The drama at SUR by no means ends. Raquel Leviss and Peter Madrigal solely went on a handful of dates, however their romance took on an entire new which means after Leviss’ affair with Tom Sandoval was uncovered.
The previous pageant queen and the SUR supervisor had their first outing in early 2022 after Leviss cut up from ex-fiancé James Kennedy. “It was only a enjoyable little time,” Leviss recalled throughout an April 2022 look on Katie Maloney‘s “You’re Gonna Love Me” podcast. “And I figured this might be a great alternative for me simply to get again out within the courting world as a result of I haven’t had an official date because the breakup. So, when he requested me to go seize drinks with him, I used to be like, ‘Hm, OK, certain.’”
After that first date, nevertheless, the duo saved issues informal. In July 2022, Leviss solely instructed Us Weekly that she’d solely been on “a couple of dates” together with her Vanderpump Guidelines costar. “He requested me out after my breakup, clearly, and I used to be like, ‘Effectively, why not? Proper?’” the California native recalled on the time. “I’m a yes-man now.”
The pair’s romance seemingly got here to an finish that very same month, as documented throughout a February 2023 episode of Pump Guidelines. Leviss instructed Madrigal she wasn’t prepared for something severe, whereas the duo’s boss, Lisa Vanderpump, warned Madrigal of the risks of courting somebody who works for him.
It appeared like that may be the tip of story till March 2023, when Us confirmed that Sandoval cut up from longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix after she found he was having an affair with Leviss. Two days earlier than the information broke, Leviss described Madrigal as a “beginning pony” throughout an expertise on Watch What Occurs Reside With Andy Cohen, explaining that he helped her get again within the courting world.
As luck would have it, Madrigal had booked his personal interview that very same week, and he wasn’t completely happy about his former flame’s remarks. “I’m no person’s starter pony,” the Daddy’s Dwelling director mentioned throughout an interview on the “Alison Rosen Is Your New Finest Good friend” podcast. “Go f–okay your self. I at all times preserve a fair keel, however my God. Who the hell do you suppose you might be? Who the f–okay do you suppose you might be?”
As extra particulars in regards to the timeline of Sandoval and Leviss’ affair grew to become public, Madrigal didn’t maintain again sharing his ideas. In April 2023, he mentioned he felt just like the duo had used him as a “scapegoat” to cover their rising emotions for each other. In line with Madrigal, Sandoval despatched him a textual content in January 2023 that made him suppose the TomTom co-owner was seeing Leviss as early as July 2022.
“He hasn’t texted me in six months,” the College of Southern California alum recalled throughout an interview on Kristen Doute‘s “Intercourse, Love, and What Issues” podcast. “After which he texts me and he says, and I quote, ‘Dude, exclamation level. Simply watched the primary episode LOL, exclamation level. Did you bang Raquel the night time after SUR, exclamation level, query mark, crying laughing face.’”
Madrigal believes that Sandoval needed to search out out the complete extent of what occurred between him and Leviss as a result of their affair had already begun when Leviss agreed to exit with Madrigal. “She was already having intercourse with Tom,” Madrigal alleged. “And that textual content message from him proves it.”
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