'The friendship is over': Raquel Leviss and Scheana Shay have 'heated confrontation' over Tom Sandoval affair
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA: The 'Vanderpump Rules' star, Scheana Shay, who is friends with Ariana Madix, the ex-girlfriend of Tom Sandoval, discovered the cheating affair Wednesday night through Raquel Leviss, with whom she was on a press tour. Shay and Leviss got into a "heated confrontation" over her surprising affair with Sandoval, according to Page Six.
Following the 'Watch What Happens Live' recording, Shay, 37, and Leviss, 28, went out for drinks with friends, according to the source. "At one point in the night, Scheana lost Raquel and then found her outside of the bar on the phone with Ariana, who Scheana could hear was bawling," the source continued. While Madix, also 37, was "still on the phone," Shay demanded an explanation from her co-star which ultimately forced Leviss to confess her "full-on affair" with Sandoval.
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The revelation was followed by a "heated confrontation." "They went back to the hotel separately and haven’t seen each other nor spoken since," the source claimed. The representatives for Shay and Leviss did not immediately respond to Page Six's requests for comment. Fans of 'Vanderpump Rules' were curious about Shay's reaction when it was revealed that Sandoval, 39, had cheated on Madix for "months" with Leviss. Shay is friends with both women.
The host of the 'Scheananigans' podcast has also been a strong ally of Leviss during her involvement in yet another controversial love affair with Sandoval's closest friend Tom Schwartz, who recently separated from another co-star Katie Maloney. Nevertheless, when Shay unfollowed Leviss on Instagram on Friday, social media users remarked that she appeared to take a side.
Exclusively confirmed by a source to Page Six, "Scheana is done with Raquel after she betrayed Ariana. The friendship is over." The insider continues, "Right now, Scheana is fully focused on supporting Ariana." On Friday night, Shay, Katie Maloney, and Sandoval's other ex-girlfriend Kristen Doute all raced to Madix's home to be by her side. Shay was seen attempting to console her friend.
Ariana Madix was 'blindsided' and 'heartbroken'
Madix and Sandoval had been dating since 2014 for almost ten years. According to a source who spoke with Page Six earlier, the would-be owner of a sandwich shop was "blindsided" before she an obscene video of Leviss on her ex-boyfriend's phone. According to more insiders, Leviss and Sandoval "planned" to inform Madix of the affair for weeks, but she disrupted their plan on Wednesday night.
Madix, who reportedly "had been hanging out with Raquel recently," is said to have supported the 28-year-old Leviss after she broke her engagement to James Kennedy in December 2021.
Once the news of Leviss and Sandoval's affair spread, "heartbroken" Ariana deleted her social media accounts, but her brother, Jeremy Madix, criticized Sandoval and Leviss in a comment on Kennedy's Instagram post.
In the post, Jeremy slammed everyone who “social climb and [are] sooooo fake that they’re willing to s–t on people that are supposed to be their 'best friend.'"