Vanderpump Rules: When Did Raquel & Sandoval's Affair Actually Start?
People are not quite sure when the romance between the two co-stars began.
Bravo's reality show about the luxury restaurant empire of Liza Vanderpump and its employees, has been a major network hit for a decade now, but the last couple of weeks have proved difficult for long-time fans of the series.
A major cheating scandal erupted, with Tom Sandoval cheating on his longtime girlfriend Ariana with younger colleague Raquel Leviss, causing the whole reality show to go into a downward spiral.
But fans are wondering when the romance between the two actually began.
According to insider information, the romance began last August during Scheana's wedding weekend when Raquel and Tom were spotted kissing.
However, not all fans share this idea, claiming that even if there was a physical relationship between them in August, the emotional romance should have started much earlier.
Some fans are sure that the romance started all the way back in April 2022, when the team went to Coachella together. Many members of the cast recalled that they split into small groups during the concert, and people are pretty sure that Tom and Raquel started to experience something at that time.
Fans are sure that Tom and Raquel decided to use August 2022 as the start of an affair to avoid hurting Raquel's ex-boyfriend James Kennedy.
If Tom and Raquel started dating back in April, it means that not only was Tom cheating on Ariana, but Raquel was also cheating on her boyfriend James. Perhaps the stars decided to keep the real date a secret so that it wouldn't be clear that Raquel broke up with James because of Tom. In that case, the whole cheating scandal is starting to look even worse than before.
Nevertheless, the scandal has already caused a lot of backlash: Ariana has left Tom, and his and Raquel's future on Vanderpump Rules has come into question. Fans believe that the pair have already caused so much trouble for their colleagues that inviting them back for another season is out of the question.