Tom Sandoval slammed for ‘repulsive’ interview comparing ‘Scandoval’ to George Floyd’s murder

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Tom Sandoval, infamous for the show’s “Scandoval” controversy, is now comparing that reality show flare-up to “big things” like the OJ Simpson trial and the murder of George Floyd.Yep.

He really is.Sandoval, interviewed by the New York Times in a story published Feb. 20, was asked why he thought “Scandoval” blew up into headlines last season on “Vanderpump Rules” when he cheated on longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix with her BFF Rachel Leviss.Here’s what he had to say.“I’m not a pop-culture historian really,” Sandoval said. “But I witnessed the O.J.

Simpson thing and George Floyd and all these big things, which is really weird to compare this to that, I think, but do you think in a weird way it’s a little bit the same?”Once Sandoval’s comments went public, several Bravo stars took issue with them, and one even demanded that he issue an apology for his “repulsive” comments. “Hey Tom Schwartz you wanna come explain what he was really trying to say? … the f – – k?” co-star Katie Maloney, 37, wrote under an Instagram post of Sandoval’s quote, in reference to her ex-husband and Sandoval’s best friend.“PLEASE reflect on this repulsive statement you made (regarding GEORGE FLOYD r.i.p) especially on black history month and take it back!!

NOT OK!” “Real Housewives of Miami” star Guerdy Abraira added. “An immediate apology is in order Sir!”Journalist Irina Aleksander, who wrote the profile, gave Sandoval the benefit of the doubt for his off-the-wall, tone-deaf answer.“I think I knew what he meant,” she wrote. “He was trying to express the oddity of becoming the symbolic center of a nationwide discussion and a major news story; what he communicated instead was something more honest, which is just how much the experience had made him.