Vanderpump Rules’ Tom Sandoval is CAUGHT speaking to Raquel Leviss on the phone after their split

Tom Sandoval is caught talking on the phone to his mistress Raquel Leviss while catching a flight to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Sunday night following their breakup.

Just weeks after their split, an eagle-eyed passenger managed to snap a photo of the Vanderpump Rules star, 39, talking to the former beauty pageant queen, 28.

In the image, the rocker, who is currently touring the Midwest with his cover band Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras, is looking out the window of the plane and wearing wireless headphones.

The owner of the Schwartz & Sandy, who received a lot of backlash for cheating on his then-girlfriend Ariana Madix during their nearly decade-long romance, was holding his iPhone, which had Leviss’s name on the screen.

One of the bravolebrity’s fellow commuters told me TMZ that Sandoval tried to speak quietly, but they realized it was him after hearing his “very recognizable” voice.

The traveler claimed to the publication that the rocker told Leviss he was going to Pittsburgh.

Their chat may indicate that she has completed treatment at a mental health facility, where they were unable to communicate during her stay.

In late April, he stated, “Raquel is in a mental institution…Whether she decides to tell you where that is afterwards — that’s where Raquel is. No visitors, no friends, no family, no phone, nothing.’

The duo broke up last month, just two months after their affair came to light.

That’s what an insider told me Page six: ‘Raquel ducked. Sandoval isn’t for her.’

While the affair wasn’t revealed until March, both Sandoval and Leviss have revealed that their romance actually started last summer.

A month ago, the restaurateur revealed that they’re “taking a bit of a break” while appearing on Howie Mandel Does Stuff’s 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 that 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.”

“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 in April — 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.

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.’