The 'Vanderpump Rules' alum also slams her former co-star and ex-fling for 'cross[ing] a boundary' by talking about her 'personal, emotional turmoil' in a public interview.
- Feb 21, 2024
AceShowbiz - Raquel Leviss put her ex Tom Sandoval on a blast in a new episode of her podcast. The "Vanderpump Rules" alum slammed her former co-star for falsely implying that they planned to end their lives together after their affair was exposed to the public last year.
"He made it seem like we had a suicide pact, like it was some sort of 'Romeo and Juliet' love story," Leviss, who is now going by the name Rachel, said in the Monday, February 19 episode of "Rachel Goes Rogue" podcast. "That really angered me."
She added that the Tom Tom bar co-owner was "cross[ing] a boundary" by talking about her "personal, emotional turmoil." She ranted, "It is not OK for somebody else to tell other people that they have expressed feelings of not wanting to live anymore." Leviss said that it caused her to go into "really deep processing" with her therapist as she shared, "It was like, 'Whoa, why are you talking about this personal information that was privy to only your ears?' "
The former beauty queen also stressed that her "dark thoughts" were "a vulnerable topic" that she had chosen to share with him, but that didn't mean he could share "that personal, emotional, turmoil state of mind with the rest of the world." She further noted, "Now it's a topic of conversation."
Sandoval made the claims during his appearance in a December 2023 episode of "Two Ts in a Pod". At the time, the singer told Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge that he had been "on the phone with Rachel and literally debating on f**king killing ourselves."
That wasn't the only time Sandoval admited to having suicide ideation following the Scandoval. "If I f**king say I am sorry and I cry then it is [called] crocodile tears. I battled with suicide [thoughts]. Don't tell me what I felt," the Bravo star, who cheated on then-girlfriend Ariana Madix with Leviss, told Lisa Vanderpump in the February 13 episode of "Vanderpump Rules".
The 40-year-old elaborated his feelings in a confessional, saying, "I was hanging on by a thread. The walls start closing and you can't see past the hurt and the pain. You can't dream about better days. I was getting to the point where I was like, 'What is the f**king point?' "
In her podcast, Leviss noted that while she's "happy" Bravo featured a suicide hotline disclaimer at the end of the episode, she's "a little disappointed that they didn't really treat me with that concern." She continued, "I'm just so grateful that I was able to get the mental health treatment and attention that I needed so desperately. That place really saved me and helped me to get out of this chaotic world."
