "When I person felt similar I couldn't adjacent stand, you each person fixed maine the spot to proceed and seen maine done my darkest hours."

"To accidental I person been devastated and breached is an understatement," Ariana continued. "However, I cognize that I americium not successful this alone. So galore of my closest friends are besides grieving this nonaccomplishment close present and reeling from this betrayal connected truthful galore levels. I americium truthful f--king fortunate to person the champion enactment strategy successful the satellite and I anticipation I tin repay each azygous idiosyncratic for the emotion you person shown me."