Raquel Leviss hasn’t “seen a single penny” from Scandoval, suggests she’s done with Vanderpump Rules
Leviss broke her silence for the first time since her affair with Vanderpump Rules' Tom Sandoval rocked the Bravo universe earlier the spring
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After briefly becoming one of the most hated women on the internet for her role in Scandoval—the Vanderpump Rules Ariana Madix/Tom Sandoval cheating fiasco that rocked the Bravo universe back in March—Raquel Leviss (who is apparently reverting back to her birth name, Rachel) has learned a whole lot. Mostly about the powers of deflection, but still—baby steps. In an interview with Real Housewives queen bee Bethenny Frankel, Leviss broke her silence for the first time since the explosive VPR reunion. And what we’ve learned, essentially, is that her months-long affair came down to a lot of factors that weren’t really her fault—at least, according to Leviss.
After checking into a mental health treatment facility to “understand my behaviors,” Leviss reportedly learned that the reason she keeps “choosing men that are unavailable” is “love addiction… where you confuse intensity for intimacy.” “Those chemical changes in the brain are the same chemical changes that happen when you take drugs. So it is addictive, and it explains why I couldn’t stop seeing this person,” she continued. “It also doesn’t excuse the fact that it happened… but now I know better” (per Us Weekly).
Elsewhere in the interview, she also blamed “heartbreak” from the end of her past relationship with fellow cast member James Kennedy, and VPR’s many rabid fans whose “projection” and “emotions that came up” made her into “the punching bag.” “The concept of an affair hits home, hits really hard to a lot of people,” she clarified (via Today).
This apparent victimization also allowed Frankel and Leviss to use the moment to push support for Frankel’s proposed reality star union. “I said your name just as an example of what I imagined to be somebody who had been exploited… for the rest of your life, that content will be out there without compensation,” said Frankel.
“I haven’t seen a single penny… It’s not fair,” Leviss revealed in response, claiming that the network was “laughing” and “running to the bank” off her actions. Sure, she may have “brought [hurt] to a lot of people,” but she really just wants her piece of the pie. “I feel like a toddler saying, ‘It’s not fair.’ But it really isn’t,” she continued. “I feel like I’ve been portrayed as the ultimate villain. My mistakes that I’ve made on camera live on forever.”
Leviss also made comments that suggest she will not return for what will certainly be a contentious 11th season of VPR. “You mentioned something about the addiction of doing reality TV and the way that they always dangle that carrot in front of you, like, ‘Well, you need to tell your side of the story otherwise it’s gonna be written for you,’” she told Frankel. “And that’s terrifying. So I almost went back, I know just because of that.”
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Why do/should we care about any of this?
We shouldn’t, but you can’t tell me you didn’t laugh reading this woman trying to explain the science of why she sleeps with married men while also complaining how unfair it is she hasn’t been able to monetize those affairs.
She should look into this thing called prostitution or Only Fans if she wants to make money off of having sex.
Because you’re commenting on a site that reports on audio/visual entertainment.
Do the Herbs have a big investment in Bravo or something? They keep trying to make this happen, even if it looks like no one cares.
What? Do you have important shit going on or something?Keep on curing cancer or whatever you’re up to.
I don’t know who these people are and haven’t paid a second of attention to this earth-splitting scandal, but holy shit is the combination of idiocy and complete lack of self-awareness in these quotes just delicious. She had to check into an in-patient program to discover that she gets a rush from banging other people’s husbands, and only NOW understands that this is not healthy behavior? So good.
“love addiction… where you confuse intensity for intimacy.”No, you dumb homewrecker, it’s because you like the idea of feeling that you’re more attractive than other women, to the point where you can get husbands to break their vows to their wives by sleeping with you. It’s not “intensity”, or “intimacy”, it’s narcissism, ego, and the desperate desire to prove you’re hotter than other women. You like that sense of power. It’s the female equivalent of dudes starting fights with other dudes for no reason. Of course, I’m not absolving the cheating husbands of blame here, of course, but I’m simply stating why she does it.
It’s really hilarious to think you are owed some type of compensation for a truly horrendous thing you did. There’s a reason most criminals aren’t allowed to write books about their crimes post-sentencing. I’m not saying she’s a criminal (only criminally stupid), but the comparison is apt. You don’t get to reap the financial rewards of ruining someone’s life. That’s not how it works.
Tom Sandoval has reaped financial rewards, and as he’s filming the new season, he still is.
She also could be filming the new season … she’s chosen not to. She was paid for her work on the show – what’s she’s not owed is any additional sums they may have gotten because of increased viewership.
Except she is legally owed compensation, that is the explicit deal she made. If you are cheating or otherwise pulling shenanigans on your own time, then you aren’t owed anything. If you are cheating on Vanderpump Rules, then you it’s pretty much your job and you should be payed accordingly.
She was compensated for her time on the show – she did not make a deal to get any additional sums because of upticks in viewership. Not the same thing.
Fair.
File Under: The Audacity.
But she was paid as a cast member of the show when the thing happened, right? So then she did get compensation for it. That’s literally how that works.