Vanderpump Rules' Tom Sandoval FINALLY issues GROVELING apology to heartbroken ... trends now
Vanderpump Rules star Tom Sandoval apologized for cheating on Ariana Madix in a statement he issued Tuesday evening, days after her name was omitted from his first public comment on the matter.
Sandoval, 39, who was caught cheating on Madix, 37, with Raquel Leviss, 28, took to Instagram with a detailed statement after receiving blowback in the wake of his affair coming to light.
'I want to first and foremost apologize to everyone I’ve heard through this process,' he said. 'Most of all, I want to apologize to Ariana. I made mistakes, I was selfish, and made reckless decisions that hurt somebody I loved. No one deserves to feel that pain so traumatically in publicly.'
He continued: 'I can only imagine how devastating this has been for Ariana and everyone around us. I feel really horrible about that. My biggest regret is that I dishonored Ariana. I never meant to disappoint so many people, including our loving family and friends.'
Sandoval said his 'love for Ariana was stronger than any camera could have ever captured' and some of their 'best times together were never filmed.
The latest: Vanderpump Rules star Tom Sandoval, 39, apologized for cheating on Ariana Madix in a statement he issued Tuesday evening, days after her name was omitted from his first public comment on the matter. Pictured earlier Tuesday in LA
Sandoval who was caught cheating on Madix, 37, with Raquel Leviss, 28, took to Instagram with a detailed statement after receiving blowback in the wake of his affair coming to light
He added: 'The same goes for some of our biggest struggles. I wish things happened in a different order in our relationship was not severely tarnished, and that it ended with the same respect for her that begin with. I owed Ariana better.'
Sandoval wrapped up in saying, 'I am beyond sad that it ended the way it did. The choices I made hurt so many people.
'I acted in a way that clashes with who and how I want to be. I will continue to reflect and work on myself. I have work to do I always have and I always will.'
In other developments, Sandoval was snapped heading to therapy on Tuesday, amid reports he took his first onscreen kiss with Leviss following his split.
Sandoval, 39, was seen at a Los Angeles office that is 'home to many therapy and psychotherapy offices,' insiders told TMZ Tuesday, noting that he spent about two hours inside.
Sandoval was pictured donning a black leather jacket with dark fleece lining, over a dark blue shirt with black pants and white sneakers.
He wore a black hat and black sunglasses and sported a mustache while holding onto his keys and his phone on the daytime outing.
The source told the outlet that the meeting wasn't anything out of the ordinary for the reality star restaurateur, who 'was in therapy long before this scandal' in which his longtime relationship with Madix, 37, crumbled after it was revealed he had cheated on her with Leviss, 28.
Leviss, pictured last month on Valentine's Day, has been at the epicenter of the scandal to rock the reality TV series
The former couple was pictured with Leviss at a Thanksgiving charity event in LA
The reality star was seen leaving a Southern California business office on the weekday
Sandoval has been at the center of attention amid the revelation of his affair with Leviss
Sandoval was seen playing a set at BravoCon October 15 in NYC. Cohen on Monday said video from he event indicated that Madix - and Leviss - were watching Sandoval intently onstage
In related news an insider told Page Six on Tuesday that Sandoval and Leviss 'kissed on camera' for the Bravo series amid their 'complicated' relationship while filming at Leviss' apartment in North Hollywood, California on Saturday.
Sandoval's outing came a day after Andy Cohen on Monday said he suspects there could have be something going on between Sandoval and Leviss as far back as last fall, during festivities at BravoCon in New York City in October.
The Bravo host-producer, 54, speculated on the timeframe of the affair - in which Sandoval cheated on longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix - on his Radio Andy show Monday on SiriusXM, as details of the fallout made headlines.
He noted that amid the 'reverberating' scandal, video captured at the event indicated that Madix - and Leviss - were watching Sandoval intently as he played with his band at the event in the Big Apple.
Cohen noted that the answers Leviss gave earlier this month on his show Watch What Happens Live, during a quiz sketch with with Scheana Shay, 37, provided an insight into the way she viewed the restauranteur-musician.
'We played a game called the BFF test,' Cohen
