Tom Schwartz Says He's 'Permanently' Stepping Away From Tom Sandoval Friendship

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Tom Schwartz is ending things with Tom Sandoval. On the latest episode of , Schwartz revealed that he's «permanently» stepping away from his friendship with his business partner and co-star in the wake of Scandoval.Schwartz began by calling Sandoval's affair with Raquel Leviss amid his relationship with Ariana Madix «incredibly messed up.»«It seems each time I try to weigh in or talk about, ramble on about it, drivel on, I inevitably sound like I'm somehow justifying it or making excuses for it, and I'm not,» Schwartz insisted. «There's just no excuse for it.»Schwartz previously said that he was «being fed a narrative» by Sandoval that the latter Tom had tried to end things with Madix «many, many times» amid his ongoing tryst with Leviss.

That, Schwartz said on , is now moot.«Any sort of version of his side of the story has become obsolete because of the way he handled it,» Schwartz said. «Ultimately, that's his life.

That is his life. I did not have an affair. I am not him. It's just so strange that I've been absolutely mired in this. It's taken on almost a life of its own.»At the end of the day, Schwartz said of his friendship with Sandoval, «I'm stepping away from it permanently.»“I’m done with it permanently.” #PumpRulespic.twitter.com/y0bshKioOwElsewhere in the episode, Schwartz admitted that he feels «complicit» in the «horrible» Scandoval situation.«I didn't cover for him, but I had his back.

He came to me, confided in me that he was in love with someone else,» Schwartz said, before noting that the affair was «incredibly messed up.»«I've become mired in it,» Schwartz lamented. «That's been a huge source of just angst in my life.