Rachel Leviss Says Ariana Madix Is The Big Reason She Chose Not To Do Vanderpump Rules Season 11!
19.12.2023 - 21:47
/ perezhilton.com
Rachel Leviss is ready to tell her full side of the story when it comes to Scandoval — just not on Season 11 of Vanderpump Rules. And for fans disappointed she won’t be returning to the show, you apparently can blame Ariana Madix for that!
During a sneak peek of her new podcast Rachel Goes Rogue, the 29-year-old reality star opened up about her decision not to come back to Vanderpump Rules. Before the whole cheating scandal, looking back, Rachel said her first “mistake” was returning for Season 10!
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Let’s rewind. The former pageant contestant ended her engagement to fellow co-star James Kennedy in December 2021 — then spent all of Season 10 the following year watching him with his new girlfriend, Ally Lewber. Witnessing the couple together so soon after they broke up, Rachel shared on the podcast, really “hurt” her:
We guess she’s saying she drowned her sorrows in the cool waters of Tom Sandoval? Well, not just him… Rachel went on to explain that the breakup put her in a bad “mental space,” and she began to drink a lot more during Season 10:
Hmm. When it came time to decide if she would return to VPR for Season 11, Rachel says she realized she couldn’t put Ariana through the same “pain” she went through working with James and Ally. So she refused to join the cast on the show again:
Noting how the affair with Sandoval was “a huge betrayal,” Rachel said she knew it would be “painful” for Ariana to still work with your former friend. Not to mention having to witness her interacting with “the person that you loved so much and you thought they loved you just as much as you loved them.” In the end, the ex-SUR waitress thought “it would just be so