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Tom SandovalandRaquel Levissneeded a moment to cool down and regroup during a"really emotional"Vanderpump Rulesreunion largely focused onthe fallout of their months-long affair.
“Obviously it was an intense day for everyone involved — especially Raquel and Tom, who were at the center of a very loud, very enraged firing squad,” a source tells PEOPLE.
The source notes that “[Tom] and Raquel both apologized to Ariana during the taping, though she wasn’t in an emotional place to accept their sorries.”
“The day ended without any sense of resolution,” they add. “It’ll be interesting to see whether this group ever truly forgives them, but stranger things have happened.”
Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss.Tommy Garcia/Bravo (3)
Many questions hang over Sandoval and Leviss as they look ahead, not only to the rest of season 10 ofVPR— which has months of episodes yet to air — but also when it comes their lives beyond the cameras.
“Tom and Raquelhave not put any sort of label on their relationship,” a second source tells PEOPLE. “They are are giving one another the space to figure out things in their own lives right now before making any sort of call on where they stand.”
The source continued, “They both care for one another, but are also aware of the pain they caused and know they need to focus on what drove them to make these decisions first and foremost.”
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Leviss shared similar sentiments exclusively with PEOPLE as she described “the indefensible circumstances surrounding” the secret relationship that endedSandoval’s nine-year relationship with Madix, 37.
Though a source told PEOPLE that Sandoval and Madix, 37, had “been having problems for a while,” his infidelity with Leviss was"the final straw."
Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix.Amanda Edwards/Getty
Sandoval, Leviss and Madix aren’t the only ones who needed a moment to recover from Thursday’s filming — castmateLala Kentcalled it “the most exhausting reunion” she’d ever experienced.
“I’m drained. I feel like I want to crawl into a hole and sob and scream, but I’m happy to be home now with my little one [Ocean],” the Give Them Lala founder, 32, said on her Instagram Story that night. “Anyway, I think you guys will enjoy it though, so that is the silver lining to it all.”
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Vanderpump Rulesairs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
source: people.com
