{"id":2011629,"date":"2023-08-25T03:33:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T07:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vanderpump-rules-star-tom-sandoval-paid-for-fame-with-his-humanity\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T03:36:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T07:36:12","slug":"vanderpump-rules-star-tom-sandoval-paid-for-fame-with-his-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vanderpump-rules-star-tom-sandoval-paid-for-fame-with-his-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Sandoval, from &#8216;Vanderpump Rules&#8217;, sacrificed his humanity for fame."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvanderpump-rules-star-tom-sandoval-paid-for-fame-with-his-humanity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2011629&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>Doomed from\u2062 the Start<\/h2>\n<p>If\u200d you go back to season one of \u201cVanderpump Rules,\u201d back when the cast all actually worked at Sexy Unique \u2062Restaurant (SUR), the dramatic irony of the show is clear. The audience \u200cquickly realizes these bright-eyed servers and bartenders have ambitions that far outstrip their talent. \u2064Katie \u2064Maloney wants her own record \u200blabel, yet \u200dnever works toward\u2063 it. Scheana Shay is trying to be \u200cthe next Britney Spears with her single \u201cWhat I \u2063like,\u201d aka \u201cFreak B-tch,\u201d \u2063but her \u2064producer\u2019s feedback is less concerned with \u200bthe finer \u200cpoints of vocal performance:\u2064 \u201cless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-lobby-may-be-derailed-by-write-in-election-for-a-texas-court\/\" title=\"Trans Lobby May Be Derailed by Write-in Election for a Texas Court\">phone sex operator<\/a>, more porn star.\u201d Sandoval is introduced talking about \u2062his band, \u201cDude, we\u2019re \u200cheadlining. Viper Room!\u201d Ten years on, it\u2019s still hard to imagine this becoming his main\u200d gig:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"DgXaMeCoj6iVTH\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dance Dance (Tom Sandoval's worst performance moment) - Tom Sandoval and the Most Extras\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OY4AplGhX2A?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stassi Schroeder \u200cgives \u2063her view of the cast: \u201cWorking at\u2063 SUR\u2064 is different from working at any other\u200c restaurant. The servers all want to be models, actors, writers, singers. The \u2064servers at other\u2062 Hollywood \u2062restaurants just want to be waiters at SUR.\u201d Kristen Doute shares\u200b in the grandiosity: \u200d\u201cPeople always comment on the waitstaff,\u2063 and it\u2019s true, \u200dwe\u2019re all really good-looking. Sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But they\u2019re \u2063not nearly\u2063 as beautiful or\u2064 enviable as they think.<\/p>\n<p>No, despite the ostensible premise of the show \u2014 that we\u200b will watch these servers and bartenders as they try to \u201cmake\u2062 it\u201d \u2014 the real, and only, draw\u200c is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vanderpump-rules-star-tom-sandoval-paid-for-fame-with-his-humanity\/\" title=\"Tom Sandoval, from 'Vanderpump Rules', sacrificed his humanity for fame.\">watching\u2062 young people \u200dturn<\/a> their lives into melodramatic wreckage. \u2064They have nothing else to offer. \u2062And the \u200dreal goal is not \u2064excellence in the dramatic arts. It\u2019s fame, something\u2062 Sandoval admits to in episode one: \u201cI do want to be famous. I don\u2019t know if I\u200c want Michael Jackson-type \u2064fame, \u2064but I definitely\u2064 would love to be famous.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>His Pain\u2064 Is Your Pleasure (and His Payday)<\/h2>\n<p>It should\u200d be no surprise then that #Scandoval is a ratings boon. The\u200d finale hit 4.1 million viewers (who could resist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CtE2gxBM6CL\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this promo<\/a>?), and\u2063 expectations for season 11 \u2062are sky-high. Downstream, \u2064Madix and Maloney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/culture\/2023\/6\/2\/23745691\/scandoval-vanderpump-rules-reunion-episode-2-ariana-madix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">made $200,000 in merch\u2062 sales<\/a> attached to their yet-unopened\u2064 sandwich shop. \u200dSandoval\u2019s bar that he co-owns\u2063 with castmate Tom Schwartz \u200b\u2014 cleverly named TomTom \u2014 is\u2062 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/food\/tom-schwartz-says-tom-sandoval-scandal-has-been-great-for-business-at-their-bars-after-initial-vandalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thriving<\/a>\u201d after the news broke. \u2062Sandoval now\u2063 makes headlines\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/women-tom-sandoval-linked-since-175000209.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">for every\u200c woman he\u2019s spotted with<\/a>, and he\u2019ll be on season two of reality show \u201cSpecial Forces.