Splash!
That sound you just heard?
It’s the voice of Raquel Lewis spilling more tea than ever about her illicit affair with Vanderpump Rules co-star Tom Sandoval.
The polarizing Bravo personality opened up to a TMZ cameraman on Wednesday, detailing the biggest scandal ever to hit the aforementioned reality show.
We’re referring here to Ariana Madix, who discovered an intimate video on Sandoval’s phone a few weeks ago — and then quickly dumped her boyfriend of nine years after learning she slept with Lewis.
How did Lewis and Sandoval end up in this sordid place?
“It started as a friendship, and it turned into something more. But I’m sure we’ll go into more detail about all of that at the reunion,” Lewis said outside Blush Nail Bar in Valley Village, Calif., on March 22. told a TMZ staffer sitting down.
Raquel previously claimed that she and Sandoval were still trying to figure out if there were things between them, a sentiment she echoed in this same Sidewalk interview.
“I don’t know where our relationship is going. We’re just trying to get through these next few steps and trying to make amends,” Lewis told TMZ.
Added the Sur hostess about her future with Sandoval:
“I know a lot of people are angry, so just go through these steps and see where it goes… We’re not putting any labels on anything.”
Lewis also confirmed for the first time on Wednesday that he Is Maddix has actually been spoken to since the news of the fraud broke on March 3.
“We spoke on the phone, and I apologized to her over text, but she didn’t take it too well,” Raquel said, referencing the upcoming Vanderpump reunion:
“I know I will have to take accountability for my actions, and I am fully prepared to do so.”
In addition to angering Maddix, Lewis also angered Scheana Shay… to the point that Raquel claims that Shay gave her a black eye shortly after the scandal went viral.
A lawyer for the host of the Shenanigans podcast has denied there was ever a physical altercation between the former friends.
“This case has been created by a known liar and cheater who has cheated all those close to him. Scheana never punched Raquel,” Nema Rahmani told Life & Style on March 9.
“The alleged black mark around his left eye has been there for months
Raquel ended up on TMZ, though:
“Shayna knows what happened that night. I’m not going to go into it too much, but I have a permanent scar on my eyebrows.
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