In maybe some of the cringeworthy moments in Bravo historical past, Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss declared their love for one another on the season 10 finale of Vanderpump Guidelines … after he by accident combined her up with Ariana Madix.
The twosome got here collectively on the Wednesday, Could 17, episode of the Bravo hit after Sandoval, 40, filmed a heated confrontation with Ariana, 37, about his affair with Raquel, 28.
“[Our romance] simply got here out of, like, f—king left area,” Sandoval advised Raquel. “Making an attempt to hook you up with, like, [Tom] Schwartz, saying, ‘Dude, you’re sleeping on Ariana like a f—king fool, like, she’s superb.’”
With a smile on her face, Raquel, who made out with Schwartz in August 2022, replied, “You simply referred to as me Ariana.”
They recovered from the awkward second by dimming the lights and Raquel subsequently opened up about telling her household concerning the affair.
“Your mother f—king hates me,” the TomTom co-owner stated earlier than she requested about how Sandoval’s dad and mom took the information.
Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss. Courtesy of Raquel Leviss/Instagram
When he responded, “They love you,” Raquel thought he stated, “I like you.”
“I like you too,” she replied.
“I stated they love you,” he clarified. “However I like you too.”
The twosome obtained shut as Raquel famous, “I do know we all the time stated, like, we wouldn’t f—king do that if we didn’t assume it was value it. I simply assume that the way in which that it imploded, it’s … this isn’t splendid, in any respect.”
Us Weekly confirmed in March that Ariana discovered concerning the affair from a video on Sandoval’s cellphone, resulting in the top of their nine-year relationship and Bravo to renew filming season 10.
In a confessional on Wednesday’s episode, the previous magnificence queen — who was very near Ariana when she began hooking up with Sandoval in August 2022 — gushed about their intercourse life.
“I used to be simply so curious what it will really feel wish to be bodily with somebody that you just love as a result of I already knew that I beloved him as a good friend. And I by no means, like, had intercourse like that earlier than,” Raquel advised the cameras. “I ought to have eliminated myself from the state of affairs however I didn’t have the willpower to not see him.”
Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss. Todd Williamson/Bravo; Eugene Gologursky/Bravo
The pair opted to not kiss in entrance of the cameras earlier than Raquel obtained actual about their future.
“Am I actually going to place my life on the road for somebody who would cheat on somebody that they beloved a lot?” she requested Sandoval. “As a result of then that makes me assume you possibly can be able to doing that to me and I don’t wish to get caught up on this whirlwind romance the place I’m blind to those issues.”
Sandoval stated he would “by no means do that if there wasn’t one thing right here.” In an interview, he added, “I can’t predict the longer term. Who’s to say? Possibly issues will work out between Raquel and I and possibly they received’t, however once I kissed Raquel, I felt hope. I felt like, ‘Wait a minute, you aren’t washed up [and] your finest days aren’t behind you.’”
The twosome concluded that they “f—ked up,” and would do issues in another way if they might.
The display screen then lower to black with a message that learn: “After filming this scene, Raquel turned off her cellphone and was not seen or heard from for weeks.”
Whereas Raquel checked into remedy following the season 10 reunion taping, Sandoval hit the street along with his band and advised Howie Mandel in April that he and the SURver had been “on a break.”
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