Ariana Madix rules.
The “Vanderpump Rules” star expertly announced a new cocktail book, “Single AF Cocktails,” on the heels of her former friend and now-former co-star Rachel “Raquel” Leviss’ tell-all interview.
“These last few months have been a whirlwind and though I’m in a better place now, having my personal devastation unfold so publicly was painful,” Madix, 38, captioned an Instagram photo of her forthcoming cookbook/memoir Friday — mere hours after the third and final part of Leviss’ sit-down with Bethenny Frankel debuted.
“Through all the rumors and crazy headlines, everyone had their own hot take on what happened and I’ll forever be grateful for those who continue to support me through all of it,” Madix continued, referring to her now-ex-boyfriend Tom Sandoval’s months-long affair with Leviss, which was exposed in March.
Madix — a bartender by profession — said the time has come for her to tell her “side of the story” in her first solo published work, which she described as her “breakup album, the story of [her] relationship [with Sandoval] and the betrayal that ended it all, told through drinks.”
“Each cocktail tells part of the story of what happened, in my own words,” she explained. “From our happy honeymoon phase, the early issues in our relationship, to when everything broke, and finally, making it out the other side, stronger than before, I’ll cover it all. The book tells the whole story.”
“Single AF Cocktails,” a play on her 2019 “Fancy AF Cocktails” book with Sandoval, doesn’t go on sale until Dec. 5 but is currently available for pre-order.
After Sandoval and Leviss’ dalliance made headlines, cameras quickly picked back up to capture the fallout for “Pump Rules” Season 10, which had already wrapped.
The cast then gathered mere weeks later to shoot the three-part reunion, during which the secret lovers got brutalized by their co-stars.
After spending three months at a mental health facility in Arizona, Leviss, 28, decided against re-joining the Bravo show for Season 11, which is still in production.
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Instead, she chose to appear on Frankel’s “Just B” podcast, during which she claimed she hasn’t “seen a single penny” from Scandoval while Bravo has been “running to the bank.”
She also alleged that Sandoval, 41, recorded the “intimate” FaceTime call that tipped off Madix of their illicit romance “without [her] consent” and doubled down on her accusation that Scheana Shay “socked [her] in the eye” despite having already dropped her restraining order.
Both Leviss and Frankel have been on the receiving end of serious backlash — with critics blasting the former beauty pageant queen for continuing to take “no accountability” for her actions, and the disgruntled former “Real Housewives of New York City” star for “exploiting” her.
Frankel is notably in the midst of recruiting fellow reality stars and alums in her legal war against NBCUniversal.
The Skinnygirl mogul, 52, recently accused NBC and Bravo of making “deliberate attempts” to “manufacture mental instability” by plying their talent with “alcohol while depriving them of food and sleep, as well as denying mental health treatment for those displaying obvious and alarming signs of mental deterioration.”
She also accused the networks of “distributing and/or condoning the distribution of non-consensual pornography,” going on to mention the “distribution of revenge porn” and the “covering up” of “sexual violence.”
As for Leviss’ allegations, “Pump Rules” star and executive producer Lisa Vanderpump claims the brunette beauty actually walked away with over $350,000 for Season 10.
The restauranteur, 62, added that the cast doesn’t “believe anything [Leviss] says.”
