ICYMI: Ann Maddox on Scandoval, Reddit and Grief

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🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Candice Lim is joined by We Signed An NDA co-host Ann Maddox, who you may know as Tom Sandoval’s former personal assistant. In March 2023, Maddox was teaching improv to a middle school in Japan when she found out Sandoval and his then-girlfriend Ariana Madix had split. At first, Maddox assumed this was simply routine tabloid fodder, which often plagued her employers as long-time cast members on Vanderpump Rules. But one specific photograph made her realize the rumors were true, which escalated into one of 2023’s biggest online watercooler moments: “Scandoval.” Maddox joins the show to discuss how she got into this line of work, what she knew when Scandoval went down, and what it’s like to have your personal and professional life dissected online. This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.5	Hey, I'm Candace Lim, and you're listening to I-Cy-Y-M-I.
0:40.3	In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture. And let me paint a picture for you.
0:42.3	What if one day you woke up to see your name blasted on Reddit and Twitter and your car on TMZ?
0:48.3	Well, that's only half of the story with our guest today, who the internet has claimed as the unsung hero of a little
0:55.6	show called Vanderpump Rules.
1:05.4	Anne Maddox was working at the Greek theater in L.A. when the pandemic hit in 2020.
1:10.3	She lost her job and went on
1:12.1	Facebook to ask for any leads when a friend reached out and said a cast member of Vanderpump
1:16.4	Rules was looking for a personal assistant. And that person was Tom Sandoval, who became the
1:22.6	epicenter of a pop culture scandal in 2023. Now, you've probably heard of Scandival. Rachel even covered it here
1:30.8	on the show not too long before I joined as co-host. Tom Sandoval had been cheating on his partner
1:36.1	of 10 years and VPR co-star Ariana Maddox with another VPR cast member, Raquel, now Rachel,
1:42.9	Levis. And this was a landmark moment for Vanderpump
1:46.1	Rules, whose season 10 finale, which documented the fallout of the scandal, earned series
1:51.3	high ratings. But it also made the show Emmy nominated for the first time in its history.
1:56.1	And a huge part of this monoculture event was the internet fervor that spurred timelines,
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