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Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz enjoyed a night out with Jax Taylor on Thursday at their Franklin Village bar, Schwartz & Sandy’s.
Months after the venue was bombarded with threats of boycotts and poor Yelp reviews due to Sandoval’s sordid affair with Rachel “Raquel” Leviss, 29, which went on for months behind the back of Ariana Madix, 38, the Vanderpump Rules stars reunited for a series of photos shared on Instagram.
“Got the band back together,” Schwartz, 40, wrote in the caption of a November 23 photo shared to his Story, which saw him and Sandoval, 40, sitting with Jax, 44, in between them.
In another image, which was captioned, “Happy Friendsgiving,” the three men were seen with a friend.
As Pump Rules fans well know, Sandoval’s affair with Raquel sparked major backlash against Sandoval, and some of that backlash came from Schwartz and Jax.
In addition to Schwartz revealing that he was taking a break from their years-long friendship, and admitting he felt “exploited” by his Pump Rules co-star, Jax shamed Sandoval over his secret romance with Raquel on a number of occasions.
After slamming Sandoval as “disgusting” and “disturbing” after he mentioned Raquel during one of his performances back in June, Jax took to his Twitter page, where he said he’d be “going after” Sandoval “for how he’s treating his friends and my manager.”
“I think he’s going through something,” Jax explained to Us Weekly in July. “I don’t want to say midlife crisis, but he’s definitely going through something. I think he’s had a little bit of a diva mentality on the show, where he kind of thinks nothing could touch him, and I think he kind of bit off a little more than he can chew.”
But after admitting Sandoval showed a “lack of empathy” when he cheated on Ariana, Jax confirmed in October that they were back in touch.
Although the Toms and Jax seemed to have a fun night with one another, Schwartz returned to his Instagram Story hours after sharing his photo to confirm that his online audience didn’t react well to their reunion.
“I just glanced at my DMs, maybe we shouldn’t get the band back together,” he stated.
Prior to reuniting with Jax on Thursday, Schwartz was treated to a special birthday surprise by Sandoval in October as the two of them shot their Pump Rules season 11 intros.
Vanderpump Rules season 11 is set to premiere on Bravo in January 2024.
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