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Ariana Madix, 37, stepped out in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 16 with an enormous smile and a recent new ‘do. The Vanderpump Guidelines star was noticed heading to lunch with a pal with almost bleach-blonde hair — a change from the honey-blonde hair she rocked at her ex’s TomTom launch party she raved about final month on Instagram. It’s additionally a brighter shade than she had at her good friend’s vacation spot marriage ceremony earlier this month, the place she was additionally seen wanting genuinely pleased with a smile on her face. Photographs of the truth star along with her lighter look could be seen here.
As followers know, Ariana is at present coping with the aftermath of discovering out her boyfriend of almost a decade, Tom Sandoval, was indulging in a months-long affair with their Vanderpump Guidelines co-star and Ariana’s good friend Raquel Leviss, 28. The stunning information — which got here out on March 3 — reportedly blindsided Ariana, and she or he turned to her buddies, together with Katie Maloney, Lala Kent, Scheana Shay, and former VPR star Kristen Doute, for assist. “Ariana has recapped what occurred along with her buddies and castmates, nearly all of whom are upset Tom appears unable to take accountability for his actions or specific substantial regret,” an insider informed Page Six for a March 6 report.
Ariana broke her silence on the matter by way of a March 16 Instagram put up that confirmed her fanning herself as she wore a surprising pink and inexperienced ombre gown. “i wish to specific my most honest gratitude for the outpouring of affection and assist i’ve acquired from buddies, household, and folks i’ve by no means even met within the final two weeks,” she started within the caption. “when i’ve felt like i couldn’t even stand, you all have given me the power to proceed and seen me via my darkest hours.”
“to say i’ve been devastated and damaged is an understatement. nonetheless, i do know that i’m not on this alone,” she continued. “so a lot of my closest buddies are additionally grieving this loss proper now and reeling from this betrayal on so many ranges. i’m so fucking fortunate to have the very best assist system on this planet and that i hope i can repay each single individual for the love you’ve gotten proven me. what doesn’t kill me higher run.”
Tom shared an apology on March 5, however fairly than apologizing to Ariana, he informed his Schwartz & Sandy’s bar and restaurant household — together with half proprietor and co-star Tom Schwartz — how a lot he regretted that his actions might have an effect on them. “Hey, I absolutely perceive and deserve ur anger and disappointment in direction of me, however please go away Schwartz my family and friends out of this case…,” he started within the Instagram put up, attempting to guard his crew. “Schwartz particularly solely discovered about this very lately, and most positively didn’t condone my actions. This was a really private factor.” He additionally famous that might be taking a step again from the restaurant for the foreseeable future.
He adopted up with an apology to Ariana on March 8. “I wish to at the beginning apologize to everybody I’ve damage via this course of. Most of all, I wish to apologize to Ariana. I made errors, I used to be egocentric, and made reckless selections that damage anyone I like. Nobody deserves to really feel that ache so traumatically and publicly,” he started in his second apology. “I can solely think about how devastating this has been for Ariana and everybody round us. I really feel actually horrible about that.”
“My largest remorse is that I dishonored Ariana,” he continued within the prolonged put up. “I by no means meant to disappoint so many individuals, together with our loving households and buddies. My love for Ariana was stronger than any digital camera may have ever captured. A few of our greatest occasions collectively had been by no means filmed. The identical goes for a few of our largest struggles. I want issues occurred in a distinct order and our relationship was not severely tarnished, and that it ended with the identical respect with for her that it started with. I owed Ariana higher.”
“I’m past unhappy that it ended the best way it did. The alternatives I made damage so many individuals,” he reiterated. “I acted in a method that clashes with who and the way I wish to be. I’ll proceed to replicate and work on myself. I’ve work to do. I all the time have and I all the time will.”
Raquel, too, publicly apologized to Ariana in a press release she shared with Entertainment Tonight. “I wish to apologize for my actions and my selections foremost to Ariana, and to my buddies and the followers so invested in {our relationships}. There isn’t any excuse, I’m not a sufferer and I have to personal my actions and I deeply remorse hurting Ariana,” she mentioned.
She continued, “I’m reflecting on my selections, chatting with a counselor and I’m studying issues about myself equivalent to my patterns of codependency and dependancy to being and feeling liked. I’ve sought emotional validation via intimate connections that aren’t wholesome with out regard for my very own well-being, typically negatively affecting others and sometimes prioritizing the intimate connection over my friendships. I’m taking steps to grasp my habits and make more healthy selections.”
She went on to substantiate that she has began counseling to assist get to the foundation of and eradicate her troubling habits and signed off by saying she might be prioritizing her psychological well being going ahead.
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