I Was ‘Not in Love’ With Tom Sandoval Amid Affair

Raquel Leviss initially “believed” that she was “in love” with Tom Sandoval amid their months-long affair, however now she’s altering her tune.

“I now look again on it and see that I used to be not in love with him,” Leviss, 28, sharing throughout half 1 of her look on iHeartRadio’s “ReWives” podcast , launched on Wednesday, August 16. “I additionally don’t consider that he actually was in love with me both.”

In the course of the podcast episode, Leviss spoke candidly to Bethenny Frankel for the primary time since finishing psychological well being remedy at a middle in Arizona. Discussing her relationship with Sandoval, 41, she mirrored on the “connection” that that they had.

“I felt seen and heard by him. I haven’t actually had that reference to different individuals within the solid, nor individuals in my actual life,” she defined. “I used to be filming in a tumultuous setting. I used to be needing some validation and anyone to listen to what I used to be going by. Right here comes alongside Tom who actually gave me that point of day to share my aspect of the story in a non-judgment zone. That’s precisely what I wanted in that second.”

Leviss and Sandoval’s secret relationship was revealed this previous March and subsequently ended his nine-year relationship with Ariana Madix.

When discussing Madix, 38, and Sandoval’s romance, Leviss claimed that they have been extra like “enterprise companions” and hadn’t acted like a pair in years.

“I’d not be concerned on this affair, secrecy kind of state of affairs if I assumed that there was longevity on this relationship between Tom and Ariana,” she stated. “The individuals closest to them may see that their relationship hasn’t been what they painting on digicam.”

Leviss claimed that Sandoval referred to his relationship as “a model” and “a picture.”

“They work collectively to make model offers,” Leviss stated. “They’re a duo on the present. And so they make the most of that for the success of their model or picture.”(Madix beforehand slammed Sandoval’s related suggestion about their relationship being rocky on the season 10 reunion.)

Whereas Leviss defined that she determined to talk with Frankel, 52, who’s utilizing “her case for instance of exploitation” on actuality TV, she additionally needed to debate what went down in the course of the Vanderpump Guidelines season 10 reunion.

“My nature could be very form and forgiving and understanding of different individuals,” Leviss shared. “So, the idea of me being the last word actuality TV villain simply blows my thoughts. The best way that [Madix] spoke to me on the reunion, I really feel prefer it was uncalled for.”

By showing on actuality TV and beginning a relationship with Sandoval, Leviss stated she “bought caught up in one thing that’s method too large for me to deal with,” and now, is “simply making an attempt to outlive.” As for her return Vanderpump Guidelines, Leviss made a throwaway remark about how she “virtually went again,” however didn’t acknowledge it any additional. Season 11 of the present is at the moment in manufacturing and Us Weekly beforehand reported that she has not but signed a contract to return.

Whereas her actuality TV departure remains to be up within the air, Leviss did communicate with Frankel about what she realized throughout her keep within the psychological well being remedy middle. Leviss famous that she was capable of “come to the place” the place her actions, like deciding to have an affair with Sandoval, make “sense” to her.

“It took me some time to just accept, however I realized about love habit and it’s an actual factor. It’s the place you confuse depth for intimacy,” she shared. “And people chemical modifications within the mind are the identical chemical modifications that occur while you take medicine. So, it’s addictive, and it explains why I couldn’t cease seeing this individual, nevertheless it additionally doesn’t excuse the truth that it occurred. However now I do know higher.”