Raquel Leviss describes Tom Sandoval's plan to start a relationship

Raquel Leviss shared that Tom Sandoval had a plan to reveal their romance after he broke up with him Ariana Madix.

“He said, 'Look, people hated Ariana at first, and then they realized we stayed together,'” Leviss, 29, claimed on the Thursday, January 25, episode of her.Rachel goes roguepodcast. “We weren't going anywhere and so they had to accept it and in the end they loved her and it could be the same for us.”

Sandoval, 40, and Madix, 38, started dating in 2014, shortly after he called things off with Kristen Dout. Sandoval and Madix were together for almost ten years until they split in March 2023 after it was revealed that he was having an affair with Leviss.

'I think he's gotten away with it before [so] he could get away with it again,” Leviss said, referring to the murky timeline of Sandoval and Doute's rift. “I think I was just being naive and wishful thinking that this could work out the way I wanted it to, because ultimately I wanted to be with him at that moment. I was hoping for the best, I guess.”

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Leviss revealed that she was the one who pushed Sandoval to tell Madix the truth. At the time, the cast of Vanderpump Rules had already completed filming season 10, but still had the reunion special on tape.

“I was like, 'We have to tell Ariana before the reunion. We can't go to the reunion and she doesn't know about it.' Because I [felt] something like that really wouldn't be fair [to] her,” she shared. “The only thing we were stuck on was that he didn't want her to know when it first started, and I don't see the point in lying about those things because isn't it much better to just be honest and honest and tell it? the truth?”

Although Sandoval was seemingly reluctant to open up, Leviss admitted that there were “a few instances” where she almost told Madix herself. However, Leviss believed that the news should come from Sandoval.

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“I said to Tom, 'Maybe I should tell Ariana,' and he said, 'No no no no no. You're not going to tell Ariana.' Okay, then you're going to tell Ariana,” Leviss said. 'I waited for him to tell her. It was my duty to tell her: yes, I know. But I felt like it was his responsibility because he was in a relationship with him to tell her and break up with her.

After taping the season 10 reunion special in March 2023, Leviss checked herself into a mental health facility. Five months later, We weekly reported that Leviss had lost contact with Sandoval. She ultimately decided not to return Pump rules for season 11.