Rachel “Raquel” Leviss isn’t ready to give Tom Sandoval a second chance, not even as a friend.
When asked if she could ever be friends with her ex on the latest episode of her podcast Rachel goes roguethe Vanderpump Rules alum, 29, revealed she saw Sandoval’s true colors while seeking mental health treatment at The Meadows after news of their shocking months-long affair became public and his relationship with Ariana Madix ended.
“If I didn’t talk to him for a day or two, he’d be upset about it and he’d really kind of take his frustration out on me,” she claimed of her time at an inpatient trauma center where her phone access was scheduled. and via landline.”So I felt like I had a responsibility to take care of his emotional needs.”
“And, oh man, how many times did Tom call me ‘selfish’ when I was at The Meadows and [said I was] ‘I’m running away from my problems’ and ‘I’m dependent on this place that’s basically an institution for the infirm’ — you know, like he’s really guilt tripping me and saying I’ve left him to deal with all the fodder, I’m just running,” she stated. .
“You know, it just shows the type of person he is and… there’s no doubt that Tom and I will never be friends again,” she continued.
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Rachel “Raquel” Leviss and Tom Sandoval attend White Fox After Hours At Delilah Los Angeles on October 18, 2022.
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However, a source close to Sandoval refutes Leviss’ claims to PEOPLE about “relieving guilt,” saying he simply “missed her and cared about her well-being.”
“He would look forward to her calls every day because that was the only time they could talk, so of course it ruined his day if he didn’t hear from her,” adds a source of Sandoval’s mindset amid the media attention, friends and fans.
From Sandoval’s perspective, Leviss “shut herself off from the world” while he “took it all on himself,” according to the source.
“He respected and wanted her to take care of her mental health,” adds the insider, “they just handled things differently.”
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Leviss also discussed Sandoval’s recent appearance on the Viall files podcast, where he compared her to head cheerleader Darcy Sears (Ali Larter) in the 1999 film. College blues.
“I hated what he said [comparing me to Darcy Sears in Varsity Blues]”, she shared. “I thought, ‘What kind of reference is this?’ And I put it on YouTube, and I was like, ‘God, like what?!'”
“The way he was describing it really made it sound like I was the seductress and it was, like, seduction that he fell into,” she added. “I can take my role in that because, yes, it was a choice we made every day and it was a really bad decision.”
“But it seemed to me that he was putting a lot of blame on me, saying that it was my fault that I seduced him, which I don’t think is right,” she concluded.
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Rachel “Raquel” Leviss and Tom Sandoval.
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The former pageant queen noted that she thinks Sandoval still has work to do after Scandoval.
“If he got some good therapy and some introspection, he would come to the conclusion that your confidence is not based on your significant other,” she shared. “You can’t derive your self-worth from something else. It has to come from within you.”
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