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Rachel Leviss called Tom Sandoval a ‘jerk’ on her latest episode of the Rachel Goes Rogue podcast.
The Vanderpump Rules alum, 29, called out her ex-lover for being manipulative with his ex-girlfriend Ariana Madix and also with herself, his ex-lover.
On his Tuesday episode of his iHeartRadio podcast, he talked about his therapy sessions at a mental health treatment center after Scandoval.
She said that at that facility she realized that Sandoval manipulated her when she was still vulnerable to breaking off her engagement to James Kennedy and also betrayed her when he filmed her without her consent.
During the episode, she also revealed that she promised herself not to date for an entire year and addressed claims that she was emotionless during the explosive season 10 reunion.
When asked how she felt about Sandoval’s treatment of Madix and how he blamed her for his infidelity, she said it was “a disaster.”
“I don’t approve of it at all,” he said. ‘I think Tom uses Ariana’s mental health against her. And he is very manipulative and messy.
“I think I could have done it in a much more mature way,” he added of the former couple’s breakup, which he said Sandoval wanted to initiate but didn’t for months. “But who knows if he’s capable of doing that.”
She recalled going through trauma therapy and telling her therapist that she was struggling with her feelings about betraying Sandoval by sharing more of her side of the story about their affair in their one-on-one interview.
She said she became aware of the ways Sandoval manipulated her when her therapist asked her the question: ‘But didn’t Tom betray you first?’
After “thinking about it,” Leviss said she realized he hurt her when he “asked me to lie when he knew I wasn’t a good liar and I expressed to him that I don’t like lying.”
She also said that “the biggest way” he betrayed her was when he filmed her without her knowledge and consent in the infamous FaceTime recording that Madix would later discover, unearthing their months-long affair behind her back.
Leviss added that she blamed Sandoval for getting her into “a really bad situation with my friendships and this placement of being on this international reality show where my reputation was on the line.”
He noted that their affair began when she was particularly vulnerable and had just broken off her five-year relationship and six-month engagement to her ex.
“He knew I was going through this heartbreak and I heard him say in his interviews, ‘Oh, Rachel was really recovering,’ and that’s what attracted him to me. And (now) I’m like, ‘You idiot, you could have left me.’ in peace (and) let me live. Why can’t you cheer me up as a friend?”
As for why she believes Sandoval has power and influence over her, she said that at the time she felt like ‘he was the only person’ who supported her.
Leviss will not be returning for the upcoming 11th season of Vanderpump Rules, which will follow the rest of the cast members after their huge scandal, premiering on January 30.