She continued, “If I did go back, I wouldn't have been able to do the job that would make a good show. And so it just wasn't going to make sense, the story didn't make sense.”

Ariana Madix reveals she was "never" going to go back to filming Vanderpump Rules and explains why she hates the term "Scandoval."

Vanderpump Rules’ alum Ariana Madix reflects on ex-boyfriend Tom Sandoval’s cheating scandal and the moment she decided to leave the Bravo reality series prior to the show’s season 12 recasting.

Before Ariana Madix even heard late last year that Vanderpump Rules season 12 would feature a rebooted cast, she was ready to walk away from the franchise. “I don’t think I was ever going to go back to Vanderpump Rules.