Lisa Vanderpump clapped back at Rachel “Raquel” Leviss for saying she would only return to “Vanderpump Rules” if they paid for her therapy. “She said that, but I think she has had a therapist on hand the whole time through filming,” Vanderpump told Us Weekly in an interview shared Thursday. The “Vanderpump Rules” matriarch added that Bravo was “very cognizant” of the cast member’s needs and “being there even when you’re filming, saying somebody’s available for you to talk to.
” Leviss, 29, previously starred on the hit Bravo show but chose not to return for Season 11 amid backlash for her affair with co-star, and Ariana Madix’s then-boyfriend, Tom Sandoval. Even though Leviss is now expressing interest in returning for Season 12, Vanderpump doesn’t think it’d make sense for her to rejoin the cast. “It’s hard to integrate somebody into a situation [like this].
As I say, you can never say never ...
but she’s had a lot of negative things to say about ‘Vanderpump Rules,’ about producers [and] about NBC. So, I think we can safely say that ship has sailed,” Vanderpump, 63, admitted. “It would take all-expenses paid therapy,” Leviss previously told Us Weekly when discussing what it would take for her to go back to the show.
“I would need a therapist on call and therapy sessions after every single filming session! I just don’t know if I see a path forward because it’s not a healthy dynamic. I’m trying to protect my mental hea.