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Raquel Leviss opened up about her ultimate Vanderpump Rules scene with Tom Sandoval and his upsetting betrayal throughout half two of her interview on Bethenny Frankel‘s podcast.
Along with suggesting she’s “in debt” and slamming Scheana Shay‘s lies about her alleged assault, Raquel, 28, shared that Sandoval, 40, demanded a scene from the season 10 finale be eliminated by producers earlier than he was supplied his personal producer credit score for season 11.
“He’s not technically a producer. [But] he’s been on the sequence from day one, season one,” Raquel defined on the August 17 episode of Just B With Bethenny. “I don’t know if I’m even capable of disclose this info however he did inform me throughout negotiations for season 11, he was supplied a producer credit score for season 11.”
In keeping with Raquel, she not solely believes the provide urged that Sandoval was being rewarded for their affair — but in addition that the whole factor was produced for buzz.
“I believe he was being rewarded for the Scandoval of all of it and to me that’s simply kinda gross as a result of it appears… It makes me skeptical. Like, was this actually simply one thing that was fabricated for this finish end result?” she questioned.
Raquel additionally famous that whereas Sandoval has actually seen backlash for cheating on Ariana Madix, 38, she’s had it a lot worse.
“I believe he’s getting lots of hate proper now simply being pompous and being round city with a bunch of different girls however I really feel prefer it’s true, the girl does get the brief finish of the stick.”
Shifting on to her reported run-in with Scheana, 38, who she accused of punching her after studying of her and Sandoval’s affair throughout a visit to New York Metropolis in March, Raquel insisted she was assaulted.
“Scheana did bodily assault me that evening, and I’ve a everlasting scar on my eyebrow,” Raquel said. “In the mean time, I believed I deserved it. That’s why I simply stood there and let it occur. She pushed me as arduous as she might towards a brick wall, the again of my head hit the wall fairly arduous, after which she socked me within the eye and I used to be in shock. She threw my telephone on the street after which known as Ariana from her telephone and I instantly ran to my telephone.”
Trying again, Raquel mentioned she known as Sandoval instantly to inform him she’d been punched.
“And he was like, ‘Oh, I do know, I heard her say to Ariana, “I punched that b*tch in her face and threw her telephone on the street.”‘ So it’s simply nuts that she’s doubled down on this narrative that I’m a liar and a cheat and I utterly fabricated this assault,” Raquel continued. “I don’t assume that filing a restraining order was out of query as a result of she was making this like, punch emoji on a submit that she made with Ariana, saying like, ‘I’ve at all times bought your again.’ I didn’t really feel protected so it’s simply unlucky that I’ve been… I don’t know. It simply doesn’t make sense to me how I could be assaulted and nonetheless have a lot vitriol.”
After Bethenny spoke of the best way through which Bravo profited exponentially from “Scandoval,” Raquel shockingly shared that she’s “in debt” (although Lisa Vanderpump, 62, mentioned Wednesday that she was paid $361,000 for season 10).
She then defined that Sandoval betrayed her by filming their NSFW FaceTime session with out her consent.
“I felt very betrayed. I felt like I couldn’t belief this individual. I felt like my privateness didn’t matter to him and he didn’t actually give a very good excuse moreover he needed me to see it in a while to see how lovely I used to be. But when he would have requested for permission, I might have mentioned no,” she said.
And whereas followers didn’t see it, she truly confronted him with cameras rolling.
“When Tom and I have been filming at my condominium after filming bought picked again up, I mentioned to Tom, ‘How might I belief you? You filmed me with out my consent?’ And he admitted to it however then after that scene wrapped he mentioned, ‘Why did you say that? Why did you say that on digicam? You made me look dangerous,’ and I used to be like, ‘Effectively, as a result of that’s what occurred.’ And he ended up boycotting filming the remainder of Scandoval in order that he might have enhancing rights to that scene to take out that particular piece,” she revealed.
Vanderpump Guidelines season 11 is anticipated to start airing on Bravo someday later this yr or in early 2024.