Scandoval might actually be the biggest scandal to ever shake “Vanderpump Rules” to its core, but there were certainly plenty that preceded it. Memorably, in Season 2, Sandoval’s then-girlfriend Kristen Doute cheated on him briefly with Jason “Jax Taylor” Cauchi, causing an enormous rift — especially when you add in that Taylor is an ex-boyfriend of Doute’s bestie Stassi Schroeder. Taylor himself was at the center of plenty of scandals, whether he was stealing sunglasses and going to jail during a trip to Hawaii or cheating on his now-wife Brittany Cartwright within five feet of a comatose woman. (That one’s a long story, and it’s a lot.)
The reason Scandoval might be the “Vanderpump Rules” scandal to end all scandals, though, is split into three major factors. First is that Sandoval and Madix seemed like a relatively happy, stable couple — perhaps the only stable couple on the show, in fact. Second, Leviss was a close friend to Madix for the entirety of her affair with Sandoval, which obviously makes everything that much worse. Finally, not only were Leviss and Sandoval involved for several months, Sandoval’s friends, like Tom Schwartz, have revealed the two are in “love” — and usually, love doesn’t exactly factor into the messy trysts on “Vanderpump Rules.”
