Rachel Leviss BLOCKS Tom Sandoval On Instagram
Rachel Leviss BLOCKS Tom Sandoval On Instagram
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00:00 Tom Sandoval has been blocked after the reality star wished his former love Rachel Levis
00:07 a happy birthday on Instagram.
00:09 Rachel, formerly known as Raquel, hit that block button.
00:13 The 29-year-old first posted a video of herself exploring a flower farm to which Tom commented
00:18 on the post, quote, "Happy birthday, Rachel.
00:20 I really hope you're finding peace and happiness.
00:24 Miss you, friend."
00:26 Rachel later took to her Instagram stories to thank everyone for the birthday wishes
00:29 and shared a screenshot that shows she blocked her ex.
00:34 The awkward encounter comes months after their shocking affair first came to light.
00:39 Tom cheated on his longtime girlfriend, Ariana Madix, with her friend and fellow Vanderpump
00:43 World co-stars, Rachel.
00:46 Their affair played out on last season's of the hit Bravo show.
00:49 Amid all the scandal, VPR alum Jax Taylor shared his candid thoughts about the situation
00:56 with Access Hollywood.
00:57 OK, Jax, we just have to get right into it.
01:01 Tom Sandoval just made an appearance on Howie Mandel's podcast, and it was interesting,
01:07 to say the least.
01:08 Like, you know, many relationships, it felt like it became more of like a, like best friends,
01:15 family, sometimes roommates.
01:16 And it's just like we're like hissing.
01:19 And it's like I felt something that I hadn't felt in so long.
01:28 I want your take on it.
01:29 What is your initial reaction?
01:32 You know, I don't really think there's much more to say at this point.
01:35 I think, you know, people have had their opinion.
01:38 They know what's what happened.
01:40 I think at this point he should just own up what he's done and move on from this.
01:45 I think the kind of playing the victim and look, this is why I did what I did.
01:48 There's no justifying cheating.
01:50 Taking it from somebody who's been down this road, you own up what you've done, be a man.
01:54 And I just think there's, he hasn't done either.
01:57 He hasn't owned up to anything.
01:58 He's justifying everything.
02:00 And he's just, I mean, that's not a man in my opinion.
02:03 Like, you know, I just, if you are man enough to do what you've done, you should be man
02:06 enough to own up to what you've done.
02:08 And at least have some empathy and apologize to Ariana.
02:11 And enough with these, these like, I don't know, just, I think he's kind of putting out
02:17 different messages.
02:18 I don't know if he's using some kind of PR strategy.
02:22 I'm not really sure what he's doing, but I think he just needs to bow out now.
02:26 I think it's time to go away for a while and take a break.
02:28 If you're going to take a break and say you're going to do that, then do it.
02:30 Don't go do a concert the next day and call yourself the artist formerly known as Sandoval.
02:35 That's kind of weird to me, I think.
02:37 I just, you know, you want people to think that you're sorry, then act like you're sorry.
02:44 That makes any sense.
02:46 You guys were friends for quite some time, no longer friends.
02:51 Are you shocked at his behavior?
02:53 No, no.
02:55 I think they've kind of, this has been kind of going on for a very long time and I don't
02:59 think anybody has seen it because I think my actions have taken such a precedent over
03:03 the show over the years and they kind of could hide behind what I've done.
03:06 But no, no, I've seen this.
03:08 This has been going on for many, many years.
03:10 Just no one's wanted to see it.
03:11 So no, I'm not shocked.
03:13 And when I heard about it, I wasn't shocked about it.
03:15 I'm just, I just feel bad for Ariana right now.
03:17 And I just, and like I said, people cheat all the time.
03:21 Marriage is tough, relationships are tough.
03:22 We get it.
03:23 It's a given.
03:24 That's 100%.
03:25 But, you know, you should have went about it the right way.
03:28 And take it from somebody who's done that, been down that road, and I don't really have
03:33 a leg to stand on, but if you're asking my opinion, you know, he should have handled
03:37 this better.
03:38 You know, the lack of remorse and the lack of empathy and the way that this happened,
03:42 how long this has gone on, bringing another woman into your current girlfriend's house
03:46 in your bed, I mean, and then just, and then keep having her there when she's out of town.
03:52 Like she's still going in there.
03:54 I, again, it's, I want to be shocked, but I'm really not.
03:58 On the podcast, he claimed that him and Ariana were living completely separate lives for
04:03 quite some time, and they were just still together because of their brand.
04:08 You're friends with her.
04:09 You guys still run in the same circle.
04:11 Was that the case?
04:13 No.
04:14 And I can't really tell you why until you watch the rest of the season, but no.
04:18 And I can, that's really all I can say.
04:19 I don't believe that at all, and it's not the case at all, and you'll see when you watch
04:23 the rest of the season.
04:24 You just saw Ariana over the weekend.
04:26 Yeah.
04:27 How is she?
04:28 She looks great.
04:29 In fact, Ariana and I haven't always had the best relationship on and off.
04:32 I respect her.
04:33 She respects me, but we always, we just haven't got along.
