<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - 'Vanderpump Rules' star Ariana Madix leaves the country amid cheating scandal"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Pump the brakes: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/01/04/tom-sandoval-vanderpump-rules-captive-tiger-videos-thailand/72104862007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Tom Sandoval</a> just dropped a self-described "really weird" comparison about "<a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/03/05/tom-sandoval-vanderpump-rules-cheating-rumors-ariana-madix-raquel-leviss/11409972002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Scandoval</a>."</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The "<a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/01/29/vanderpump-rules-season-11/72350855007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Vanderpump Rules</a>" star, 40, spoke with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/magazine/tom-sandoval-vanderpump.html" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">The New York Times Magazine</a> for a lengthy interview published Tuesday about the infamous scandal, in which he cheated on girlfriend Ariana Madix with her friend Raquel Leviss. The Times asked Sandoval why he felt the affair received as much attention as it did.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"I'm not a pop-culture historian really, but I witnessed the O.J. Simpson thing and George Floyd and all these big things, which is really weird to compare this to that, I think, but do you think in a weird way it's a little bit the same?" he asked.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">As Sandoval made these comments, The Times noted that a 23-year-old member of his new publicity team was "typing furiously on her phone," although the reporter suggested Sandoval was simply "trying to express the oddity of becoming the symbolic center of a nationwide discussion and a major news story."</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img gnt_em_img__inset"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:437px" fetchpriority="high" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/01/19/USAT/72275551007-ap-la-premiere-of-vanderpump-rules-season-11-3.jpg?width=300&height=437&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/01/19/USAT/72275551007-ap-la-premiere-of-vanderpump-rules-season-11-3.jpg?width=600&height=874&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="Tom Sandoval attends the Season 11 premiere of "Vanderpump Rules" on Jan. 17, 2024, at The Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Despite this, the Times reported that after the interview was conducted, a publicist from Bravo, the network that airs "Vanderpump Rules," reached out with concern about what he had said.</p><h2 class="gnt_ar_b_h2">Tom Sandoval apologizes for 'Vanderpump Rules' comparison to O.J. Simpson, George Floyd</h2><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Quickly following the publication of his NYT Magazine interview, Sandoval took to his <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/tomsandoval1/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Instagram stories</a> Tuesday to apologize for comparing his "Vanderpump Rules" scandal to media coverage of O.J. Simpson and George Floyd.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Sandoval called the comparison...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/02/20/tom-sandoval-compares-scandoval-oj-simpson-george-floyd/72672841007/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
