Internet furious as Tom Sandoval suggests Ariana Madix ‘belittled’ him and forced him to cheat on her

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: 'Vanderpump Rules' star Tom Sandoval has been called out online for suggesting it was Ariana Madix’s fault he cheated on her with his costar Rachel 'Raquel' Leviss.

The 40-year-old model reportedly told Nick Viall on his ‘The Viall Files’ podcast on Tuesday, January 30, “If you want me to be f--king honest, I loved, I love Ariana. I do. I really care about her.”

Tom Sandoval claims to love Ariana Madix

 He further shared, “But like, this person -- f--king throughout our relationship -- talked to me like I was down here, all the f--king time.”

“And it's unfortunate that like, my way of acting out against that was like, me also like, just getting belittled, belittled, belittled all the f--king time,” Sandoval added.

Tom Sandoval admitted to having ‘low self-worth’

Not just that, the television personality also mentioned he “acted out because I have such low self-worth.”

“Somebody like Raquel — somebody who's in her 20s, like, doin' essentially the f---in' whipped cream f---in' bikini thing like in Varsity Blues — like, I couldn't f---ing like, I was like, 'Wow, really? Oh my God, like, I'm attractive to somebody?’” he explained, as per PEOPLE.

But Sandoval asserted, “And I regret it, hardcore, I really do.”

Internet slams Tom Sandoval for blaming Ariana Madix for split

People on the internet, however, were not happy with Sandoval’s apparent blame game as an Instagram user wrote, “That interview made me so furious. he kept digging himself into a deeper hole and by the end I think he realized he fucked the interview up but he just can't take accountability.”

The second user sarcastically remarked, “Ahhh yes of course it was Ariana’s fault for him cheating!!”

The third one shared, “Ughhhh omg he ‘pushed her to cheat’ sounds like he can’t take responsibility for his actions.”

“Is Tom’s picture next to narcissistic abuse in the dictionary? Because it should be…” the fourth user stated.

“Tom Sandoval is the perfect example of when chronological ages do not match up with mental competency ages lol,” the fifth one added.

A Facebook user noted, “Ok here you are trying to be the victim. You knew exactly what you did when you cheated with the other woman. And she was a friend! There’s no excuses there.”

Another one said, “Then ya should have left don’t cry wolf now!!!! And play victim wtf!!!!!”

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