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Raquel Leviss downplayed her relationship with Ariana Madix when she went on Bethenny Frankel‘s podcast to speech astir the “Scandoval” connected August 16. Raquel, 28, insisted that she and Ariana, 38, were not arsenic adjacent arsenic it seemed connected Vanderpump Rules earlier their falling retired implicit Raquel’s months-long matter with Ariana’s longtime boyfriend Tom Sandoval.
“Ariana and I were not champion friends,” Raquel said connected the podcast. “We were acquaintances who became friends done the show. She’s ever been idiosyncratic who’s been precise saccharine to me. She would basal up for maine and promote maine to prosecute immoderate I was pursuing and that was each great. But we ne'er had similar a heavy speech that I would person with a champion friend.”
Ariana Madix; Raquel Leviss (Photo: Gregory Pace/Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock)
Raquel explained that it’s “painful” for her that she “hurt” Ariana by having an matter with Tom, 40. “I wasn’t trying to beryllium a malicious person. I conscionable got wrapped up successful this and wasn’t reasoning clearly,” Raquel said to Bethenny. “But, we were not champion friends.” The Vanderpump Rules star admitted that she doesn’t expect Ariana to forgive her for what she did. “I deliberation erstwhile spot is breached with idiosyncratic it’s hard to travel backmost from that. The information that I was capable to support those secrets from her, I don’t expect her to ever forgive me. But I americium remorseful. I admit that I caused her a batch of pain.”
“There was a batch of secrecy and deception,” Raquel continued, “because though I wasn’t hanging retired with Ariana off-camera to statesman with, I did commencement hanging retired with her successful a radical setting, due to the fact that Tom would ever invitation maine out. So it did look similar we were adjacent friends from the extracurricular looking in, but successful those situations I was hanging retired with Tom much than I was hanging retired with her.” Raquel besides claimed to Bethenny that she ne'er hung retired one-on-one with Ariana off-camera earlier the scandal.
Tom Sandoval, Ariana Madix, and Raquel Leviss (Photo: Gregory Pace/Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock)
Later successful the interview, Raquel said she didn’t deliberation Tom and Ariana’s nine-year relationship was arsenic coagulated arsenic it appeared. “I would not beryllium progressive successful this affair, secrecy benignant of concern if I thought determination was longevity successful this narration betwixt Tom and Ariana,” she said. “The radical closest to them could spot that their narration hasn’t been what they represent connected camera. Tom ever told me, they’re a brand, they’re an image, they enactment unneurotic to marque marque deals. And they are concern partners.”
When Bethenny brought up that the exes are still surviving together, Raquel revealed that she gave Tom the keys to her flat portion she was distant astatine a mental wellness facility, but helium opted to enactment successful the location helium shares with Ariana. “It’s not astonishing they are surviving unneurotic successful my eyes due to the fact that it’s been this way,” Raquel said astir the erstwhile couple. “They haven’t been an authentic couple.”
Raquel besides weighed successful connected Ariana landing truthful galore marque deals since the scandal. “Part of maine says bully for you. Take vantage of these opportunities portion they travel your way,” she said. “But it is hurtful to maine conscionable to deliberation that — my quality is precise benignant and forgiving and knowing of different people. So the conception of maine being the eventual world TV villain conscionable blows my mind. And the mode that she spoke to maine astatine the reunion, I consciousness similar it was uncalled for.”
Ariana chopped Tom and Raquel retired of her beingness after learning astir their affair connected March 1. At the season 10 reunion, Ariana called Raquel “diabolical”, “demented,” “disgusting,” and “subhuman,” aft Raquel admitted to her “super selfish” actions. Raquel spent 2 months successful a intelligence wellness facility successful Arizona aft taping the reunion, and it’s looking improbable that she’ll beryllium backmost for season 11 of the Bravo show.
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