Raquel Leviss clapped back at Victoria Lee Robinson – the girlfriend of her ex Tom Sandoval (who formerly cheated on Ariana Madix with Raquel) – after the model accused Raquel of trying to ruin lives.
The Vanderpump Rules alum also questioned the timing of Jax Taylor’s recent stay at a mental health facility, shortly before news broke that his estranged wife Brittany Cartwright filed for divorce. Before the news surfaced, Raquel praised Jax for checking himself into the facility, in the same way she checked into a facility amid fan backlash over the affair.
On her “Rachel Goes Rogue” podcast, via @breakingtherulespodclips on Instagram, the star clapped back at Victoria’s claim that Raquel continues to ruin people’s lives by discussing Pump Rules.
“Maybe look at who you’re dating right now,” said Raquel, addressing Victoria directly. “And if it’s quote unquote ‘ruining people’s lives,’ then there’s two in that to make that a reality, and you’re dating the other person.”
“So I don’t know why you’re focusing on me,” she went on. “I’m not continuing to try to ruin people’s lives. I really don’t know how I have the power to [do that], especially now.”
She then hit back at Victoria’s claim that Raquel publicly expressed support for Jax – amid his stay in a mental health facility – for attention and relevance.
“She’s saying I should have reached out to him on a personal level,” said Raquel. “I don’t have a way to do that. I don’t have his phone number. He has me blocked on Instagram, so unless I wanted to like buy a cameo from him and tell him through a cameo message, there was no way for me to reach out to Jax on a personal level.”
“[And] I guess I am [already] relevant, honestly,” added Raquel, who said her own stay at a mental health facility qualified her to address the topic with Jax.
Her publicist then questioned if Jax’s stay at the mental health facility was meant to soften “the blow” before the divorce announcement, because the former “narrative” was that Jax was either a “cheater” or not a “great partner.”
Raquel added, “We really just don’t even know the sequence of events and when they chose to make certain things public. I don’t know. Like I’m assuming that he had to go into treatment after something happened, and Brittany was clearly already, you know, heavily considering divorce.”
