Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix Praised Their ‘Transparent’ Friendship With Raquel Leviss Before Cheating Scandal: ‘I Love Her So Much’

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In her corner? Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix appeared to be on the same page when it came to their friendship with Raquel Leviss before Scandoval made headlines.During a scene from Vanderpump Rules Secrets Revealed, which aired on Wednesday, June 14, Sandoval, 40, and Ariana, 37, enjoyed a date at a roller rink. “You look so f—king hot today,” the TomTom co-owner gushed over his then-girlfriend. “It is a lovely dance of hot and cute that you do.”Ariana, for her part, said she was excited about getting to spend more time with the bartender, whom she began dating in 2013. “I think Tom and I have the kind of bond where we started out as friends and that friendship bond is something that will help us come back and rebuild those fun romantic times now that we hopefully have more time together,” she said in a confessional. “But I think that those sacrifices — even though they are hard — they are worth it.

I want him to succeed when it comes to opening the bar, but I also miss being able to just really be together.”After the pair skated around together, they changed the topic to Raquel, 28.

Both Sandoval and Ariana praised the model amid her ups and downs with their fellow Vanderpump Rules cast members.“I said to Katie [Maloney], I was like, ‘You know, you’re going to have to work really hard to get me to not just absolutely love Raquel,’” the Something About Her co-founder recalled in the scene, which was filmed in August 2022. “I love her so much, and we’ve spent so much time together on trips and we really have this really beautiful little friendship family.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesAriana continued: “And them saying stuff like, ‘I wouldn’t trust Raquel around my man.’ I’m like, ‘We’ve all