Summary
- Reality TV star Raquel Leviss, known for appearing on Vanderpump Rules, has faced negative reputation and controversy.
- Leviss has been open about undergoing plastic surgery, including rhinoplasty and lip fillers.
- Leviss checked into a mental health facility to address her behaviors and understand her patterns in relationships.
Reality TV star Raquel Leviss is best known for her appearance on the Bravo realtiy TV series Vanderpump Rules. As fans are aware, Leviss first appeared on the series when she dated Vanderpump Rules cast member and now ex-fiance James Kennedy. Leviss went on to date Peter Madrigal before hooking up with cast members Tom Schwartz, Oliver Saunders and Tom Sandoval.
Raquel Leviss enjoyed a five-season stint on the show before she shocked viewers by leaving in season 10, which resulted in further animosity between Leviss, the Bravo network and the Vanderpump Rules cast members. Since then, Leviss has managed to carve out a lucrative career in the public eye, including hosting a podcast, Raquel Goes Rogue. In the podcast, Leviss discusses the many controversies associated with her infamous time on Vanderpump Rules and about her personal life. But has she addressed the rumors that she's undergone plastic surgery?
Did Vanderpump Rules Star Raquel Leviss Admit To Having Plastic Surgery?
Raquel Leviss is no stranger to controversy.
Since the reality TV starlet first appeared on Vanderpump Rules in 2016, she has been the subject of many tabloid rumors and gossip.
Leviss, who is often regarded as one of the biggest villains in reality TV history, partly because she had an affair with two of her cast members (Saunders and Sandoval), has been open about the negativity that has followed her since she left the show in early 2023.
In an interview with fellow Bravo reality star Bethenny Frankel on the latter's podcast, Just B, Leviss opened up about her negative reputation on the series:
It is hurtful to me just to think that — my nature is very kind and forgiving and understanding of other people, so the concept of me being the ultimate reality TV villain just blows my mind.
Raquel Leviss has also been candid about rumors that she's had plastic surgery.
At just 21 years old, when she first appeared on Vanderpump Rules, Leviss' appearance has altered as she has gotten older. But tabloids couldn't help but point out that many aspects of the former beauty pageant queen's appearance had drastically changed over the years.
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During the ninth season of Vanderpump Rules, Leviss would later confide in co-star Lisa Vanderpump that she had rhinoplasty. Raquel Leviss admitted that the $16,000 surgery didn't go well and that she had to contour her nose when doing her makeup to make it appear a certain way.
In an interview with Bravo TV online, Raquel Leviss discussed more about her botched plastic surgery:
The reason why I love [Instagram] filters so much is because I absolutely hate my nose, and it's an easy, easy fix just to straighten that out.
In 2019, Leviss admitted to receiving lip fillers and even went so far as to promote the medical spa clinic Blush Beverly Hills, which performed her procedure.
Raquel Leviss Admitted To Having Other Medical Treatments
In July 2023, after Vanderpump Rules season 10 ended, Raquel Leviss said goodbye to the show. The reality TV starlet then shocked fans with her next move.
According to a report by E! News, a representative for Raquel Leviss announced that she had checked into a mental health facility:
Raquel and her family decided, months before the relationship was discovered, that she needed mental health treatment and ultimately decided she would enter a voluntary facility for mental health counseling.
Of course, the relationship in question was Leviss' infamous affair with Vanderpump Rules co-star Tom Sandoval.
TMZ initially broke the news in March 2023 of the affair after Sandoval's girlfriend of nine years and fellow Vanderpup Rules co-star Ariana Madix discovered he had been cheating on her with Raquel Leviss.
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fter the cheating scandal was exposed, Leviss was subjected to criticism on the show and on social media in which fans dubbed the affair as #Scandoval.
In an interview with Hollywood Life, Raquel Leviss explained in depth why she decided to leave the show for good.
Looking back and seeing how much pain I was in interacting with James [Kennedy] on camera and seeing his new girlfriend, I could only imagine the pain I would cause by filming in the same environment with Ariana. Because being involved with somebody's boyfriend while they're still in a relationship is a huge betrayal and so painful as it is, but then to continue working with these people and interacting with them — maybe not even speaking — but, like, hearing about what they're doing and and seeing your person that you loved so much and thought that they loved you just as much as you love them be conversing with this other person. … It would just be so catastrophic and I didn't want to do that to Ariana. I didn't want to put her in that position.
In addition to her heartbreak over her ex-fiance Kennedy and her affair with Sandoval, Leviss has also been vocal about her issues with alcoholism.
She stated to Bethanny Frankel on her podcast that during filming on Vanderpump Rules she would drink a lot to ease her anxiety and that alcohol had been a coping mechanism she had relied on since her breakup from Kennedy.
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Leviss then expanded on why she checked into a mental hospital:
Part of the reason why I wanted to take some time away is just because it was so chaotic and loud, and there was such vitriol online. But then the other part of the reason why I wanted to go to a treatment facility was to understand my behaviors and my goal was to really get down to the bottom of, 'OK why am I choosing men that are unavailable, why do I keep finding myself in unhealthy relationships, what are the things that I need to change about my behaviour'.
