Tom Sandoval Claims Raquel Leviss Pushed Herself On Him, Blames Her for the Affair

Tom Sandoval Claims Raquel Leviss Pushed Herself On Him, Blames Her for the Affair

Tom Sandoval claims that Raquel Leviss initiated the affair that eventually led to the scandal that blew up Season 10 of Vanderpump Rules.

Sandoval dished the detail during a December 7 appearance on the Two Ts in a Pod podcast. The cover band frontman told hosts, Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge, that Leviss was the one who pursued him.   

Fans know that Sandoval was caught in a months-long affair with his co-star while in a longterm relationship with Ariana Madix.

Sandoval alleged that Leviss approached him after her December 2021 breakup from ex-fiancé, James Kennedy. He pointed to Leviss’ newfound confidence and his own lack of self-esteem in explaining how they landed in the secret romance. 

Sandoval explained — “She came into her own. And she got this confidence and, like, she went too far. And got herself in a position. But she did that herself. She didn’t have to come on to a guy in a relationship like she did. She came onto a guy in a relationship that was severely, you know — like, I was depressed. I had no confidence. So low self-value.”

He added that Leviss “made the first move.”

Sandoval shared that he was brokenhearted after she cut off communication following her stint at an Arizona treatment center. He  asserted that outside influences led to Leviss’ decision to break up with him. 

He said — “The way she just like shoo’ed me away. I don’t know. I’m not in her head. I think a lot of people that are in her life were not in her life during this whole period of time. Like, she really came into her own.”

Madix weighed in on the “Scandoval” drama during a May appearance on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. The Bravo star said that she had been informed that Sandoval told Leviss that they “were in an open relationship” prior to their first hookup. 

Madix said — “Apparently, he told her that at one point. And then when that got brought up, he was like, ‘Absolutely not, I never said that.’ And I was like, ‘Well, you should probably take that up with your little f***** girlfriend. Because she’s the one who told that to someone else.’”

In June, “Shahs of Sunset” star, Nema Vand, spoke about briefly dating Leviss, while chatting with “Pump Rules” star, Scheana Shay, on her  podcast, “Scheananigans with Scheana Shay.” He said that Leviss told him that Sandoval claimed that the relationship he shared with Madix was open.

Vand stated — “Tom allegedly was like, ‘You know, we have an open thing. Like, we can hook up with whoever we want.’ And I was like, ‘Oh do they?’ Raquel was smart to it. She was like, ‘No, I think he’s just like planting the seed.’”

Vand added that Leviss said at the time that she was not interested in a sexual relationship with Sandoval. 

He said — “I was like, ‘Oh, would you ever do that like would you ever consider that?’ And she’s like, ‘No no no I would never. She’s like, ‘I would hook up with Ariana though, I wouldn’t hook up with Tom.’”

Vanderpump Rules Season 11, premieres on January 30, on Bravo. 

 

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