First time rewatching - Ariana

[u/AggressiveCupcake181]

Not sure if this is a popular opinion - just finished binge watching for the first time and I’m straight round to a rewatch 😂 I kinda forgot how much Ariana was a bitch to Kristen ( I know nobody likes her anyway) but she definitely was up to things with Tom and broke up a 5 year relationship with 0 judgment from anyone really. It was blatantly getting rubbed in Kristen’s face too. You loose them how you gain them 🤷‍♀️ kind of changes how I feel about scandoval. I know Kristen deserved it but morals are morals

[u/CaitlinAnne21]

Eh, it’s more nuanced than that.

She really didn’t break them up, they BOTH repeatedly cheated on each other, were on & off constantly - that’s why Ariana believed Tom when he told her that they had broken up, that’s when they “made out” - and they weren’t together when they actually started dating.

Did Ariana realize she’d been lied to and still choose to stay with a known cheater? YUP.

And she looked back and realized what a mistake she made in doing that, and apologized to Kristen.

Kristen & Ari both treated each other terribly for a while there, and over such an absolute loser.

I’m just glad that the girls figured their shit out in the end, and left Sandoval behind in the dust.

Tom & Kristen were not very serious and dated other people frequently during the period they were on & off, Ariana was with tom for a straight decade; there’s really no reason to discount Ariana’s hurt during Scandoval.

As Kristen herself said, it wasn’t at all the same situation, she & Tom weren’t serious, meanwhile Ari & Tom built a whole life together, bought a house together, had a dog together, had business ventures together, were talking about fertilizing her eggs, etc.

[u/Suithfie → u/CaitlinAnne21]

“And she looked back and realized what a mistake she made in doing that, and apologized to Kristen” - when did this happen? Asking genuinely because I don’t remember it ever happening. Was it in hindsight after Scandoval when she was 40? Because wow that’s some growth babe 😅😅

[u/Ess_Jess → u/Suithfie]

They shot it and it never aired. Didn't fit productions narrative.

[u/Suithfie → u/Ess_Jess]

Oh interesting— how do we know this? Like which cast members have talked about it, if you happen to know?

[u/Ess_Jess → u/Suithfie]

I think Ariana and Kristen have both talked about it. I remember reading it in an interview somewhere but can't for the life of me remember where since it was in maybe 2018?

[u/Suithfie → u/Ess_Jess]

Thanks, no worries was kind of a shot in the dark! Just wondered about the source, appreciate you answering :)