Raquel Leviss is again on the ‘gram. The Vanderpump Guidelines alum made her first non-promotional social media submit for the reason that fallout from Scandoval.
“I’ve been dreaming of a spot like this 🌻,” Leviss, 28, captioned clips of herself having fun with a flower farm and studying to make floral preparations through Instagram on Saturday, September 9. She smiled on the digital camera whereas strolling by way of an idyllic greenhouse at golden hour.
Previous to her newest video, she’d solely been again on social media to advertise her look on Bethenny Frankel‘s “ReWives” podcast, her single interview for the reason that Pump Guidelines reunion. “Thanks @bethennyfrankel for providing an area to talk so brazenly about the whole lot,” she wrote final month whereas holding feedback turned off.
On her Saturday submit, Leviss’ turned feedback on and was inundated with messages of assist. “I believe it’s time to depart her alone. Everybody makes errors,” one particular person wrote whereas one other added, “Regardless of the whole lot that has occurred, you deserve to have the ability to transfer on and stay a contented life.”
Us Weekly confirmed that Leviss and Tom Sandoval‘s duo’s affair led to Sandoval’s break up from girlfriend Ariana Madix after their 9-year relationship.
Each Sandoval and Leviss apologized through social media statements within the weeks following the affair going public. “I wish to at first apologize to everybody I’ve damage by way of this course of. Most of all, I wish to apologize to Ariana,” he wrote. “I made errors, I used to be egocentric and made reckless selections that damage anyone I really like. Nobody deserves to really feel that ache so traumatically and publicly.”
In the meantime, Leviss mentioned that she was “chatting with a counselor” within the aftermath of the scandal. “I’ve sought emotional validation by way of intimate connections that aren’t wholesome with out regard for my very own well-being, generally negatively affecting others and sometimes prioritizing the intimate connection over my friendships,” she wrote through Instagram on March 8. “I’m taking steps to know my conduct and make more healthy selections.”
In a second submit, she defined that she wasn’t able to touch upon the standing of her relationship with Sandoval. “Understanding how many individuals we damage, I want to know my selections and study to make higher ones. I must deal with my well being, work on self progress and take time to be OK with being alone,” Leviss wrote. “I look after Tom and I don’t wish to label something or predict what lies forward. Proper now I must heal.”
She later deleted each posts.
Leviss checked right into a psychological well being facility after the spring Vanderpump Guidelines reunion and acquired remedy for 90 days. In her first post-treatment interview on Frankel’s podcast final month, Leviss seemingly confirmed that she wouldn’t seem in VPR season 11 and opened up about how counseling helped her perceive her personal poisonous selections.
“It took me some time to simply accept, however I realized about love habit and it’s an actual factor. It’s the place you confuse depth for intimacy,” Leviss defined. “And people chemical adjustments within the mind are the identical chemical adjustments that occur whenever you take medicine. So, it’s addictive, and it explains why I couldn’t cease seeing this particular person, but it surely additionally doesn’t excuse the truth that it occurred. However now I do know higher.”
Previous to her relationship with Sandoval, Leviss was engaged to Pump Guidelines costar James Kennedy. After 5 years collectively, the duo known as it quits in December 2021.