‘Vanderpump Rules’ Stars React to Tom Sandoval’s Howie Mandel Interview: Lala Kent, Jax Taylor, More

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Sounding off. Tom Sandoval’s fellow Bravolebrities didn’t shy away from sharing their thoughts on his tell-all interview with Howie Mandel.The Schwartz & Sandy’s entrepreneur sat down with the former Deal or No Deal host for an episode of his “Howie Mandel Does Stuff” podcast that aired on April 11.

During the conversation, Sandoval claimed that his split from Ariana Madix was “inevitable” even before she learned of his affair with their costar Raquel Leviss.“I made it pretty clear in therapy that I wanted to, like, take the steps to break up,” the TomTom cofounder said, claiming that he initially ended things with Madix on Valentine’s Day, two weeks before news broke of his infidelity.

Us Weekly confirmed on March 3 that the couple had called it quits after nine years of dating.Sandoval also claimed that the pair had been drifting apart for a while.In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“Like many relationships, it felt like it became more of like a best friends, family [thing] — sometimes roommates,” he said. “There were a lot of ways where the relationship was just lacking the intimacy, the connection.

We would travel more by ourselves than we would together. I would go to weddings by myself.”The Missouri native’s former costar Jax Taylor slammed the interview in an April appearance on Access Hollywood’s Housewives Nightcap.“He hasn’t owned up to anything, he’s justifying everything,” Taylor said, accusing Sandoval of “playing the victim” rather than taking responsibility for his actions. “I mean, that’s not a man in my opinion.