Proper beneath their noses? The Vanderpump Guidelines solid was shocked by the information that Raquel Leviss and Tom Sandoval have been having an affair — however have since damaged down the indicators which may have been there the complete time.
In March 2023, Us Weekly confirmed Sandoval’s break up from longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix, who known as it quits with the TomTom cofounder as a result of he cheated with Leviss.
“Ariana came upon [about the affair] after taking a look at Tom’s cellphone whereas he was on stage performing his new music,” a supply shared with Us on the time. The insider added that it was “unclear” if Sandoval’s enterprise associate, Tom Schwartz — who attached with Leviss a number of months prior — “knew [about the affair] or if he was blindsided.
The bombshell information got here as Vanderpump Guidelines viewers watched the onscreen build-up to Leviss and Schwartz’s hookup. (The costars made out at Scheana Shay and Brock Davies‘ wedding ceremony in August 2022, 5 months after the restaurant proprietor’s break up from Katie Maloney.)
Amid the drama, Peter Madrigal recalled rising suspicious of the time the sweetness pageant contestant spent with Sandoval.
“Let’s simply put it this fashion, I discovered it very fascinating — I’m not gonna go into the small print, as a result of there are specific issues I can’t go into particulars about — however how do I put this, they have been hanging out fairly a bit with out Ariana round,” the OG solid member, who briefly dated Leviss in summer season 2022, stated on the “Alison Rosen Is Your New Finest Good friend” podcast in March 2023. “At the back of my head, I’m like, ‘That is bizarre, however OK, possibly Tom’s simply attempting to point out her the ropes or one thing like that.’ Some ropes!”
He continued: “I do know this for a truth. I’m not gonna reveal any names, however I do know that just a few folks knew about this and tipped Scheana off. That’s the way in which I feel the situation occurred. I do know some folks knew about it for some time.”
Shay, for her half, was served with a short lived restraining order from Leviss amid rumors that issues obtained bodily when the singer — who’s shut mates with Madix — discovered concerning the affair. Shay’s lawyer denied the allegations in opposition to his shopper in a press release to Us.
Shay’s mates Jamie Lynne and Kael Ramsey Ackerson later claimed that Leviss advised them when issues turned romantic between her and Sandoval.
“She principally simply advised me [it happened] seven months in the past and after the Las Vegas journey,” Ramsey-Ackerson defined on Lynne’s “Jamie All Over” podcast in March 2023, referring to the boys’ evening episode of the hit Bravo sequence. “She was like, ‘[After the boys’ night] is when [Sandoval and I] obtained nearer.’”
In the meantime, Lynne broke down her suspicions concerning the twosome that evening. “Raquel and Sandoval have been sitting on the curb exterior of Saddle Ranch simply speaking. I didn’t notice that on the time like how shut they have been speaking or how intimate it truly seemed,” she stated. “So I begin filming the 2 of them speaking. We’re so clueless that we don’t know what’s truly transpiring.”
After rewatching the August 2022 video, Lynne famous that it didn’t seem platonic.
“I had this thought [at the time]. I assumed I’m not posting this as a result of this seems to be method too intimate and I don’t need Ariana to really feel a sure method about this,” she continued. “I don’t need her to really feel disrespected, nevertheless it didn’t set off alarm bells, like, is one thing inappropriate occurring? It was simply that she may get the flawed concept and I don’t wish to put anybody in that place.”
She concluded: “Should you watch it again — with out the voiceover on it — it seems to be tremendous shut and tremendous intimate. However backside line is that none of us knew beforehand.”
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