Ariana Madix Gets Support From a Surprising Former ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Star

Ariana Madix was at the height of her popularity after “Scandoval.” In Season 10 of Vanderpump Rules, Madix was cheated on by her boyfriend of nearly 10 years when Tom Sandoval slept with Madix’s best friend, Rachel Leviss. At the time, everyone was team Madix, but then Season 11 came along and everything changed. Filming started on Season 11 roughly three months after “Scandoval” and so watching the season an entire year later, many fans agreed with the cast of Vanderpump Rules when they kept trying to give Sandoval a redemption arc. All of this led to the reunion, at which Madix pointed out that filming took place just three months after the affair. She also had to field Lala Kent trying to blame her for everything and not respecting her boundaries. Surprisingly, former cast member Stassi Schroeder has now spoken out in support of Madix.

Schroeder, who was an original cast member on the show before she was fired in 2020, was a fan favorite and someone that caused a lot of drama but was also just a fun addition to the show. Now, on her podcast Stassi, she talked about the reunion and specifically brought up Madix walking out during the last episode of the season while the cast was in San Francisco. “Why is it that when people have boundaries, people get so offended personally? Like, they feel like it’s a personal attack,” Schroeder asked in the episode titled “A Boundary Queen and an Overachiever.”

She went on to talk about how she believes that people can make the decision to not just sit and take something. “I can choose not to be treated poorly — that’s our right. And if it’s uncomfortable for someone when you have a boundary, that means that the boundary should probably definitely be there,” Schroeder said. She went on to make a point to say that boundaries are for the person who drew the line in the sand. “I’m not saying you can’t cross this line, I’m saying if you decide to cross this line then I have the right to walk away and I will.”

Ariana Madix Didn’t Deserve To Be Yelled at in the ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Reunion

The finale and the reunion were examples of how the cast of Vanderpump Rules never cared about Madix and only cares about being friends with Sandoval. They supported her when it made them look good but the minute they thought enough time had past, they went back to Sandoval. People like Schroeder always knew the kind of man Sandoval was and her pointing out that Madix was right to walk away and protect herself is brilliant but also not surprising. It is also why Katie Maloney was not on the “redeem Sandoval” train and even Tom Schwartz wasn’t exactly anti-Madix this season. Schroeder’s comments do make us miss her on the show because she wouldn’t have let Season 11 slide.

Vanderpump Rules

Best known as one of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Lisa Vanderpump opens the salacious kitchen doors of her exclusive Hollywood restaurant and lounge, SUR.

Release Date

January 7, 2013

Cast

Lisa Vanderpump , Katie Maloney , Scheana Shay , Tom Sandoval

Seasons

10

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