In the 11th season of Vanderpump Rules — the final with the original cast — Scheana Shay pushed Ariana Madix to reconcile with her former partner, Tom Sandoval. At the end of Season 10, Madix discovered Sandoval’s long-running affair with cast member Rachel Leviss. While looking back, Shay said she wishes she had handled things differently with her friend.

Scheana Shay said she wants to talk to Ariana Madix

Shay admitted to also feeling very betrayed by Sandoval’s infidelity. Still, she forgave him in Season 11 and pushed Madix to do the same. She outright refused and would not film with him. Shay now realizes that just because she forgave Sandoval — and, behind the scenes, her husband Brock Davies — didn’t mean Madix had to. His affair ended their nine-year relationship.

“I don’t think I gave Ariana as much grace as I should have in those moments,” she told Us Weekly. “Just because I was willing to forgive Brock — and essentially forgive Sandoval — she wasn’t ready for any of that.”

She said she would not behave in the same way if she could go back. 

“I wish I supported Ariana more in the way that she needed,” she said. “I feel like I was put in a position where I had a job to do. I was going through my own personal heartbreak, and I wasn’t the friend that she needed throughout season 11. I genuinely regret that because she deserved more from me.”

While Shay and Madix are still friendly, their relationship is not as close as it once was. Shay wants an opportunity to talk with her and patch things up.

“I hope that one day, privately, we can sit on my couch and have that conversation I wanted to have with her two years ago,” she said. “I miss her; she was my best friend, and I am just over the moon seeing how incredible she’s doing.”