Tom Sandoval isn’t the No. 1 man within the group on Vanderpump Rules — or on The Masked Singer.
Sandoval, 41, was once unmasked as the Diver right through the Wednesday, October 4, episode of the Fox competition sequence. “This was so much fun. Being ready to come back out here and carry out in the back of a mask no longer being judged and just being judged on my efficiency it was once really great,” he mentioned after revealing his identity. “I knew I was getting guessed immediately.”
Prior to his unmasking, Sandoval dropped more than a few clues about his identification — together with being “hated” via the public.
“Making my debut as the Diver last week was once so rewarding. It felt great to get the entire love from the panel and target audience, something you already know, I haven’t gotten much of in recent years,” he mentioned in his Wednesday promo package. “As a child, I all the time sought after to be famous. I modeled, acted and, in fact, sang. I was all the time ready to change into a household identify — I simply didn’t think it would be from everyone hating me.”
Sandoval noted that he was in a position to “show the arena I’m greater than my mistakes” adding that participating in The Masked Singer has been a “therapeutic revel in.”
“Getting to percentage my ability as an alternative of my drama is exactly what I’ve wanted,” he shared.
Some of the judges concept Pete Davidson or DJ Pauly D was once below the costume, specifically after the Diver published his affection for “the membership.” Ken Jeong, however, had Sandoval marked from the start.
“The Diver is Tom Sandoval and I’ll tell you why. Clubs, eating places, bars. Tom Sandoval owns two clubs. High heels, pumps as in Vandeprump Rules. There you cross!” he exclaimed. Jenny McCarthy agreed. “There was a pump within the bundle, he is a performer, I believe this might be Tom Sandoval,” she mentioned.
Fans also suspected Sandoval was once at the back of the Diver mask from the very beginning. “Usually, I’m lovely pumped, however lately, I’ve been lost within the abyss,” he stated all the way through the season premiere. “I could be probably the most hated creature within the ocean at the moment.”
Super sleuths — and Us Weekly — right away suspected that “pumped” was a reference to Pump Rules, whilst “essentially the most hated creature” appeared like an glaring connection with Sandoval’s controversial affair with costar Raquel Leviss. Us confirmed in March that Sandoval and longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix referred to as it quits after 9 years in combination following Sandoval’s secret romance with Leviss, 29.
Diver’s clue packages closely implied that he’d been excited by some sort of scandal, with references to him having made mistakes previously. “It hurts when I am getting judged by people who’ve by no means even met me, and I transform a scapegoat for every dangerous dude they’ve ever known,” he stated all over the season premiere. “Getting to percentage my voice without the preconceived perception of who I'm is truly what I need presently.”
A few visual clues also hinted at Sandoval, including a compass pointing to the letters “MW” — possibly as reference to his fatherland of St. Louis, which is within the Midwest. Another clue displayed the word “11 million eyes on Diver” written across a magazine quilt. Season 10 of Pump Rules, meanwhile, reached an average of eleven million audience consistent with episode.
“The extra people talk about my business, the extra I would like them out of it,” Diver said at one point. While this will have been a connection with his non-public life, it would also have been a nod to his stakes within the restaurants TomTom and Schwartz & Sandy’s.
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After information of his affair with Leviss made headlines, Sandoval asked the public to forestall leaving detrimental online opinions of his companies. “Schwartz & Sandy’s might have my name on it, but in addition there are 3 other companions and 20 employees, who especially depend on the eating place for source of revenue for them and their households,” he wrote by means of Instagram in March. “Just like TomTom, I’m a small part of a much bigger thing. Please direct ur anger in opposition to me and no longer them.”
The Masked Singer airs on Fox Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
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