Ariana Madix reflected on her volatile recent months as she accepted an MTV Movie & TV Award on Sunday.
The 37-year-old reality television star – who was recently spotted out with her new beau – won the honor of Best On-Screen Team along with Vanderpump Rules costars Katie Maloney, 36, Scheana Shay, 38, and Lala Kent, 32.
Madix called the recent time in her and the Bravo TV cast’s lives ‘tumultuous’ as she gave an acceptance speech remotely.
‘Thank you, thank you, thank you. We have been through so many ups and downs. A tumultuous time in all of our lives,’ she remarked.
The blonde beauty was of course referring to the sudden demise of her nine-year relationship with ex-boyfriend Tom Sandoval, who had an affair with costar Raquel Leviss.
Winner: Ariana Madix reflected on her volatile recent months as she accepted an MTV Movie & TV Award on Sunday
Group win: The 37-year-old reality television star won the honor of Best On-Screen Team along with costars Katie Maloney , Scheana Shay, and Lala Kent
Former couple: Sandoval’s infidelity began in August 2022 and lasted for seven months until Ariana discovered intimate FaceTime videos on Tom’s phone between him and Raquel
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2023 WINNERS at a glance
BEST MOVIE
Scream VI (WINNER)
BEST SHOW
The Last of Us (WINNER)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A MOVIE
Tom Cruise — Top Gun: Maverick (WINNER)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SHOW
Jenna Ortega — Wednesday (WINNER)
MOST FRIGHTENED PERFORMANCE
Jennifer Coolidge — The White Lotus (WINNER)
BEST DUO
Pedro Pascal + Bella Ramsey — The Last Of Us (WINNER)
BEST SONG
Taylor Swift — Carolina (Where The Crawdads Sing) (WINNER)
BEST HOST
Drew Barrymore — The Drew Barrymore Show (WINNER)
The star added, ‘We are truly at our best when we come together as a team. So thank you! We did it.’
The trio of women donned the same black hooded sweatshirt that read in white letters: ‘Everynite is VPR Nite.’
Katie, who last year divorced husband Tom Schwartz, wore her dark bob haircut in a side part with a slight flip at the ends.
She contributed, gratefully, ‘Wow. Best on-screen team. Thank you so much, MTV, and especially to everyone that voted for us.
Scheana added, ‘The team isn’t just us. I mean, we have an entire production team behind us that makes the show possible.’
‘This is so exciting. We won best team all because of you guys, the fans. Thank you so much for voting.’
The mother-of-one’s shoulder-length, ombre brunette and blonde hair was parted down the center and styled straight.
And Kent added in a separate video, ‘Hello, my loves. Thank you all for voting for me and my most favorite girls, Scheana, Katie, and Ariana. We are beyond grateful. This is crazy. Again, thank you guys so much.’
Reflective: Madix called the recent time in her and the Bravo TV cast’s lives ‘tumultuous’ as she gave an acceptance speech remotely
Joining in: Lala joined in virtually from a different location than her three costars
The women beamed as Ariana, whose bright locks were pulled into a casual, low bun, held the red popcorn statue.
Lala joined in virtually from a different location than her three costars, donning a white sweatshirt that said, ‘Send it to Daniel,’ a reference to a spat with Leviss.
She was in good spirits in the pre-recorded clip, appearing with her frosty blonde locks flowing over her chest in an off-center part.
Sandoval’s infidelity began in August 2022 and lasted for seven months until Ariana discovered intimate FaceTime videos on Tom’s phone between him and Raquel.
Raquel has since checked herself into a mental health facility.
The Missouri native later admitted his relationship with Ariana was ‘just lacking intimacy’ and ‘connection.’
He felt that they were remaining together to ‘keep the optics up that [they] were solid’ for their reality show and other business endeavors.
Unfaithful: ‘We’re not putting any label on it,’ Tom recently said of his scandalous relationship with Racquel
The 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards aired Sunday from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California in a pre-taped broadcast amid the start of the WGA writers’ strike earlier this week.
Films including Avatar: The Way Of Water, Elvis, Nope and Top Gun: Maverick are among those competing for the Best Movie award, while The Last Of Us, Stranger Things, Wednesday, The White Lotus, Yellowstone and Yellowjackets are among the nominees in the Best Show category.
The long-running awards show is one of the first victims of the ongoing dispute between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the Writers Guild of America union.
Officials from the Writers Guild had pledged to picket at the event in Southern California – which would have put celebrities in the awkward position of crossing the line – until MTV scuttled the live event Saturday evening.
