Tom Sandoval admits he “could’ve handled” his affair with Raquel Leviss and the subsequent fallout “way better.”
On the heels of the explosive “Vanderpump Rules” reunion taping, Sandoval told a paparazzo Monday that he regrets how his nearly 10-year relationship with Ariana Madix fell apart.
“Hindsight’s always 20/20, man. It’s like when you look back at a situation, you think of all the things [you] should’ve, would’ve, could’ve done to make it better,” he said.
“Yes, I could’ve handled things way better. Of course.”
The bar owner also speculated that he took so much “heat” for the affair because it was “really unexpected,” unlike other cheating scandals that have plagued the cast in the past.
It’s likely one of the decisions he rues is his initial public apology, which failed to mention Madix and resulted in him issuing a second one that addressed her directly.
“My biggest regret is that I dishonored Ariana. I never meant to disappoint so many people, including our loving families and friends,” he wrote on social media earlier this month.
No matter how much flack Sandoval, 40, and Leviss, 28, take, the couple appear to be navigating it together, as they were seen enjoying an intimate dinner after the “nuclear” reunion taping concluded last week.
Former cast member Jax Taylor confirmed “brawls” nearly broke out on set.
“I heard it was crazy, heard it was everything that everyone thought it was going to be,” Taylor, 43, told “Extra” at the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards Monday.
“Uncomfortable. There was security there. There was almost brawls,” he added.
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Taylor also addressed the fact that Andy Cohen had to physically separate two male cast members at one point when the confrontations over Sandoval and Leviss’ affair became explosive.
“I have a feeling it’s the two boys … in fact, I know that ’cause I talked to one of them,” he claimed, adding that now Sandoval should “learn how to be a man.”
“Vanderpump Rules” airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
