In maybe probably the most 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 chance blended her up with Ariana Madix.
The twosome got here collectively on the Wednesday, Might 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 discipline,” Sandoval instructed 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 wonderful.’”
With a smile on her face, Raquel, who made out with Schwartz in August 2022, replied, “You simply known 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 mentioned 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 mentioned, “I like you.”
“I like you too,” she replied.
“I mentioned they love you,” he clarified. “However I like you too.”
The twosome bought shut as Raquel famous, “I do know we at all times mentioned, like, we wouldn’t f—king do that if we didn’t suppose it was price it. I simply suppose that the way in which that it imploded, it’s … this isn’t ideally suited, in any respect.”
Us Weekly confirmed in March that Ariana discovered concerning the affair from a video on Sandoval’s cellphone, resulting in the tip 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 prefer to be bodily with somebody that you just love as a result of I already knew that I liked him as a good friend. And I by no means, like, had intercourse like that earlier than,” Raquel instructed the cameras. “I ought to have eliminated myself from the scenario 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 bought actual about their future.
“Am I actually going to place my life on the road for somebody who would cheat on somebody that they liked a lot?” she requested Sandoval. “As a result of then that makes me suppose you might be able to doing that to me and I don’t need to get caught up on this whirlwind romance the place I’m blind to those issues.”
Sandoval mentioned 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? Perhaps issues will work out between Raquel and I and perhaps they received’t, however after I kissed Raquel, I felt hope. I felt like, ‘Wait a minute, you aren’t washed up [and] your greatest days aren’t behind you.’”
The twosome concluded that they “f—ked up,” and would do issues otherwise if they might.
The display then reduce 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 instructed Howie Mandel in April that he and the SURver have been “on a break.”
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