Lisa Vanderpump shut down rumors that she had any prior knowledge about Tom Sandoval‘s affair with Raquel Leviss on Saturday.
The Vanderpump Rules star, 62, took to Twitter to cease speculation after fans theorized that she knew about the scandalous affair, popularly dubbed Scandoval, all along.
The reality TV personality tweeted: ‘Ok ..no I didn’t know…until a minute before you all did…’
Although she denied knowing that her business partner was cheating on his girlfriend of nearly a decade — Ariana Madix, 37 — for months, the restauranteur said she ‘[wished she] would’ve tho’.
The co-executive producer and mastermind behind the hit series — who revealed she has not had ‘any contact’ with the former beauty queen, 28, since the explosive season 10 reunion — thus effectively ended speculation about her involvement.
Nixing the speculation: Lisa Vanderpump shut down rumors that she had any prior knowledge about Tom Sandoval’s affair with Raquel Leviss on Saturday; seen on May 23
The first episode of the three-part reunion special premiered on Wednesday on Bravo.
In the upcoming episodes, there are rumors that a shocking revelation will be exposed — ‘new information’ and an additional layer to the scandal which will affect how many of the current cast members return for future seasons.
Executive producer Alex Baskin said contract negotiations have paused to give the former and current SUR staffers ‘a little space’ before the bombshell drops.
Since then, fans have taken to social media to share and discuss their theories — one of which is that the respected businesswoman already suspected the months-long affair and took part in keeping the secret.
The former actress asserted the falsity of that specific rumor in a second tweet: ‘I know the revelation …but it ain’t that.’
However, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum still faced backlash for having sympathy for the ‘worm with a mustache’, as James Kennedy — Leviss’ ex-fiancé — called Sandoval, 39, during the reunion.
On Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen on May 17, Madix expressed her distaste of her former boss being ‘a little too nice to’ her now-ex.
However, on the topic of her rule of ‘cutting off’ anyone who keeps in contact and refuses to shun Sandoval, she said she would make an exception for her mentor and her husband, Ken Todd.
![The mistress: Although stating she had no idea that her business partner was cheating on his partner of nearly a decade — Ariana Madix , 37 — for months with Leviss (seen here), the restauranteur said she '[ wished] I would've tho'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/28/04/71492885-12132709-The_mistress_Although_stating_she_had_no_idea_that_her_business_-m-73_1685245551938.jpg)
The guilty party: The Vanderpump Rules star, 62, took to Twitter to cease speculation after fans theorized that she knew about Sandoval’s (left) scandalous affair, popularly dubbed Scandoval, all along. Although stating she had no idea that her business partner was cheating on his partner of nearly a decade — Ariana Madix , 37 — for months with Leviss (right), the restauranteur said she ‘[ wished] I would’ve tho’
Messy drama: Since then, fans have taken to social media to share and discuss their theories — one of which is that the respected businesswoman already suspected the months-long betrayal to Madix and took part in keeping the secret. The former actress asserted the falsity of that specific rumor in a second tweet: ‘I know the revelation …but it ain’t that’
The one that got away: On Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen on May 17, Madix expressed her distaste of her former boss being ‘a little too nice to’ her now-ex. However, on the topic of her rule of ‘cutting off’ anyone who keeps in contact and refuses to shun Sandoval, she said she would make an exception for her mentor (and her husband, Ken Todd)
In an interview with Us Weekly, Vanderpump explained why she extended some kindness to Sandoval and did not join in on the witch hunt.
‘Everybody else was chastising him,’ she recalled about his meltdown at Villa Rosa in the season finale. ‘I didn’t feel like joining the pack.
‘I mean, it seemed so kind of slanted,’ she continued. ‘Everything was against him, you know?
‘I’ve known him for a long time. Of course, I’m condemning what he did,’ she said in disapproval of his poor decisions. ‘That’s why I said, “You’re not a bad person. You just did a bad thing.”‘
She added: ‘And my heart was always with Ariana. Maybe I didn’t kind of, you know, scream at him and lambast him, but everybody else had done that.’
