Ariana Madix shared her unfiltered opinion about “Vanderpump Rules” castmate Tom Schwartz ahead of the Bravo reality hit’s Season 11 premiere.
The newly minted Broadway performer, 38, called Schwartz, 40, “completely useless” when asked to rank a series of co-stars she’d like to rough it with on a deserted island.
“I mean, there’s one I don’t want to be stuck with — at all,” Madix said during an appearance on Cosmopolitan’s “Cheap Shots” video series released Wednesday.
She later revealed that the individual in question was the best friend and business partner of her ex Tom Sandoval.
“Tom Schwartz, I don’t want there at all,” she asserted. “Completely useless. No, thanks.”
Madix, however, would happily rely on a bevy of her female co-stars — former and current — starting with Kristen Doute, who departed “Pump Rules” after 2020’s Season 8 but made a guest appearance in Season 10.
“OK, I think No. 1 would be Kristen because I feel like we would both be so set on making a plan and figuring things out,” she said of the Bravo alum, who’s another ex of 41-year-old Sandoval.
“So I feel like she would be a good person to have first.”
Madix also gave props to longtime bestie Scheana Shay, enthusing that the “Good as Gold” singer’s positive attitude might help them survive the dangers of living in seclusion.
“And then second, I would say Scheana because I feel as though she would be trying to look on the bright side,” she explained.
“And I feel like that would be a really nice thing as well to have when we’re probably gonna die, right?”
The Something about Her co-founder also noted that Lala Kent would be a nice companion, if only for the eye candy she could provide.
“And then Lala, first of all, if she could just walk around naked, that would be great,” she quipped.
Though Madix is uninterested in spending time with Schwartz, he has said he hopes to reestablish a friendship with her in the future.
The “Single AF Cocktails” author distanced herself from the Schwartz & Sandy’s co-owner after learning he had kept mum about Sandoval’s earth-shattering affair with former “Pump Rules” star Rachel “Raquel” Leviss.
“She’ll give me a nod and say hi, but I think our friendship [is] going to take some work. I got a five-year plan,” he told People in December 2023 of his post-Scandoval dynamic with Madix.
“Five years from now, I want to be BFFs again.”
Meanwhile, Madix recently told Pvnew that she is entering 2024 with an improved mindset and “blank slate” after navigating the challenges of being the betrayed party in a cheating scandal.
“This year, it’s all just kind of a blank slate, baby,” she told us Tuesday at 48 Lounge in New York City while promoting her upcoming gig as Roxie Hart in “Chicago.”
“I mean, I honestly feel like I haven’t even really had a second to stop,” she elaborated. “I just think that this year really is one I don’t even know how to look ahead.”
“Vanderpump Rules” Season 11 premieres Tuesday, Jan. 30, at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.
