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March 8, 2023 | 10:47 p.m
Lisa Vanderpump believes Scheana Shay hit Raquel Leviss after finding out about her months-long fling with Tom Sandoval, who was then dating Ariana Madix.
“I think she slapped her in the face,” Vanderpump Rules matriarch Andy Cohen said on Wednesday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live.
“But you know what, her feelings would run really high because Ariana was her best friend for about 12 years,” the restaurant owner continued.
“You forget it’s not just the show. They worked together four or five years prior to the show. They grew up together. She kind of has Ariana’s back.”
Lisa Vanderpump believes Scheana Shay was ‘slapped’ [Raquel Leviss] around the chops,” after learning about her affair with Tom Sandoval via Getty Images.NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal
After news of Sandoval and Leviss’ romance broke last Friday, Vanderpump, 62, admitted she was dreading filming the Pump Rules season 10 reunion and asked Cohen, 54, to help to leave only “one” episode.
While that remains to be seen, the network honcho is also not sure if both Leviss and Shay will be in attendance, as the former beauty pageant queen has filed for a restraining order against her ex-girlfriend.
Leviss, 28, claimed Shay slapped her in the face last Wednesday and shared shocking images of her black eye in court documents obtained by Page Six.
Leviss claimed Shay punched her in the face last Wednesday. LA Superior Court
A source previously told us the couple got into a “heated confrontation” outside a bar when Madix, 37, found a sexually explicit video of Leviss on Sandoval’s phone.
“After taping ‘Watch What Happens Live,’ Scheana and Raquel went out for drinks with friends,” our source shared.
“One night Scheana lost Raquel and then found her outside the bar on the phone with Ariana who heard Scheana crying.”
Shay has not commented on Leviss’ claims of a physical altercation. scheana/Instagram Vanderpump recently admitted she was dreading filming the season 10 reunion of Vanderpump Rules. ©Bravo TV/Courtesy Everett Collection
When 37-year-old Shay asked Leviss to explain what was going on, she finally got down to the affair, leading to an explosive exchange before both women “went back to the hotel separately.”
Podcast host Scheananigans has not commented on Levis’s claims of a physical altercation.
According to Cohen, the cast is scheduled to film the reunion in less than three weeks.
He also explained that he learned of the “disturbing,” “shocking” and “disturbing” revelation the day before it was made public and immediately started thinking about what he now sees as red flags.
Ariana Madix has left Sandoval after nearly 10 years together after discovering his month-long romance with Leviss.arianamadix/Instagram
Vanderpump added that she was “stunned” and “stunned” by the news, calling Leviss “a wolf in sheep’s clothing.”
“No words,” she said. “I didn’t see it coming.”
In her public apology for her “actions and choices,” Leviss blamed her “addiction to be loved and to feel loved” for the scandalous romance we are told “started last summer.”
Leviss looked somber in her first public sighting since the scandal broke. PageSix.com Leviss wore all black for the outing. PageSix.com Leviss has since publicly apologized for her “actions and decisions.”
Sandoval, 39, issued a statement of his own but failed to mention Madix, whom he cheated on after nearly 10 years of dating. Amid the backlash, the TomTom co-owner finally released a second statement in which he apologized profusely to his now-ex.
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As we reported, Madix discovered that Sandoval was having a “full fling” while at his cover band’s concert in Los Angeles when the aforementioned video of Leviss surfaced on his phone.
It wasn’t long before Madix learned the two had been “communicating inappropriately for months” and quickly left the Schwartz & Sandy co-owner.
Although they originally “wanted to be together,” we’re told Leviss is now distancing himself from Sandoval.instagram/raquelleviss
A source claimed to Page Six that the affair involved sleepovers at Sandoval and Madix’s LA home together “when Ariana was out of town.”
Co-star James Kennedy confirmed the information, saying the illicit romance began seven months ago, which would have been July 2022.
The 31-year-old DJ, who was previously engaged to Leviss, also claimed the duo’s antics sometimes took place while the Something About Her co-owner was at home and “sleeping”.
Leviss and Sandoval have been sporting matching lightning bolt chains since last year.Eugene Gologursky/Bravo via Getty Images
We were told that Sandoval and Leviss – who have been wearing matching necklaces since last year – had apparently been planning to go clean for “weeks”.
“Ariana was caught unawares by the cheating,” a source told Us, adding that she “had no idea there were any issues” in their relationship and felt both “heartbroken” and “cheated on by her friend.” feel.
Co-stars Lala Kent and Katie Maloney have shared that Madix is doing “as well as can be expected” and is “overwhelmed” by the fan support. Vanderpump added that she was “devastated.”
Leviss made out with Tom Schwartz while secretly dating his best friend. Getty Images
Madix deactivated her social media accounts amid the episodes, but her castmates blew up the secret lovers on her behalf.
As fans know, co-star Tom Schwartz — Sandoval’s best friend and Maloney’s ex-husband — made out with Leviss in August 2022 while she was secretly dating Sandoval.
According to VPR graduate Stassi Schroeder, Leviss’ separate make-out sessions with Schwartz, 40, and Oliver Saunders were a “cover-up” for the affair.
Sandoval and Madix share a home in Los Angeles.Instagram/ Tom Sandoval
While the season currently airing revolves around the aforementioned kisses from Leviss, Bravo is making sure to include the latest drama in upcoming episodes.
Insiders close to the production told us that Sandoval and Madix discussed his affair on camera and that the conversation made her feel “insane.”
Meanwhile, we’re told Sandoval and Leviss “kissed on camera” in their first post-“Scandoval” scene, which was filmed at his apartment.
We were told Madix was “heartbroken” and felt “betrayed”. Jvshvisions / BACKGRID
Although they originally “wanted to be together,” we’re told Leviss is now distancing himself from Sandoval.
She also sent legal letters to the cast, demanding that those in possession of her sexually explicit video – which Sandoval is believed to have recorded during a raunchy FaceTime call – delete it immediately.
“Vanderpump Rules” airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
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