Sophia Michaels
The trailer for the “Vanderpump Rules” season 10 reunion is here. Fans have eagerly been awaiting the bombshell confrontation ever since news broke in early March that longtime couple Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix had broken up after Madix learned that he had been having a months-long affair with fellow castmate Raquel Leviss. “Vanderpump Rules” cameras began rolling again in March to capture more footage, and the whole cast came together on March 23 to film the reunion, where Madix, Sandoval, and Leviss hashed out the situation with the full cast, including Andy Cohen and Lisa Vanderpump.
The new footage from March will be aired in the season 10 finale on May 17, with the reunion episodes following the week after. Bravo released the trailer for the reunion on May 11, and in it Sandoval and Leviss try to defend their actions against an onslaught from Madix and the rest of the cast. “I can’t think of two worse people, I can’t,” Madix says, wiping away tears. Sandoval and Leviss also talk together in their trailer about how everyone is “trying” to portray them as “pathological liars.” Sandoval’s best friend Tom Schwartz also ends up in the hot seat as his friends question what he knew and when.
On the April 3 episode of his “Radio Andy” radio show, Cohen previewed that the reunion is “a real reckoning.” He also revealed some of what the reunion’s format will entail. Before the whole cast came together, he sat down one-on-one to talk to Sandoval, Madix, and Leviss separately to get their accounting of what happened. He added that they were asked the same questions again in front of the group. Sandoval and Leviss, he said, are “confronted to their face about what they’ve done in, I would say, an aggressive manner.”
Some of the show’s cast members have also spoken out about what happened at the reunion. On the March 31 episodes of her podcast “Scheananigans,” Scheana Shay and her castmate Lala Kent opened up about what went down.
“I thought Ariana handled herself so well. Like, she sat back and looked insanely hot and amazing and just f*cking sliced with her words. So good. It was beautiful to watch,” Kent said.
Shay added, “So good. I really enjoyed watching that. It was just, there was no response, like, there was nothing Raquel could have said back to her because she just assassinated her every time.” Shay also said that Leviss did not shed “a single tear” and Shay felt she had “no remorse.”
Leviss obtained a temporary restraining order against Shay early in March, accusing Shay of hitting her upon learning of the affair. It kept Shay and Leviss from filming together during the reunion, but on March 29, Leviss and her lawyer did not appear in court for the hearing about the order, and it was dismissed.
Allegedly there was “almost” a physical altercation at the reunion as well, though no one has revealed between whom. Former “Pump Rules” cast member Jax Taylor shared what he heard about the filming with “Extra” on March 27, saying, “There was security there. There was almost brawls.”
Since filming ended, Madix attended May’s White House Correspondents dinner, and has been romantically linked to trainer Danny Wai. Sandoval and Leviss both have not defined their current relationship to each other.
“Vanderpump Rules” Season 10 Reunion Trailer
It’s all been leading to this. The explosive 3-part #PumpRules Reunion begins May 24th. pic.twitter.com/pItcAkPw5a
— Bravo (@BravoTV) May 11, 2023
“Vanderpump Rules” Season 10 Reunion Air Date
The first part of the three-part reunion will air May 24. Bravo also revealed that the day after each episode airs on the cable channel, an extended version of each episode, called “Vanderpump Rules: Pumped Up Edition,” will stream on Peacock. They will be “uncensored and extended” and feature never-before-scene footage.
