
Vanderpump Rules alum Tom Sandoval is quite an infamous figure in the Bravoverse. He joined the cast as an original member of Vanderpump Rules from its 2012 debut. He rose to fame due to his long-term relationship with fellow SURver Ariana Madix. The demise of their relationship was also the very reason for his downfall.
The notorious ‘scandoval’ fragmented the Vanderpump Rules family and the fandom forever. The fallout was so immense that the fandom still drags his name through the mud to this very day. Within days, his business endeavors were falling apart, and people were mass-boycotting him. His shared expenses with Madix also reduced his net worth.

Scandoval refers to the cheating scandal of Vanderpump Rules SURvers Tom Sandoval and Rachel Leviss. Tom and Ariana were in a happy, committed relationship for 9 long years when Rachel entered their lives. At Scheana Shay’s wedding in Mexico, Tom and Rachel hooked up. The two kept seeing each other behind Ariana’s back, even when Ariana was going through a tough time with her grandmother’s demise.
When Madix discovered incriminating proof of their affair on Sandoval’s phone during a concert, it exposed their truth. The scandal broke the internet as public outrage made Rachel enter a mental health facility. At the same time, many boycotted Tom and his fan following. Madix and Sandoval confirmed their breakup in March 2023. Leviss subsequently ran away from LA and started a low-key life in her hometown, far away from the blinding camera’s reach!
The notorious Vanderpump Rules alum, Tom Sandoval, has been trying to get his life back on track after the Scandoval left his image in ruins. The fandom might recall that public outrage toward Tom and Rachel after the scandal was ruthless. Most of the fandom banished and boycotted the cheaters and wouldn’t let them forget their faults for one minute!

His net worth also took a big hit in the following days. Now that he has been rebuilding himself, some fans keep wondering about his net worth. So, to break it down, the network signed the original cast for $10,000. However, after the management negotiated in 2017-18, the network offered them $25,000 per episode.
Season 7, which had 24 episodes, fetched them $600,000 each. Moreover, Tom’s several other business ventures significantly contributed to his net worth. However, a large portion of that net worth was tied up in a complicated mess after the Scandoval. Tom and Ariana had purchased a $2 million house, which Ariana wanted to sell after their breakup.
She insisted that she didn’t want “a division in kind,” which would mean that one of them had to sell their share to the other. Needless to say, that’s complicated. But recently, Tom happily gushed that his business ventures were thriving. As of 2026, his net worth is estimated at $4 million. For more such latest reality TV updates, stay tuned to TV Season & Spoilers.