After Tom Sandoval’s Cheating Scandal, ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Fans Are Punishing His Restaurant Staff
variety.comMatt Donnelly Senior Film Writer “Vanderpump Rules,” a reality show that, in theory, is about hot, broke people trying to make it in Los Angeles, is adversely affecting hot, broke people actually trying to make it in Los Angeles.
The staff at Schwartz & Sandy’s, a bar and eatery co-owned by “Vanderpump Rules” stars Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz, has been flooded with busybodies and Bravo fans hoping to glean information or simply watch the flaming wreckage of the show’s recent scandal — the revelation that Sandoval has been cheating on longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix with their co-star Raquel Leviss.
After taking social media by storm in early March, the news is having real-life harm on the young servers and bartenders that work at the establishment, located a stone’s throw from the Scientology Celebrity Centre in Los Angeles’ Franklin Village.
The bar is also proximate to show business haunt La Poubelle and improv theater Upright Citizens Brigade. “People are coming in for a drink and to ask questions,” one employee told Variety anonymously on Thursday at Schwartz & Sandy’s. “They’re not tipping.
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