Scheana Shay is breaking down her altercation with Raquel Leviss.
07.04.2023 - 18:25 / usmagazine.com
Nothing to swoon over. Katie Maloney had a hard time watching her ex-husband, Tom Schwartz, kiss Raquel Leviss on season 10 of Vanderpump Rules.
The 36-year-old reality star recapped the moment — which aired on the Wednesday, April 5, episode of the Bravo hit — during an interview on the “Everything Iconic With Danny Pellegrino” podcast. Katie audibly groaned before sharing her candid thoughts on the PDA scene.
“I was nervous about the kiss, for obvious reasons,” she explained. “You’ll find out in next week’s episode how I react to it. But … this was something I was very much not wanting to happen because I was wanting to have a friendship with Tom. And I knew that [the kiss] would kind of jeopardize that.”
The Utah native — who announced her split from Tom, 40, in March 2022 after more than 10 years together — called out the lack of chemistry between her former spouse and Raquel, 28. “I was like, ‘This is giving creepy uncle,'” she joked. “There’s nothing passionate, romantic — it just feels like, ‘Alright, well … should we kiss?'”
Katie confessed that she couldn’t say whether Tom and the beauty queen would’ve shared the same moment had they not been filming for the reality series. “There was so much peer pressure around them [from the cast],” she added, noting that there was a lot of “forced interaction” between the twosome at Scheana Shay‘s wedding to Brock Davies.
Us Weekly confirmed in August 2022 that the TomTom co-owner got cozy with Raquel at their costars’ nuptials in Mexico. Two months later, Katie and Tom finalized their divorce. (Raquel, meanwhile, has since been embroiled in an affair with Tom Sandoval, which prompted his breakup from Ariana Madix last month.)
Katie’s divorce has been a major story line throughout
Scheana Shay is breaking down her altercation with Raquel Leviss.
Vanderpump Rules continues with the drama caused by Raquel Leviss and Tom Schwartz’s kiss and shows several co-stars questioning Tom Sandoval’s relationship with Leviss. The episode starts with the cast home from Scheana Shay and Brock Davies' wedding in Mexico. Scheana and Brock are writing thank-you notes while James Kennedy and Ally Lewber are unpacking and discussing Schwartz and Raquel's wedding make-outs.
Telling it like it is. Scheana Shay broke down her infamous altercation with Raquel Leviss — and addressed rumors husband Brock Davies hooked up with the former beauty prior to her affair with Tom Sandoval.
Caught in the act? Tom Sandoval came to Raquel Leviss‘ defense while they were secretly having an affair — and Katie Maloney put him on the spot about the pair’s suspicious connection.
He may have been able to fool a lot of people for a long time, but there was no fooling mom!
One observer’s take. Some Vanderpump Rules viewers thought Tom Sandoval was jealous when he saw Raquel Leviss kiss Tom Schwartz, but Lala Kent believes something very different was going through his mind.
Ariana Madix continues to show support for Raquel Leviss on Vanderpump Rules.Bravo released a preview for Wednesday's VPR episode, which shows Madix and Tom Sandoval — who broke up last month after his affair with Leviss was exposed — defending Leviss from co-star Katie Maloney.The animosity comes from last week's episode of VPR, where fans watched Leviss continue her pursuit of Tom Schwartz, despite ex-wife Maloney's insistence against it. The two ended up making out as guests of Scheana Shay’s wedding cheered them on. In the sneak peek, Sandoval asks Maloney, «Are you guys not friends anymore because of him and Raquel making out?» When Maloney replies «Yes,» Sandoval quickly defends Leviss and Schwartz, saying, «I don't think it was really, like, a big deal.
Taking sides? Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix stand up for Raquel Leviss as the aftermath of her and Tom Schwartz‘s kiss plays out on Vanderpump Rules.
Tom Sandoval slammed Mirival Resorts for suggesting he was staying at the Arizona wellness retreat while it was reported Raquel Leviss was seeking treatment for her mental health. ET exclusively learned on Friday that Raquel had checked herself into a mental health treatment facility amid the Scandoval fallout. This comes over a month after it was revealed that Sandoval and his longtime girlfriend, Ariana Madix, had broken up amid allegations that he had cheated on her with Leviss.«Raquel and her family decided before the relationship was discovered that she would enter a voluntary facility for mental health counseling,» her rep told ET.Once the news broke, fans started to speculate that Leviss was at Mirival Resorts and Sandoval would soon be joining her.
