Andy Cohen Asked Bravo Producers What They Knew About Scandoval Ahead of Time, Explains Why They Didn’t Push ‘Pump Rules’ Story Lines Further

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Was it all staged? Andy Cohen clarified why Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ affair was so shocking — even though Vanderpump Rules captured footage that questioned their relationship months prior.“This is what production pointed to because I called them once I started seeing the episodes and I was like, ‘Are you telling me you guys didn’t get that this was happening?’ And they said they all kind of followed Ariana [Madix]‘s lead,” the Bravo executive producer, 54, recalled on his SiriusXM show Radio Andy on Thursday, May 4. “And Ariana was saying, ‘No.

I know Raquel and this is not happening.'”According to Cohen, the cameras chose not to pursue the story line because of Ariana‘s response.“The funny thing is — if you think about it now — if you listen to what Ariana is saying she is not saying, ‘Tom would never do that,'” he noted. “Isn’t she mainly pointing to Raquel?

She [kept saying] that Raquel is not that kind of girl and that we were barking up the wrong tree.”The Missouri native recalled being shocked when Tom, 40, and Raquel’s affair made headlines, adding, “I think because Ariana was shutting down the conversations about them being in an open relationship and she was shutting down the idea that Raquel could ever even do that.

That is why no one took it further and that is why it actually was a surprise. Then you look at this footage and you’re like, ‘This story wrote itself.'”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesUs Weekly confirmed in March that Tom and Ariana, 37, called it quits after nearly a decade of dating due to his infidelity.The TomTom co-owner later issued a public apology to the Florida native after initially only addressing the negative response his Los Angeles business received amid