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Raquel Leviss shared that Tom Sandoval had a plan on unveil their romance after he broke up with Ariana Madix.
“He was saying, ‘Look, folks hated Ariana at first, after which they realized we have been sticking collectively,’” Leviss, 29, claimed on the Thursday, January 25, episode of her “Rachel Goes Rogue” podcast. “We weren’t going wherever and they also needed to settle for it and so they ended up loving her and it may very well be the identical for us.”
Sandoval, 40, and Madix, 38, began courting in 2014 shortly after he known as issues off with Kristen Doute. Sandoval and Madix have been collectively for practically a decade till they broke up in March 2023 after it was revealed he was having an affair with Leviss.
“I believe in his thoughts, he’s gotten away with it earlier than [so] he may get away with it once more,” Leviss mentioned, referring to the murky timeline of Sandoval and Doute’s breakup. “I believe I used to be simply naive and wishful considering that this might work out the best way I wished it to as a result of finally at the moment I did wish to be with him. I hoped for the very best I assume.”
Leviss revealed that she was the one who pushed Sandoval to inform Madix the reality. On the time, the Vanderpump Guidelines forged had already wrapped up filming season 10 however nonetheless had the reunion particular to tape.
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“I used to be like, ‘We have to inform Ariana earlier than the reunion. We will’t go into the reunion together with her not figuring out.’ As a result of I [felt] like that simply actually actually wouldn’t be truthful [to] her,” she shared. “The one factor that we acquired hung up on, he didn’t need her to know when it first began and I don’t see the purpose in mendacity about these issues as a result of isn’t it significantly better to only be upfront and sincere and inform the reality?”
Whereas Sandoval was seemingly hesitant to come back clear, Leviss confessed there have been a “few cases” the place she nearly advised Madix herself. Nevertheless, Leviss believed the information ought to come from Sandoval.
“I advised Tom, ‘Possibly I ought to inform Ariana,’ and he was like, ‘No no no no no. You’re not going to inform Ariana.’ OK, then you definitely’re going to inform Ariana,” Leviss mentioned. “I used to be ready on him to inform her. It was my responsibility to inform her, sure, I do know that. However I felt prefer it was his duty with him being in that relationship with him to inform her and break up together with her.”
After taping the season 10 reunion particular in March 2023, Leviss checked herself right into a psychological well being facility. 5 months later, Us Weekly reported that Leviss had minimize off contact with Sandoval. She additionally finally determined to not return to Pump Guidelines for season 11.