'Vanderpump Rules' Alum Kristen Doute Details Exactly How Ariana Madix Found Out About Tom Sandoval & Raquel Leviss' Affair

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We are finding out more details about Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval‘s breakup. Just one week ago, news broke that Ariana, 37, had broken up with Tom, 40, after finding out that he was cheating on her with their close friend and Vanderpump Rules co-star Raquel Leviss.

Both Tom and Raquel, 28, have issued formal apologies. Tom addressed Ariana in his second public statement about the drama and Raquel broke her silence after that.

During a new episode of her podcast, former Vanderpump Rules star Kristen Doute – who dated Tom over a decade ago – detailed the exact moment that Ariana found out about the affair. Keep reading to find out more… On the Thursday (March 9) episode of her podcast Sex, Love and What Else Matters podcast, Kristen, 40, revealed that she was with Ariana at Tom‘s cover band’s concert on Wednesday night (March 1) in West Hollywood when the drama unfolded. “I was actually with Ariana and Tom that night — we were watching his band play at TomTom,” Kristen recalled. “He’s done playing, and we’d all gotten up to just kind of chatter and grab a drink.” “All of the sudden, I realize Ariana’s gone for — it had to be like 20 minutes or something — because she left her coat and her purse,” Kristen continued. Kristen went on to say that she gave Ariana‘s belongings to a friend and left, only learning later what caused Ariana to storm out of the bar. “So what had happened was during Tom’s performance his phone fell out of his pocket and a mutual friend of theirs picks up the phone and hands it to Ariana,” Kristen shared. “The real truth is that Ariana had his phone and she told me that she just had this gut intuition to look at it.” Kristen added that Ariana‘s decision to look through Tom‘s phone seemed odd since,