Stassi Schroeder Believes Raquel Leviss & Tom Schwartz’s Kiss Was Sandoval’s ‘Cover-Up’ For Affair

The play continues. Stassi Schroeder has spoken retired astir Tom Sandoval‘s reportedly months-long matter with Raquel Leviss, 28, which led to the demise of his nine-year relationship with Ariana Madix, 37. The 34-year-old Vanderpump Rules alum said she believes Raquel’s storyline of her fling with recently divorced Tom Schwartz was a “cover-up” for what she was doing with Tom Sandoval, 39, each along. “It sounds similar thing that Sandoval would person travel up with,” she theorized connected the March 8 occurrence of her Straight Up With Stassi podcast.

“He would beryllium like, ‘This would beryllium a large mode to screen up.’ It’s a cover-up,” she continued, adding that Raquel simply went on with the expected idea. She besides claimed that Tom Shwartz’s ex, Katie Maloney, thought thing seemed disconnected astir Raquel and Tom, 40, being into each other, adding to her theory.

Raquel Leviss and Tom Schwartz were accused of making retired implicit the summertime astatine Scheana Shays Cancun wedding (Photo: Shutterstock)

The brace made headlines successful Aug. 2022 for reportedly getting “cozy” and past locking lips astatine Scheana Shay and Brock Davies‘ Cancun wedding. Katie, 36, was reportedly devastated by the concern and confronted them during the wedding’s celebrations. “Katie went disconnected and cameras were rolling connected the full thing. She was screaming astatine them, and they were yelling back,” a idiosyncratic astatine the stunning lawsuit revealed to HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY astatine the time.

Regardless of what the motive down Raquel and Tom’s past is, the information astir Raquel and Tom Sandoval came retired connected March 3, reportedly blindsiding Ariana. They person some apologized since, with Tom archetypal admitting guilt by expressing his regret to his Schwartz & Sandy’s barroom co-owners and staff, which includes Tom Schwartz. The March 5 Instagram station was followed up by 1 that directly addressed Ariana.

“I privation to archetypal and foremost apologize to everyone I’ve wounded done this process. Most of all, I privation to apologize to Ariana,” helium began successful his March 7 Instagram statement. “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.”

Raquel Leviss’ matter with Tom Sandoval whitethorn beryllium ‘VPR’s astir shocking successful the show’s past (Photo: Shutterstock)

“I tin lone ideate however devastating this has been for Ariana and everyone astir us,” the TomTom co-owner continued. “I consciousness truly horrible astir that. My biggest regret is that I dishonored Ariana. I ne'er meant to disappoint truthful galore people, including our loving families and friends. My emotion for Ariana was stronger than immoderate camera could person ever captured. Some of our champion times unneurotic were ne'er filmed. The aforesaid goes for immoderate of our biggest struggles. I privation things happened successful a antithetic bid and our narration was not severely tarnished, and that it ended with the aforesaid respect with for her that it began with. I owed Ariana better.” Tom ended his connection by confessing helium has a batch of enactment to bash connected himself.

Raquel followed Tom’s illustration and shared a lengthy apology connection of her ain connected March 8. “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.”

“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,” she noted. “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.”

After concisely describing however she has suffered amid the affair, including allegedly being “physically assaulted” and losing friendships, she confirmed she hopes to enactment connected her “unhealthy behavioral cycle” done counseling. She besides said she wishes to support her intelligence health.

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