Bravo Denies Several Claims Raquel Leviss Made During New Interview With Bethenny Frankel

Bravo is speaking out to clear the air after Raquel Leviss (who is now going by Rachel) made some claims about Vanderpump Rules in an interview with Bethenny Frankel.

While appearing on the Real Housewives of New York City alum’s Just B podcast, Rachel said that she felt Tom Sandoval was “rewarded” for his involvement in the Scandoval (the discovery that she was involved in an affair with him while he was committed to Ariana Madix).

She alleged that Tom had been “boycotting” filming the show to have a scene removed from the final cut. She also claimed that he was offered a producers credit for the 11th season of the reality series, which is currently filming.

In the aftermath, Bravo responded to several key points.

Rachel said that Tom “ended up boycotting filming the rest of Scandoval so that he could have editing rights” to a scene she claimed that they filmed together.

“He’s not technically a producer, he’s been on the series from day one, season one,” she told Bethenny when asked if he was involved in production. “I don’t know if I’m even able to disclose this information, but he did tell me that for negotiations for season 11, he was offered a producer credit for season 11.”

She continued, saying, “I think he was being rewarded for the Scandoval of it all, and to me, that’s just kinda gross because it seems, it makes me skeptical. Was this really just something that was fabricated for this end result?”

Rachel even addressed an interview with Vanderpump Rules executive producer Alex Baskin earlier this month. In it, he told Deadline that the scandal came at the “perfect” time.

Bravo responded in a statement shared with ET: “Tom Sandoval was never offered a producer credit on Season 11 and had absolutely no creative control over editing during any season of Vanderpump Rules.”

The response comes after it was confirmed that Rachel would not be returning for the show’s 11th season.

This is the second of Bethenny‘s podcasts that Rachel has appeared on. During an interview on her ReWives show, she addressed why she got involved in the affair and more.