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Raquel Leviss attends White Fox After Hours At Delilah Los Angeles on October 18, 2022 in West Hollywood, California.
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The world shook when #Scandoval came to light, but now she’s moving on. Raquel Leviss is ready to move on with a new boyfriend after being directly involved with one of the biggest scandals in reality show history.

Rachel “Raquel” Leviss joined Vanderpump Rules in Season 5 as the girlfriend of longtime cast member James Kennedy. She was a recurring cast member from Seasons 6 to 8 before being promoted as a main cast member for Seasons 9 and 10. Before the Season 10 reunion, it was revealed that Tom Sandoval was cheating on his longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix with Leviss. As a result, Leviss voluntarily left the show in season 11.

In an episode of her podcast, “Rachel Goes Rogue,” in December 2023, Raquel also explained that she chose to leave Vanderpump Rules to not cause more “pain” towards Madix. “I could only imagine the pain I would cause by filming in the same environment with Ariana,” she said. “Being involved with somebody’s boyfriend while they’re still in a relationship is a huge betrayal and so painful as it is.”

She went on to also compare her affair with Tom Sandoval to her ex-fiance, James Kennedy. “Then to continue working with these people,” she said. “And seeing the person that you loved so much and you thought they loved you just as much as you loved them, be conversing with this other person, it would just be so catastrophic, and I didn’t want to do that to Ariana. I didn’t want to put her in that position.”

She continued, “Looking back at that season, I was at my lowest of lows. Filming Vanderpump Rules after breaking off an engagement with James, that was my first mistake, because I should’ve taken the time to heal and find a therapist.” She went on to explain how she’s started to “gain some clarity” on the affair since cutting ties with Tom. “This is not an excuse, but I was not in a good mental space,” she said. “It was a hard process to completely cut him out of my life.” She continued, “It’s really embarrassing. But I see a girl who is going through pain and doesn’t have the right tools to tackle it, and she’s coping in the way that she feels like her needs are being met.”

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