Kristina claims ‘Pump Rules’ producers intervened during Raquel’s girl trip

Kristina Kelly and Raquel Leviss Tommy Garcia/Bravo; MICHAEL SIMON/startraksphoto.com/Cover Images

Kristina Kelly claimed the Vanderpump Rules production team caused a fight during Season 10’s infamous girls’ trip to Las Vegas.

The former SUR waitress, 35, shared her side of the drama on Wednesday, June 21’s episode of Stassi Schroeder‘s Podcast ‘Straight Up With Stassi’.

‘We heard that [Raquel Leviss] footage was shown [Lala Kent, Katie Maloney and I] talk about her. We had a big problem with it with one of the producers and we were very upset and we found out who it was. It’s a new one [producer]Kristina claimed of the cast journey, which took an unexpected turn when Raquel, 28, and Charlie Burnett left after a tense group dinner.

However, a source close to the production denies Kristina’s account of what happened in Sin City Us that there is “no truth” about the crew interfering by showing Raquel footage.

During a March episode of Vanderpump RulesLala, 32, Katie, 36, and Kristina were at odds with Raquel after she contacted Garcelle Beauvais‘ son Oliver Saunderswhom they met while eating Lisa VanderpumpSin City’s restaurant. However, the model argued that she got Lala’s approval to explore her feelings for the waiter.

“You asked me, and I told you to go for it. [But] are you drinking? I would never trust you around my husband,” Lala said, to which Raquel joked that it was a good thing the Utah native didn’t have a “husband” to hide from her.

After reviewing the scene, Kristina questioned the authenticity of the subsequent fallout from the argument. “We were like, ‘This changes the story because you mess with it [filming].’ I feel like they really tried to care [Raquel] a storyline where we were these bullies,” she added on Wednesday. “So they were like, ‘This must make sense, so she must know what was said that night in Las Vegas.'”

The founder of Heartspring also accused the show’s producers of taking moments out of context.

“They also showed it [Raquel] crying in bed. She cried in bed and they edited that like she was eavesdropping and heard us talking about her and then she got in bed with her galaxy lights and started crying,” Kristina explained. “She was crying [Ariana Madix‘s] dog. Ariana’s dog had died and we had just found out, and so she got into bed and I’m pretty sure she FaceTimed Ariana. And she cried in bed about that, and I feel like it played out like we were mean girls [who caused it].”

The same production source denies Us that Raquel cried over Ariana’s dog, adding that she was indeed upset about the comments her costars made.

As viewers watched the drama unfold on the show, news broke that in March Tom Sandoval and Ariana, 37, called it quits because of his affair with Raquel. The cast reunited weeks later to deal with the scandal – and its aftermath – during the reunion filming.

In a confessional filmed days later, Raquel clarified the alleged timeline of her affair with Sandoval, 40. The dramatic revelation came during the closing minutes of the June 7 reunion episodes after she and the TomTom co-founder tried to convince themselves defend in part 3.

“I think it’s important for me to tell the truth. I think I’ve been lying all along and been so deceitful I don’t want to lie anymore and it’s all out there anyway. The worst is over, but I still have to lie about specific timeline things,” she said in an emotional confession. “[Sandoval] feels like it would be less hurtful to say that, you know, this wasn’t going on that long. [But] the second time was actually during Mexico [at Scheana Shay and Brock Davies’ August 2022 wedding].”

Following the bombshell revelation, a source offered an update on how Raquel handled the public backlash.

“Upon completion of filming the reunion, Raquel entered a voluntary inpatient facility for behavioral health and trauma and remains there to date — 68 days and still,” an insider told Exclusively. Us weekly earlier this month. “Her treatment helps her learn the basis of her decisions and grow from her mistakes in hopes of making better choices and becoming a better person. She is a young woman who has repented and repented of her actions and apologized repeatedly. Raquel looks forward to sharing her story with the unfiltered truth when she comes out.”

While the cameras are no longer rolling for now, the Pump rules cast has continued to dissect the off-screen scandal. Lala, for her part, rather weighed in on why she thought Raquel would be the fan favorite in Season 10.

“She would have won the season. She would have been the No. 1 girl as she sobs to make up for lost time,” the Give them Lala said the author during an episode of her podcast in May, referring to Raquel’s emotional confessions about her divorce from James Kennedy. “Do we think she cried so hard because she felt guilty? The line was crossed long before they had sex. The emotional affair had already begun.”

At the time, Lala said she wasn’t ruling out a possible redemption arc for Raquel, adding, “As much as I hit her every chance I get, otherwise I see a broken person.” I don’t think she’s heartless and soulless.

Us weekly has reached out to Bravo for comment.