Raise your glass in tribute to one of Vanderpump Rules’ most dysfunctional couples, who are still giving us drama more than a decade after the series first premiered. A never-before-seen moment from Kristen Doute and Tom Sandoval was just released from the SUR vault during the Season 12 special, “Raise Your Glass to 11 Seasons,” and it’s such a classic that Andy Cohen called it “almost quaint at this point.”
During the Nov. 25 episode, Andy took fans back to Season 3, when Kristen and Tom were right in the middle of their contentious break-up, which was sparked by Kristen finding a photo booth strip of Tom and then-SUR bartender Ariana Madix. Although both Tom and Ariana denied that anything happened, Kristen never believed it — especially when Ariana and Tom began dating. As Tom readied the SUR bar for opening in the previously unaired moment, Kristen walked in for her shift wearing one of the infamous SUR dresses. When Kristen began talking to him about car insurance, he interrupted her.
“Kristen, why would you hit up Ariana’s ex-boyfriend?” he bluntly asked. She responded, “He hit me up, I didn’t hit him up. He wanted to know if you guys were together when they were together, and I said, ‘I don’t know the timeline of her relationship with him.’”
Although Tom was angry, Kristen pointed out, “This really has nothing to do with you if I talk to him.” As they argued back and forth in their signature banter, she reminded him, “What I do isn’t your business anymore.”
“You’re the one going out of your way to try and sabotage my happiness,” Tom insisted, and during her confessional interview, Kristen admitted she was “guilty as charged.”
She explained, “Do I want to sabotage Tom and Ariana’s relationship? The fact is, he cheated on me for three years and at this point I want Tom and Ariana to fall apart.”
But the most intriguing part of the unaired scene came when Kristen prophetically shared a warning for Tom about his relationship with Ariana: “We both know the truth always comes out. Trust me.”
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Where Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval stand now
It wouldn’t come as a shock to Kristen when she was proven right just a few years later as Vanderpump Rules Season 10 was airing in March 2023, and Ariana and Tom ended their relationship. But the bombshell reason shook the cast and viewers to the core, as it was revealed Ariana discovered Tom was having an affair with a fellow Vanderpump Rules cast mate.
More than two and a half years later, Tom and Ariana are in very different places. After The New York Times referred to Tom as “the most hated man in America,” he told Us Weekly in March 2025 that he’s still apologetic for what happened, adding, “Of course I’m sorry. Very much so.” He later added, “Obviously, I want people to move on. Ariana has moved on, I’ve moved on, we’re all moving on.”
After a successful run on The Traitors Season 3, Tom has also been working to launch his music career, with his girlfriend Victoria Lee Robinson by his side.
Ariana went on to begin dating her boyfriend Daniel Wai, even revealing to E! News she believes he’s “the one.” She also launched her sandwhich shop, Something About Her, with Vanderpump Rules alum Katie Maloney, and now hosts Love Island USA.
Tom Sandoval and Kristen Doute reunited at BravoCon 2025
For her part, Kristen has also gone on to find success both professionally and romantically since calling it quits with Tom. She went on to join the cast of The Valley along with her longtime boyfriend, Luke Broderick. He popped the question on a boat during Season 2, and the two welcomed a baby daughter, Kaia Lily, in June 2025.
Kristen and Tom have both shared they’re now in a much better place, and the ex-SUR-vers even ran into each other during BravoCon 2025.
“Totally, I saw the baby,” Tom told Decider, and shared more about what it was like to see his ex as a first-time mom. “Ah, it’s great. I just love seeing people sort of evolve into themselves.”
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It comes after Kristen showed Tom some love following he and his band’s audition for America’s Got Talent back in June.
“Luke and Kristen both reached out to me,” Tom told E! News. “Of course, I congratulated Kristen and Luke on their daughter, Kaia Lily, because I know they just had their baby.”
He added, “We talk to each other from time to time. Especially Luke, I see him often…We’ve been through a lot together.”
Tom later shared his gratitude for his friendship with Kristen. “The outpouring of support — I feel so blessed and lucky to have friends like that who are giving me so much love. It’s been really awesome. I appreciate it,” he said.
As you walk down the storied hallways and alleys of SUR memory lane, catch up on Tom revealing the last time he spoke to Jax Taylor.
