Ariana Madix and Katie Maloney’s Friendship Through the Years: Scandoval Support, Sandwich Shop Co-Owners and More
usmagazine.comAriana Madix and Katie Maloney have navigated the world of Vanderpump Rules and beyond side by side.“One thing I like about my friendship with Ariana — and even specifically Ariana, because she was more like this and I’ve tried to be more like this myself in our friendship — is the ability to be objective when it comes to our friends or [if] we don’t always get along with each other’s friends,” Katie gushed via her Instagram Story in April 2023.While the Utah native frequently butted heads with Ariana’s former partner Tom Sandoval — despite his bromance and professional partnership with Katie’s ex-husband, Tom Schwartz — the women never let the drama interfere with their friendship. (Katie and Schwartz split in March 2022 after 12 years together, while Ariana and Sandoval called it quits in March 2023 after the Florida native discovered he had been cheating on her for months with their costar Raquel Leviss.)“[Ariana’s] done a really, really wonderful job with [not letting the drama impact our bond],” Katie gushed in her April 2023 social media post. “And I know that wasn’t always the case, but I really feel that in the most recent years, we’ve been able to maintain and have our friendship grow despite all that, and I really like that.”After their respective breakups, the women put themselves — and their friendship — over everything else. (In addition to hooking up with Sandoval, Raquel also made out with Schwartz at Scheana Shay and Brock Davies’ wedding in August 2022.)In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“I’m just going to be doing me.
Me doing me means they are not a part of my life,” Ariana told The Los Angeles Times in May 2023 about where she stands with Sandoval and Raquel — a sentiment that
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