{"id":71099,"date":"2023-12-13T19:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T19:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geels.net\/?p=71099"},"modified":"2023-12-13T19:00:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T19:00:30","slug":"scheana-shay-had-an-intense-confrontation-with-tom-sandoval-and-feels-inner-struggle-over-loyalty-to-ariana-madix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geels.net\/beauty\/scheana-shay-had-an-intense-confrontation-with-tom-sandoval-and-feels-inner-struggle-over-loyalty-to-ariana-madix\/","title":{"rendered":"Scheana Shay Had An INTENSE Confrontation With Tom Sandoval – And Feels 'Inner Struggle\u2019 Over Loyalty To Ariana Madix!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scheana Shay<\/strong> has her bestie\u2019s back.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday\u2019s episode of Bravo<\/em>\u2019s Hot Mic<\/em> podcast, the Vanderpump Rules<\/em> star shared details of just how protective she is over Ariana Madix<\/strong> in the wake of Tom Sandoval<\/strong>\u2019s affair — and that it\u2019s pretty clear whose \u201cteam\u201d she\u2019s on, whether she wants it that way or not.<\/p>\n

She explained that last month during BravoCon<\/strong>, she had a one-on-one conversation with the 41-year-old during a party in his hotel room. There, she basically told him to keep Ariana\u2019s name out of his mouth. She recalled:<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, ‘I don\u2019t care if you\u2019re saying she did this. You deserved what happened to you. I don\u2019t like that you\u2019re continuing to bring things up. You keep picking a scab. I need you to let her heal. Stop talking about her.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Say it louder for the people in the back!! No, but seriously, Tom was just being flat out rude… and he doesn\u2019t seem to want to make things any easier for the 38-year-old, even after turning her world upside down.<\/p>\n

Scheana remembered telling him during the conversation:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Talk about your band, talk about Special Forces<\/em>, talk about anything else in your life, but let her be.’ And I literally put him in his place.\u201d<\/p>\n

As she should! Ariana is her best friend, so we\u2019re glad to see she sticks up for her even when she’s not there. However, while the lines are pretty clearly drawn for Scheana outwardly, it sounds like she struggles a bit more with them internally, especially when it comes to the reality show they\u2019re all a part of. She said:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an ensemble cast. It\u2019s not just Tom and Ariana. But I feel like this season that we just filmed it was trying to figure that out. For me, personally trying to see, you know, do I just stay team Ariana and say f**k Tom forever? Do I try and work towards a path of forgiveness for me personally? Do I try to be his friend again? Is that being disloyal to her?\u201d<\/p>\n

That’s a tough call…<\/p>\n

She recalled through teary eyes:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was this whole inner struggle all season long where I\u2019m like, I have things that I need to work through so I can sleep at night. So I can be a present mother. It was so hard and I don\u2019t know that Ariana will ever understand how hard this was on me. Yes, it didn\u2019t happen to me — I wasn\u2019t cheated on. But there was a lot that he did do personally to me, and I\u2019m someone who always tries to work toward a path of forgiveness because that\u2019s just who I am. So it has been such a struggle to try and stay loyal while working on putting myself first.\u201d<\/p>\n

We can’t necessarily blame her for wanting to make her work environment a little bit easier on herself… She has a right to peace, too!<\/p>\n

She added that besides Ariana, she is the cast member whose been most affected by Sandoval\u2019s affair — but says she isn\u2019t \u201callowed to feel anything\u201d because she didn\u2019t want to take away from what Ariana is going through, even though she was going through things of her own — like battling Rachel Leviss<\/strong> in court:<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like this is the first season where I\u2019m like, I have to do what\u2019s best for me first and hopefully everyone understands. I mean, I lost weight after this scandal, I was in court after this scandal, I was fighting rumors online about my own husband after this scandal. It really did a number on me that I don\u2019t think a lot of people realize.\u201d<\/p>\n

What a rough situation for Scheana! Watch a clip from the podcast ep (below):<\/p>\n