Tom Schwartz Jokes Tom Sandoval Belongs on ‘Dancing with the Fallen Stars’ After He Starts Taking Ballroom Lessons

Tom Sandoval was ready to put on his dancing shoes before Scandoval unraveled.

On Tuesday in the episode Vanderpump Rules: After the Showco-owner Schwartz & Sandy, 41, admitted that participating in the ABC dance competition has always been “a dream of mine.”

“I actually took dance lessons and everything,” he said. “I’ve been working on a similar, ninja sword, signed by Randy Jackson for years and I love it Dancing with the stars for years.”

His friend Tom Schwartz then jokingly suggested he might be up for another series, saying, “What the Dancing with the shooting stars?”

Tom Sandoval at the Vanderpump Rules Season 11 Premiere Party at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California on January 17, 2024.

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As fans may recall, his ex-girlfriend, Ariana Madix, also joined Dancing with the stars after his cheating scandal with Rachel “Raquel” Leviss made headlines.

Ariana, 38, explained at the after show why she decided to keep her casting a secret from her friends and cast members, saying: “I didn’t tell anyone. But I told Logan [Cochran] and me obviously my team, who worked on it, you know, everybody knew.”

“When that rumor went public like nothing was signed, maybe it happened, but it wasn’t official and it wasn’t confirmed,” she continued. “And there was a great fear that coming out would put them off … that rumor — I don’t know where it came from — but it might lose the case for me. I talked to the executive producer afterwards and she said, ‘I’m so glad you didn’t tell people because we would have been mad’ and Scheana [Shay] is a public figure and this is also at a time when we are followed everywhere all the time.”

Ariana Madix and Pasha Pashkov in “Dancing with the Stars”.

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She noted that the moment her boyfriend Daniel Wai told Scheana, the announcement was “official.”

“It was official so it’s fine if people find out at that point, but that time frame in between, we’re working on it, that rumor came out and it being official was like a very freaking creepy time because it was one of those things that cannot come out like this because we were already on thin ice,” she added.

Scheana, 38, explained that she was hurt that she didn’t hear about the casting directly from Ariana.

Ariana Madix (L) and Scheana Shay (R) attend the Give Them Lala & Friends VIP Launch and Viewing Party at Shopify LA on February 22, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

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“This was a show I started watching in college. I’ve always loved it,” she said Dancing with the stars. “I went as an audience member with friends who had been at it since the very early seasons. And I said, ‘Wow, one day if I ever get to be a star,’ as they call it on the show, that’s not my name. Easy. But, I wonder, ‘How fun would that be?’ And anyone who knows me, I think, knows that this is something I’ve wanted to do for a very long time.”

“And it’s not that I wasn’t happy for her, I was very happy for her,” she added. “I was not happy when I found out about it. I’d rather hear from her. And when I first heard the rumors about it, I called her and asked, wait, is this a thing? And she’s like, no. I mean, they’re talking me into it, but nothing’s happening yet. But it’s so ‘f— you’ for Tom because he’s always wanted to do that show too.”

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Vanderpump Rules airs Tuesdays at 8:00 PM ET/PT on Bravo.

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