With all the evidence piling up, it’s hard to deny that this drama will only worsen with time.
The “Vanderpump Rules” stars Raquel Leviss and Tom Sandoval are currently under fire for their affair that led to Ariana Madix breaking up with Tom, with whom he’d been in a relationship since 2013.
With that, more information is starting to come to light, with the show’s viewers offering their own interpretation of the situation and even gathering bits of proof that suggest Raquel and Tom were together for a very long time prior to the revelation of their infidelity scandal, just like this TikTok user whose username is @stephwithdadeets.
Stephanie posted a TikTok video showing multiple pieces of proof that Raquel and Tom are indeed having a long-term affair that many people overlooked before their current drama. “Tea’s hot, but I cannot stop sipping it,” she began. “So many things are now make so much more sense since Sandoval and Raquel’s affair has come to light.”
She first pointed out the rumor surrounding Raquel and another Tom of the show, Tom Schwartz, who were at the Coachella kissing each other. However, Schwartz was not at the said festival, but Sandoval was.
Stephanie then showed a clip of Raquel sitting on Sandoval’s shoulders during Coachella, which the reality star happened to share on TikTok too. She captioned the video at that time, “We got to celebrate the wrap of Season 10.”
And then, in the most recent episode of the reality show, Raquel asked Schwartz to make out, but it seems like that was all just an act to cover up the fact that she was having an affair with Sandoval. At that point, Raquel and Sandoval were probably in the middle of their affair since it was revealed that they were at Coachella together.
Moreover, there were also some clips from an episode of the program being shown where at the same time, rumors about Ariana having an open relationship with Sandoval started to circulate, something that Ariana denied on social media before.
The TikTok user’s theory was that Schwartz knew the affair between Raquel and Sandoval all along. “They probably change stories, maybe been a little bit of a throuple, or Schwartz is just really covering for Sandoval most of the time,” she speculated.
In addition to thinking that Schwartz is covering for his friend, considering that he has a “big mouth” sometimes, she even thinks that the reason why he’s covering up for Raquel and Tom is probably that of an “agreement,” sort of an “open relationship” that Ariana and Tom are rumored to have.
Multiple people have agreed with her theory, with one writing, “Now that this came out I 100% think Schwartz is covering for Sandoval with everything he’s doing.” Another user correspondingly shared the same sentiment, saying, “This explains why she’s trying to go so hard at the other tom..to cover for Sandoval.”
In a piece of separate information acquired by PEOPLE, sources told the publication that Raquel and Tom’s affair had been going on for “upwards of 6 months — all the while, Tom was sleeping next to Ariana in bed.”
“She was completely blindsided by this; devastated doesn’t even scratch the surface of how she feels,” the source added. “This is someone she thought she knew, someone she planned to spend the rest of her life with. You can’t even put into words that betrayal.”
As we previously reported, Tom and Raquel had been having an affair for several months before the infidelity scandal became public. And despite Tom’s long-term romance with Ariana, they apparently want to be together.
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It was also reported that Ariana learned of the alleged infidelity on Wednesday in Los Angeles while she was at Tom’s performance with his band. “She was supporting his new single,” shares a second insider. “She had no idea any of this was happening behind her back.”
While Ariana, Tom, and Raquel have all been silent regarding this matter, Jeremy Madix, the brother of Ariana, and James Kennedy, the ex-fiance of Raquel, have all spoken on this ugly drama.
Reactions to The Raquel Leviss & Tom Sandoval Affair: More Hints That They've Been About It For A Long Time
My theory is Schwartz knew about Tom and Raquel the whole time, offered to be the buffer so they wouldn’t film his “roommate” Jo. That’s why Raquel was so confident in front of Katie, because it wasn’t actually true. #PumpRules #RaquelLeviss #tomsandoval
My theory is Schwartz knew about Tom and Raquel the whole time, offered to be the buffer so they wouldn’t film his “roommate” Jo. That’s why Raquel was so confident in front of Katie, because it wasn’t actually true. #PumpRules #RaquelLeviss #tomsandoval pic.twitter.com/zaevkQGZzv
— RebeccaAnnLeeman (@popsmall14) March 4, 2023
Sir, a second Tom has hooked up with Raquel #PumpRules
Sir, a second Tom has hooked up with Raquel #PumpRules pic.twitter.com/6gXMjuJGSU
— shannel mullan (@shannel_lynn) March 3, 2023
so the rumours of tom and raquel at coachella were true except it was the wrong tom
so the rumours of tom and raquel at coachella were true except it was the wrong tom pic.twitter.com/UaobCbtojY
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