Tom Sandoval and Victoria Lee Robinson. Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)
Tom Sandoval‘s girlfriend, Victoria Lee Robinson, is walking back her claims that he cheated with her best friend.
“I would like to sincerely apologize for my previous post. I had a true misjudgment in a situation. Tom did not do anything,” Robinson, 32, wrote via Instagram Story on Monday, December 16. “From my own personal trauma and experiences hearing false accusations about him all the time clouded my judgment and got the best of me.”
She added: “Please respect him and know he’s actually been the most supportive partner. The internet can be harsh sometimes and I’m learning how to block out the noise.”
Robinson initially sparked speculation hours earlier that Sandoval, 42, pulled another Scandoval.
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“Wow … you guys were right. Tiger never changes its stripes,” she wrote via Instagram. “He loves the best friends apparently. I feel like a fool. Completely heartbroken.” While Sandoval didn’t respond to Robinson’s allegations, he went on Instagram Live on Monday.
“Victoria is calling me,” Sandoval, noted in a clip circulating on social media. “Definitely made a big mistake earlier.”
Sandoval and Robinson made their romance public in February, which marked his first official relationship since his split from longtime partner Ariana Madix. Sandoval and Madix’s shocking breakup in March 2023 came in the aftermath of his affair with their now-former Vanderpump Rules costar Rachel “Raquel” Leviss.
Sandoval has discussed what he would hope to do differently in a future relationship.
“One thing that really kept me hanging on [to my affair with Raquel] was the insecurity I had in myself,” he said on his “Everybody Loves Tom” podcast in December 2023. “I felt like. ‘Oh, my gosh, I can’t lose this other person because I’ll never get this.’ I had such an insecurity with myself that I felt if I let this go, it will never happen again. You can [find that again]. And banking on that is a much safer bet than staying and doing and living in that.”
After confirming his romance with Robinson, Sandoval praised her impact on his life.
“This week, my addiction of the week is definitely my friend Victoria that I have been hanging out with. She’s definitely super awesome and she’s one of the sweetest people,” Sandoval shared on the “Billie and the Kid” podcast in February. “Obviously I have known her for a really long time, but we went on our first date last night.”
He continued: “She is a model, she works a lot and she is very successful. She does well for herself but she is also very humble and really cool. She is just a very sweet, thoughtful person.”
Sandoval and Robinson hit a major milestone ahead of their potential drama after they hinted at plans to move in together. Sandoval said on an October episode of his podcast that he and Madix, 39, put their house “on the market.”
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“[We are] selling the house, getting it ready,” he added. “And Victoria and I are moving in together.”
That same month, Robinson exclusively spoke to Us Weekly about living with Sandoval in response to a question about appearing on Vanderpump Rules. (Bravo confirmed in November that Vanderpump Rules would be returning for season 12 with an entirely new cast.)
“I don’t know about the show. I mean, I do and I don’t. I’ve never been on it,” Robinson told Us about potentially joining the hit Bravo series. “Obviously, I feel like it would be kind of hard to dodge it, considering we are about to move in together. We’re pretty serious, so it’s hard [to avoid it]. Who knows?”
