Rachel Lewis and Tom Sandoval kiss on camera in ‘Scandoval’ scene

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By Evan Real

March 7, 2023 | 5:48 p.m

Raquel Leviss and Tom Sandoval locked lips at the post-“Scandoval” premiere for “Vanderpump Rules” season 10, multiple sources tell Page Six.

“They kissed on camera,” a source tells Us EXCLUSIVELY, adding that the smooch took place at Levi’s North Hollywood apartment on Saturday.

Despite the kiss, the couple’s relationship status remains “complicated,” shares another insider.

Page Six has reached out to representatives for Bravo, Sandoval and Levis for comment.

Sandoval was spotted heading to Levi’s place for the night — a day after longtime girlfriend Ariana Maddix cheated on him with the former pageant queen.

A rep for the Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras singer previously told Us that he left the building through a private entrance after the shoot.

Both Bravo and network honcho Andy Cohen confirmed that cameras were filming the entire bombshell and that it would air before the reunion.

Page Six exclusively reported that Sandoval and Mattix sat down to discuss the aftermath of her infidelity for a scene filmed Friday at the former partners’ home in Los Angeles’ Valley Village enclave. (Both parties still live there.)

Sources tell us that Madix, 37, left the discussion feeling “gaslit” by Sandoval, 39, who was romantically involved with Leviss, 28, last summer.

“He gave her many reasons why he never cheated,” an insider said, adding, “He didn’t tell her about the affair with Lewis because he was worried about how it would affect her mental health.”

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The source noted that Maddix was “confused” by the conversation and later told her “VPR” friends — Katie Maloney, Sheena Shay, Lala Kent and show alum Kristen Dowd — that she was “disappointed” with how Sandoval was handling it. split

“[Madix] Reliving what happened with his friends and cast members, most of whom are disappointed, Tom is unable to take responsibility for his actions or express any significant remorse.

“Indeed, they have been rallying behind her for the past few days.”

Sandoval addressed the cheating scandal in a statement shared via Instagram on Saturday night. While urging fans to “don’t run.” [their] Furious over his carelessness towards his Schwartz & Sandy business partners”, he failed to apologize directly to Madix.

“Where is it mentioned about hurting Ariana?! Don’t you owe her an apology?” Maloney, 36, wrote on her Instagram story.

“Where’s Ariana’s apology in this?” Kent, 32, has added to his own story. “It’s called narcissism … & it’s horrible.”

A source previously told Page Six that Maddicks is “heartbroken” and feels completely “blindsided” by the betrayal, especially since she’s been good friends with Levi for the past several years.

Mattix learned of the affair when he saw an apparently sexually explicit video sent by Levis on Sandoval’s phone. The discovery came on the same night that Mattix supported Sandoval at a concert for his cover band at TomTom in West Hollywood on March 1.

Meanwhile, Levis was on the other side of the country on a New York City press tour with co-star Sheena Shay. (Shay, 37, ended her friendship with Lewis, Page Six later this week.)

Sources told Us Saturday that Sandoval and Levis had been planning to tell Madix about their affair for “weeks” before revealing it.

It’s unclear if they wanted to tell Maddicks on camera, but an insider shared that the idea of ​​confessing had been “floating around for weeks.”

Mattix and Levi’s have yet to issue a public statement on the matter.

“Vanderpump Rules” airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.