And, unlike fellow Bravo standouts Summer House and The Real Housewives of New Jersey, its reunion episodes felt more enlivening than elegiac. Its stars were the talk of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and even made their way into host Roy Wood Jr.’s set. Rather than being canceled, its ratings skyrocketed, receiving around twice the viewers of the final season of Succession. In a strange way, Scandoval saved Vanderpump Rules.
#TOM SCHWARTZ RAQUEL SERIES#
washed their hands of the original Chaos Trio - Stassi Schroeder, Kristen Doute, and Jax Taylor - stripping the series of its three most dynamic personalities. First, the Season Eight “reboot” landed with a thud, resulting in two scummy cast members gaslighting poor Scheana before being fired for racist tweets and whatever Charli was doing. This thing was deader than Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign after Elizabeth Warren ethered him onstage. It should be noted that prior to #Scandoval, the show had completely jumped the shark. Neither did her dog and grandmother passing away in quick succession (more on this later). Ariana was so “ride or fucking die” (her words) for him that they shared a home together and were in the process of fertilizing embryos, even though she’d been vocal about not wanting to give birth from day one. But even so, few would peg him as a man so nefarious he’d carry on a months-long affair behind the back of his partner of nearly a decade with her twenty-something bestie, Raquel Leviss. Bullying his way into co-authoring Ariana’s cocktail book. His Vegas hotel-pool hookup with Ariana whilst dating Kristen. Now, there were signs of the d-bag lurking within. Then, in the words of his ex, Ariana Madix, he “got a little bit of money, a little bar, a little band,” and transformed into a vainglorious, shouty creep with a foul mustache. When he wasn’t flat-ironing his hair, getting dog-walked by Kristen Doute, or slinging drinks at SUR, the emo man-child served as the meek foil to alpha dog - and self-described “Number one guy in the group” - Jax Taylor. The devolution of Tom Sandoval from heel to arch-villain is one of the more compelling arcs in the history of reality television.
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