Bravo’s resident lawyer has entered the chat! The living situation between exes Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval is certainly unconventional. After last year’s cheating scandal, the two Vanderpump Rules stars continue to cohabitate in the house they purchased together in 2019.
Emily Simpson of The Real Housewives of Orange County is now weighing in with her own legal perspective. On a recent episode of her podcast Popping Off, she shared her best advice for Ariana and Tom to move forward.
Emily on Ariana and Sandoval: “They are both being ridiculous”
“They are wasting a lot of time on attornies. And they are spending a lot of money. I feel like this is an easy solution. Either sell the house, divide the equity, or [Tom] writes [Ariana] a check,” said Emily.
The accomplished attorney then added, “They are both being ridiculous because they are both in a stalemate and they are both wasting time. They either could just agree to just find a real estate agent, get an appraisal, put it on the market, divide the assets. The house is worth more now. They bought it for 2.07, it’s worth like 3 now. So you are both going to walk away with a chunk of change.”
Ariana is taking this fight to the courts
Emily’s point of contention stems back to the first episode of VPR’s latest season, where Ariana stated that she wouldn’t allow Sandoval to buy out her portion of the house. She even went as far as filing a lawsuit to request a “partition by sale.” Basically, Ariana wants to sell the house and split the proceeds.
In that same episode, Ariana told castmate and sandwich shop partner Katie Maloney, “Even though we still live under the same roof, I’ve been able to maintain a no-contact policy. We communicate via his assistant Ann. I feel like the house is, like, the last thing that’s, like, tying things.”
Ariana then added, “What I think is psychotic is that he wants to buy me out and stay here.”
Vanderpump Rules Season 11 continues Tuesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.
TELL US – DO YOU AGREE WITH EMILY’S TAKE?
