Given the absolute fervor that surrounded the so-called Scandoval — the shocking news that Vanderpump Rules star Tom Sandoval was cheating on his nearly decade-long partner Ariana Madix with their friend and fellow castmate Raquel Leviss — it seems only natural that the Bravo powers that be would want to continue filming every juicy moment of drama between these people. However, the network changed its mind, it didn't start immediately filming, and now we know why.
Word dropped at the tail end of Season 10 that Sandoval and Leviss had been "communicating inappropriately for months." So, filming quickly resumed after the season had already wrapped to capture the fallout of the cheating scandal and the dissolution of Tom's relationship with Ariana, a production move that was controversial amongst viewers. (You can catch up on all of the above with a Peacock subscription, FYI.)
