‘I care about Tom’ however ‘I have to heal’ after affair

Raquel Leviss defiantly returned to social media to replace “Vanderpump Rules” followers on the place she stands with co-star Tom Sandoval following their months-long affair.

“Besides the indefensible circumstances surrounding our relationship, my emotions for Tom have at all times been honest and born out of a loving friendship,” Leviss wrote on Instagram Wednesday night time.

“Knowing how many individuals we damage, I want to grasp my decisions and be taught to make higher ones.”

Leviss stated she now must shift focus onto her psychological well being, in addition to “work on self-growth and take time to be pleased with being alone.”

“I take care of Tom and I don’t need to label something or predict what lies forward. Right now I have to heal,” her assertion concluded.

The Bravolebrity formally broke her silence earlier on Wednesday by sharing a prolonged assertion along with her 515,000 Instagram followers.

“I need to apologize for my actions and my decisions, foremost to Ariana [Madix] and to my associates and the followers so invested in {our relationships},” she wrote.

“There isn’t any excuse. I’m not a sufferer, and I need to personal my actions, and I deeply remorse hurting Ariana.”

The 28-year-old blamed the affair on her “dependancy” to like and vowed to do higher from right here on out.

“I’m reflecting on my decisions, talking to a counselor and I’m studying issues about myself similar to my patterns of codependency and dependancy to being and feeling liked,” she wrote.

“I’ve sought emotional validation via intimate connections that aren’t wholesome with out regard for my very own well-being, typically negatively affecting others and sometimes prioritizing the intimate connection over my friendships.”

Leviss claimed she has been “bodily assaulted, misplaced friendships, acquired dying threats and hate emails” because the affair, dubbed “Scandoval,” made headlines final week, referencing a sexually express video that she just lately accused her co-stars of sharing.

“I’ve begun counseling to finish my unhealthy behavioral cycle, be taught to set stronger emotional boundaries and be taught to guard my psychological well being,” she concluded, including that she doesn’t “count on sympathy, understanding or forgiveness.”

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Her assertion got here simply hours after Tom Sandoval, 39, lastly issued a groveling apology to Madix.

“I need to apologize to Ariana. I made errors, I used to be egocentric, and made reckless choices that damage someone I like. No one deserves to really feel that ache so traumatically and publicly,” he wrote by way of Instagram early Wednesday.

“I can solely think about how devastating this has been for Ariana and everybody round us. … My largest remorse is that I dishonored Ariana.”