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Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval had an emotional moment with one another at the Vanderpump Rules reunion, which was filmed back in March.
In a just-released sneak peek at the upcoming special, Ariana, 38, and Sandoval, 41, tear up while discussing their past relationship as Lala Kent, 33, warns Ariana of an impending fight backstage, Jo Wenberg accuses Katie Maloney, 37, of ganging up on her, and Lisa Vanderpump, 63, hints at someone’s exit from the series.
“You’ve all been through such an interesting, shared experience for over a decade that we wanted you to watch this ending together and then get your real-time reactions,” Andy Cohen, 55, states as the preview begins.
Although it isn’t revealed what the finale entailed, Ariana seems deeply impacted by the events.
“It hurts my feelings a whole lot. It really does,” she cries.
“You know me well enough to know that this is not acting,” Sandoval replies.
“I don’t,” Ariana insists.
Sandoval then tells his former girlfriend, “You knew me, Ariana.” But she continues to cry and tells him, “I just want you away from me. I just want you gone.”
At that point, a message across the screen reads, “Seven hours earlier,” and the cast is seen arriving at their Los Angeles set.
“You can cut the tension with a knife,” Tom Schwartz, 40, tells Lisa.
“How do you feel about seeing Ariana today?” Andy asks Sandoval.
“I don’t know. Nervous,” he admits.
Elsewhere, Lala puts her dukes up at Ariana and warns her, “We get out there…”
Once they arrive on set, Jo joins the group and shares her thoughts on Katie’s many comments against her.
“I never felt ganged up on, honestly, by anybody except for you, Katie,” Jo states.
“I was dealing with a lot of sh*t,” Katie replies.
“It’s no excuse,” Jo fires back.
Sandoval and James Kennedy, 32, also butt heads.
“I’m keeping my mouth shut about things that I’ve heard,” Sandoval says.
“You haven’t heard sh*t,” James responds.
Then, after Scheana Shay, 38, tells Ariana, “You should’ve walked out the f*cking door,” Sandoval attempts to defend himself.
“There’s no ‘but,’ Tom. That sentence was over,” Scheana interjects.
As for Lala, she appears to get upset with her castmates for keeping certain opinions to themselves.
“Everyone wants to live their real life and I want to live my real life now,” she declares.
As the clip concludes, Lisa says, to someone not revealed, “Sometimes it’s okay to walk away.”
The three-part Vanderpump Rules season 11 reunion begins next Tuesday, May 14, at 8/7c on Bravo.
