Rachel “Raquel” Leviss is never, ever, ever getting back together with “Vanderpump Rules.”
Despite Lisa Vanderpump, Tom Sandoval and Lala Kent’s alleged efforts to convince Leviss to return to the reality show for Season 11, she told inquiring “Just B” podcast host Bethenny Frankel, “Hell no.”
“I refuse to not respect myself on that level where I would endure that emotional abuse any longer. I can’t do that to myself,” the former beauty pageant queen, 28, explained in Friday’s episode.
Leviss predicted she “wouldn’t get a redemption arc” and “wouldn’t be able to share all of [her] story,” which contributed to her decision to walk away.
She added that Bravo “refused” to give her “equal pay with Tom [Sandoval] and Ariana [Madix]” or “reimburse [her] for her [mental health] treatment expenses.”
However, a source close to production tells Pvnew that the cast is “paid by season — not by storylines.”
As for Vanderpump, Sandoval and Kent, Leviss told Frankel, 52, all three reached out to her separately to persuade her to make a comeback but that she was skeptical of their intentions.
“They have ulterior motives,” she claimed. “They don’t care about my well-being; they care about their narrative that they need to portray on this show.”
Pvnew confirmed Leviss’ exit from the series on Thursday, with a source telling Entertainment Tonight, “There was a possibility up until recently she’d be returning for the new season but ultimately decided against it.”
The source explained that the now-former Bravolebrity — who spent three months at a mental health facility following the explosive Season 10 reunion — “is focused on her mental health journey and knew going back to the show would open her up to trauma she’s been working on healing.”
The Arizona native is “looking forward to what the future holds for her,” the source added.
Leviss’ months-long affair with Sandoval, who was in a nine-year relationship with Madix at the time, was exposed in March.
Though filming for Season 10 had already wrapped, cameras quickly picked back up to capture the fallout of the shocking dalliance.
The cast then gathered mere weeks later to shoot the three-part reunion, during which the secret lovers got brutalized by their co-stars.
While Leviss was in treatment, insiders told Pvnew that she was “playing hardball” with the network in order to “get as much money as she possibly can.”
The sentiment was shared by Frankel, who previously urged “punching bag” Leviss to “get paid” as much as possible before returning to “Pump Rules.”
Meanwhile, it’s been speculated that Leviss has joined Frankel’s recently launched legal war against NBCUniversal.
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The “Real Housewives of New York City” alum accused NBC and Bravo of making “deliberate attempts” to “manufacture mental instability” by plying their talent with “alcohol while depriving them of food and sleep, as well as denying mental health treatment for those displaying obvious and alarming signs of mental deterioration.”
She also accused the networks of “distributing and/or condoning the distribution of non-consensual pornography,” going on to mention the “distribution of revenge porn” and the “covering up” of “sexual violence.”
Leviss alleged to Frankel during their three-part sit-down that Sandoval, 41, recorded the “intimate” FaceTime call that tipped off Madix, 38, of their illicit romance “without [her] consent.” Sandoval has not responded to the claim.
Leviss also alleged that she hasn’t “seen a single penny” from Scandoval while Bravo has been “running to the bank.”
Vanderpump, however, insists the brunette beauty actually walked away with over $350,000 for Season 10.
