Rachel Leviss is stepping away from the spotlight a year and a half after her former relationship with her Vanderpump Rules costar Tom Sandoval was made public.
According to People, The former reality star is reportedly dating a new man, who is rumored to be a rocket scientist.
Leviss, known to audiences as “Raquel” before she publicly changed it, announced on the Thursday, October 17 episode of her podcast Rachel Goes Rogue that it would be her last.
She first launched her podcast in January 2024 and has recorded 65 total episodes to date. On the weekly show, Leviss would give her take on the fallout between her and her former Vanderpump Rules costars after her relationship with Tom.
Scandoval, as fans dubbed it, resulted in the end of a nine-year romance between Sandoval and his ex, Ariana Madix — who also happened to be Leviss’ former friend.
When the news came out that Rachel and Tom were romantically involved, fans and other stars on the show turned on Leviss, dubbing her a homewrecker. She ended up spending 90 days in a mental health facility and choosing not to participate in Season 11 of the Bravo reality series.
“I’ve made the decision to take both feet out of the Vanderpump Rules universe and focus on myself and my healing,” said Leviss when she announced her show, adding that she was “choosing a life that is fully aligned in my values and who I want to show up as every single day.”
She added that she will focus her life on her new friendships and moving forward in a healthy way.
“It was kinda scary just… starting over and forming new friendships and really putting myself out there,” said Leviss. “But one thing that I’ve discovered with that is it’s like night and day when you have friends that want to hear how you’re feeling and want to get to know you for you and are loving and accepting and aren’t going to react in a way that is going to minimize you as a person.”
“It’s very disturbing to me that that was my normal, those types of friendships and the the way that…we would interact with each other. Because that’s not actually healthy, but it it was my normal to me,” she added. “And not to place blame on anyone else, because I’m aware of how I am as a person and how I end up becoming more like the people I surround myself with. But now I know better to choose people I really do admire for the values that I wanna be more alike.”
She has also started dating a new man, a rocket scientist, according to a source close to her.
While speaking with Psychologist Dr. Hillary Goldsher on her podcast, she said that she’s in a “very healthy” relationship, boasting that he is “very normal.”
“He’s just such a supportive person, and I just feel really happy,” she said.
“The reason why I’m choosing to share it with you guys now, with the permission of my significant other, is because it is a success story, and there is hope for the people that are listening who are struggling with relationships and and really can’t quite see the light at the end of the tunnel yet,” she added. “When you do course correct and and choose a different lifestyle for yourself and prioritize different things in your life and…put all that energy back into yourself, then you really will begin…to attract a different caliber of person.”
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