Lala Kent Claims ‘Obsessed’ Raquel Leviss Is ‘Still in Communication’ With Tom Sandoval After Secret Affair

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Lala Kent Claims ‘Obsessed’ Raquel Leviss Is ‘Still in Communication’ With Tom Sandoval After Secret Affair

Give them Lala — and she’ll spill all the tea! Lala Kent has opened up about the fallout from Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss’ affair scandal.

“I think [Tom] was getting off on the creeping around [and] I think Raquel [was] fueling his ego, which a narcissist loves,” the Give Them Lala author, 32, alleged during the Thursday, March 16, episode of Heather McDonald’s “Juicy Scoop” podcast, noting the duo are “still” in touch. “She was a full groupie [and] thought he was the greatest thing since sliced bread. She was obsessed. He needs that, and then when they get caught, it’s the textbook ‘[Ariana Madix and I] weren’t in a good place,’ ‘We weren’t having sex anymore.’ I’ve seen this movie [and] I’ve read this book a million times.”

News broke earlier this month that Sandoval, 39, and longtime girlfriend Madix, 37, had separated after the TomTom cofounder had been involved in a months-long secret affair with Leviss, 28.

“I want to first and foremost apologize to everyone I’ve hurt through this process. Most of all, I want to apologize to Ariana,” the Tom Sandoval & the Most Extras frontman wrote via Instagram on March 7. “I made mistakes, I was selfish and made reckless decisions that hurt somebody I love. No one deserves to feel that pain so traumatically and publicly.”

Sandoval continued at the time: “I can only imagine how devastating this has been for Ariana and everyone around us. I feel really horrible about that. My biggest regret is that I dishonored Ariana. I never meant to disappoint so many people, including our loving families and friends.”

The former pageant queen, who split from ex-fiancé James Kennedy in December 2021, also issued a public apology regarding her involvement in the scandal. Since then, many of their Vanderpump Rules costars have been quick to weigh in — including Kent.

“I can’t stand Tom Sandoval, and the fact that he recorded her without her knowledge, if that’s really what happened, I think that’s absolutely disgusting,” the Give Them Lala Beauty founder confessed on Thursday, referring to the allegations that the Missouri native allegedly recorded Leviss during a NSFW FaceTime video, which Madix reportedly discovered earlier this month. “I feel like when a man does a woman dirty, the only thing they have after that is their girlfriends [to] lean into. To find out, it’s the girl you’re best friends with — who you’d usually go to in this situation to, like, give you strength — I just think the whole thing is dirty.”

Season 10 — which is currently airing on Bravo — has highlighted Leviss’ brief flings with costar Tom Schwartz and Garcelle Beauvais’ son Oliver Saunders, who claimed he was separated from now-estranged wife Samantha Saunders, before making out with Leviss.

“If we didn’t know what we know now, then the audience would be torn because you do see [Raquel and I] laughing and [our friend group] making fun of her,” Kent told McDonald, 52, of watching the former Miss Sonoma County's drunk antics during their Las Vegas trip on the Wednesday, March 15, episode. "We were having so much fun, like, when she got back, where I drew the line was when she spilled a plate of food on my floor where I’m gonna sleep in that bedroom. I’m very weird about where I’m sleeping [and] the smell of food. Then she got marinara sauce on the blanket that my mom just washed for me before the trip. I was like, ‘Enough already.’”

Scroll below to read more of Kent’s biggest revelations from her “Juicy Scoop” appearance:

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Lala Kent Claims ‘Obsessed’ Raquel Leviss Is ‘Still in Communication’ With Tom Sandoval After Secret Affair

Give them Lala — and she’ll spill all the tea! Lala Kent has opened up about the fallout from Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss’ affair scandal.

“I think [Tom] was getting off on the creeping around [and] I think Raquel [was] fueling his ego, which a narcissist loves,” the Give Them Lala author, 32, alleged during the Thursday, March 16, episode of Heather McDonald’s “Juicy Scoop” podcast, noting the duo are “still” in touch. “She was a full groupie [and] thought he was the greatest thing since sliced bread. She was obsessed. He needs that, and then when they get caught, it’s the textbook ‘[Ariana Madix and I] weren’t in a good place,’ ‘We weren’t having sex anymore.’ I’ve seen this movie [and] I’ve read this book a million times.”

News broke earlier this month that Sandoval, 39, and longtime girlfriend Madix, 37, had separated after the TomTom cofounder had been involved in a months-long secret affair with Leviss, 28.

“I want to first and foremost apologize to everyone I’ve hurt through this process. Most of all, I want to apologize to Ariana,” the Tom Sandoval & the Most Extras frontman wrote via Instagram on March 7. “I made mistakes, I was selfish and made reckless decisions that hurt somebody I love. No one deserves to feel that pain so traumatically and publicly.”

