Rachel Leviss calls Tom Sandoval an 'a**hole' for betraying her and manipulating Ariana Madix prior to their bombshell cheating scandal

Rachel Leviss called Tom Sandoval an ‘a**hole’ in her latest Rachel Goes Rogue podcast episode.

The 29-year-old Vanderpump Rules alumna slammed her ex-lover for being manipulative towards his ex-girlfriend Ariana Madix and also towards herself, his ex-mistress.

On her Tuesday episode of her iHeartRadio podcast, she spoke about her therapy sessions in a mental health treatment facility in the aftermath of Scandoval.

She said she realized at said facility that Sandoval manipulated her when she was still vulnerable from breaking off her engagement to James Kennedy and also betrayed her when he filmed her without her consent.

During the episode, she also revealed she made a vow to herself to not date for an entire year and addressed claims that she was ’emotionless’ during the bombshell season 10 reunion.

Rachel Leviss called Tom Sandoval an ‘a**hole’ in her latest Rachel Goes Rogue podcast episode

The 29-year-old Vanderpump Rules alumna slammed her ex-lover for being manipulative towards his ex-girlfriend Ariana Madix and also towards herself, his ex-mistress

When asked about how she felt about Sandoval’s treatment towards Madix and how he blamed her for his infidelity, she said it was ‘messed up’.

‘I don’t approve of that at all,’ she said. ‘I think that Tom uses Ariana’s mental health against her. And it’s very manipulative and messed up.

‘I think he could have gone about it in a much more mature way,’ she added about the former couple’s breakup, which she said Sandoval wanted to initiate but did not for months. ‘But who knows if he’s even capable of that.’

She recalled going through trauma therapy and telling her therapist that she was struggling with her feelings on betraying Sandoval by sharing more of her side of the story about their affair in her one-on-one interview.

She said she realized the ways Sandoval manipulated her when her therapist prompted the question to her: ‘But didn’t Tom betray you first?’

After ‘thinking on that’, Leviss said she realized he hurt her when ‘he asked me to lie when he knew that I wasn’t a good liar and I expressed to him that I don’t like lying’.

She also said ‘the biggest way’ he betrayed her was when he filmed her without her knowledge and consent in the infamous FaceTime recording that Madix would later discover, unearthing their months-long affair behind her back.

Leviss added that she blamed Sandoval for getting her into ‘a really bad situation with my friendships and this placement of being on this international reality TV show that my reputation was on the line’.

She recalled going through trauma therapy and telling her therapist that she was struggling with her feelings on betraying Sandoval by sharing more of her side of the story about their affair in her one-on-one interview. It was there, she said, she realized the many ways he ‘betrayed’ her

She pointed out that their affair began when she was particularly vulnerable and had just broken off her five-year relationship and six-month engagement to her ex James Kennedy; seen in August 2021

Leviss will not be returning for the upcoming 11th season of Vanderpump Rules, which will follow the rest of the cast members in the aftermath of their huge scandal, set to premiere on January 30

She pointed out that their affair began when she was particularly vulnerable and had just broken off her five-year relationship and six-month engagement to her ex.

‘He knew I was going through this heartbreak and I’ve heard him say on his interviews, “Oh, Rachel was really coming into her own,” and that’s what attracted him to me. And [now] I’m like, “You a**hole, you could have just let me be [and] let me live. Why can’t you cheer me on as a friend?’

As for why she believes Sandoval has power and influence over her, she said that at that time it felt like ‘he was the only person’ who supported her.

Leviss will not be returning for the upcoming 11th season of Vanderpump Rules, which will follow the rest of the cast members in the aftermath of their huge scandal, set to premiere on January 30.