Every detail that comes out about the Scandoval just paints the Tom Sandoval of it all in a worse light. So we already know that Tom and Raquel Leviss were having an affair behind his longtime girlfriend (and Raquel’s supposed friend) Ariana Madix’s back since probably late last summer. It all hit the fan when Ariana found evidence on Tom’s phone and promptly dumped him in early March. But apparently Tom’s family was aware in December? According to TMZ, Tom took Raquel for a hometown visit to St. Louis in December and his family refused to meet her. Good!
Just months before the world was rocked by “Scandoval,” Tom Sandoval’s family was faced with a shock of their own.
The “Vanderpump Rules” star reportedly brought his co-star and lover Raquel Leviss to his hometown of St. Louis in Missouri in late December, TMZ reports.
While there, Sandoval reportedly brought Leviss round to his family’s home, and even asked them if they wanted to meet the 28-year-old with whom he’s been having a months-long affair behind Ariana Madix’s back.
According to the outlet, his family declined the offer and had “no interest” in meeting her.
Sandoval even brought Leviss to meet his pals after reportedly telling them that he tried to split from Madix before the trip.
His friends thought it was “inappropriate” for him to parade his new love interest around, TMZ added.
The outlet also adds that the pair posed for a loved-up snap together in front of the Apotheosis of St. Louis statue in his hometown.
Page Six has reached out to reps for Leviss and Sandoval for comment.
Madix was faced with horror heartbreak last month while out cheering Sandoval on during a performance by his cover band in West Hollywood.
She discovered a sexually explicit video of Leviss, 28, on Sandoval’s phone, prompting her to dump him after nearly a decade together.
The secret tryst kickstarted in July 2022, but it wasn’t until early March that the world learned about it.
Madix and Sandoval had been dating for almost 10 years and even owned a home and a dog together — which she will reportedly be keeping.
As news of the full-blown affair came to light, both Sandoval and Leviss issued social media statements, respectively.
“I want to apologize to Ariana. I made mistakes, I was selfish, and made reckless decisions that hurt somebody I love,” Sandoval wrote in part earlier this month.
For her part, Leviss issued a lengthy statement in which she blamed the affair on her “addiction” to love and vowed to do better from here on out.
“I am reflecting on my choices, speaking to a counselor and I am learning things about myself such as my patterns of codependency and addiction to being and feeling loved,” she wrote.
So Tom didn’t even break up with Ariana, his girlfriend since 2013, before trying to introduce Raquel to his friends and family. I don’t know much about Tom’s family, but I’m glad they refused to meet Raquel instead of being like “our son can do no wrong” or “he’s wrong, but he’s still our son.” Because sometimes that’s the enabling energy from families and you can see how people ended up being bad so I’m glad that’s not the case here. It sounds like his friends did meet her, but didn’t think much of the pair. And they’re right that it was wildly inappropriate for Tom to take Raquel home and “parade” her around while he’s still with Ariana. Okay, he “tried” to break up with her. Sure, obviously not very hard. Even his little buddy Tom Schwartz said he kept “procrastinating” on breaking up with Ariana because Tom Sandoval is a coward. And he’s also trying to lay a lot of blame on Ariana. He appeared on Howie Mandel’s podcast and said Ariana was distant and turned a blind eye and they lived separate lives. Dude, maybe you’re just an excellent liar and your girlfriend didn’t expect you to cheat with her friend. He also said he and Raquel are taking a break from doing it right now, as if that helps at this point. My question is: I thought Howie Mandel was a germaphobe? I can’t believe he got that close to Tom’s skeeze.
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Never watched this, don’t know them but want to comment on what this douche said:
“ He appeared on Howie Mandel’s podcast and said Ariana was distant and turned a blind eye and they lived separate lives. ”
This is him blaming his partner for his affair. If you ever hear your partner say anything like this about their former loves, run.
He’s truly awful. That podcast was unforgivable, he implied she was suicidal and basically blamed her…which anyone who watches the show, he has form for this kind of thing.
She spounds like she was trying to save the relationship, which doesnt line up with his “we were broken up for ages”
Either way, you don’t spend 7 months and however long prior to that, shagging one of her good friends. If he really wanted to end it, why not tell her immediately? That would have ended it, as it did when he was found out.
Twathead
What a jerk! How dare he? He was always talking smack about Jax messing around with anything that walks, and, Lala for giving o**l sex for a range rover. And, looks, at what his dumb butt was doing. Dirty dog.
As much as Kristen was a bit nutty she was so right about him
Glad he shaved the mustache, because he was starting to look like a low budget porn star!
He contradicted himself repeatedly in the interview and made me more convinced than ever that he’s a narcissistic abuser. He took this poor girl to couples therapy to break up with her but told her he wanted to work it out, then got irritated when he behavior got “better” after therapy, that is insane!! He wouldn’t let her quit the show because they built a power couple image. He claims he broke up with her on Valentine’s Day but his affair had been going on for months already, he’s a liar and narcissist and absolutely disgusting. I actually do believe she may have threatened to hurt herself but that’s what happens when you’re emotionally abused for years, you don’t want to live when they discard you. It’s no wonder she was so depressed and never wanted to have sex with him, he’s an awful person, and she isn’t the first girlfriend to stop wanting sex with him or act “crazy” during a break up. He’s the problem, not all these women.
