Vanderpump Rules Cheat Sheet: 15 Facts About Ariana Madix You Need To Know

But not to worry—here is your cheat sheet with 15 facts about Ariana Madix. From her interesting hobbies to her relationship with Tom, even the biggest fans might be surprised that you might not know your favorite reality star as well as you think. Can you name Ariana’s favorite musician?

Lala Kent and Ariana have proven to be BFFs through thick and thin from girls’ night out to deep conversations. Ariana even gushed about her friend to The Daily Dish. “I love her. We’ve had these serious conversations … That’s just kind of the nature of me and Lala’s friendship … And I think that’s why I was so thrilled to have her around again.”

Have you seen her Instagram? It’s a shrine to her furry pets.

She was an award-winning Equestrian rider. In fact, she sat down with Bravo and said that horseback riding is still on her five-year bucket list. In her words, “To kick ass in the horse show ring—like really kick ass I want to win the Derby,” was one of her goals.

Ariana got her BA in Theatre and Broadcasting from Flagler College. Later, she went to NYU’s prestigious Tisch School of the Arts.

She might look cute as a button and go to Coachella every year, but the Melbourne, Florida native was born on June 24^th, 1985.

“I have a serious crush on every single one of my girl friends, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stella Maxwell. Britney is less of a crush, more idol worship.”

Tom was dating Kristen when he first kissed Ariana. Shortly after, Kristen went bye-bye and Ariana was his new girlfriend.

Fans of the show found this to be a shocker. Remember that little incident when Ariana and Tom hooked up while he was still with Kristen before he dumped her for Ariana? But, this was all in Season 2. By Season 6 all was forgiven and the two women did the unthinkable. They became genuine friends. Kristen even gave a birthday shout-out on Instagram to Ariana!

The couple sat down with US Weekly to talk about what’s next for their romance. In Ariana's words it’s all about “Trying to move forward and create a future for myself, and create a future with Tom. That, I feel like was my biggest hurdle to overcome."

No, she’s not staring as Cinderella. Ariana actually traded in her signature golden locks for a long red wig to play Ariel at Walt Disney World.

The rising star told Maxim that “I’ve spent my whole life dreaming of being Grace Kelly or Brigitte Bardot, but my favorite fictional characters lean more towards Furiosa, Maggie from the Walking Dead or Regina George. Roll all of that together, put it on horseback, throw in some laughs and beautiful cinematography and you have a confusing impression of my dream role.”

Let’s face it, this girl wants to be in front of the camera. She left the sunny shores of Florida to pursue her acting career. She moved to NYC to act. Then, she settled in Los Angeles bartending at SUR and joining the reality TV show.

Ariana and Tom created an epic cocktail book that will likely be a must-read for fans of the show. "It's gonna be really awesome. Before I became part of the book, I was sort of helping Ariana with it indirectly. We've changed directions now though as far as where she was going to go initially, and we are going to self-publish. Get into Urban Outfitters, bring it out to parties," Tom reportedly said.

Not everyone can get along, and Ariana has made it clear that she doesn’t want to be Stassi’s friend. Further than that, she’s said that she doesn’t want anything to do with her.

Ariana's little brother is also on Vanderpump Rules. And, just like his big sis, he’s an actor too.