Raquel Leviss Wants to Take on 'Accountability' After Watching 'VPR'
Raquel Leviss.
Leon Bennett/WireImageRaquel Leviss realized while watching the season 11 premiere of Vanderpump Rules.
“It's that part of me that really wants to take responsibility because that's part of true healing and growth and how we can resolve these painful memories that we have to address head-on on the show,” Leviss, 29, said on the Thursday, 1 February episode of her “Rachel goes roguepodcast. “I just hope that the listeners and those involved know that I have worked so much on myself.”
Leviss admitted that she felt emotional watching the premiere, especially since she's in a different place now.
“It was hard to watch because I'm in a different place than I was then,” she admitted. “It's a weird time warp when you watch a show like this and at that moment you're living one reality and then, months later, when the episodes air, you're living in a different reality, but you're also experiencing the moments that they have captured again. on camera. And so it's a nod to my younger self, who was still in love and in love.
While some things never change, the cast of Vanderpump Rules is used to a shakeup… and a retouch. Vanderpump Rules was introduced to Bravo viewers during a special episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in January 2013. Season 1 starred Lisa Vanderpump, who was a Beverly Hills housewife at the time, Stassi. […]
Season 10 of the Bravo hit ended with Leviss' affair with ex Tom Sandoval comes to light and causes the rift between him and his old girlfriend Ariana Madix. During the reunion special, Leviss apologized to Madix, 38, who had been dating Sandoval, 40, for nearly a decade.
“I had the right intentions in my apology at the reunion and I was deeply sorry,” Leviss explained. “But there's another part of an apology: your actions afterwards, which should align with what you say.”
After filming the reunion, Leviss checked into a mental health facility, but continued to communicate with Sandoval via snail mail delivered to Sandoval and Madix's shared home.
“By sending him letters and staying in touch for quite some time, I would like to take the time to apologize again because I am in a different place than I was then,” Leviss added. “And I see things a lot clearer now.”
The cast of Vanderpump Rules is no stranger to controversy. The staff of Lisa Vanderpump's West Hollywood restaurant SUR made their debut on Bravo in 2013 as part of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills spinoff. The season 1 cast included Vanderpump, Stassi Schroeder, Jax Taylor, Katie Maloney, Tom Sandoval, Kristen Doute and Scheana Shay. […]
While the cast of Pump Rules discussed Leviss and Sandoval's relationship during the season 10 reunion, season 11 picked up months after the affair came to light. For her part, Leviss chose not to return to the show. After watching the premiere, the model admitted she had mixed feelings about not being there.
“I'm watching this show and I'm really having to accept that I'm not going to be on it this season, and that was a decision that I really had a lot of weight in,” she said Thursday. “I didn't take that lightly, and so it's almost like part of me is mourning what could have happened in another parallel timeline. But I think I made the right decision by not going back.”