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Tom Sandoval was questioned about Raquel Leviss‘ interview on Bethenny Frankel‘s podcast while out in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
After Raquel, 28, admitted she was never in love with him and accused him of filming a NSFW video of her without her consent, the Vanderpump Rules star, 40, spoke to a photographer as Lisa Vanderpump, 62, clarified Raquel’s season 10 salary and Katie Maloney suggested Raquel’s interview was filled with lies.
On August 16, following the release of the controversial interview on Bethenny’s Just Be With Bethenny podcast, Katie shared an Instagram Story in which she signaled to falsehoods.
“So you know that trending sound or song or whatever that was like, ‘Why the f-ck you lying?’ Anyways, that’s been stuck in my head all morning for some reason,” she shared.
“Can’t figure out why,” she added in a caption.
As for Lisa, she was asked about the interview as she arrived at SUR.
“I haven’t seen it. I really haven’t seen it but I’m going to work and guess what? I have to pay for more than an intern — I heard about that,” she shared, giving a nod to Bethenny’s claim that Raquel, whose affair with Sandoval led to massive ratings on Pump Rules season 10, is paid less than her interns.
“I think she got very well paid. I think she got paid $361,000,” Lisa revealed.
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Meanwhile, during his own interview with a photographer, Sandoval confirmed he had not yet listened to Raquel’s interview. He also said he didn’t know if fans should be more forgiving of Raquel’s behavior, saying, “I don’t know. No comment, actually. I gotta like, hear this podcast.”
Then, when asked if Pump Rules needs Raquel to succeed, Sandoval again declined to comment.
“I can’t comment. I don’t know,” he explained.
Sandoval couldn’t even reveal the last time they spoke.
“I can’t comment on that either,” he stated.
Also during the interview, which took place with a photographer from Backgrid, Sandoval said he and his castmates “raised some money” for Maui on Tuesday and admitted he didn’t know when he’d get a chance to listen to Raquel’s interview.
“I don’t know. I’m pretty busy,” he noted.
Vanderpump Rules season 11 is expected to begin airing on Bravo sometime later this year or early next year.