‘Pump Rules’ Producer Questions Whether Ariana and Tom Can Avoid Filming Together for Season 11
usmagazine.comWith season 11 production underway, Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval have seemingly managed to avoid one another in front of the cameras so far — but one Vanderpump Rules exec isn’t sure the pattern can continue.Producer Alex Baskin shared insight into returning to the show’s “normal, pretty aggressive timeline” of filming in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published Tuesday, July 18.
Baskin hinted that the “hysteria” surrounding Sandoval and Ariana’s breakup — and his affair with costar Raquel Leviss — is far from dying down.Us Weekly confirmed in March that the longtime couple — who dated for nearly a decade — called it quits after Ariana learned of Sandoval’s infidelity.
Production on season 10 had already wrapped when the scandal broke, but Bravo resumed filming for a gut-wrenching season finale, which aired in May.
The episode featured a heated confrontation between the exes, but Ariana has asserted that she has no interest in facing off against Sandoval again.“I have nothing to say to either of them,” she told The New York Times of Raquel and Sandoval. “Our show is very real and follows a real group of friends, and neither of them are in the group of friends, so, good luck.”Baskin, however, doesn’t think Ariana’s plan is feasible. “We always deal with pushback if different parties don’t want to shoot with each other because of strained relations,” he told THR. “Obviously, this is more extreme.
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