Raquel ‘Rachel’ Leviss will not be returning to Vanderpump Rules following the mammoth Scandoval saga.
“Rachel will not be returning for Season 11 of Vanderpump Rules,” which has been in production since early July, an insider told Entertainment Tonight.
“There was a possibility up until recently she’d be returning for the new season but ultimately decided against it.”
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Leviss – who yesterday has now decided to go by Rachel, not Raquel – finally broke her silence on the Scandoval saga on Bethenny Frankel’s podcast this week.
Her appearance on the show comes after Leviss spent time in a treatment facility after her affair with best friend Ariana Madix’s boyfriend of nine years Tom Sandoval, 40, made international headlines.
“Rachel is focused on her mental health journey and knew going back to the show would open her up to trauma she’s been working on healing. Rachel is looking forward to what the future holds for her,” the statement to Entertainment Tonight added.
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There were rumblings that Leviss may not return to the Bravo show after sources claimed that she was enjoying a slow-paced environment in Tucson, Arizona whilst taking a break from filming.
Part two of Leviss’ chat with Frankel has just dropped after part one of the episode was released yesterday.
Leviss is now alleging that Sandoval has profited from Scandoval by being offered a producer role on Vanderpump Rules whilst she “hasn’t seen a penny”.
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“I don’t know if I’m even able to disclose this information, but he did tell me during negotiations for Season 11 that he was offered a producer credit for Season 11,” she said in the podcast episode.
Leviss also theorised that the Scandoval drama was “fabricated” saying: “To me, that’s kind of gross because … it makes me sceptical … was this really just something that was fabricated for this end result?”
“It sounds like Lisa Vanderpump is profiting, Bravo’s profiting, Andy Cohen’s definitely profiting, Tom is profiting, Ariana is profiting,” said Frankel, 52, in response.
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“So … and you’re in a deficit. You’re in debt,” Frankel added.
Leviss responded with a simple, “Mhmm.”
Lisa Vanderpump refuted this claim to TMZ yesterday when she revealed that Leviss earned around AU$560,000 for season 10 of the reality show.
Yesterday, during part one of the interview with Bethenny Frankel, Leviss explained that she feels disproportionately portrayed as the villain.
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“I feel like I’ve been portrayed as the ultimate villain. My mistakes that I’ve made on camera live on forever,” Leviss said on Just B with Bethenny Frankel.
“Ariana and I were not best friends, we were acquaintances who became friends on the show. It’s painful to think I’ve hurt her in this way… I don’t expect her to forgive me,” she added.
‘Scandoval’ – a play on philanderer Tom Sandoval’s name – was the name dubbed to the scandalous (and extremely real) love triangle between Vanderpump Rules stars Tom Sandoval, Ariana Madix and Raquel Leviss.
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Sandoval and Madix had been together for nine years and both had been long-runners on the reality show. In the podcast episode with Bethenny Frankel, Leviss alluded that despite being together long-term, Sandoval and Madix’s relationship may have been rocky.
“I would not be involved in this affair, secrecy type situation if I thought there was longevity in this relationship between Tom and Ariana.”