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Vanderpump Rules star, Rachel Levishad checked herself into a facility specializing in mental health after the events of her months-long relationship with him. Tom Sandoval made public again in March.
According to an insider at Page Six, Raquel has been in the facility “for a long time” and it’s not a quick fix as the source added, “It’s not short-term. It’s a long-haul program.”
According to a source, Raquel, at the urging of her family, had “decided before the relationship[between her and Sandoval]was discovered that she would enter a voluntary facility for mental health counseling,” per Entertainment Tonight.
Sources continue to add that Raquel was originally scheduled to enter treatment earlier Vanderpump Rules Season 10 Reunion, but decided that he must first fulfill his commitment to Bravo, who seems to know Raquel’s intention to seek treatment.
“She was scheduled to go to the pre-reunion but decided she wanted to fulfill her filming commitments,” the source said. “Bravo and production understand and support her journey to better mental health.”
Raquel’s representative made it clear that Raquel was not seeking treatment for substance abuse.
As news of the relationship, Raquel released the following statement.
“I thought about my choices, talked to a counselor and I learned about myself such as patterns of dependency and dependency to be and feel loved,” she said. “I have sought emotional validation through unhealthy intimate relationships without regard for my own well-being, sometimes negatively affecting others and often prioritizing intimate relationships over my friends.”
News of Raquel’s relationship with costar, Tom Sandoval, who is allegedly still in a relationship with his partner of 9 years, Ariana Madixeven though he had insisted that the two had broken up at least two weeks before, it had taken the world of Bravo by storm.
While Raquel remained silent since the Pump Rules reunion, Tom recently gave a controversial bombshell interview with Howie Mandel which was not well received because he repeatedly played the victim card when trying to justify his infidelity.
Vanderpump Rules airs Wednesday nights at 9:00 PM EST on Bravo.