Rachel Leviss

Yes, and for those who are not completely initiated into the lore, Ariana was dating her co-star, Tom Sandoval, for nine years, and they owned a home together and were just kind of vibing out.

But in March 2023 it was revealed that Tom had been having a secret affair with one of her friends, some friend, Rachel "Raquel" Leviss.

Yeah, so just for a little bit of context there, after this whole scandal broke out, Raquel, who that's what she was known as on the show, basically said her name was actually Rachel.

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See, I had a whole life and career before.

Uh, what's going on with Rocky Rocky Bang Bang's lawsuit? Um, that's Raquel Leviss, and Ariana Madix, and Tom Sandoval.

Um, that was being held up in appeals as well.

I believe the last I heard about that, Ariana was trying to appeal something, and she, it didn't make it, and she was trying to appeal it a different way.

Rumors of Cook cheating, some confirmed, others unsubstantiated, occasionally followed by him home and becoming unfortunate, uncomfortable plot points between the two navigated on screen.

It makes sense, then, why Bravo headed, why Bravo heads are drawing parallels between Batula and Ariana Madix, the Vanderpump Rules star whose long-term boyfriend, Tom Sandoval, had an affair with their friend and fellow cast member, Raquel Leviss.

Post-Scandoval, Madix's profile exploded.

She played Chicago's Roxie Hart on Broadway, placed third on Dancing With the Stars: Season 32, and currently hosts Love Island on Peacock.

She never even took a day off.

Like, she, like, when, um, when, uh, when they were Scandoval, you had that, that girl who was, um, what's her name? Uh, uh, Raquel, Rachel Levis.

I mean, she spent a, a month in a, you know, recovery facility working on herself.

I've seen zero signs of Taylor Franker- Frankie Paul working on herself at all.