Was “Vanderpump Guidelines” star Ariana Madix actually beginning to lastly transfer out of the home she nonetheless shares with co-star Tom Sandoval, after he cheated together with her greatest pal Raquel Leviss, or was all of it a fastidiously deliberate publicity stunt to advertise her new partnership with SoFi?
Was all that footage of “Vanderpump Rules” star Ariana Madix loading up bins in varied automobiles with buddies for actual, or was all of it intelligent advertising for a brand new partnership with a monetary planning firm?
After photographs and pictures of the fact star seemingly packing as much as lastly transfer out of the home she’s nonetheless sharing with Tom Sandoval, who was caught dishonest on her together with her greatest pal and “Pump Guidelines” co-star Raquel Leviss, went viral, one TikTok consumer rapidly grew suspicious.
Ariana herself appeared to substantiate these suspicions with follow-up posts of her personal. If it was all a dramatic misdirect, capitalizing on the dishonest “Scandoval” that has rocked these previous few months, it would not even be the primary time Madix has capitalized on the “Scandoval.”
The newest publish on her personal TIkTok (It is on her IG, too) encompasses a misdirect of its personal, with Madix speaking about dwelling her personal fact and there being one thing blocking her from dwelling life the way in which she deserves. That turned out to be an advert for a Bic razor — so is she at it once more?
It began on Monday when Madix hit up her Instagram Stories with a brief clip of her smiling in entrance of a stack of bins, captioning it “able to dip out.”
TMZ shared extra footage from the scene, the place the identical stack of bins may very well be seen and Madix was sporting the identical blue sweatshirt (that’ll matter right here in a second), as paparazzi photographs began to go viral.
About seven hours later, Madix returned to the platform with a brand new IG Stories video (“okay this is the deal”) the place she defined, “I am transferring up, not out. Effectively, not but, not less than.”
She went on so as to add, “It is time to get my monetary home so as,” repositioning the digital camera to seize the SoFi emblem on the sweatshirt she’d been sporting in that first video. She then promised, she’d have “extra to share” quickly.
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That prompted TIkTok consumer Stephwithdadeets to do a deep dive into each of Ariana’s movies. She additionally famous that all the bins Madix was carrying within the movies and paparazzi photographs have been labled “Funds.” Does Madix have that many monetary paperwork?
“Do you imply to inform me all this was, like, a industrial?” requested the TikTok fan. Nonetheless, she was skeptical to assume that Madix would have staged all of that only for an advert … “or did she?”
Effectively, lower to just some extra hours later, and Madix dropped a recent new publish on her Instagram web page and you will by no means guess what it’s? Okay, you most likely will. It’s very a paid partnership SoFi advert for monetary planning.
Within the clip, filmed by her poolside, Ariana — not in that sweatshirt, however moderately in a summer season gown — promotes SoFi and even introduces Brian (aka “Dr. Cash”), a monetary planner from the corporate who assures her, “We’re all on Group Ariana.”
So if the footage of the packing bins wasn’t for the advert launched, does that imply there’s extra to return? Did Ariana actually begin transferring a few of her issues out of the home? Are all these bins actually crammed with “Funds”?
Or was the entire thing a fastidiously orchestrated publicity stunt to tease this partnership as a result of she knew she was being watched and would get loads of free promoting out of being seen seemingly transferring bins (and teasing that she was “able to dip out”) on her social … whereas sporting a SoFi sweatshirt? TooFab has reached out to reps for Madix.
The transfer, literal or strategic, comes as curiosity within the “Scandoval” is at an all-time excessive. Following final week’s explosive tenth season finale of “Vanderpump Guidelines,” the place the reality got here out, Madix and her cast-mates are heading right into a three-part epic finale that teases extra secrets and techniques revealed and loads of drama, kicking off this Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.