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Water below the bridge? Ariana Madix is seemingly on higher phrases with Billie Lee after the Vanderpump Guidelines alum confirmed help for Tom Sandoval amid his dishonest scandal.
Madix, 37, took to social media on Sunday, Might 21, to touch upon a Every day Mail story concerning the former SUR hostess, 39, strolling her canine Mya whereas Madix and Sandoval, 40, had been out of city. In response to Instagram feedback throwing shade at Lee, the Florida native got here to her former costar’s protection.
“Billie serving to out when i’m out of the state for work is a pleasant factor to do, however mya is my canine and that article ought to appropriate itself. ❤️,” she replied, referring to the headline which claimed Lee was taking care of Sandoval’s canine.
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Madix’s response comes after she sparked rumors of a falling out with Lee within the wake of her cut up from Sandoval. Us Weekly confirmed in March that Madix and the TomTom co-owner referred to as it quits after practically a decade of courting resulting from his affair with Raquel Leviss.
Most Vanderpump Guidelines stars — apart from Tom Schwartz — publicly sided with Madix amid the drama. Lee, for her half, made headlines when she was noticed with Sandoval on a number of events in April.
The previous actuality star, who appeared on the hit Bravo collection from 2018 to 2019, defended her choice to help the Missouri native amid the drama.
“Tom and Ariana are my household. They’ve been there for me over time and I wouldn’t be the place I’m as we speak with out them. It saddens me that persons are so fixated on selecting a aspect. Each are human and are each hurting in their very own methods,” Lee wrote by way of Instagram. “There’s a world the place you possibly can help and be there for each events and that’s the world I select to stay in.”
She added: “There’s additionally no motive for this to proceed to be so divisive. Ariana is completely satisfied and Tom is basically working laborious on himself. I’ll proceed to like and help them unconditionally.”
Followers observed within the aftermath of the assertion that Madix and Lee weren’t following one another on the app. Kristen Doute, in the meantime, defended the One thing About Her cofounder after claiming Lee was a hypocrite.
“As she cried at Ariana’s home days after Ari came upon … smh,” the previous Bravo star, 40, who left Vanderpump Guidelines in 2020, commented on an Instagram photograph of Lee and Sandoval. In response, Lee slammed Doute for her response to the affair.
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“Ya I used to be crying as a result of they BOTH are my household! It was unhappy and nonetheless is! What had been you doing whereas I used to be crying!? Actually taking selfies with everybody together with Ariana. Like who does that!?” Lee replied by way of Instagram. “It felt like a funeral and also you had been taking selfies. Learn the room. [Your] friendship is pretend and performative.”
Earlier this month, Lee turned a subject of dialog once more when Lala Kent claimed their one-time costar had her personal previous with Sandoval.
“You assume that is the primary time he’s been creeping round? Nobody chooses proper off the bat, ‘I’m going to cheat on my lady with a finest buddy of hers.’ No. That is comfortability,” the sweetness mogul, 32, mentioned within the season 10 finale, which aired on Wednesday, Might 17. “Just a few years in the past, I heard the rumors that Tom and Billie Lee go off and do no matter they go and do. We have to open that case again up. It went chilly and I don’t assume it must be chilly no extra.”
Lee and Sandoval, who haven’t publicly commented on the hypothesis, beforehand denied the claims in unaired footage from the season 7 reunion.
The Schwartz & Sandy’s proprietor, for his half, confirmed in the course of the finale he cheated on Madix throughout their relationship greater than as soon as. The Fancy AF Cocktails co-author additionally lately clapped again at claims she informed her costars to not aspect with Sandoval.
“Anybody could make their very own selections and I could make mine in return. Gained’t be any argument over it. I’ll respectfully simply ‘dip out,’” Madix wrote within the feedback part of a “Chicks within the Workplace” podcast clip, which mentioned Scheana Shay ending her friendship with the businessman on display screen.
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