Rachel Leviss — who was formerly known as Raquel — is opening up about her decision to leave Vanderpump Rules following her affair with Tom Sandoval. Rachel Leviss, formerly known as Raquel, reveals that although most viewers thought that the fallout of the scandal was the reason for her departure, she revealed that it was her breakup with ex-fiancee James Kennedy that prompted a “pattern” to develop in her behavior. You will not see Rachel in season 11 of Vanderpump Rules. I have removed myself completely from the filming environment. She admitted, “Looking back on that season, I had reached my lowest point.“
–I should have spent more time healing and finding a therapist after I broke off my engagement with James. That was my first error,” she said. When we were filming and working together, he flaunted his new girlfriend he had met three weeks after he ended our engagement. That hurt and I was left with so many questions, like did he love me? How is it possible to love someone and then get over them so quickly?” Rachel then revealed in the teaser that she “was drinking a ton in season 10 and this is not an excuse.” She added, “I was not in a great mental space.” Later, she said that returning to the cast of the show for another season would have been “catastrophic,” for Tom’s ex-girlfriend Ariana Madix. Tom and Ariana were together for nine long years before they separated in March after the affair between Tom and Rachel was revealed. The former reality TV star said, “I could only imagine the pain I would cause by filming in the same environment with Ariana.“ I didn’t put her in that position.“
