Tom Sandoval was spotted Monday following his explosive new interview in which he discussed his affair with Raquel Leviss.
The Vanderpump Rules star, 39, rocked a new clean-shaven look, after letting Howie Mandel shave off his signature mustache during the interview, claiming he was too easily recognizable.
The bar owner wore a gray t-shirt and black jeans for the sunny outing, along with a pair of white sneakers. Sandoval completed his outfit with a navy blue baseball cap and round sunglasses.
It comes after Sandoval revealed that he and Leviss, 28, put the brakes on their sexual relationship after their months-long fling came to light in March.
Following the end of his nine-year relationship with Ariana Madix, 37, due to his infidelity, he revealed that they’re “kind of taking a break.”
Out and about: Tom Sandoval was spotted on Tuesday, following his explosive new interview in which he discussed his affair with Raquel Leviss
Sharp: The Vanderpump Rules star, 39, rocked a new clean-shaven look, after letting Howie Mandel shave off his mustache during the interview, claiming he was too easily recognizable
“We don’t put a label on it,” the reality star said on it Howie Mandel does things podcast.
When asked if they were still friends with benefits by the comedian, 67, Sandoval denied they were still in a relationship.
“Not now,” the rocker, who is in cover band Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras, told listeners, after insisting he and the former pageant queen are still “good friends.”
The Bravo star also claimed that Madix slapped him when he tried to break up with him, even breaking up with him on Valentine’s Day. “I actually broke up on Valentine’s Day,” Sandoval admitted.
He also claimed Madix got physical with him as he discussed plans on how to handle the breakup: “I told her, ‘Listen, we don’t have to post anything on social media. Let’s discuss this.’… Like, “We can keep this between us.”
“So she was obviously very upset, she hit me and everything.”
He also claimed she “denied” that he wanted a break up and later told him she would be “forced” out of the relationship.
“She says, ‘I’m not going to let you leave me. You’re going to have to force me out of this relationship… If you break up with me, you’re basically ending my life,'” he said.
Goodbye stache! Howie was pictured shaving off Tom’s facial hair during the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast, released Tuesday
Cool down: During the sit-down, Sandoval revealed that he and Raquel Leviss slammed the brakes on their sexual relationship, after their month-long affair came to light in March
Still friends: After the recent end of his nine-year relationship with Ariana Madix due to his infidelity, the bar owner revealed that they’re “kind of taking a break”
“We don’t put a label on it,” the reality star said of the relationship
“She hit me and all that shit”: He also shed more light on his breakup with Ariana, claiming she hit him in the middle of their breakup; In the photo 2019
Empathy: After hearing his side, Mandel urged fans to have “empathy and compassion” for Tom, who previously said he felt “one of the most hated people in America” for betraying Madix
As for how his and Raquel’s relationship blossomed from platonic to intimate, Sandoval opened up about his attraction to Leviss when he and Madix drifted apart after nearly a decade together.
“We were at my house, and I’m locked out of my house and we talk and we kiss,” he recalls. “It was magnetic. We got closer and while we were talking time went on, and we talked closer and closer, and all of a sudden we’re kissing. I felt something I hadn’t felt in so long, emotionally, for instance.’
He went on to explain how he and Madix had taken on their own lives and how the romance between them had grown stale.
“We were together for nine years and had obviously built a house and business together and everything. We were a brand. And like many relationships, it became more of a best friend/family/sometimes roommates situation,” he explained.
The Missouri native said their relationship was generally “just a lack of intimacy” and “connection.” He felt like they stuck together to ‘keep the optics this high’ [they] were solid’ for their reality show and other business endeavors.
“We were definitely behind each other and that was nice. There was security and stability in it,” he said of Madix.
After turning 40, he recalled thinking his life “looked very bleak” and began to think his “best years were over.”
“I started to lose my life optimism and drive. I felt like I had to change something to feel alive again, to be motivated, to be optimistic again,” Sandoval confessed.
Prior to his affair, he said his “confidence was wiped out” and any sexual experience with him would be like hooking up with “a 19-year-old” on “his second time” when he lost his “game.”
Angry: Meanwhile, his Vanderpump co-star Lala Kent, 32, took to her Instagram Stories from a plane to address the bombshell interview
“Lies”: “Okay, I’m on this plane and I saw the tiniest clip… of Sandoval still lying around, and I want to leave, but there are a lot of people around,” she said
‘I’m not saying it is [Ariana’s] wrong, we just didn’t have that intimacy,” Sandoval claimed.
After hearing his guest’s side, Mandel urged fans to have “empathy and compassion” for Sandoval, who previously said he felt “one of the most hated people in America” for betraying Madix .
Meanwhile, his Vanderpump co-star Lala Kent, 32, took to her Instagram Stories from a plane to address the bombshell interview.
“Okay, I’m on this plane, and I saw the tiniest clip… of Sandoval still lying around, and I want to leave, but there’s a lot of people around… I want to get in, my soul itches for it . And I don’t land until half past nine.’
Lala also wrote a mysterious message in a text overlay: “Sandoval has been a gift for a little someone. But don’t make it too easy – I haven’t forgotten you.’