Raquel Leviss SLAMS Andy Cohen for ‘damaging’ claim that she was ‘heavily medicated’ during Vanderpump Rules reunion: ‘I feel like that violates some sort of HIPAA law’

Raquel Leviss called out Andy Cohen for claiming she was “heavily medicated” while filming the season 10 Vanderpump Rules reunion, which was taped in March.

While appearing on the Just B podcast with Bethenny Frankel, the reality star, 28, admitted she was hurt by the 52-year-old Bravo host’s recent interview with Variety, attributing her lack of emotion during the three-part special to either “being really medicated or really out of touch with her role in” the Scandoval drama.

“To say I have to be heavily medicated because my behavior was erratic or because I had no emotions is not okay in my eyes,” Leviss told listeners.

She continued, “I feel like that violates some sort of HIPAA law. And making such assumptions is harmful to a person.’

HIPAA, short for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, applies to healthcare professionals.

Hurt: While appearing on the Just B podcast with Bethenny Frankel, the reality star, 28, admitted she was hurt by the 52-year-old Bravo presenter’s recent interview with Variety, in which he expressed her lack of emotion during the three – in part special because she was “really medicated or really out of touch with her role in” the Scandoval drama

The federal law was created to prevent patients’ medical records from being made public without their consent or knowledge.

The former beauty pageant queen, who graduated from Sonoma State University in 2018, further revealed that she started taking drugs “around the time” she joined the cast of Vanderpump Rules in 2015.

Leviss further confirmed that she is “medicated” and has “been on antidepressants for a number of years now.”

“I mean, I know that’s confidential information,” Frankel replied. “Whether it was true or not – or speculation – I just don’t know where the line is.”

The Real Housewives of New York City alum also pointed out that during the reunion, the Leviss costars even threw a “pill bottle” around and asked each other if anyone wanted “a Xanax.”

“This is basically — it’s a non-traditional workplace, but I would imagine there are even some workplace rules in a strip club — it’s still a workplace,” said the mother of one.

Cohen made the comment about Leviss’ state of mind while saying he was “concerned” about her “mental health during the reunion” amid heated backlash over her affair with Tom Sandoval, behind the back of his longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix.

“To say I have to be heavily medicated because my behavior was erratic or because I had no emotions is not okay in my eyes,” Leviss told listeners.

“I was concerned about Raquel’s mental health during the reunion. I mean, I still am. But when I saw how emotionless she was, I kind of thought she was really on drugs or really out of touch with her role in everything,” he told Variety in June.

He also pointed out how bizarre it was to see Leviss’s former boyfriend, Scheana Shay, sob over the end of their ended friendship, while Leviss did not outwardly express any sadness.

“When Scheana cries her eyes out and[Raquel]says in the trailer, ‘I should have written her a note’ — I found that very confusing and it made me think maybe there was something she was missing about what these relationships were, ‘ he said.

The father-of-two continued, “It made me think maybe she didn’t think they were as real as the other people thought. I did not understand.’

She spoke out: The former pageant queen, who graduated from Sonoma State University in 2018, further revealed that she started taking drugs “around the time” she joined the cast of Vanderpump Rules in 2015

Still, Cohen described that former Miss Sonoma County, who has a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology, as “very leveled up.”

Just weeks later, he apologized, suspecting she had “really been medicated.”

“I think maybe it was wrong of me to speculate about that. But to me, she sat there[and]she took it all on the chin like a champ,” he said on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy show. “Those people all had things to say to her and they were relentless and she just sat there and took it.”

He added, “I didn’t know she’d be able to (get through the reunion) and that’s probably why I assumed (that). Given my years of experience on these forums, I would have thought that much sooner she would have run away and perhaps walked in her car, never to be seen again.’