Ariana Madix Was Struggling “Financially” Before ‘Scandoval’

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Ariana Madix is seen opening up about her finances during a chat with her Vanderpump Rules castmates, including Scheana Shay, Katie Maloney, and Ally Lewber, in a recently shared preview of this week’s new episode.

As fans suspected she was making millions off “Scandoval,” which saw her former boyfriend, Tom Sandoval, 41, getting caught in a months-long affair with their then-friend and co-star, Rachel “Raquel” Leviss, 29, Ariana, 38, admitted that she was not in a good place financially before the scandal broke.

“How do you feel like you’ve processed this whole separation and just still being in the same house?” Scheana, 38, asks Ariana in the sneak peek at the March 12 episode of Pump Rules.

“I’m dealing with it in a legal back and forth with my lawyer.
 The internet thinks I’ve made millions of dollars. That is not true,” Ariana replies.

According to Ariana, she was not “financially prepared” to move on March 1, when she discovered a NSFW video of Raquel on Sandoval’s phone during one of his performances at TomTom.

“Literally, the week before all this happened, I remember emailing my agent and my manager and being like, ‘Guys, let’s start really trying to do some sh*t because I’m not in a good place financially,’” she recalls.

Meanwhile, in a cast confessional, she further opens up about the dire situation she faced before learning Sandoval was cheating on her.

“When I first started making decent money, we decided we wanted to buy a house and then I was playing catch up all the way up until Katie and I found a great location for a sandwich shop. Then, a bunch of my money went towards that and now I was at a point where, in March, I was literally on my last $2,000. I’m not kidding.”

VANDERPUMP RULES CAST’S SALARIES ARE REVEALED

As Pump Rules fans may have heard, Ariana and Katie, 37, have faced numerous challenges in their journey to open Something About Her, including permit issues, and have reportedly spent nearly $1 million getting the place ready for its upcoming opening.

In a final moment back in the scene with her co-stars, Ariana expresses frustration with the circumstances she was met with after her and Sandoval’s breakup.

“He created the situation and now I’m f*cking scrambling to get my f*cking sh*t together to be in a financially responsible way, [and] move onto the next step,” she shares.

While Ariana is a co-owner of the home she shares with Sandoval, he has yet to agree to move out so they can sell it, although he’s claimed he’s offered to buy her out.

Vanderpump Rules season 11 airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.