Vanderpump Rules’ Katie Maloney on Jax & Brittany Split Rumors

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Vanderpump Rules cast member Katie Maloney is sharing her thoughts on Ariana Madix‘s refusal to forgive Tom Schwartz following the March 2023 reveal of Tom Sandoval‘s affair with Rachel “Raquel” Leviss.

While attending the People’s Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, on Sunday night, Katie, 37, revealed how she feels about Ariana’s estrangement from Schwartz, 40, the love triangle she and her ex-spouse found themselves in amid season 11, and rumors of a split between Jax Taylor, 44, and Brittany Cartwright, 35, while also sharing if the cast moved past “Scandoval.”

“I think [Ariana]’s entitled to [be] however the hell she wants to be,” Katie said during a February 18 interview with Access Hollywood. “[There was] not enough life [lived] yet. I think she was still recovering from watching a lot of the stuff that she’d seen on the show. She was not aware of some of that basement behavior that was happening.”

As Ariana attempted to keep her distance from Schwartz amid filming, Katie found herself interested in the same woman as her ex.

“Every woman’s dream, right?” she laughed. “I’m not gonna change my life for him anymore. I’ve already changed a lot so you’ll see how that unfolds.”

While Jax and Brittany have been facing rumors of a breakup in recent days, Katie was unaware of the potential drama between them, saying, “I did not know. But wow.”

“Who knows? That I’m unaware of,” she added.

As for whether she and her castmates were able to move forward from the drama surrounding the secret romance of Sandoval, 41, and Raquel, 29, Katie reminded fans that filming on season 11 began shortly after they filmed the season 10 reunion last March.

“I think we do for the most part. [But you’ll] get more. Things heat up, it’s a bit of a slow burn this year,” she explained. “I think people need to keep the expectations lower going into the season just because, obviously, like we’ve said a million times, not enough life was lived between the reunion and then picking up cameras again.”

“It was a lot of aftermath still,” she noted.

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