During this week’sVanderpump Rulesafter show, Schwartz explained that he felt Madix’s attitude blocked his attempt to invite the group — including Madix’s exTom Sandoval— on a group trip to celebrate the opening ofLisa Vanderpump’s new Lake Tahoe restaurant Wolf.
“I had a plan,” said the Bravo star, 41, followingTuesday’s episode. “It was very important to me to go to individuals and speak to them one on one and present them with this idea, because I knew if I did it in a group setting, especially with Ariana present, that it was going to turn into a dumpster fire.”
Schwartz approached the entire group — including theChicagostar, 38 — atJames Kennedy’s DJ gig at SUR. Unsurprisingly, she rejected his invitation… as did everyone else in the group. Schwartz felted cornered in the moment, saying Madix was not the group’s “queen bee,” and in the after show, he and hisTomTom barco-owner Sandoval, 41, likened the contentious interaction to “a public stoning.”
Schwartz, 40, said Madix “started going in on me and belittling me and, honestly, I think it was one of her lower moments.”
Tom Schwartz and Ariana Madix.Trae Patton/Bravo via Getty, Bryan Steffy/Bravo via Getty
Trae Patton/Bravo via Getty, Bryan Steffy/Bravo via Getty
TheSchwartz & Sandy’sowner said his “mind shuts down” when someone is “yelling” at him and compared his mental state during the confrontation to being like a goat that falls over when it’s stressed. “Something about that moment just really rubbed me the wrong way,” he admitted.
He also explained, “I was annoyed that she, you know, took it upon herself to speak on behalf of the other girls, who I hadn’t even really addressed it with yet.”
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“I became synonymous with the affair or whatever. I was a culprit. It’s ridiculous,” he said. “All the rage she had pent up with Tom, she took out on me in that moment, which I think is absurd.”
Ariana Madix.Gizelle Hernandez/Bravo
Gizelle Hernandez/Bravo
During Tuesday’s episode, Madix told Schwartz: “I don’t want to be anywhere either you or my ex.”
After he continues in his efforts to sway the group, theSingle AF Cocktailsauthor dropped the hammer: “Listen, I gave up on you a long time ago, and my life is better for it…. You’re a lost cause.”
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Vanderpump Rulesairs Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.
source: people.com
