Good morning and comfortable Thursday to everybody besides Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss. (Sorry, but it surely wanted to be mentioned.) After watching (and rewatching) the “Vanderpump Guidelines” season 10 finale final night time, it is secure to say I’m unwell. (If you happen to’re fully misplaced concerning what I am speaking about, click here for a crash course on the most recent “Pump Guidelines” drama.) I have been analyzing the occasions of the previous couple of months in my group chats for weeks now, and though I do know whose aspect I am on, one unanswered query has continued to hang-out me: did Scheana Shay punch Raquel Leviss?
This is what we all know: On March 1, Shay was in New York filming “Watch What Occurs Dwell With Andy Cohen” with Leviss. On the identical time, Ariana Madix got here throughout an express video of Leviss and Sandoval on Sandoval’s cellphone. Madix referred to as Leviss to confront her, and when Shay requested Leviss what was happening, Leviss admitted to having an affair with Sandoval.
Later, Shay recounts that interplay with Leviss within the “Vanderpump Guidelines” season 10 finale, saying, “The opposite night time, I had a lot rage in me, I used to be so indignant. I shoved [Raquel] so f*cking arduous away from me. Then I ran again to my lodge room. I do not know if my f*cking nails scratched her or after I pushed her away from me she turned her head into the fence or the wall . . . however now she referred to as Schwartz and she or he’s like, ‘Scheana punched me, she punched me!'”
Later, throughout a confessional, Shay says, “It’s scientifically unattainable for me to kind an precise fist. All of my nails would break. If I make a fist this manner, my thumb would break. My arms do not work like that. I am not a puncher.”
All of it begs the query: is that true? Is it unattainable to kind a fist and punch somebody with lengthy nails? And likewise: when you had been capable of punch somebody, wouldn’t it be arduous sufficient to go away a mark (which, according to TMZ, is what Leviss was alleging in a since-dropped restraining order), and would your nails keep intact?
As somebody who occurs to have marginally lengthy pure nails, after all, I attempted it for myself. (The fist, not the punching.) I may sort of make a fist, but it surely was uncomfortable. Plus, after I opened my hand, I had divots in my palm from the place my nails had dug in. Shay’s nails are for much longer than mine, so in my very own (not fully skilled) opinion, I feel it could have been practically unattainable for her to kind a fist safe sufficient to punch somebody and depart a mark.
Celeb nail artist Elle Gerstein agrees with me. “You can’t make a correct fist (for actual injury) [with long nails] as a result of you’ll be able to’t get your hand in a fist place to provide the energy of the punch you want,” she says. “You are not going to pack a strong punch; you may wind up b*tch slapping. If you happen to’re actually making an attempt to harm any person, it isn’t going to occur as a result of you can also make a closed fist. Let’s cease normalizing bodily violence.”
Maintain scrolling to try the proof we have gathered, so you’ll be able to kind your personal opinion on the matter.
Exhibit A: Scheana Shay’s Nails on March 1
The above photograph was taken the night time of the alleged altercation. If you happen to zoom in, you’ll be able to see that it seems to be like Shay has a contemporary acrylic set on. Her nails are a milky white and filed right into a sq. form. There isn’t any seen grow-out, which leads us to Exhibit B.
Exhibit B: Scheana Shay’s Nails on March 9
Though Shay’s nails aren’t seen on this photograph that was posted to Instagram on March 9, there’s a complete scene within the season 10 finale the place you’ll be able to see her manicure. Shay is carrying the identical nail form and shade she was on March 1, which leads us to consider it is the identical manicure. All of her nails are intact, and there are no seen breaks or cracks. May she have gotten her nails executed in the identical actual shade and form after getting dwelling from New York? It is attainable, however is it possible? You may must determine for your self.
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