The Scandoval drama continues to unfold on “Vanderpump Rules”!
!In a seven-minute preview of next week's episode, Tom Schwartz is seen calling his BFF Tom Sandoval, who was in the middle of filming a confessional for the show, soon after his ex-wife, Katie Maloney, abruptly left after she picked up their two dogs in a tension-filled exchange.The tense visit comes amid fallout from Schwartz and Raquel Leviss were caught having a make-out session in Mexico during Scheana Shay's wedding celebrations to Brock Davies, which left Katie with a bitter taste in her mouth. Raquel and Sandoval were already in the midst of their secret months-long affair at the time of her controversial kiss with Schwartz.«Katie can do whatever she wants and I will support her,» Schwartz laments to Sandoval during their phone call.
alum Jax Taylor believes Tom Schwartz and Katie Maloney would still be married if Tom Sandoval wasn’t in the picture.The 43-year-old reality star made the confession during episode 1 of his and wife Brittany Cartwright’s three-episode show on Peacock’s feature, which premiered on Thursday, April 13. «I think he had a lot to do with why they got divorced,» Taylor said. «I would like to think they would still be together if it weren’t for Sandoval.»He added, «As much as Katie drives me nuts, I see her point.»Cartwright agreed, saying, «Oh, yeah.»Katie and Tom originally wed in 2016 in a televised ceremony after five years of dating.
Lala Kent is letting her opinion be known!On Wednesday, following this week's all-new episode of Vanderpump Rules, Kent appeared on, where she shared her thoughts on Tom Sandoval's affair with Raquel Leviss, Tom Schwartz's explosive appearance last week, and of course, the Scandoval of it all.«It was so cringy. He needs to walk through it with a PR team first,» Kent said of Shwartz's sit-down. «Maybe I should walk through stuff with a PR too, so I don't know.»Addressing Schwartz's bombshell revelation that Sandoval is «in love» with Leviss, Kent said she thinks Leviss may be in love with Sandoval, but doesn't necessarily think it's a two-way street.«I think Raquel may be in love with him, I don't think he's in love with her because I think he's incapable of that type of emotion,» the reality star said.As fans of the show know, last month, ET confirmed that Sandoval and Ariana Madix called it quits after she discovered the aspiring musician was having an affair with Leviss.As for when Kent said she became suspicious of Sandoval and Leviss' tryst, Kent said she first thought something was amiss back in August when the months-long affair is rumored to have begun.When it comes to the theory that Schwartz's makeout session with Leviss was done in an attempt to throw everyone off Sandoval and Leviss' scent, Kent said she believes Schwartz was indeed a decoy, whether or not he was aware of it at the time.«I think Schwartz was absolutely the decoy, and I don't think he realized it. That's what's so gross about it,» Kent stated.Kent doesn't have much hope for a long-term romance between Sandoval and Leviss, saying, «Absolutely not. He's going to now see that it's real life, and he's going to be like, there isn't much happening
Tom Sandoval is breaking down exactly how he got entangled with Raquel Leviss!
Tom Sandoval is detailing his first kiss with Raquel Leviss. The star appeared on the latest episode of the , and opened up in detail for the first time about the start of his affair with Leviss, which began amid his nearly decade-long romance with Ariana Madix.Sandoval explained that, over the last year, he began to «feel trapped» in his relationship with Madix and realized that he needed to «make a change to feel alive again, to feel motivated, to feel optimistic again.»Enter Leviss, who came along «at the worst time ever» for Sandoval because he was «yearning for a connection.»«As Raquel and I became really good friends,» he explained. "… I thought she was so awesome.
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Tom Sandoval is getting very candid.
The kiss that launched a Bravo scandal. Tom Sandoval revealed that his affair with Raquel Leviss started before her hookup with Tom Schwartz.
Katie Maloney hasn’t been holding back when voicing her opinions on that Tom Schwartz and Raquel Leviss kiss.