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Raquel Leviss has reportedly returned to her start identify, “Rachel.”
Because the Vanderpump Guidelines solid continues to movie the upcoming eleventh season of the Bravo actuality collection, Raquel is alleged to be combating hate by embracing the identify her critics used towards her whereas negotiating her apparently impending return to the present.
Though a report final week claimed Raquel is “taking part in hardball” with Bravo in an effort to extend her wage for the brand new episodes, her rep confirmed to TMZ that she’s truly contractually obligated to season 11.
“She has been underneath contract … She is simply renegotiating attainable phrases,” her rep defined.
In response to the report, Bravo has a authorized proper to lock Raquel in for the brand new season on the price she beforehand agreed to. Nevertheless, that doesn’t imply she will be able to’t attempt to get extra money for taking part.
That stated, Raquel’s present standing is additional sophisticated by the truth that she is newly out of remedy. As Pump Guidelines followers might know, Raquel left The Meadows in Arizona final week after a two-month keep that price her a reported $200,000. So, in the case of season 11, she might probably get out of her contract if a physician agreed it could possibly be detrimental to her psychological well being.
In different information, sources have knowledgeable TMZ that Raquel is now going by her start identify, “Rachel,” after turning into upset by the way in which during which her haters had been utilizing it towards her earlier this yr after the reveal of her months-long affair with Tom Sandoval.
Though Raquel has been known as “Raquel” by her family and friends since she was younger, the identify “Rachel” was used as a weapon towards her by viewers of the present and plenty of her castmates, together with Scheana Shay, who she filed a restraining order towards. However after present process months of intense remedy, she’s determined to reclaim it, feeling that if she takes it again as her personal, it’ll neutralize the unfavorable connotation it’s had in latest months.
Vanderpump Guidelines season 11 is anticipated to start airing on Bravo someday later this yr or early subsequent yr.
