Tom Sandoval is facing a new reality in the aftermath of his affair with Rachel “Raquel” Leviss being exposed and his friends taking sides in his breakup with ex Ariana Madix.

1. VPR As Sandoval Confesses
the Depths of His Mental Health
Struggle, His Costars Focus on
His Villain Energy
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His Mental Health Struggle, His Costars Focus on His Villain Energy

2. Tom Sandoval is facing a new reality in the aftermath of his affair
with Rachel “Raquel” Leviss being exposed and his friends taking sides
in his breakup with ex Ariana Madix.
On Tuesday‟s episode of Vanderpump Rules, Lisa
Vanderpump expressed concerns about the Schwartz & Sandy‟s co-

3. owner‟s mental health after he confided in her about having suicidal
thoughts at the height of Scandoval.
The SUR owner told Scheana Shay and Lala Kent that Sandoval, 41, is
in “a very dark place” amid the public outcry over his affair. But, the
ladies stopped short of giving him their sympathy when Scheana said
her former friend was “diving into this villain energy.”
“My conversation with Sandoval last night could not have been more
frustrating,” she said of the conversation during which she called him a
narcissist, which Sandoval denied. “He‟s taking no accountability for
anything that he‟s done, so Lisa saying he‟s depressed [when] I haven‟t
seen that. I‟ve just seen him project.”

4. However, Lisa, 63, insisted that Sandoval is “a shadow of his former
self” as he attempts to move forward with his life following the scandal.
“I don‟t ever want to see anyone go down the path of that kind of
depression when you feel the whole world‟s against you… There‟s only
so much one person can take before they break,” she shared. “I don‟t
want to be in a position where we have regret.”

5. The issue hit close to home for Lisa as her own brother Mark died by
suicide in April 2018.
“I never thought suicide would touch my life,” she shared of her
brother‟s death. “When I look back at my brother saying he was
depressed, it‟s a real trigger for me because he was depressed and
where is he now? Tom Sandoval is not the kind of person that says he‟s
had suicidal thoughts unless he means it. “

6. Scheana, 38, and Lala, 33, found themselves at crossroads as Lisa
encouraged them to forgive Sandoval but they worried it would come
at the cost of “losing Ariana.”
“Ariana made it very clear,” Scheana said in a confessional. “Anyone
who chooses to remain friends with Tom Sandoval is basically dead to
her, but at the same time, if someone is really struggling at this level,
how do I keep coming for him?”
Meanwhile, Sandoval told his friend Billie Lee that the scandal has
caused him to be “really stressed out, depressed, [and] overwhelmed.”
He added he now feels like an “outsider” with his group of friends,
adding, “I feel like Andy Dufresne when he first gets to Shawshank.”
“I wish I could get back some part that resembles my old life. It‟s
always the people that are closest to you that seem to hurt you the
most,” he shared.

7. Later in their conversation, Sandoval admitted he “got close a couple of
times” to ending his life. He added, “When you get in that frame of
mind. I had to really snap myself out of it. There was all kinds of
feelings in my head — pain, anger, sadness, depression, [and]
bleakness. I lost all of my friends and I felt like maybe the best way to
show that I‟m sorry and kind of what everybody wants is for me to go
away.”

8. “I just want to be happy again. I don‟t feel like I‟m allowed to get
there,” he added as Billie told him he would get there with time.
At James Kennedy „s pool party, Ariana was quick to shut down
Scheana‟s concerns about her ex‟s mental well-being, saying, “I can
understand that maybe he has had some thoughts and feelings, but like
those thoughts and those feelings are based on the situation that he
created, in which he didn‟t give a f — — about anybody else‟s mental
health. I know I‟m a bitch saying this, but like, it just feels a little bit
annoying.”
She added Sandoval is a “scary f — -ing person that I don‟t trust any
word that comes out of his mouth because it‟s constantly changing and
it all, to me, feels like manipulation.”

9. However, Tom Schwartz was still hopeful that Sandoval could make
amends with the group. Schwartz encouraged Sandoval to “leave your
ego” behind before their trip to Lake Tahoe, where Lisa was opening
her new restaurant Wolf by Vanderpump. But, Sandoval was still
pointing the finger at Scheana and Lala for using the affair to their
benefit, including podcast content and merchandise.

10. “Lala and Scheana showed the entire nation how to treat us,” he
claimed. “People followed their lead.”
“This energy is not going to serve you well,” Schwartz countered. “You
got to put down the guard a little bit. I‟m not saying you have to let
people walk all over you and abuse you.”
“His tone of „they don‟t know what they‟ve done to me,‟ it worries me,”
he added. “I don‟t want to undermine his feelings, but I don‟t think it‟s
going to be productive.”
Despite the conversation, Schwartz maintained a positive outlook
about their upcoming trip, saying in a confessional, “I‟m optimistic
about this trip to Tahoe but do I expect it to miraculously cleanse
everyone‟s memory? No, of course, not. But, I‟m hoping it opens up the
door a little bit.”
He then tried to reassure Sandoval, telling him, “I think people are in
place where they‟re ready to talk without necessarily coming after you.”
Vanderpump Rules airs Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo.
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