Rachel Leviss: I gave Tom Sandoval a house key — but he didn’t use it

Rachel Leviss’ lips are now not locked — and neither is her house.

Showing on Bethenny Frankel’s “Simply B” podcast in an interview that dropped on Tuesday, the truth star formerly known as Raquel revealed that she gave Tom Sandoval a key to her house within the fallout of final 12 months’s “Scandoval.”

The moniker was coined in March 2023 when “Vanderpump Guidelines” stars Leviss and Sandoval had been caught in an affair that had been happening for months. Sandoval was then in a nearly-decade-long relationship with “Vanderpump” co-star Ariana Madix.

Leviss has stayed out of the limelight not too long ago in an try to maneuver on from the scandal, however on “Simply B,” she dished so much drama that listeners’ cup runneth over.

Leviss revealed that she gave Sandoval a key to her house whereas she was staying at a psychological well being facility in order that he may escape the arctic local weather of an house shared with an ex.

However, as of now, Sandoval and Madix are nonetheless sharing their LA house.

“Persons are confused as to why they’re nonetheless dwelling collectively,” Leviss mentioned. “I truly gave Tom [Sandoval] the important thing to my house whereas I used to be away on the Meadows [mental health facility], and he had a free place to remain and selected to remain in the home with Ariana [Madix].”

Leviss went on to say that she views Madix and Sandoval’s continuous cohabitation as a product of behavior.

“I don’t know their scenario, however I do know that it actually isn’t that stunning that they’re dwelling collectively in my eyes as a result of it’s been this fashion,” she mentioned. “They haven’t been an genuine couple, romantic, intimate.”

In the same interview, Leviss challenged her status because the “final villain” within the scandalous situation.

Whereas she didn’t dismiss the “harm [she] delivered to lots of people,” Leviss additionally prompt that a lot of the social media firing squad response was motivated by individuals’s knee-jerk response to vilify cheaters.

“The idea of an affair hits house, hits actually onerous to lots of people,” Leviss mentioned. “So I believe there was plenty of projection occurring, plenty of feelings that got here up for individuals. And, sadly, I used to be the punching bag for lots of that.”

Leviss continued, “I might not be concerned on this affair, secrecy sort of scenario if I believed that there was longevity on this relationship between Tom and Ariana. The individuals closest to them may see that their relationship hasn’t been what they painting on digital camera. And Tom all the time instructed me, like, they’re a model, they’re a picture.”