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Vanderpump Rules co-stars Tom Sandoval, 39, and Raquel Leviss, 28, rocked the Bravo world when information of their affair was revealed in the beginning of March. While it was reported that the pair had in all probability been collectively since final summer time, Peter Madrigal believes their affair might have been happening longer than followers assume. The 38-year-old SUR supervisor revealed on Kristen Doute‘s Sex, Love, and What Else Matters podcast that he as soon as obtained an odd textual content from Tom (who was in a nine-year relationship with Ariana Madix, 37, because the affair was occurring) this previous January that he believes signifies they have been seeing one another longer — and even throughout his personal temporary romance with Raquel.
“I get an interesting text from one Tom Sandoval. He hasn’t texted me in six months,” Peter recalled on the April 5 episode of Kristen’s podcast. “And then he texts me and he says, and I quote, ‘Dude, exclamation point. Just watched the [Vanderpump Rules premiere] LOL, exclamation point. Did you bang Raquel the night after SUR, exclamation point, question mark, crying laughing face.’” Tom was reacting to the Season 10 premiere of Vanderpump Rules, which debuted on February 8. The episode included Peter asking Raquel out on a second date. Although she stated she needed to maintain issues informal, they ended up locking lips off-camera. Nothing ever got here of their fling.
“If you go through my text messages with Tom Sandoval, he never texts me emojis. Never does. At the time, I am so disconnected, I didn’t even think about it,” Peter recalled additional. “What I’m thinking is, ‘How are they portraying me on the show?’ So, I call him. He was all like, ‘Oh, no, I was just was wondering if you banged Raquel that night.’” Peter now believes Tom was nervous about him getting in the way in which of his relationship with Raquel.
He additionally defined that whereas he was confused as to why Raquel appeared so disinterested in him, he now will get it. “I don’t know why she responded, like, ‘Ugh.’ And now I know why. She was already dating Tom Sandoval. She was already having sex with Tom. And that text message from him proves it,” he theorized. Filming for Vanderump Rules was underway by July 13, 2022 per E! News, so the footage couldn’t have been filmed a lot earlier than then. However, if the Peter-Raquel state of affairs was filmed earlier in the summertime, and Peter is appropriate about his idea, his interplay with Tom might level to Raquel and Tom being collectively even earlier than summer time. Of course, none of this has been confirmed, and it’s all Peter’s hypothesis.
Peter beforehand claimed he ignored hints that one thing was happening between Tom and Raquel through the March 12 episode of the Behind the Velvet Rope with David Yontef podcast. He claimed he noticed some interactions that made him increase his eyebrow, however blew off his issues. “Sandoval is loyal to Ariana. He would never do something like that,” he recalled considering to himself. He additionally slammed Raquel’s character whereas discussing the affair. “I thought she was a good person, but then again, I hardly knew her,” he famous.
Of course, Peter is way from the primary Vanderpump Rules solid member or alum to let an opinion be heard concerning the ordeal. Former VPR star Jax Taylor described Tom as “evil” in a collection of since-deleted tweets from final month. “Ariana is a way better person than I am. If this were me, I would murder them both and turn myself in with a smile,” he wrote alongside a screenshot of a Page Six tweet that learn, “Raquel Leviss has sleepover at Tom Sandoval’s home while Ariana Madix is away”.
Plus, Scheana Shay, 37, posted a picture of herself with Ariana on Instagram and instructed her she would at all times be there to help her as soon as the dishonest information turned public. Furthermore, Lala Kent, 32, claimed she “blacked out” after being so “enraged” by your entire state of affairs through the VPR Season 10 reunion. Katie Maloney, 35, additionally had some alternative phrases to say about Tom throughout an evening out on the membership.