Ariana Madix Explains Why She Kept Tom Sandoval’s Hookup With Miami Girl a Secret Through the Years

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Ariana Madix broke her silence on her decision to keep Tom Sandoval‘s hookup with Miami Girl a secret during their relationship.“They slept together, it was before he and I were exclusive,” the Florida native, 37, revealed during her Wednesday, May 17, appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, referring to past rumors of Sandoval’s fling with Annemarie Maldonado in 2015.Madix recalled lying about her then-boyfriend’s affair during season 3 of Vanderpump Rules, adding, “I didn’t want people to think the worst about the man I was planning to spend the rest of my life with.”The TomTom co-owner’s infidelity was a major topic of conversation after he kissed Madix while still dating Kristen Doute.

Following Sandoval, 40, and Doute’s split in 2013, the Michigan native, 40, accused her ex of being unfaithful again.Madix, for her part, refused to acknowledge the rumors when Doute flew Miami Girl to SUR in season 3.

The Fancy AF Cocktails coauthor later admitted she had no regrets about how she addressed the drama while filming the hit Bravo series.In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“I should’ve just, like, stayed there and not left,” she exclusively told Us Weekly in October 2021. “But we just went to a bar next door, had a drink and chilled until they were, like, ‘You have to come back here.'”Madix added: “I almost wish I didn’t [leave].

The reason why we left is because we felt like production was pulling this whole thing. We were, like, ‘Oh, so random people just show up now.’ I do regret, I guess just not fully calling out the whole real story, like on camera and staying there.”The Missouri native, meanwhile, said he would change how the situation played out, telling Us in August 2021, “If I