\u201d He \u200dmay not be Michael Jackson level, but he\u2019s certainly famous, and\u200d #Scandoval \u200bis\u200c his biggest break\u200b yet. His thoughts on this road to fame are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charles-gasparino-super-bowling-for-cash-with-the-nfls-club-of-billionaires\/\" title=\"Charles Gasparino: Super Bowling for Cash With the NFL\u2019s Club of Billionaires\">image-obsessed<\/a> and unapologetic.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/tv\/story\/2023-02-08\/vanderpump-rules-season-10-tom-sandoval-tom-schwartz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a> \u200c with the Los Angeles Times earlier this year, \u200cSandoval was asked \u200bif there were any moments caught on camera that he wished\u2063 he could have back. Among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/jonathanchandlerperiod\/tom-sandoval-worst-vanderpump-rules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">many choices<\/a> of abandoning and betraying friends and lovers, he chose\u200c a\u200b brief\u2064 moment of actual humanity and exhaustion after multiple long days\u200b of shooting in season \u2063three: \u201cI \u200bwas sobbing,\u200c ugly\u2063 crying, to\u2064 Kristen and I\u2063 wish that wouldn\u2019t have been on there.\u201d At the season 10 reunion where his\u2063 cheating on\u200c Madix was revealed, he\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/06\/01\/tom-sandoval-raquel-leviss-producer-private-vanderpump-rules-reunion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">screamed at a \u200cproducer<\/a> that he needed time without cameras to confer\u2063 with his mistress \u2062because he\u2019s \u201cin\u2062 a very \u200bdelicate position\u200c right now.\u201d Infidelity sure can be a PR nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>When Lisa \u200bVanderpump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/tv\/story\/2023-02-08\/vanderpump-rules-season-10-tom-sandoval-tom-schwartz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was discussing drama<\/a> on \u200bthe show, \u2063she\u200c offered\u200b a simple assessment: \u201cThat\u2019s what they\u2019ve signed up for. If they\u2019re not \u2063willing to share their life, they shouldn\u2019t be on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-idol-accused-of-using-conway-daughter-for-ratings\/\" title=\"\u2018American Idol\u2019 Accused Of Using Conway Daughter For Ratings\">reality television<\/a>. We\u2019re not making some bullsh-t show.\u201d At\u200c this point, Sandoval\u2019s real life is hard to discern from \u200bhis public image tending. His former friends seem convinced he\u2019s incapable of genuine remorse. Over 10 years of \u200bconstant filming that incentivized \u200cpromiscuity and\u2063 duplicity, \u2063a life documented rather than lived, there\u2019s not much humanity left.<\/p>\n<p>From that\u2064 very first episode, Sandoval announced the Faustian bargain he had made. \u2064Fame came first, and\u200c he proved \u200bwilling to sacrifice everything for that short-term thrill. For \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/social-media-influencers-86-of-young-americans-want-to-become-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legions \u200bof would-be\u2062 influencers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/18\/miranda-lambert-is-right-put-your-stupid-phone-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">those who must\u2063 photo \u2064and video every moment of their lives<\/a>, and on down to those of us \u2062who gladly\u2062 trade our \u200bprivacy for \u201cfree\u201d services from Big Tech, Sandoval is a good reminder\u200c that \u200cauctioning \u200doff parts of your life and integrity can leave you morally and spiritually bankrupt.<\/p>\n<p>Like any good tragedy, Sandoval\u2019s life should leave us chastened and thoughtful. He sacrificed a life\u2063 of real \u2063friendships and love and experiences for\u2064 a contrived life built on misdeeds and misrepresentations. \u2062He has gotten what he wanted,\u2064 but watching him\u2063 cry and carp and\u2063 shift blame, it\u2019s hard not\u200d to \u200bfeel he lost his soul in return. He \u2062still thinks he\u2019s the hero of the story. We can see he\u2019s the punch\u200d line.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reality TV star Tom Sandoval, known for &#8220;Vanderpump Rules,&#8221; recently made headlines by covertly recording an intimate FaceTime session with his mistress, Raquel Leviss. This affair led to the end of his long-term relationship with Ariana Madix, earning the scandalous nickname &#8220;Scandoval&#8221; from fans. Sensational headlines like these are Sandoval&#8217;s main source of attention and income.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1418,"featured_media":2011630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2011629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1418"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2011629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2011630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2011629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2011629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2011629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}