Vanderpump Rules' Raquel Leviss FINALLY begins negotiating contract

Vanderpump Rules star Raquel Leviss FINALLY begins negotiating season 11 contract amid reports she will ‘soon’ check out of mental health facility

Raquel Leviss has finally begun negotiating her contract for Vanderpump Rules’ season 11 amid reports that the Bravo cameras started rolling again on Wednesday. 

As production attempts to capture the fallout from her months-long affair with Tom Sandoval, behind her then-BFF Ariana Madix’s back, the reality star, 28, is working to arrange her return to the show.

On the heels of the unscripted reality show’s record-breaking finale, which earned 4.1 million viewers, marking a series high, a source told TMZ that the former pageant queen only began hammering out the details of her new contract ‘just three days ago.’

Bravo has reportedly been hesitant to make a deal with her until she completes her

Now, production feels they have ‘the green light to start the negotiations’ as she prepares to leave treatment ‘soon.’ 

Ready to come back? Raquel Leviss has finally begun negotiating her contract for Vanderpump Rules’ season 11 amid reports that the Bravo cameras began rolling again on Wednesday; seen in 2022

The delayed talks come just days after an insider told the outlet that season 11 of Vanderpump Rules was set to go into production on Wednesday, but Leviss had not committed to joining the cast and crew.

Sources for the publication said that both Bravo production and Leviss’ team are ‘working hard to get her on the show’ but her time at the mental health facility still remains a priority.

The rest of the cast including Ariana and Tom will all be making their return to the highly-popular Bravo program.

During season 10’s reunion which aired earlier this month, Raquel was noncommittal about coming back.

At the time she told boss Andy Cohen: ‘I don’t know. It’s in question right now. I want to.’

During those three reunion episodes Ariana eviscerated her ex Tom after he betrayed her with Raquel.

An insider told DailyMail.com earlier this month, Raquel began treatment at a mental health facility ‘to become a better person.’

They said: ‘Upon the completion of filming the reunion, Raquel entered a voluntary inpatient behavioral health and trauma facility and remains there to date – 68 days and counting. 

In negotiations: As production attempts to capture the fallout from her months-long affair with Tom Sandoval, behind her then-BFF Ariana Madix’s back, the reality star, 28, is working to arrange her return to the show

Cameras rolling: On the heels of the unscripted reality show’s record-breaking finale, which earned 4.1 million viewers, marking a series high, a source told TMZ that the former pageant queen only began hammering out the details of her new contracts ‘just three days ago’

‘She is a young woman that is and has been remorseful for her actions and has APOLOGIZED REPEATEDLY. 

‘Her treatment is helping her learn the basis of her decisions and to grow from her mistakes with the hope of making better choices and becoming a better person.

‘Raquel looks forward to sharing her story with the unfiltered truth when she comes out.’

Back in April, a source said of Raquel’s decision to enter the facility: ‘Raquel and her family decided before the relationship was discovered that she would enter a voluntary facility for mental health counseling.

‘She was scheduled to go in pre-reunion but decided she wanted to finish her filming commitment. Bravo and production were aware and in support of her journey towards better mental health.

Leviss’ rep added that she was not in a facility for substance abuse issues.

In March Leviss issued a statement in which she revealed she was analyzing her own behavior and speaking to a counselor after the affair was exposed.

She said: ‘I am reflecting on my choices, speaking to a counselor and I am learning things about myself such as my patterns of codependency and addiction to being and feeling loved.

‘I have sought emotional validation through intimate connections that are not healthy without regard for my own well-being, sometimes negatively affecting others and often prioritizing the intimate connection over my friendships. I am taking steps to understand my behavior and make healthier choices.’

Waiting for the right time: Bravo has reportedly been hesitant to make a deal until she completes her stay at a mental mental health facility over fears of ‘legal peril if she backslides’ if they bring her ‘back too early’

This comes after Sandoval  revealed he and Leviss had hit the brakes on their sexual relationship, after their months-long affair was exposed in March.

Following the recent end of his  relationship with Madix over his infidelity, the bar owner revealed they are ‘kind of taking a break.’

Although the affair was only unveiled in March, both Sandoval and Leviss have revealed their romance actually started last summer. 

Leviss, however, tearfully came clean about the Scandoval affair and admitted to more sex romps with Sandoval and her desire to be in a ‘throuple’ with Madix on the third and final Vanderpump Rules reunion episode on Bravo.  

‘I think it’s important to me to tell the truth,’ said Raquel as she admitted to lying during the reunion.

‘I think that I’ve been lying and being so deceitful this entire time that… I don’t want to lie anymore, and it’s all out there anyway. Like, the worst is out, yet I’m still finding myself having to lie about specific timeline things,’ Raquel said.

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