In trying and failing to craft a romantic hero narrative, Tom Sandoval broke the No.
1 rule of reality TV.
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Yet Bravo overlord Andy Cohen had promised a twist, and so audiences arrived desperate for one.
It wasnt about fucking, it was about a connection, Sandoval claimed to Madix in #Scandoval.
He made me feel heard and seen, Leviss said to reunion host Andy Cohen inReunion Part 2.
We dont live our lives by logic.
All of this negativity wasnt the storyline that Sandoval wanted, but its the one hes now stuck with.
), and soon he was with Madix, in a relationship that Doute kept trying to sabotage.
The tactical error Sandoval made, though, was thinking that Arianas heroine qualities also made him heroic.
The problem is that Sandoval and Levisss secrecy kept us from seeing any of that.
… We have no sex life.
I dont want a camera in my fucking goddamn face.
Sandovals failure to make himself a tragic figure made Madix a triumphant one.
They might havebecome king and queen, but they unlike Madixs Peoples Princess never became beloved.
Sandovals claim in Reunion Part 1 that he wanted to be more real … ), and Sandoval and Leviss were no match for a machine that has been grinding along for decades.
Unlike a spilled Pumptini, though, that deception doesnt just wipe away.
