Tom Sandoval’s shut pal Kyle Chan made headlines earlier this month for talking out in protection of Sandoval’s girlfriend, Victoria Lee Robinson. The Jeweler appeared in an interview alongside Victoria on YouTuber Adam Newell’s platform, the place they responded to Billie Lee’s current podcast episode detailing her friendship breakup with Sandoval.
Kyle has turn into extra built-in into the Vanderpump Guidelines gang’s drama in the previous few years. He made frequent appearances in Season 11 of VPR, primarily within the firm of Sandoval. The season finale centered round a solid journey to assist his jewellery enterprise in San Francisco.
Now that Kyle has turn into a extra central character in VPR, followers could also be questioning, “Who is that this man?” Don’t fear, we have now you coated.
Right here is the whole lot you’ll want to learn about Kyle Chan:
He received his begin in a hospital
In keeping with his web site, Kyle’s curiosity in jewellery started in a Los Angeles hospital in 2010. On the time, his boyfriend was receiving most cancers remedy. He started making Want bracelets whereas on the hospital, generally spending upwards of 8 hours a day on his jewellery.
He spoke to Web page Six about his enterprise origin story in a January 2019 interview.
“My boyfriend was truly identified with leukemia, so he was actually within the hospital for about 9 months,” he instructed the outlet. “[He] went for six months of chemotherapy. So throughout that point, I used to be managing [my old] firm [and] attempting to construct my very own firm … after I was within the hospital for that 9 months, I simply saved making bracelets.”
From there he started promoting jewellery out of native boutiques within the LA space.
He’s labored with the celebrities
The solid of VPR aren’t Kyle’s solely celeb shoppers. The Hong Kong native has labored with a number of A-list stars, together with Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé, and Taylor Swift. He additionally supplied items for the Oscar-winning movie LaLa Land. His inexperienced moss aquamarine necklace was featured within the movie.
When he’s not making items for his celeb clientele, he’s serving to out his buddies. In keeping with Bravo.com, Kyle designed Katie Maloney and Scheana Shay’s (second) wedding ceremony rings. He additionally helped with Jax Taylor’s ring for Brittany Cartwright. A few these marriages might not have labored out however the rings had been gorgeous.
His love for jewellery began younger
In his interview with Web page Six, Kyle opened up about how his love for jewellery started. He instructed the outlet he’s had an curiosity within the craft since highschool.
“After I was 14, throughout highschool, I wanted to take an artwork class and I didn’t need it to be a boring [class] like portray or carpentry,” he shared. “So I noticed jewellery making, jewellery class. So I took the jewellery class and I actually thought that I’m simply placing some beads collectively, however it wasn’t. It was like a full-on metalsmith … surprisingly I’m nonetheless into it.”
He knew concerning the affair
Kyle’s identify was thrust into the highlight when it was rumored that he knew about Sandoval’s affair with Rachel Leviss months earlier than it turned public data. Rachel confirmed that Kyle had data of her and Sandoval’s secret rendezvous on an episode of her podcast Rachel Goes Rogue. Followers criticized him for being silent since he’s additionally shut buddies with Ariana Madix.
Kyle defined his reasoning for hiding Sandoval’s secret throughout his interview with Adam Newell.
“What he did to Ariana, I believe everyone is aware of isn’t defendable. I used to be not comfortable with it,” he stated. “I used to be fairly sincere with Ariana after [she] came upon. I did apologize to her and I instructed her I [would have] actually favored to inform her however I actually [didn’t] assume it was my place.”
Kyle added he isn’t the sort to “out” his pal however he did counsel Sandoval come clear within the personal conversations.
He’s feuding with Billie Lee
Kyle made it clear he’s “Crew Victoria” in his interview with Adam. He dismissed Billie’s claims, accusing her of being untruthful in her current podcast episodes about Sandoval. Billie didn’t respect his feedback and responded by throwing just a few digs of her personal on her podcast.
“I don’t assume constructive of him,” she instructed listeners. “I’ve all the time thought he was faux.”
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