04:35 We think different things, and so we kind of always bumped heads.
04:39 But I tell you what I've seen her about, I think, a handful of times since this whole
04:43 incident, and she's a completely different person.
04:46 She seems like she's glowing.
04:47 She seems like she's a lot happier.
04:48 She's got a lot of support.
04:50 She just seems like a different person.
04:53 Every time I see her, it's a big hug.
04:54 You seem like you're doing well.
04:57 I think she seems like a lot better.
04:59 She seems happier, and that's saying a lot because she's been going through a lot, but
05:04 she looks great, and I'm really, really happy for her.
05:06 I think she's going to thrive from this.
05:08 I think she's going to do well, and I think she's going to be who she wants to be and
05:12 do what she wants to do.
05:13 I think she was stuck.
05:14 I think she may have been stuck in that relationship.
05:16 Now I know that relationship hasn't been good for a very long time, but if it's not good,
05:21 then just walk away.
05:22 I don't understand this whole, "Well, we have to be together because we have this, we have
05:26 this, we have this."
05:27 I don't get that.
05:28 I don't understand that.
05:29 Maybe they have something going on that I don't understand, but it hasn't been good
05:32 for a long time.
05:34 I think now that it's done and it's over and she's slowly trying to separate, I think
05:40 she'll do good.
05:41 I think she'll do good, and I'm happy for her.
05:44 Are they still living together?
05:45 As of right now, I think so, which to me is extremely weird.
05:49 Again, going back to, "Listen, you're the guy.
05:53 You screwed up.
05:54 You made the mistake.
05:55 You should get out."
05:56 I don't know his financial status.
05:59 If I had to guess, it's not good.
06:01 The bar, the house, and what you see on the news, the tax liens and this, and the borrowing
06:07 against the house, it can't be good, so it can't be that easy just to go out and get
06:11 a new place.
06:12 But I know Raquel has an apartment, or you can go stay with friends or something like
06:17 that.
06:18 I know me.
06:19 If I was in his situation, I would not be in that house.
06:22 Just give her her space.
06:23 Look what you did to her.
06:25 Why are you ... I mean, I know it is his home.
06:28 Again, it's just my opinion.
06:31 I would not be there if it was me.
06:33 That's just me.
06:34 I'm sure you've heard how the reunion went down.
06:36 What can you tell us about that?
06:37 I don't know much about it.
06:39 I texted one of the cast members about it, and he said there was a little bit of a brawl.
06:44 I have an idea who it is.
06:46 I didn't really ask.
06:47 I just didn't really ... Did you kind of wish you were there?
06:50 No.
06:51 Not at all, like sitting there trying ... Because you've got to understand, I've gone
06:54 through this many, many years.
06:56 For eight, nine years, I've gone through this.
06:58 I've been in the hot seat for many, many years.
07:01 I'm going to watch it just like everybody else.
07:03 No, I don't want to be there.
07:05 Those girls can be scary.
07:06 I know they were going for blood.
07:08 From what I heard, they did.
07:11 I think there was enough people there.
07:13 I'm just going to watch on the couch like everybody else and take part.
07:19 I would have been scared.
07:20 Even though I wasn't part of it, I don't know if I could ... I don't know.
07:24 I've heard people that ... I've talked to people that were there.
07:28 It was a scary time.
07:29 It was really scary because those girls can be evil.
07:34 It's well-deserved for sure, but they're good.
07:37 They're witty and they're fast.
07:39 I would not want to be Tom Sandoval for anything.
07:42 No.
07:43 Do you find at all, because you have been through this, Brittany's been through this,
07:49 you've been through this on national TV.
07:51 Is there any sympathy that you feel for Tom?
07:56 I want to.
07:57 The problem I'm having is I know when I did, what I did was terrible.
08:02 Soon as it happened, I felt gut-wrenched.
08:06 All I wanted to do was tell her and tell her I'm sorry and be like, "Just beg, beg, beg
08:12 for forgiveness."
08:13 I did, constantly calling, groveling, doing whatever I could to get my wife back because
08:18 I knew what I was doing was wrong.
08:20 The problem I have is the lack of empathy.
08:25 What hurts more is he's having a relationship with this person.
08:28 This is a new girlfriend.
08:30 It's continuing.
08:31 There is no empathy.
08:32 This has gone on for a long time.
08:34 I still haven't seen a letter or any kind of sit her down and be like, "I'm so sorry.
08:40 This is why I did what I did.
08:42 I'm not justifying it, but this is where I am.
08:45 I need help.
08:46 I need therapy.
08:47 I need to go maybe step back for a while."
08:50 Then I could maybe be like, "Okay, he's a human being.
08:53 Nobody in this world is perfect.
08:54 Not one person.
08:55 Not anybody watching the show right now.
08:57 We all have our demons.
08:58 We've all done something wrong."
09:00 I just think the empathy.
09:03 I have a hard time with not feeling anything for her.
09:10 Knowing that you did something wrong, yes, your relationship's over.
09:12 We get that.
09:13 But just if you love her, like you say you do, you got to be compassionate a little bit.
09:18 You got to show some compassion.
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