Ive been rewatching it recently and the signs are all there scattered throughout seasons. He complains they’re not having sex, but does nothing to make her *want* to have sex with him, ie be a supportive loving partner and team mate.
As someone once said, the grass is always greener when you water it. He emotionally checked out of their relationship then complained when her mental health suffered, and it impacted him.
He’s deplorable.
i read on Perezhilton.com that he could possibly get fired for that interview. (https://perezhilton.com/tom-sandoval-blindsided-bravo-howie-mandel-interview-scandoval/) Don’t really know how true it is though.
Not too sure if I’m allowed to post this here?! If i”m not, I’m sorry.
The fact that he shared intimate things she told him IN THERAPY is unforgivable. Even putting the rest of it aside. That whole podcast was basically him weaponizing her mental health as a reason why he cheated on her, FOR MONTHS, with a good friend. It seems like a lot of people were extremely triggered by his comments and I really encourage other people who struggle with these issues not to listen to the podcast.
Oh, and don’t even get me started on him blaming Ariana, his girlfriend of a decade, for trusting him and not figuring out he was having an affair.
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I’m sure this entire situation is so triggering for victims of emotional abuse. He claims a host of issues with Ariana refusing to accept a breakup, yet the second his cheating allegations broke, she walked away.
Even tries to say he told her he couldn’t be faithful if he stayed with her, it’s truly unbelievable what came out of his mouth, but I’ve been with a narcissistic so I think that’s why I see it so clearly.
I have zero idea who these folk are, have zip for the show but I am here because I lived something similar when I was 17 (before we crawled out of the caves according to my grandkids)
He was 10 years older than me (yes I know, and my parents REALLLLLLLLLY side eyed the whole thing but I was very much a rebellious know it all and the more they bitched, the more I dug my heels in) and pulled the EXACT same shit as this dude here. It took me about 6 months to catch on and when I confronted him, he blamed ME for not seeing the signs that he wanted out. I don’t remember the full conversation but it went something along the lines of why didn’t you just grow some balls and say so, and the response was he wanted ME to call it off so he would feel better about himself and it wouldn’t be his fault. I suppose that was gas lighting (although that was before the phrase existed as it does now)
I obliged him, dumped his ass and never looked back.
I don’t know if he’s still alive, (I’m 65 now) but the last I heard he was on marriage #3, so if this cat ever gets married I see the same fate.
Someone please enlighten me: does he wear that mostauche willingly, or is it for a part? is he an actor?
Sadly yes, but he’s just a reality star who owns 5% of a bar with Lisa Vanderpump. He also is in some cover band, which apparently he pays to jam with him, and thinks he can sing and play trumpet…which, he cannot.
if you look up mid life cliche in the dictionary, you will see this mans picture.
I agree with you. When I saw him perform, to me, he sounded god awful. And, what was up with the Schwartz’s mom song. OMG! I was so embarrassed for him. He thinks he’s like the hottest thing going and, and I’m like Not! Slow your roll!
He is such a major skeez! And Rachel is a THOT! She deserves all the hate she is getting. You don’t do that to a friend. Remember sistas always before mistas!!!
Sandoval was too much of a coward to tell Ariana the truth, so he left breadcrumbs all around in hopes she’d find out on her own. Keeping the sexually explicit video of Raquel on his phone, leaving his phone where Ariana could easily access it, taking Raquel to visit his family and friends back home, telling Schwartz about the affair – all land mines he set in hopes Ariana would find out the truth without him having to tell her.
He’s a worthless coward.
I can’t wait to see how Ariana blossoms without him. I even feel a little sorry for Raquel because he’ll eventually do the same to her as he’s done to Ariana (and Kristen). Hopefully her therapist will help her see Sandoval’s pattern of cheating, then gaslighting and denigrating the women he cheated on, but it sounds like she’s in looove so she’ll undoubtedly have to find out the hard way.
Have I reiterated how much of a POS Sandoval is? Also – Schwartz is a pathetic man-baby. (I’m embarrassed to admit I had a little crush on him years ago).
Man, I cant wait to get caught up. This scandal made me wanna check out VPR – It is SO good, on season 5 now but wow… these MEN. Its unreal, constantly covering for each others despicable behaviour. Cowards
Be forewarned the last few seasons prior to season 10 were a bit of a snoozefest…I wanna say maybe 7 and 8 and parts of 9? I almost gave up on it, but man is it back! I am meh about Summer House now.
I feel like Kristen is finally vindicated after all of these years. He drove her crazy gaslighting her etc when they were dating, then tried to make her look crazy when he actually was doing bad behavior. Now, he appears to be doing it again. It’s all about these mentally unstable women he needs to get away from(his narrative). I do feel sorry for Raquel because she is young, naive, and vulnerable and this narcissist keeps having to pick younger because no one his own age would put up with his crap.
Also, they were both Cancers (Ariana and Tom). I always sideye same sign horoscope pairings. My best friend was cheated on multiple times and gaslit by his Cancer wife too so he would say its the sign, but I really think its certain personality traits, not the horoscope sign persay.
Sounds about right for an absolute narcissist.
My parents and I travelled and lived on a boat while I was little, at one point things were going badly between them so mum and I flew to France from Martinique and dad sailed back to the UK. In the Azores he met someone and had an affair then while we were still in France he invited her to stay back in the UK and asked his sister to put her up. She told him where to go. Narcissists gonna narcissist.
Tom Sandoval and Rachel are garbage people. There is no justification for their actions.