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Its far better for a manto live on the roof than with a contentious woman.
The more things change, as they say.
You already know the players, youve alreadypored over the timeline.
All in, Madixhas reportedly netted upwards of $1 millionon the back of her breakup.
Good Americantank top. Mother denimjeans. Azleejewelry.
Having a boyfriend is great, but have you ever had corporate money hurtling into your checking account?
She is now a brand of one, barely checking the rearview mirror on the way to the bank.
We have no generational wealth in our family, she says.
Good Americantank top. Mother denimjeans. Azleejewelry.
I never want to worry about it ever, ever, ever.
So I will work as much as possible to not have to.
Shes lived out of her car before and never wants to go back.
Shesrumoredto have snagged a spot onDancing With the Stars.
And the press!TheNew York Times, theTodayshow,Call Her Daddy, this cover story.
Why, yes, shes totally open to a spin-off with Maloneyshes open to everything.
Cynthia Rowleysweater.
She is the moment, and she is a woman vindicated.
Somewhere in the great beyond, Mary Wollstonecraft is beaming.
Ariana Madix tells meher favorite part of reading a magazine profile is when the writer describes the subjects clothing.
Because she said she likes when writers do this, Ill go on.
Why, oh why, do people care this much?
But: I can get bogged down in scrolling, she says.
One sexually explicit video later, here we are.
It was like the air was sucked out of my lungs.
It was shock, disbelief on some level, but then also anger.
L’Agencedress. Azleerings.
And his reaction when she confronted him?
When you’ve been caught red-handed like that, there’s no denying it, she says.
It’s cold, hard evidence.
So I think he was struggling.
I think he was really mad that his little house of cards was crumbling.
I bought it, so it’s mine nowand I found all kinds of stuff in the Notes app.
A woman would never be that dumb, I tell her.
No, she says.
I definitely feel this sense of freedom because I was the adviser, she says, the sounding board.
And he didn’t like that he wasn’t getting constant validation from his adviser.
Now I feel like I don’t have to worry about anybody but myself.
The narrative around sexor rather, the lack of itis particularly hard to watch.
I feel like I’m someone who craves intimacy outside of just penetrative sex, Madix says.
And that was something that I was deprived of for so long.
As women, we might bring something up a bunch of times and then we just stop.
That’s where I was at.
I am not your Fleshlight.
I spelled out what I needed, but hello.
It’s a two-person situation.
And I was devastated.
Public humiliation is the lifebloodof reality television.
We arent watching idols or finely drawn characters dreamed up in the writers room.
Almost everybody appears to have an unquenchable thirst for fame or infamy and it shows.
But Ariana Madix, as fans ofVanderpump Ruleswill surely attest, always seemed a little bit different.
More content being her actual self, lessme, me, me!
My parents both worked really hard, she says.
We werent rich by any means, but we certainly had the best that they could have given.
At the age of six, she started riding and also got into theater.
Horse girl, theater kid.
Those were the two things, she says.
By high school she was in AP classes and had added cheerleading to her list of extracurriculars.
I think my senior year, I was in eight or 10 different clubs, she says.
My dad would not come home, Madix shares.
And my mom did everything.
Therapy has helped her realize that maybe her overachieving was a coping mechanism.
If Im perfect, then hell want to be there.
They said, No, you better get a real degree, Madix says.
She did make it to New York.
I was a hustler, she says, matter-of-factly.
Madixhaving come from New York with no cablenever heard of the show.
Eventually, it was her acting teacher who convinced her to try it out.
The deaths of her father, her grandmother, and her beloved dog Charlotte, were all heavily documented.
And then came the Scandoval.
Still, she hopes the worst is behind her.
Maybe this is the year.
Yes, she did say that if they split she probably wouldnt do the show anymore.
He was very offended by that idea, she says.
Did she ever have an inkling he was capable of this, or maybe turned a blind eye?
I literally thought he was a completely different person than he is.
She still has not heard from her exs family.
Is she still friends with Tom Schwartz?
He was very instrumental in all of it.
And I was not aware of that at the time.
He knew about all of it since August, at least.
I imagine starring on TV as yourself has its ups and downs.
For the most part, though, the direct line shes able to have with fans is sacred.
I know maybe it sounds sillywe’re strangersbut I do feel close to them.
She says many have thanked her for openly talking about her struggles with mental heath and loss.
I feel like we’re a community.
This is what worked for me.
Season 11 ofVanderpump Rulesstarts shooting this summer.
Shes not totally sold on the idea of marriage, but you never know.
I still wouldn’t want a wedding, she says.
For me, it’s about the marriage.
There’s something about weddings, and the fanfare, and the bachelorette.
I just don’t want any of that.
And I think that’s a big part of it for me.
I feel really, really confident about it, she says.
It looks amazing inside.
The design is pretty much finished.
We’re working on the menu, and then hiring.
What should I order?
The Greek salad sandwich, Madix’s favorite.
Would anyone really blow up their life for a television show?
Maybe, but not Madix.
If someone says that on my page, they get blocked immediately.
If they tag me in a comment that says that, I’ll block them immediately.
I’m kind of like, Fuck off, this is my real life.
Wouldnt she miss the fame shes cultivated?
I think I love change, she says.
I picked up and moved to New York with no friends and no job.
I moved from New York to LA with no friends, no job, no money.
If I picked up from LA and I moved…. Its like being a new version of myself.
