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Season 10 of Vanderpump Rules has arguably been the astir melodramatic play with Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ matter astatine the forefront of it all. Although the erstwhile lovebirds person reportedly split arsenic of May 17, 2023, per a Page Six insider, Tom’s ex, Ariana Madix, is not afloat convinced. Now, the afloat “Scandoval” cheating drama volition unfold successful portion 1 of the reunion occurrence acceptable to aerial connected May 24, 2023. Ahead of the explosive episode, present is simply a person chronological look astatine Tom and Raquel’s matter implicit the past 9 months.
Tom Sandoval (center) pictured with Raquel Leviss (L) & his ex, Ariana Madix (R). (Nicole Weingart/Bravo)
August 2022
The concealed romance commenced astir 1 twelvemonth agone aft Raquel, 28, attended a girls travel with Katie Maloney, Lala Kent and Kristina Kelly astir Aug. 4 oregon Aug. 5, per US Weekly. After the brunette quality near the girls travel early, Raquel ended up attending a guys nighttime astatine the Mondrian edifice successful Los Angeles that weekend. During an Apr. 2023 interrogation connected the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast, Tom elaborate what precisely went down that night. “We virtually talked ’til the prima came up the archetypal nighttime with my person Brett,” the 39-year-old claimed.
Soon aft that, their first hookup occurred aft they some deed up a See You Next Tuesday lawsuit astatine Lisa Vanderpump‘s SUR. Tom and Raquel allegedly got “locked out” of the location helium past shared with Ariana. “We conscionable kissed. It was magnetic. We were talking, moving closer, and arsenic we were talking, arsenic clip went on, we would conscionable commencement talking person and closer, and past each of a sudden, we’re kissing,” helium claimed during the interview. “That’s what started something. … And past we backed off, but past … we person a occurrence pit and a thing. Yeah. And it was benignant of … yeah.”
Things continued at Scheana Shay‘s wedding to Brock Davies that month. One time anterior to the authoritative ceremony, Tom Schwartz and Raquel shared a concealed kiss. Despite Schwartz and Raquel locking lips, helium was not funny successful pursuing it further. At that point, Schwartz said Sandoval and Raquel began an “emotional affair.” At the aforesaid wedding, Sandoval and Raquel reportedly besides shared a secret articulator lock.
Fall 2022
Tom Sandoval posed with his then-girlfriend Ariana Madix & Raquel Leviss successful the autumn of 2022. (MediaPunch/Shutterstock)
By the autumn months of 2022, Sandoval and Raquel were inactive seeing each other. “I was seeing Raquel arsenic often arsenic I could. I cognize that sounds horrible,” helium told Howie Mandel during the Apr. 2023 interrogation connected his podcast. “And FaceTiming her each the time. And Ariana didn’t adjacent announcement due to the fact that that’s conscionable however abstracted our lives were. I had to really archer her, ‘How person you not noticed however distant I’ve been lately?'” Around the aforesaid time, Sandoval had started therapy amid his relationship troubles with Ariana.
December 2022
Raquel Leviss reportedly visited Tom Sandoval’s hometown successful Dec. 2022. (Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock)
By the extremity of the year, Sandoval and Raquel appeared to person taken their concealed romance to the adjacent level. On Apr. 11, 2023, TMZ published photos allegedly taken connected Dec. 29, 2022, of the 2 successful Sandoval’s hometown. At the time, Raquel and Sandoval posed successful beforehand of the Apotheosis of Saint Louis statue conscionable months up of their matter becoming public.
January 2023
Sandoval and Raquel opted to footwear disconnected the New Year successful Big Bear, California, with Schwartz and his rumored girlfriend, Jo Wenberg. While chatting with Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live in Apr. 2023, Schwartz revealed erstwhile helium officially knew that Raquel and Ariana’s ex were much romantically involved. “Just for the record, that travel was excavation and Tom’s trip. I told Jo to travel up aboriginal and helium smuggled Raquel in. What was I to bash astatine that point?” helium explained to the Bravo enforcement astatine the time. “I knew that they were successful love. … At that point, also, I was nether the content that helium was much oregon little breached up with Ariana, and helium was successful emotion with Raquel.”
February 2023
During the aforesaid interrogation with Howie, Sandoval alleged that helium officially divided with Ariana connected Valentine’s Day. “Obviously, she was precise upset. She freaking punched me and each this s***,” helium said successful Apr. 2023. “A mates days later, I beryllium down and speech with her again, and she’s like, ‘I’m not letting you permission me. You’re gonna person to unit maine retired of this relationship.’ I was like, ‘Ariana, I don’t deliberation I could beryllium faithful successful a narration with you close now.’ I hadn’t told her astir Raquel yet. She’s like, ‘If you interruption up with me, you volition efficaciously beryllium ending my life.'”
March 2023
Sandoval and Raquel’s matter rapidly became the header heard ’round the satellite connected Mar. 3, 2023. After Ariana recovered a video of her then-beau and Raquel together, their breakup went viral. At the time, TMZ was 1 of the archetypal outlets to study the affair. “We didn’t archer anybody, but she knew,” helium said connected Howie’s podcast 1 period later. “She was trying to, similar person maine not to beryllium breached up … but that was not the case. She asked maine that time arsenic we were leaving about, similar — due to the fact that we had talked astir fertilizing [her] eggs, which I ne'er did. She was like, ‘So, what bash you deliberation astir doing a sperm cheque to fertilize my eggs?’ And I’m like, ‘What? We’re breached up.’ … I was like, ‘We’ll speech astir this later, I gotta spell bash my show.’”
Later that month, connected Mar. 23, the formed got unneurotic to film the authoritative reunion episodes. While astatine the reunion, Raquel and Tom were spotted having a deep conversation distant from the cameras. On Mar. 8, Raquel had issued an authoritative connection of regret via Entertainment Tonight. In the note, she apologized to Ariana. “There is nary excuse, I americium not a unfortunate and I indispensable ain my actions and I profoundly regret hurting Ariana,” she penned.
April – May 2023
#PumpRules prima Ariana Madix reacts to the Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss breakup rumors. #WWHL pic.twitter.com/mnh55UKnvL
— WWHL (@BravoWWHL) May 18, 2023
By April 2023, Sandoval had denied that helium and Raquel were “friends with benefits” during Howie’s interview. “We’re truly bully friends. We’re not putting immoderate statement connected it,” helium claimed. By Apr. 14, Raquel’s rep confirmed to PEOPLE that she was seeking attraction for her mental health amid the drama. “Raquel and her household decided earlier the narration was discovered that she would participate a voluntary installation for intelligence wellness counseling,” the connection work astatine the time. “She was scheduled to spell successful pre-reunion but decided she wanted to decorativeness her filming commitment. Bravo and accumulation were alert and successful enactment of her travel towards amended intelligence health.”
One period later, connected May 17, a root told Page Six that Raquel and Sandoval had officially ended their romance. “Raquel dipped out. Sandoval is not the 1 for her,” the root claimed astatine the time. That aforesaid day, Ariana appeared on WWHL with Andy Cohen and said that she did not believe they were breached up. “I don’t bargain that astatine all,” she told Andy of her ex and Raquel’s alleged split. “She was sending letters to my location similar 4 days ago, so…” Although she clarified that she did not unfastened the alleged letters she added, “it was addressed to him and it was her handwriting.” When asked if she could forgive them successful the future, Ariana declared, “That’s not happening.” Part 1 of the Season 10 reunion volition premiere connected May 24, 2023.
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