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2023 WINNERS
BEST MOVIE
Avatar: The Way of Water
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Nope
Scream VI (WINNER)
Smile
Top Gun: Maverick
BEST SHOW
Stranger Things
The Last of Us (WINNER)
The White Lotus
Wednesday
Wolf Pack
Yellowstone
Yellowjackets
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A MOVIE
Austin Butler — Elvis
Florence Pugh — Don’t Worry Darling
KeKe Palmer — Nope
Michael B. Jordan — Creed III
Tom Cruise — Top Gun: Maverick (WINNER)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SHOW
Aubrey Plaza — The White Lotus
Christina Ricci — Yellowjackets
Jenna Ortega — Wednesday (WINNER)
Riley Keough — Daisy Jones & The Six
Sadie Sink — Stranger Things
Selena Gomez — Only Murders in the Building
BEST HERO
Diego Luna — Andor
Jenna Ortega — Wednesday
Paul Rudd — Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Pedro Pascal — The Last Of Us (WINNER)
Tom Cruise — Top Gun: Maverick
BEST VILLAIN
Elizabeth Olsen — Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (WINNER)
Harry Styles — Don’t Worry Darling
Jamie Campbell Bower — Stranger Things
M3GAN — M3GAN
The Bear — Cocaine Bear
BEST KISS
Anna Torv + Philip Prajoux — The Last Of Us
Harry Styles + David Dawson — My Policeman
Madison Bailey + Rudy Pankow — Outer Banks (WINNER)
Riley Keough + Sam Claflin — Daisy Jones & The Six
Selena Gomez + Cara Delevingne — Only Murders in the Building
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Adam Sandler — Murder Mystery 2 (WINNER)
Dylan O’Brien — Not Okay
Jennifer Coolidge — Shotgun Wedding
KeKe Palmer — Nope
Quinta Brunson — Abbott Elementary
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Bad Bunny — Bullet Train
Bella Ramsey — The Last Of Us
Emma D’Arcy — House of the Dragon
Joseph Quinn — Stranger Things (WINNER)
Rachel Sennott — Bodies Bodies Bodies
BEST FIGHT
Brad Pitt (Ladybug) vs. Bad Bunny (The Wolf) — Bullet Train
Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers) vs. Ghostface — Scream VI (WINNER)
Jamie Campbell Bower (Vecna) vs. Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven) — Stranger Things
Keanu Reeves (John Wick) vs. Everyone — John Wick 4
Escape from Narkina 5 — Andor
MOST FRIGHTENED PERFORMANCE
Jennifer Coolidge — The White Lotus (WINNER)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson — Cocaine Bear
Justin Long — Barbarian
Rachel Sennott — Bodies Bodies Bodies
Sosie Bacon — Smile
BEST DUO
Camila Mendes + Maya Hawke — Do Revenge
Jenna Ortega + Thing — Wednesday
Pedro Pascal + Bella Ramsey — The Last Of Us (WINNER)
Simona Tabasco + Beatrice Grannò — The White Lotus
Tom Cruise + Miles Teller — Top Gun: Maverick
BEST KICK-ASS CAST
Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Outer Banks
Stranger Things (WINNER)
Teen Wolf: The Movie
BEST SONG
Demi Lovato — Still Alive (Scream VI)
Doja Cat — Vegas (Elvis)
Lady Gaga — Hold My Hand (Top Gun: Maverick)
OneRepublic — I Ain’t Worried (Top Gun: Maverick)
Rihanna — Lift Me Up (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Taylor Swift — Carolina (Where The Crawdads Sing) (WINNER)
BEST DOCU-REALITY SERIES
Jersey Shore Family Vacation
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition
The Kardashians (WINNER)
Vanderpump Rules
BEST COMPETITION SERIES
All-Star Shore
Big Brother
RuPaul’s Drag Race: All-Stars (WINNER)
The Challenge: USA
The Traitors
BEST HOST
Drew Barrymore — The Drew Barrymore Show (WINNER)
Joel Madden — Ink Master
Nick Cannon — The Masked Singer
RuPaul — RuPaul’s Drag Race
Kelly Clarkson — The Kelly Clarkson Show
BEST REALITY ON-SCREEN TEAM (presented by SONIC®)
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, Vinny Guadagnino, Pauly D (MVP) — Jersey Shore Family Vacation
Tori Deal and Devin Walker — The Challenge: Ride or Dies
RuPaul Charles and Michelle Visage — RuPaul’s Drag Race
Ariana Madix, Katie Maloney, Scheana Shay, LaLa Kent — Vanderpump Rules (WINNER)
Garcelle Beauvais and Sutton Stracke — The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
Halftime
Love, Lizzo
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me (WINNER)
Sheryl
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie
BEST MUSICAL MOMENT
Sofia Carson’s Come Back Home from the film Purple Hearts (WINNER)
COMEDIC GENIUS AWARD
Jennifer Coolidge (WINNER)
