Sandoval Boasts About Checking Out Girls with Ariana Regularly on VPR

Tom Sandoval's affair with Raquel Leviss recently made headlines, but before that news broke, he and his now-ex-girlfriend Ariana Madix were open about their wandering eyes. During Brock Davies' bachelor party in Mexico, Sandoval encouraged Tom Schwartz to move on from his divorce from Katie Maloney by meeting other women. As they ogled bikini-clad women, Schwartz wondered why it still felt wrong to check them out, to which Sandoval replied that he and Ariana do it all the time - both with girls and guys.

Later, at Scheana Shay's wedding, Raquel caught Schwartz's eye. Though they had previously been forbidden from making a move by Katie, Schwartz finally worked up the nerve to make a move, leading Raquel away from the group for some privacy. Despite calls to kiss from others at the table, Schwartz finally leaned in for a smooch with Raquel.

After news of Sandoval's affair broke, Raquel claimed that the kiss with Schwartz was organic and not a calculated distraction from her involvement with Sandoval.

'I genuinely had an interest in Tom Schwartz and there's a genuine curiosity there, so it wasn't a cover-up,' she insisted.

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