Raquel Leviss Breaks Silence On Tom Sandoval Cheating Scandal & Apologizes To Ariana

Raquel Leviss, 28, is speaking retired pursuing the quality that she and Tom Sandoval, 39, person been hooking up for months adjacent though helium was successful a nine-year narration with their Vanderpump Rules co-star and her friend, Ariana Madix, 37. “I privation to apologize for my actions and my choices foremost to Ariana, and to my friends and the fans truthful invested successful our relationships,” Raquel told Entertainment Tonight. “There is nary excuse, I americium not a unfortunate and I indispensable ain my actions and I profoundly regret hurting Ariana.”

She continued, “I americium reflecting connected my choices, speaking to a counsellor and I americium learning things astir myself specified arsenic my patterns of codependency and addiction to being and feeling loved. I person sought affectional validation done intimate connections that are not steadfast without respect for my ain well-being, sometimes negatively affecting others and often prioritizing the intimate transportation implicit my friendships. I americium taking steps to recognize my behaviour and marque healthier choices.”

Raquel Leviss made headlines successful 2022 for reportedly locking lips with Tom Schwartz (Photo: Todd Williamson/Bravo)

The quality of Raquel and Tom’s narration broke connected March 3, and the TomTom co-owner was seen entering Raquel’s flat complex for a late-night rendezvous the pursuing day. The brace had antecedently been unneurotic during the time to movie for the deed Bravo series, according to TMZ. On March 6, Andy Cohen confirmed fans would get to spot the fallout of Tom and Ariana’s relationship amid the cheating ungraded play retired during Season 10 of VPR, adjacent though the play had already begun airing.

“You whitethorn person heard rumors that the cameras were up implicit the weekend. Yup, the cameras person been up connected everyone getting reactions and filming,” helium stated connected his Sirius XM show, Radio Andy, as helium addressed the breakup drama. “You volition spot this play retired successful a consciousness this play of Vanderpump Rules, earlier the reunion.”

He besides teased that viewers volition beryllium blown away arsenic Season 10 progresses due to the fact that they already cognize what becomes of Raquel and Tom’s relationship. “First of all, erstwhile you ticker the remainder of the play of Vanderpump Rules with the overlay of knowing that Raquel and Sandoval — what’s happened with them, and what was perchance happening past — it’s truly shocking,” helium said. “Even Wednesday night’s episode, you’re not going to judge it. Watching it with this overlay…there’s a infinitesimal betwixt Ariana and Raquel wherever you spot wherever their relationship is, which is good, that you won’t believe.”

Tom Sandoval (left), Ariana Madix (middle), and Raquel Leviss (right) airs astatine the Los Angeles Mission’s yearly Thanksgiving meal successful Nov. 2022 (Photo: MediaPunch/Shutterstock)

Tom concisely addressed the concern and admitted guilt via a March 5 Instagram station successful which helium apologized to the co-owners of his Schwartz & Sandy’s barroom and edifice (which includes co-star Tom Schwartz) and their employees. “Hey, I afloat recognize and merit ur choler and disappointment towards me, but delight permission Schwartz my friends and household retired of this situation…” Tom wrote, addressing infuriated fans who mightiness instrumentality their choler retired connected much than conscionable him. “Schwartz specifically lone recovered retired astir this precise recently, and astir decidedly did not condone my actions. This was a precise idiosyncratic thing.”

“Also, Schwartz & Sandy’s mightiness person my sanction connected it, but besides determination are 3 different partners and 20 employees, who particularly trust connected the edifice for income for them and their families,” helium continued. “Please nonstop ur choler towards maine and not them. They did thing wrong.” He concluded by saying he’s taking a “hiatus” from the edifice “out of respect” for his squad and that helium “needs clip to code everything.” He did not notation Raquel oregon Ariana.

At that point, Ariana had not addressed the situation, either, but plentifulness of her friends and co-stars had. Scheana Shay, 37, supported Ariana connected societal media by taking to Instagram to stock a photograph (seen here) of the brace smiling unneurotic connected the carpet for Andy Cohen‘s Watch What Happens Live. “Always got your back!” she captioned the beauteous photograph on with a “#TeamAriana” hashtag.

Former Vanderpump Rules star Kristen Doute — who whitethorn beryllium returning to the show amid the cheating ungraded — besides showed that she’s Team Ariana by sharing an Instagram video of her kissing Ariana connected the lips and cheek, arsenic seen above. “I stan Ariana. This is successful existent time,” she said successful the clip arsenic Ariana rested her caput connected her shoulder. “I emotion you truthful much,” she added earlier giving her immoderate comforting kisses. “I emotion you much than thing successful the full wide world, and I’ll termination radical for you.”

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