Tom Sandoval‘s mystery woman has been revealed to be Texas-based influencer Karlee Hale, according to The Sun — but the disgraced Vanderpump Rules star insists there is no romance going on between them.
Sandoval — who is currently on tour with his band Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras — has been photographed with Hale on several occasions, leading many to believe he’s already moved on to another woman following his groundbreaking affair with Raquel Leviss.
One keen-eyed TikTok user spotted the duo out together at a bar in Austin, Texas — and was able to easily decipher the blonde as Hale, a holistic and lifestyle influencer who has allegedly since set her social media accounts to private.
“You’ll notice this little Pomeranian that was sitting with them. It’s the woman’s dog. And I was actually able to find her Instagram, it was pretty easy,” the user said in the clip, before sharing a photo from Hale’s Instagram Story on the same night. “And this was her Instagram with the dog last night.”
Despite that being one of three occasions the two have been spotted out together, Sandoval’s rep told TMZ that he is “just friends” with Hale and that they were only hanging out because his band was performing in Austin. The rep added that there were “other people in their group at the time they were seen together.”
The reports come less than a week after a source claimed he and Leviss had officially broken up, despite the world watching him profess his love for her in the bombshell Vanderpump Rules season finale last Wednesday (May 17). Back in March, the two were caught in a months-long affair by Sandoval’s then-girlfriend of nine years Ariana Madix, after which Bravo cameras began filming the fallout of the drama.
Meanwhile, Leviss voluntarily checked herself into a mental health facility back in April, where she has been ever since — and, according to Madix, she’s still trying to get in touch with Sandoval.
“I don’t buy that at all,” Madix said of Sandoval and Leviss’ alleged breakup on Watch What Happens Live earlier this month. “She was sending letters to my house like four days ago.”
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