Former Vanderpump Rules star Rachel Leviss has been dropping bombshell after bombshell on her new podcast, Rachel Goes Rogue. And she shared some scoop about how long Tom Schwartz knew about her affair with Tom Sandoval.
Rachel stepped away from the show after the Season 10 reunion bloodbath. After spending time in a mental health treatment facility she decided not to return to Pump Rules. After all, no one would give her the time of day on the cast. Well, except for Sandoval.
Now Rachel is sharing just how intertwined Schwartz and Sandoval truly are.
Are Schwartz and Sandoval in a “co-dependent relationship?”
During the second episode of her podcast, Rachel revealed that Schwartz knew about her affair with Sandoval from the start.
“Schwartz knew since the very beginning. I got a phone call from Tom after we hooked up for the first time. My mind was racing, I was feeling so much guilt and shame about it,” Rachel explained. “And I finally got a call from Sandoval, he was at Schwartz’s apartment and that was a safe space for him. So Schwartz knew before we even had a conversation to talk about it and what the game plan was going to be.”
That doesn’t match Schwartz’s timeline of events. He claimed that he found out about the couple’s “one night stand” in August 2022, but didn’t know about their affair until January 2023. The math is not mathing, Schwartz.
Rachel added that Schwartz and Sandoval have “the most co-dependent relationship we’ve ever seen on Vanderpump Rules.” Duh! But the besties did hit a rough patch amid the Scandoval of it all.
“I know that they went through this rough patch, and I think Schwartz was being influenced by outside people telling him that Tom isn’t a good look and can’t be friends with him because he made terrible decisions,” Rachel stated.
For a while, Sandoval instructed Rachel, who was writing to him from the mental health facility, to address the letters to Schwartz. Barf. When Schwartz threatened to end their longtime friendship, Sandoval had Rachel send them to the house that he shared with his ex, Ariana Madix.
“I don’t think he really gave a f*ck, I think he wanted her to see it,” Rachel said. A classic, manipulative move from Sandoval’s handbook.
You can catch the Vanderpump Rules Season 11 premiere on January 30 at 8/7c on Bravo.
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