Vanderpump Rules star Tom Sandoval revealed he felt suicidal ideas after his affair with Rachel “Raquel” Leviss was found by his ex-girlfriend Ariana Madix.
Tom, 40, spoke in an episode of his podcast, “Everybody Loves Tom,” which aired on Thursday, September 28, and he recalled assembly the late Linkin Park band member Chester Bennington, who died by suicide in 2017.
“I was with Ariana at the time, and we were in a rush to, like, pick up clothes, but [Chester] was there,” the Bravolebrity defined. “He seemed happy, or I don’t know, he was animated, energetic on the phone. … Literally, days later, he died. He killed himself.”
Tom then admitted he “could never understand why” this occurred to Chester however famous it’s doable “when you get into that headspace” and it turns into a “domino effect.”
“There were some times when I felt very, very close [to suicide],” he added. “Your world just starts collapsing itself and you cannot see outside of your feelings. Your peripheral goes away, your sense of thinking about future, about like, ‘Oh come on,’ like, you’re ability to snap out of it goes away.”
Tom and Rachel’s scandal — dubbed “Scandoval” — got here to gentle in early March when Ariana, 38, uncovered an inappropriate screen-recording of Rachel, 29, on Tom’s telephone on the time. Ariana and Tom had been courting for 9 years up till that time, and he and Rachel had been having an affair since August 2022. After the dishonest scandal was revealed, a lot of the VPR solid and followers supported Ariana and turned towards Tom. As a consequence, the Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras frontman skilled darkish ideas.
“Also, during that time, Rachel was away,” Tom defined, stating that his co-star checked right into a psychological rehabilitation facility on the time. “Initially, when all that went down, we obviously were talking to each other all the time. Then, she went away to that facility, and I kind of was like at her beck and call in a sense because [she] couldn’t have her phone in there, no access to anything. And so, I had to wait for her call, which can only happen maybe twice [or] once a day.”
The actuality TV persona then famous that at any time when he wouldn’t get a name from Rachel, “it would really affect [his] mood,” stating that the final time he spoke to the previous Miss Sonoma County was at “the end of June.”
Tom claimed his suicidal ideas arose after Ariana filmed a Duracell business that derided him for a second when he criticized Ariana for not shopping for batteries.
“That was rough,” he concluded.
If you or somebody is in emotional misery or contemplating suicide, name the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
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