News of Sandoval’s alleged infidelity has led to his break-up with long-term partner Madix (Picture: Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)
Vanderpump Rules’ Tom Sandoval has spoken out amid the cheating allegations that have seen him break up with girlfriend and co-star Ariana Madix.
Last week, the pair’s nine-year relationship imploded after it emerged that Sandoval had allegedly been ‘hooking up’ with co-star Raquel Leviss.
Multiple sources told Page Six the pair had ‘a full on affair’ and had been ‘communicating inappropriately for months’.
TMZ reported the pair had split after Madix found out about her partner’s cheating.
Now Sandoval, 39, has addressed the scandal in a social media post, apologising to his business partners and employees.
The actor said he understood people’s ‘anger and disappointment’ towards him, but to leave business partner Tom Schwartz as well as his family and friends ‘out of it’.
‘Schwartz specifically only found out about this very recently, and most definitely did not condone my actions. This was a very personal thing,’ he said.
‘Also, Schwartz & Sandy’s might have my name on it, but also there are 3 other partners and 20 employees, who especially rely on the restaurant for income for them and their families.’
Following the cheating revelations the star’s restaurant, Schwartz & Sandy’s, which Sandoval owns alongside co-star Schwartz, has been flooded with negative reviews causing Yelp to pause submissions.
He pleaded with fans to ‘direct [their] anger towards him’ as those involved with the business have done ‘nothing wrong’.
Sandoval ended the post by apologising to his business partner and employees, and announcing he would be ‘taking a hiatus’ from the eatery as ‘out of respect for [his] employees and partners’.
Sandoval and Madix had been dating for almost a decade (Picture: Todd Williamson/Bravo via Getty Images)
The pair have reportedly split following the revelations (Picture: Chelsea Lauren/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images)
Sandoval had allegedly been ‘communicating inappropriately’ with co-star Raquel Levvis for some time (Picture: Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images)
Madix is yet to speak out on the news.
This isn’t the first time the cast has been embroiled in relationship drama in Vanderpump Rules after news broke Leviss kissed Schwartz during his divorce from Katie Maloney, his wife of 12 years.
Leviss, 27, was also engaged to co-star James Kennedy in 2021, though the engagement was called off by Leviss after three months while filming for the show’s season nine reunion.
The relationship followed Kennedy and co-star Kristen Doute splitting following a tumultuous relationship.
Doute also dated Sandoval from 2007 to 2013, before he went on to begin dating Madix in 2014.
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The star apologised to his business partner and staff.