Tom Sandoval was spotted blubbering alone at SUR as the rest of the “Vanderpump Rules” cast — with the exception of Raquel Leviss — continued filming Season 11 on Tuesday night.
Sandoval, 41, had been chatting with jeweler Kyle Chen at the West Hollywood restaurant before things took a turn around 9 p.m. when he burst into tears in a video obtained by TMZ.
The weeping reality star was seen sitting by himself at a table with his arms crossed in a huff as he wiped his eyes.
It’s unclear what caused Sandoval to cry, but his ex-girlfriend Ariana Madix — whom he notoriously cheated on with Leviss in a highly publicized scandal dubbed “Scandoval”— was present at the time.
Madix’s bestie Scheana Shay, meanwhile, was caught having a heated argument with Sandoval while filming outside SUR the same evening.
For her part, Madix — who dated Sandoval for nearly 10 years before discovering his affair with Leviss in March — was seen looking cool and calm as she chatted with some of her castmates over cocktails in a separate seating area.
Leviss, however, was nowhere to be seen, as she continues to play “hardball” with Bravo executives regarding the salary portion of her contract for the show’s forthcoming season.
“She wants to get as much money as she possibly can, so she is playing hardball,” an insider told Pvnew exclusively Wednesday.
The sources added that “for the right price, she will be there.”
The rest of the cast, including Madix, Sandoval, Shay, Lala Kent, Tom Schwartz, Katie Maloney and James Kennedy, resumed filming earlier this month.
But the source noted that there is genuine concern over Leviss’ well-being considering she was annihilated during the explosive three-part Season 10 reunion when the cast brutally confronted her over secret relationship with Sandoval.
“Watching the reunion was excruciating,” the insider told us. “The way the other women just completely tore her apart and essentially wished her dead, it was just a lot to take.”
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Leviss, 28, checked into a mental health facility after the reunion amid the drama. She was still in treatment as of last month.
“Raquel and her family decided months before the relationship was discovered that she needed mental health treatment and ultimately decided she would enter a voluntary facility for mental health counseling,” her rep told Pvnew in April.
Madix, 38, learned about Sandoval’s months-long tryst after finding a sexually explicit video of the former beauty queen on his phone. She swiftly ended their relationship.
The bar owner offered a public apology to the Lifetime actress but continued to see Leviss until their breakup in May, two months after Scandoval first made headlines.
Sandoval has been bearing the brunt of the criticism and has had multiple breakdowns since his dalliance was exposed.
Meanwhile, Madix has come out of the scandal unscathed and flourishing. She has moved on with a new beau, fitness trainer Daniel Wai.
The lovebirds celebrated her 38th birthday together at a club in Los Angeles last month as well as a pre-celebration at the 2023 Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City.
