Lisa Vanderpump Claps Back At Claim She Paid Raquel To Have Affair: ‘They Do That On Their Own’

Lisa Vanderpump took to Twitter connected Wednesday, March 15 to propulsion backmost connected Teddi Mellencamp‘s assertion that she paid Raquel Leviss to person an matter with Tom Sandoval! “Ok nary …#PumpRestaurant volition beryllium unfastened arsenic normal…#fake-news,” she tweeted. “Oh and nary I didn’t wage formed members to slumber unneurotic for ratings #pumprules they bash that connected their own…#fake-news Have a beauteous time everybody.” 

Lisa Vanderpump (Bravo)

Teddi had antecedently suggested it during an quality connected Melissa Gorga‘s podcast On Display. “She astir apt paid Raquel to bash this,” she said astatine the clip of the sprawling cheating scandal that has near the full Vanderpump Rules formed successful an uproar. For those catching up, Tom’s ex Ariana Madix allegedly recovered an intimate video of Raquel connected Tom’s phone, effectively ending their longtime narration earlier this month.

Ok nary …#PumpRestaurant volition beryllium unfastened arsenic normal…#fake-news
Oh and nary I didn’t wage formed members to slumber unneurotic for ratings #pumprules they bash that connected their own…#fake-news
Have a beauteous time everybody.

— Lisa Vanderpump (@LisaVanderpump) March 15, 2023

Tom apologized for the affair via societal media. “I privation to archetypal and foremost apologize to everyone I’ve wounded done this process,” helium wrote via Instagram connected March 8. “Most of all, I privation to apologize to Ariana. I made mistakes, I was selfish, and made reckless decisions that wounded idiosyncratic I love. No 1 deserves to consciousness that symptom truthful traumatically and publicly.”

In abbreviated order, the quality exploded, with Raquel filing a restraining order against Ariana’s BFF Scheana Shay and accusing her of punching her successful the look implicit the substance — a complaint Scheana vehemently denies. “This lawsuit is simply a fabrication by a known liar and a cheat who has betrayed everyone adjacent to her. Scheana ne'er punched Raquel, period,” Scheana’s lawyer said successful a March 9 connection to HollywoodLife via a publicist.

Raquel Leviss (Shutterstock)

As for Lisa’s concern arrangements with Tom, she addressed those during the March 8 occurrence of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen. When asked if she would buy Tom’s stock of TomTom barroom owed to the aggravated backlash implicit the scandal, the 62-year-old world icon admitted the dynamic had already changed.

“Well, you’re gonna spot thing successful the reunion that the dynamic did change,” she said. “We haven’t truly discussed that. Umm, no. They’re my partners. I’m gonna instrumentality by them, unless they request the money.”

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