Patrick McDonald thinks Ariana Madix went too far attacking Rachel Leviss at the Vanderpump Rules season 10 reunion.
During an appearance on Bethenny Frankel’s podcast, the former VPR producer described watching the reunion play out backstage, with Tom Sandoval‘s former paramour at his side.
The hate was too much:
“it was a wild experience to watch a reunion with the person who everyone is talking about and just destroying.”
“We sat there for hours watching. Look, I love a lot of those girls on that show. I think they’re great, and I care for them a lot. Everybody was really upset that day.”
“I’m sitting there with [Rachel] for hours watching everyone trash her.” Before he knew it, Patrick walked Rachel onto the set. “It felt like I was walking her into a firing squad. Like we were walking the green mile to her execution.”
“Then, sitting there and just like watching [Rachel] get, just destroyed for making a mistake. They made a mistake, which I think is the most human thing we can do. We all make mistakes.”
“So I think it just like the sensationalism of it all just kind of folded in on itself. And like everyone got so amped up by it and like the cast got amped up by it. And then the more attention the show got, it was just like it was at a level like a hundred.”
“I’m sorry, but to be called subhuman and to be told that you should be f*cked by a cheese grater on national television is pretty unacceptable and disgusting. But, I’m pretty sure ten years from now, when we look back and watch that reunion again, I think people will look at that with a different set of eyes.”
