Raquel Leviss has damaged her silence on her affair with “Vanderpump Rules” co-star Tom Sandoval.
“I wish to apologize for my actions and my decisions, foremost to Ariana [Madix] and to my buddies and the followers so invested in {our relationships},” the 28-year-old mentioned in a press release to “Entertainment Tonight” Wednesday.
“There isn’t any excuse. I’m not a sufferer, and I need to personal my actions, and I deeply remorse hurting Ariana.”
Leviss went on guilty the scandalous dalliance on her “dependancy” to like.
“I’m reflecting on my decisions, talking to a counselor and I’m studying issues about myself comparable to my patterns of codependency and dependancy to being and feeling liked,” she mentioned.
“I’ve sought emotional validation by intimate connections that aren’t wholesome with out regard for my very own well-being, generally negatively affecting others and infrequently prioritizing the intimate connection over my friendships. I’m taking steps to know my conduct and make more healthy decisions.”
Leviss then claimed she has been “bodily assaulted, misplaced friendships, obtained dying threats and hate emails along with having had my privateness violated” because the scandal first made headlines final Friday, referencing a sexually specific video that she just lately accused her co-stars of spreading.
“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.
“I don’t count on sympathy, understanding or forgiveness. Right now I need to focus by myself well being and well-being, and as I try to be a greater particular person shifting ahead, I’ll prioritize my psychological well being and be taught from my errors.”
Sources beforehand advised Page Six that Leviss and Sandoval, 39, had a “full-blown,” months-long affair throughout his practically 10-year relationship with Madix.
An insider advised us that the pair had been “speaking inappropriately for months” and now “wish to be collectively.”
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Madix, 37, came upon concerning the affair simply hours after she cheered on Sandoval’s cowl band on March 1.
Sources advised us she was “blindsided” by the information and feels “betrayed” by each of them — particularly after just lately rising near Leviss.
“Ariana is heartbroken,” the insider claimed. “Ariana was there for Raquel throughout the James [Kennedy] breakup. Ariana had no thought there have been any points.”
News of Leviss’ romance with Sandoval got here as a shock to many, particularly given the very fact she advised Page Six simply days earlier that she was specializing in herself after moving into sizzling water for hooking up with Tom Schwartz, Sandoval’s BFF, amid his divorce from Katie Maloney.
“I simply, I don’t know, however I’m form of like relationship myself and I take pleasure in being single and I really feel like being single has allowed me to essentially replicate on myself and spend high quality time on myself,” she mentioned. “And I really feel like that was a lot wanted for me to develop into.”
After information of the affair broke, a number of “VPR” stars took to social media to slam their co-stars.
While Maloney merely posted two clown emojis to her Instagram Story, Kennedy shared a screenshot of TMZ’s unique report, writing, “Hope you all really feel as sick as I do. This explains the whole lot.”
Lala Kent, who has famously feuded with each Sandoval and Leviss, took a unique method, telling any of her followers going to Sandoval’s upcoming exhibits to interrupt out into “Ariana” chants.
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“I clearly suppose you shouldn’t go in any respect. But in the event you’re so inclined to show your eardrums to nails on chalkboard, that is what you do #Ariana,” she wrote.
Page Six can verify that Bravo is at present filming the most recent drama and hopes to incorporate it in Season 10.
“Vanderpump Rules” airs each Wednesday on Bravo.
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