Raquel Leviss Is Leaving ‘Vanderpump Rules’ After Tom Sandoval Affair

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Raquel Leviss is not returning to Vanderpump Rules for play 11 aft having an matter with her co-star Tom Sandoval. Entertainment Tonight broke the quality of Raquel’s exit from the world amusement connected August 17. “Rachel volition not beryllium returning for play 11 of Vanderpump Rules,” a root told ET, citing Raquel’s commencement name, Rachel, that she’s utilizing again.

“There was a anticipation up until precocious she’d beryllium returning for the caller season, but yet decided against it,” the insider explained. “Rachel is focused connected her intelligence wellness travel and knew going backmost to the amusement would unfastened her up to trauma she’s been moving connected healing. Rachel is looking guardant to what the aboriginal holds for her.”

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Raquel, 28, has not been progressive successful filming VPR season 11. Production connected the upcoming play began astatine the extremity of June, and is expected to wrapper successful aboriginal September. Tom Sandoval, Ariana Madix, Lala Kent, Lisa Vanderpump, Scheana Shay, James Kennedy, Katie Maloney, and Tom Schwartz are each backmost for the caller season.

Raquel antecedently insinuated that her tally connected VPR was implicit erstwhile she appeared connected Bethenny Frankel‘s podcast connected August 16. Raquel said that Bravo was  “running to the slope with this ungraded — and I haven’t seen a azygous penny” aft her matter with Tom caused record-high ratings for the show. “It’s not fair,” Raquel said. “And I consciousness similar a toddler saying, ‘It’s not fair.’ But it truly isn’t. And I consciousness similar I’ve been portrayed arsenic the eventual villain.”

“My mistakes that I’ve made connected camera unrecorded connected forever. And you mentioned thing astir the addiction of doing world TV and the mode that they ever dangle that carrot successful beforehand of you, like, ‘Well, you request to archer your broadside of the communicative different it’s gonna beryllium written for you,’ ” she added to Bethenny. “And that’s terrifying. So I astir went back, I cognize conscionable due to the fact that of that.”

Raquel and Tom had a 7-month matter that Tom’s woman Ariana Madix recovered retired astir connected March 1. “Scandoval” erupted, with formed members mostly siding with Ariana — including Scheana Shay, who physically shoved Raquel successful New York City aft learning astir the affair. In turn, Raquel filed a restraining order against Scheana, claiming she was assaulted implicit the scandal. The restraining bid forced Raquel and Scheana to movie the Season 10 Reunion separately with their different formed members.

After the matter was exposed, Raquel issued an apologetic statement wherever she admitted that she was seeking counseling. “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’s connection read. “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 americium taking steps to recognize my behaviour and marque healthier choices.”

Raquel aboriginal checked herself into a intelligence wellness facility for treatment, successful April of 2023. A fewer weeks later, quality broke that Raquel and Tom officially broke up. Raquel checked retired of the intelligence wellness installation aft 2 months and she broke her soundlessness astir her experience getting treatment connected Bethenny’s podcast. “I was thrown into this spot wherever it was a batch of caller faces and I was already carrying truthful overmuch shame, that it was hard for maine to beryllium like, ‘Hi, I’m Raquel!’” she admitted. “But arsenic clip went connected I was capable to lukewarm up and truly stock my communicative successful an authentic, honorable way,” Raquel added, “and I was met with grace and compassion for my peers.”