Vanderpump Guidelines’ Ariana Madix Sticks Up For Billie Lee Amid Tom Sandoval Hookup Rumors

Over the weekend, photographs had been posted by the Daily Mail exhibiting Lee strolling Madix’s canine Mya whereas each Ariana and Tom had been supposedly out of city. The article mentioned the canine belonged to Sandoval, which a Bravo fan account picked up and corrected, saying the pooch really belonged to Madix.

The fan web page additionally expressed anger that the canine was with Billie, since they believed the previous SUR hostess was “very clearly #TeamTom” post-Scandoval. As for why they believed this to be the case, it may probably be as a result of Lee was one of many solely present or former stars of “Vanderpump Guidelines” to be seen with Sandoval after his affair with Raquel Leviss blew up in public.

Madix shut down any backlash headed Billie’s approach, nonetheless, by commenting on the fan web page. “billie serving to out when i’m out of the state for work is a pleasant factor to do,” wrote Ariana, “however mya is my canine and that article ought to appropriate itself. ❤️”

When Lee was first pictured with Sandoval, Kristen Doute referred to as her out for enjoying each side of the cut up on social media — writing, “As she cried at Ariana’s home days after Ari came upon … smh.”

Lee defended herself on the time, responding to Doute by writing, “Ya I used to be crying as a result of they BOTH are my household! It was unhappy and nonetheless is! What had been you doing whereas I used to be crying!? Actually taking selfies with everybody together with Ariana. Like who does that!?”

“It felt like a funeral and also you had been taking selfies,” she mentioned, telling Doute to “learn the room” and claiming Kristen’s friendship was “faux and performative.”

Lee shared one other submit on the time saying each Sandoval and Madix “are my household.”

“They’ve been there for me through the years and I would not be the place I’m right now with out them. It saddens me that persons are so fixated on selecting a aspect. Each are human and are each hurting in their very own methods,” she mentioned on Instagram. “There’s a world the place you possibly can assist and be there for each events and that is the world I select to dwell in.”

“There may be additionally no motive for this to proceed to be so divisive. Ariana is blissful and Tom is absolutely working laborious on himself. I am going to proceed to like and assist them unconditionally,” she concluded.

Madix’s feedback come after Lee’s title surprisingly got here up through the season finale of “Vanderpump Guidelines” as nicely, through which Sandoval admitted to dishonest on Ariana up to now. Through the episode, Lala Kent mentioned she believed Tom had “been hooking up with lots of people,” earlier than mentioning rumors she heard about Sandoval and Lee. Bravo even pulled out some previously-unseen footage from the present’s Season 7 reunion the place Doute requested each Sandoval and Lee in regards to the gossip instantly, although they each denied it.

When Sandoval admitted to a different affair whereas talking with Scheana Shay, she requested if it was “only a random individual.” Whereas he first mentioned that it was somebody random, he backtracked. “Effectively, no. It isn’t truthful, I am not going into it,” he then instructed her. The individual’s identification stays a thriller, for now.

The “Vanderpump Guidelines” reunion kicks off Wednesday evening on Bravo.