Vanderpump Rules stars Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss have split just two months after their affair came to light.
Leviss, 28, and Sandoval, 39, sparked discord among the reality show cast when their infidelity came to light, breaking the heart of the hunk’s nine-year-old girlfriend, Ariana Madix.
But now Leviss has “popped out” of the romance – dubbed Scandoval – after deciding she has no future with Sandoval.
That’s what an insider told me Page six: ‘Raquel ducked. Sandoval isn’t for her.’
While the affair only came to light in March, both Sandoval and Leviss have revealed that their romance actually started last summer.
In a new clip from Wednesday’s episode of the hit show obtained by People On Monday, Tom’s unjust ex Madix reveals to a shocked Scheana Shay and Katie Maloney that her ex first had sex with her former boyfriend Leviss, in Raquel’s car.
Over and out: Vanderpump Rules stars Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss broke up just two months after their affair came to light
Love triangle: Leviss, 28, and Sandoval, 39, sparked discord among the reality show cast when their infidelity came to light, breaking the heart of the hunk’s nine-year-old girlfriend, Ariana Madix (pictured together in November 2022 during their affair )
That moment came at the worst possible time, when the rendezvous happened while Ariana was mourning the death of her dog Charlotte.
In the clip, dewy-eyed Ariana was surrounded by her friends, including Scheana and Katie sitting on the floor around her, as she explained how she first learned about Tom and Raquel’s six-month affair.
“I went with Tom to Tom Tom because he had that party. I found a screenshot of them on FaceTime,” Ariana said of her ex Tom and Raquel. “It was literally from the night before. He was with [Tom] Schwartz.”
Katie, who is Schwartz’s ex-wife, was shocked to learn that her ex-partner was somehow involved in the affair
“He did this to Schwartz? What?’ she answered incredulously.
‘Then I called Raquel and I started, make her like this, f***ing tell me what the f***? When did this start?’ continued Ariana. She said, “Right after the girls trip. “I’m like, ‘You mean right after Charlotte died?
The clip then featured black-and-white filtered flashback footage from an earlier episode in which a tearful Ariana tells Lala Kent that she has to leave early because her beloved dog “isn’t coming back this time.”
Ariana went on to say that Raquel initially told her that she and Tom Sandoval had only kissed.
Karma: The fallout from the couple’s affair is heavily documented in the new series
However, Ariana was able to uncover even more details – and the truth – when she pressured her partner about the affair.
“Later that night, while we were here, I pressured Tom. And he said, well, they actually fucked in her car that night.’
Last month, Sandoval revealed that he and Leviss put the brakes on their sexual relationship after their affair came to light in March.
The bar owner revealed that they’re “taking a bit of a break” while appearing on the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast.
“We don’t put a label on it,” the reality star said.
When asked if they were still friends with benefits by the comedian, 67, Sandoval denied they were still in a relationship.
“Not now,” the rocker, who is in cover band Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras, told listeners, after insisting he and the former pageant queen are still “good friends.”
As for how their relationship blossomed from platonic to intimate, Sandoval opened up about his attraction to Leviss when he and Madix, 37, drifted apart after nearly a decade together.
“We were at my house, and I’m locked out of my house and we talk and we kiss,” he recalls. “It was magnetic. We got closer and while we were talking time went on, and we talked closer and closer, and all of a sudden we’re kissing. I felt something I hadn’t felt in so long, emotionally, for instance.’
He went on to explain how he and Madix had taken on their own lives and how the romance between them had grown stale.
“We were together for nine years and had obviously built a house and business together and everything. We were a brand. And like many relationships, it became more of a best friend/family/sometimes roommates situation,” he explained.
The Missouri native said their relationship was generally “just a lack of intimacy” and “connection.”
He felt like they stuck together to ‘keep the optics this high’ [they] were solid’ for their reality show and other business endeavors.
“We were definitely behind each other and that was nice. There was security and stability in it,” he said of Madix.
Before he turned 40, he recalled thinking his life “looked very bleak” and began to think his “best years were over.”
Furious: Ariana stripped Raquel of her affair with her then-boyfriend Sandoval in a recent trailer for the Vanderpump Rules season ten reunion
Furious: After the former pageant queen admitted to being ‘super selfish’ for sleeping with her former boyfriend’s partner for nine years, Madix fired back that ‘selfish doesn’t cover it’
Cruel: Sandoval was seen in tears when his infidelity was discussed on the show
“I started to lose my life optimism and drive. I felt like I had to change something to feel alive again, to be motivated, to be optimistic again,” Sandoval confessed.
Prior to his affair, he said his “confidence was wiped out” and any sexual experience with him would be like hooking up with “a 19-year-old” on “his second time” when he lost his “game.”
‘I’m not saying it is [Ariana’s] wrong, we just didn’t have that intimacy,” Sandoval claimed.
After hearing his guest’s side, Mandel urged fans to have “empathy and compassion” for Sandoval, who previously said he felt “one of the most hated people in America” for betraying Madix .
“You need to be heard, because the story belongs to everyone but you,” the judges of America’s Got Talent told listeners. “I don’t understand the hate and the vitriol.”
While the father-of-three stated that he “didn’t approve of cheating on a partner,” he raised eyebrows for saying the amount of backlash Sandoval has received has been confusing.
Leviss checked into a mental health facility last month — amid the lingering fallout from her affair with Sandoval.
The reality star chose to enter the voluntary institution before her affair was discovered, reports ET.
A source said: “Raquel and her family decided before the relationship was discovered that she would go to a voluntary mental health facility.
Betrayal: Sandoval and Madix pictured just days before the March split
She was supposed to go to the pre-reunion, but decided she wanted to finish her movie commitment. Bravo and production were aware and supported her journey to better mental health.
Leviss’ representative added that she was not in a facility for substance abuse problems.
Last month, Leviss released a statement revealing that she was analyzing her own behavior and spoke to a counselor after the affair came to light.
She said, “I reflect on my choices, speak with a counselor, and I learn things about myself, such as my patterns of codependency and addiction to being and feeling loved.
“I have sought emotional validation through intimate connections that are not healthy with no regard for my own well-being, sometimes negatively impacting others and often prioritizing the intimate connection over my friendships. I am taking steps to understand my behavior and make healthier choices.’