The second part of the Vanderpump Rules reunion special featured the first on-camera conversation between Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss since season 10 finished airing, and it also updated viewers on the temporary restraining order that Leviss filed against Scheana Shay in the aftermath of Sandoval cheating on longtime partner Ariana Madix.
After last week’s chaotic episode kicked off the Bravo unscripted series’ highly anticipated three-part reunion, the cast was back for part two to chat with host Andy Cohen about the much-debated controversy known as “Scandoval.” As with last week’s installment, Leviss spent most of Wednesday’s new episode sequestered in a trailer due to her restraining order against Shay, while the show’s castmembers — including Lala Kent, James Kennedy, Katie Maloney, Tom Schwartz and Lisa Vanderpump — hashed things out on stage.
The proceedings began with Kent discussing her relationship with ex Randall Emmett, who has been at the center of his own share of controversy. Kent, who shares daughter Ocean with the film producer, explained, “I obviously look back and know that there were red flags everywhere, but I feel like now I have a 30,000-foot view on life. If something seems too good to be true, it’s because it is.”
At that point, the cast took a break from filming to grab lunch. Cameras followed Sandoval as he walked to Leviss’ trailer, and it was clear that she didn’t love hearing what Madix said in last week’s episode about feeling that her years-long relationship with Sandoval had still been going strong until recently.
“Just watching what you guys taped right now, it looks like you guys had this solid relationship,” Leviss told him. “I feel like she felt like you wanted to keep the relationship going because you never broke up with her.”
This led Sandoval to rethink the fact that he never ended his relationship with Madix before beginning his affair with Leviss. “Maybe we should have done this earlier?” Sandoval asked, to which Leviss responded, “You think?”
She added, “It just sucks because my entire character is in question now. I have gone through a transitional phase in my life this summer, and I think the pendulum swung a little bit too far the other way. And this is my wake-up call.”
