Ariana Madix recalls when she caught her boyfriend of nine years, Tom Sandoval, cheating on her with her best friend, Raquel. She says she was holding his phone while he was performing a song, and felt a divine intervention in that moment. She says she’s not someone who likes to snoop because she knows she’ll find something she doesn’t want to see, as that’s been the case in her past relationships. But she went through his phone anyway and found evidence of him cheating in his camera roll.
“I was holding my phone and his phone just kinda as a stack. There’s nothing weird about that, we were together for 9 years. Me holding on to his phone, his laptop. So they had like one more song, then afterwards I got up to go tell him good job and give him his phone back, and he was talking to some other band members so he was a little preoccupied. And then literally in that moment, it felt like a divine intervention or something. l've always been very hesitant to become the snooper because I always feel like anytime you snoop in anyone's stuff even if they're not guilty of doing anything wrong you always end up finding something you don't want to find or seeing something you don't want to. I've been like that in past relationships. So in this one I was like I'm not going to do that and if I ask about something I will take Tom's word. I will be someone who trusts. I just had this thought, this is a time to do it. So I went into the bathroom at TomTom, he had not changed the passcode on his phone. We knew each other’s passcodes. So, it felt like if you were going to be the type of person who is going to have an affair or be cheating or hiding things, you wouldn’t also be so readily giving of your stuff like that. And so I looked in his messages. There was nothing weird. And I was like, “Okay, maybe you’re being dumb.” And then I opened up his camera roll and then that’s when I saw what I saw. And I busted out of the stall.”
Officially introducing my little summer project. 🤍
I’ve started Auntie Kamsy: a childcare and teen supervision service for families in Lagos. It’s something I’ve genuinely wanted to do for a while, and I’m so excited to finally bring it to life.
Here’s to new beginnings. 🧸✨