While Scheana Shay’s Vanderpump Rules allegiances raised eyebrows after she posed for a photo with Tom Sandoval, her costar Ariana Madix is clearing the air.
“@Scheana is an amazing friend who took a photo with a fan for their birthday. There’s been so many mean comments towards her for it and she was just doing something nice,” Ariana, 38, wrote via her Instagram Stories on Friday, July 21. “We always try to stop for photos and when the whole cast is present, it’s common for the whole cast to be in the photo regardless of what is going on between any of us at the time.”
A photo of Scheana, 38, and Tom, 41, surfaced earlier this month after several members of the Vanderpump Rules cast — including Tom Schwartz, James Kennedy and Scheana’s husband, Brock Davies — posed with a Bravo fan during their cast trip to Lake Tahoe. The “Good as Gold” singer was quickly criticized for spending time with Sandoval following his affair with Raquel Leviss. (Scheana proclaimed during the Pump Rules season 10 reunion that she was over her friendship with Raquel, 28, following her secret relationship with Ariana’s then-boyfriend of 9 years.)
“I don’t know why I feel the need to defend taking a photo with my hand like this [in a fist] in the back of someone,” Scheana later said via her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, July 19. “It, like, still blows that people, like, don’t realize we’re filming a show. And it was that girl’s birthday. What are we going to be like, ‘No! Absolutely not.’ Like, no, ‘Happy birthday. Let’s take a f—king picture.’ It’s called adulting.”
Brock, 33, similarly chimed in on Friday to clarify the evening’s events, noting via his Instagram Stories that they were “caught in a moment with a fan.”
“It’s hard not to reflect on the duality of public life. Love and support on one side, and hurtful comments on the other — particularly about my wife. It stings, it’s…
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