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Raquel Leviss, 28, wiped away most traces of Vanderpump Guidelines from her social media within the wake of her exit from the present. The ex-Bravo star — who’s going by her beginning identify Rachel once more — revamped her Instagram by deleting all the images together with her former co-stars and the apology she issued to Ariana Madix, 38, in March for her affair with Tom Sandoval, 40. Raquel additionally unfollowed Ariana and Tom, together with the remainder of the VPR forged together with her former bestie Scheana Shay, 38, and her ex-fiancé James Kennedy, 31.
Moreover, Raquel up to date her bio on Instagram to learn, “Becoming a better person… one day at a time.” She additionally has a hyperlink to her latest interview with Bethenny Frankel the place she addressed the “Scandoval.” Raquel’s newest Instagram publish, shared on Aug. 18, is a snippet of her hour and a half lengthy chat with Bethenny.
Raquel took a months lengthy break from social media after her and Tom’s affair was uncovered in March. She spoke out for the primary time in regards to the relationship with a press release that’s been deleted off her Instagram. The March 8 message included an apology to Ariana for sleeping together with her boyfriend of 9 years. “I want to apologize for my actions and my choices foremost to Ariana, and to my friends and the fans so invested in our relationships,” Raquel’s assertion started. “There is no excuse, I am not a victim and I must own my actions and I deeply regret hurting Ariana,” she added.
After Raquel and Ariana confronted off on the season 10 reunion, Raquel checked right into a psychological well being facility in Arizona for 2 months. The previous magnificence pageant contestant mentioned earlier than she entered the ability that she was looking for assist for her “patterns of codependency and addiction to being and feeling loved.” After testing of the ability, Raquel sat down with Bethenny to rehash how her life utterly blew up from the scandal. Throughout the interview, Raquel downplayed her friendship with Ariana and insisted that they weren’t shut when she was having the affair with Tom.
“Ariana and I were not best friends,” Raquel mentioned on the podcast. “We were acquaintances who became friends through the show.” Raquel defined that she “wasn’t trying to be a malicious person” by beginning up a relationship with Tom behind Ariana’s again. She additionally mentioned she doesn’t count on the One thing About Her co-founder to forgive her. “I think once trust is broken with somebody it’s hard to come back from that,” she mentioned. “But I am remorseful. I recognize that I caused her a lot of pain.”
After a lot hypothesis, Raquel’s exit from Vanderpump Guidelines was confirmed by Leisure Tonight on Aug. 17. Raquel mentioned on Bethenny’s podcast that she “almost went back” to the present for season 11 as a result of the producers needed her to share her facet of the story, however she finally determined in opposition to doing that. Now, Raquel is concentrated on “becoming a better person” and shifting on from the scandal that modified her life.
