Raquel Leviss Goes Back To Birth Name Of Rachel – Hollywood Life

VANDERPUMP RULES -- "Reunion" -- Pictured: (l-r) -- (Photo by: Nicole Weingart/Bravo) — Image Credit: Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock

Raquel Leviss is feeling like her previous self once more — actually. According to a July 14 report by TMZ, the embattled Vanderpump Rules star, 28, has chosen to reclaim her beginning identify, Rachel. Sources with “direct knowledge” reportedly informed the outlet that after being “very upset” by trolls resurrecting and weaponizing her beginning identify within the wake of Scandoval, she determined to personal it. “Her therapists explained to her, her detractors had weaponized the name ‘Rachel’ to hurt her,” the outlet reported. “She came to realize, with the help of the therapists, that by taking the name back and embracing it … she neutralized the people who used it as a weapon,” sources for the outlet claimed.

The massive transfer comes after the star ducked out of public life to obtain remedy for 2 months at a psychological well being facility known as The Meadows in Wickenberg, Arizona, per one other July 14 TMZ report. According to them, she’s been out of the remedy facility for every week and has been staying at a pal’s place.

While the invoice for the keep was reportedly “staggering,” hitting $200,000, an insider informed the outlet after just lately spending time along with her that, “She is like a totally different person” after the transformative keep. The two months was apparently for “mental health and trauma therapy,” versus rehab.

The actuality persona’s keep in Arizona follows her surprising affair with Tom Sandoval actually rocked the forged of the Bravo hit. Dubbed “Scandoval,” the fallout included Tom’s breakup with longtime love Ariana Madix, a short lived restraining order towards Scheana Shay, and a typically obsessive malcontent among the many forged that culminated with the unstable three-part season 10 finale.

Raquel Leviss, Tom Sandoval, Ariana Madix — MediaPunch/Shutterstock

Raquel and Tom’s illicit relationship was uncovered again in March, when Ariana found an specific video on Tom’s cellphone. By April, issues had seemingly come to move for Raquel, as a rep for the star confirmed to People that she was looking for remedy. “Raquel and her family decided before the relationship was discovered that she would enter a voluntary facility for mental health counseling,” the rep mentioned on the time.