He didn’t follow the “Rules.”
Nick Viall claimed “Vanderpump Rules” star Tom Sandoval secretly slipped in some forbidden photos of Raquel Leviss while filming “Special Forces” after their affair materialized.
“He snuck in pictures of him and Rachel,” Viall, 42, claimed during Thursday’s episode of his “Viall Files” podcast, referring to Leviss’ birth name.
He added, “And he showed them to the cast, for what’s that worth.”
Viall explained that the Fox show doesn’t allow competitors to bring certain items during the training process, including photos.
“I would have loved to sneak in a picture of [my fiancée] Natalie [Joy],” the “Bachelor” alum continued, adding, “I guess I could have tried but I just didn’t.”
Viall furthered that Sandoval, 41, went “out of his way” to bring in the “endearing photos” of him with Leviss, 28, and that he flaunted them proudly and affectionately.
“[Sandoval] came across as a guy who cared about her, and I’m just saying that objectively,” Viall noted. “Honestly, the conversations with the cast were kinda, like, ‘Well, f—k, you might as well go for it.’”
He continued, “There seemed to be some real reluctance about [whether] the public would allow them to be together, but he came across — to me — as someone who had feelings and cared about Rachel.”
News of Sandoval’s months-long affair with Leviss surfaced on March 1 when his then-girlfriend Ariana Madix discovered explicit content of the former beauty queen on his phone.
Madix, 38, swiftly dumped her live-in-boyfriend, ending their nearly 10-year relationship in a move that rocked the Bravosphere and divided the “Vanderpump Rules” cast.
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The subsequent drama of the affair, cleverly dubbed “Scandoval” by fans, played out on the Bravo show, with Madix confronting her former partner and former BFF in a bombshell three-part Season 10 reunion finale.
The Tom Tom co-founder and Leviss were still together after Madix found out about his infidelity, however, a source told Pvnew in May that they broke up.
“Raquel dipped out. Sandoval is not the one for her,” an insider said at the time.
A month prior, Leviss checked into a mental health facility following the fallout from the scandal. However, she was present for the explosive reunion episodes in which she claimed she was hoping to be in a “throuple” with Sandoval and Madix.
“I love Ariana as a person and then also I’m in love with Tom Sandoval, so yeah it didn’t seem that far-fetched of an idea, but it was not something in question. God, he’s gonna kill me, I just hate lying so much,” Leviss had confessed.
The 11th season of the reality show is currently filming, yet Leviss has yet to join on set as she plays hardball over her contract.
Meanwhile, Sandoval was spotted looking in shambles during filming last month while Madix seems to be glowing.
The “Drink From Home” creator has moved on with boyfriend Daniel Wai.