Sandoval continued at the time: “I can only imagine how devastating this has been for Ariana and everyone around us. I feel really horrible about that. My biggest regret is that I dishonored Ariana. I never meant to disappoint so many people, including our loving families and friends.”

The former pageant queen, who split from ex-fiancé James Kennedy in December 2021, also issued a public apology regarding her involvement in the scandal. Since then, many of their Vanderpump Rules costars have been quick to weigh in — including Kent.

“I can’t stand Tom Sandoval, and the fact that he recorded her without her knowledge, if that’s really what happened, I think that’s absolutely disgusting,” the Give Them Lala Beauty founder confessed on Thursday, referring to the allegations that the Missouri native allegedly recorded Leviss during a NSFW FaceTime video, which Madix reportedly discovered earlier this month. “I feel like when a man does a woman dirty, the only thing they have after that is their girlfriends [to] lean into. To find out, it’s the girl you’re best friends with — who you’d usually go to in this situation to, like, give you strength — I just think the whole thing is dirty.”

Season 10 — which is currently airing on Bravo — has highlighted Leviss’ brief flings with costar Tom Schwartz and Garcelle Beauvais’ son Oliver Saunders, who claimed he was separated from now-estranged wife Samantha Saunders, before making out with Leviss.

“If we didn’t know what we know now, then the audience would be torn because you do see [Raquel and I] laughing and [our friend group] making fun of her,” Kent told McDonald, 52, of watching the former Miss Sonoma County's drunk antics during their Las Vegas trip on the Wednesday, March 15, episode. "We were having so much fun, like, when she got back, where I drew the line was when she spilled a plate of food on my floor where I’m gonna sleep in that bedroom. I’m very weird about where I’m sleeping [and] the smell of food. Then she got marinara sauce on the blanket that my mom just washed for me before the trip. I was like, ‘Enough already.’”

Scroll below to read more of Kent’s biggest revelations from her “Juicy Scoop” appearance:

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A ‘Red Flag’ While Watching Back

“I was watching the way that she was moving [during our Vegas trip] and I just felt like, ‘This seems to be a red flag,’” Kent said. “And you are going to see, it gets crazier.”

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‘Fueling’ Sandoval’s Ego

Kent, who believes Leviss fed Sandoval’s ego amid their romance, claimed that the Fancy AF Cocktails author “got off” on keeping the affair a secret.

“Here’s where I’m at with it, you don’t just suddenly fall on someone’s d—k,” she said on Thursday. “There was a level of comfortability. The line was crossed a long time ago, whether it was text messages, touching [or whatever]. The whole thing has been not right [and] I’ve been picking up the scene of Raquel’s pH balance being a little f—king off, OK?”

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Crash and Burn

“This is not a smart person, a smart person would have parlayed that she was a fan-favorite [and that] she’s finally a main character on a giant show that she was a fan of,” the “Give Them Lala” podcaster told McDonald. “A smart person would have made all the right moves to set herself up for greatness well beyond this show, which she did have the potential to do. Instead, she f—ks her best friend’s dude and I don’t think there’s any coming back, like, none of these people will ever talk to her again — [except] maybe Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz.”

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‘Still’ in Touch

Kent also alleged that she does “know” that Sandoval and Leviss, who have not publicly revealed their current relationship status, are “still in communication.”

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Waking Up in Vegas

Wednesday’s Pump Rules episode featured Kent and Leviss on a cast trip to Vegas, in which the California native quipped that she was “glad” the Utah native didn’t have a man to steal after her smooch with Oliver, whom they both showed interest in initially.

“It was like taking a hit of acid. I was like, ‘This is not about Oliver. This is about you calling me a mistress again, when you don’t know anything about my situation. Shut the f—k up!’” Kent told McDonald, referring to her ex-fiancé, Randall Emmett, and their alleged cheating scandal. “I was flabbergasted [and] I could not believe [it]. And the second it came out of her mouth, you could tell it was immediate regret on her face.”

She continued: “If we didn’t know what we know now, then the audience would be torn because you do see us laughing and making fun of her.”

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Sandoval’s Involvement in Schwartz’s Hookup With Raquel

After Leviss’ split from Kennedy, 31, Us Weekly broke the news in August 2022 that she smooched Schwartz, 40, after his divorce from Katie Maloney. According to Kent’s Thursday appearance, Sandoval was pushing for that kiss “very, very heavily.”

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'Grasping' at Straws

Amid the scandal, it was reported that Leviss filed a restraining order against costar Scheana Shay for allegedly punching her after a joint Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen appearance, when the “Good As Gold” singer, 37, learned of the affair. Shay, however, has fervently denied the claims.

“Desperate people freak me the f—k out. When someone starts getting desperate, I’m like, ‘OK this is when they start doing things that, you know, once you put something out there even though it may or may not be true, you cannot take it back,’” Kent said. “She’s grasping for anything that will save her, and I knew she would do that.”