The drama at SUR by no means ends. Raquel Leviss and Peter Madrigal solely went on a handful of dates, however their romance took on a complete new which means after Leviss’ affair with Tom Sandoval was uncovered.
The former pageant queen and the SUR supervisor had their first outing in early 2022 after Leviss cut up from ex-fiancé James Kennedy. “It was just a fun little time,” Leviss recalled throughout an April 2022 look on Katie Maloney‘s “You’re Gonna Love Me” podcast. “And I figured this would be a good opportunity for me just to get back out in the dating world because I haven’t had an official date since the breakup. So, when he asked me to go grab drinks with him, I was like, ‘Hm, OK, sure.’”
After that first date, nevertheless, the duo stored issues informal. In July 2022, Leviss solely instructed Us Weekly that she’d solely been on “a few dates” along with her Vanderpump Rules costar. “He asked me out after my breakup, obviously, and I was like, ‘Well, why not? Right?’” the California native recalled on the time. “I’m a yes-man now.”
The pair’s romance seemingly got here to an finish that very same month, as documented throughout a February 2023 episode of Pump Rules. Leviss instructed Madrigal she wasn’t prepared for something severe, whereas the duo’s boss, Lisa Vanderpump, warned Madrigal of the risks of courting somebody who works for him.
It appeared like that will be the top of story till March 2023, when Us confirmed that Sandoval cut up from longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix after she found he was having an affair with Leviss. Two days earlier than the information broke, Leviss described Madrigal as a “starting pony” throughout an expertise on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, explaining that he helped her get again within the courting world.
As luck would have it, Madrigal had booked his personal interview that very same week, and he wasn’t completely satisfied about his former flame’s remarks. “I’m nobody’s starter pony,” the Daddy’s Home director stated throughout an interview on the “Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend” podcast. “Go f–k yourself. I always keep an even keel, but my God. Who the hell do you think you are? Who the f–k do you think you are?”
As extra particulars in regards to the timeline of Sandoval and Leviss’ affair grew to become public, Madrigal didn’t maintain again sharing his ideas. In April 2023, he stated he felt just like the duo had used him as a “scapegoat” to cover their rising emotions for each other. According to Madrigal, Sandoval despatched him a textual content in January 2023 that made him suppose the TomTom co-owner was seeing Leviss as early as July 2022.
“He hasn’t texted me in six months,” the University of Southern California alum recalled throughout an interview on Kristen Doute‘s “Sex, Love, and What Matters” podcast. “And then he texts me and he says, and I quote, ‘Dude, exclamation point. Just watched the first episode LOL, exclamation point. Did you bang Raquel the night after SUR, exclamation point, question mark, crying laughing face.’”
Madrigal believes that Sandoval wished to search out out the complete extent of what occurred between him and Leviss as a result of their affair had already begun when Leviss agreed to exit with Madrigal. “She was already having sex with Tom,” Madrigal alleged. “And that text message from him proves it.”
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