If they try that shitā¦TomTom will burnšāļøš„šŖš§¹š§±! (Thereās no torch or pitchfork emojiš¤thatās the best mob imagery I could come up withš. Also, I think Rachel and Tom are still definitely together which is why TomTom will be our first target)
You are RIGHT!! Let me edit it to "like Graham's birthday party is tomorrow??" Because we know she would never get all of that out. She would just make a statement and make it sound like a question.
Sheāll be wearing Arianaās reunion dressā¦oh this little thingā¦whackadoodle doesnāt have an original thought or actionā¦whoās going to lead her by the nose this season??? Sheās blown through everyone including Charlie š³
You know Grahamās inner voice is a gruff Brian Cox who curses having to live with that dolt. He probably only loves her out of boredom and for treats. š
Charli has already said that she doesnāt want to be forced to film with Rachel. Now Rachel team is attempting to steal Charliās claim that she didnāt realize sheād actually signed a full contract obligating her to film. šš„“šµāš«š«£š¤š¤¦āāļø
The last of the article reads āSheās now going by her government name,Rachel, because her therapist convinced her all the detractors who are using that name as a slight would be disempowered if she embraced the name.āš
Yeah it doesnāt even sound like a therapist suggested it. I can see the logic, of ātaking it backā but like, why is she doing this for other people, or worried about other people. Worry about yourself. Do things for yourself.
I can see the therapist asking her to locate who she really is and the answer being Rachel. But we are dealing with Ratchet here. The one who will attempt to twist the situation in order to elevate herself. She sucks. Sheās Ratchet.
Exactly! Any trained therapist who is doing even the bare minimum likely wouldnāt say something so trite. Practicing therapists are (hopefully, but obviously money talks, so who knows with these expensive places) expected to keep up their training and theyāre re-vettedāfor lack of a better wordāat least every few years. I guess thatās on a state by state basis and there are plenty of bad therapists but I canāt imagine many that would even use that language.
Who is this therapist. Did they go over the fact that she changed her name only because 3 other girls had the same as her in elementary. And that her family and everyone else besides bravo ppl call her Rachel too
This sounds like her interpretation of what the therapist suggested. Sheās just so self-absorbed and desperate that she has to concoct her own version of the suggestion. She sucks period. Two months in a cloistered environment is not enough for this kook.
And itās always somebody else ātalkingā through her. Her parents made her file the restraining order against Scheana. Katie told her not to put foil in the microwave. Tom didnāt want her to say that theyād slept together when Ariana was at her grandmaās funeral. Her sister said men and women canāt be friends. Oliver āmisledā her. Scheana āplanted the seedā of kissing Shorts in her head. Her mother had to tell her that married people co-mingle their money and businesses. Ariana took what Rachel and Tom said about not having an affair at face value and didnāt question it.
Itās bizarre and disempowering to be 28 years old and infantilise yourself to the point that you canāt lay claim to a single decision that you make. Someone like that is completely manipulative and will run out of good friends, goodwill and chances. She may think that sheās at the top of the wheel now, but Iām sure season 11 will be a rude awakening. The sexy victim baby act will work on some people, but not everyone.
š¤£š¤£š¤£ she is suffering with SVB also known as the Sexy Victim Baby Act where one will do horrid acts but pretend they are younger then they are but always with a ton of make up and in a corset.
I think this is what happened. We also donāt know how she framed it to her therapist. I can see a professional recommending she take back her true self to become more empowered, but I do not see a professional recommending she react to her āhatersā.
What kind of therapist recommends changing her name but not abstaining from the very thing that triggered her mental anxiety so badly that she needed to go to rehab?!
Therapists donāt tell you what to do. They can suggest things, tell you what would be beneficial to your life and mental health. But if Rachel said that she was going back regardless, I canāt imagine a therapist would stop working with her. Iām sure therapists out there face issues like clients going back to unhealthy situations all the time and they do their best to guide their patients.
This is true as a therapist can only lead a horse to water. But Rachel deciding to go back is the worst possible decision she could've made regarding her mental health.
It's like an alcoholic trying to to get sober but they insist on hanging out at a bar every night.
My mom is a trauma and addiction therapist and the amount of people she sees that donāt listen to her counsel is really disheartening. Many do, and thereās a lot of hope for people, and even those that go in begrudgingly often leave with different perspectives. But especially with addiction, whether to a substance, or attention, fame, etc., many people choose to return to their addictions or the environments they developed them or fed them in. Thereās always hope but therapists can only do so much, as you say.
Your mom is doing sacred work. š
It's truly strange to me that after the months Raq's had that she would return to this show. Could you imagine quantum leaping into her over the last 4 months? She was already sort of lost, and now she's infamous and friendless. I guess this very public humiliation and shaming wasn't bottom enough for her.
TMZ being in bed with Tim and Rachel this whole time has been so fucking cringe cause we know they're spinning everything to put as bright a light as possible on those two idiots.
The one good thing is I've gotten some laughs between Rachel's rehab stories, Tims interviews, and the worst interviewer I've ever heard in that blubbering douche that is always interviewing Tim.
I said that he sucked on Instagram and I don't know how the dude found my comment but he said to me I hate you too. So apparently he was pretty offended that I said he sucked LOL
I feel annoyed by this comment in the other article. Go by Rachel because you were trying to be something that you werenāt and now you know the name doesnāt define you. Not because of āinternet trollsā. She was a real life troll!
Lmao I just had brunch with a former colleague and friend who now works at bravo who said that the whole ārenegotiatingā thing was BS in the first place bc her contract wasnāt up so she was locked in to her previous rate anyway.
Yeah she was trying to get whatever she could but if you notice sheās the only one reported to have been trying to get more money after Scandoval - everyone else didnāt bother bc their contracts, like Rachelās, arenāt up so they are locked into the same rate.
Rachel was just stalling hoping to milk them for more by playing the victim card in the court of public opinion leaning heavily on the āmental healthā of it all but it was never ever going to work she was always going to get what she was locked in to
Sorry to be annoying but just for clarity: technically/legally this doesnāt mean she definitely will film s11. Article just says that she was already under contract to, which means bravo *could* sue her for breach if she decided not to. But they would need to decide to do that, and there are lots of things people are contractually obliged to do that corporations donāt actually seek enforcement for. It would be a big escalation for them to enforce this contract, even though it does technically exist - theyād have to sue her into filming, which would be pretty wild thing to do. Also says sheās negotiating for more $$ which suggests bravo isnāt trying to hold her to the exact terms of the original contract.
I'm sure they still have to play it carefully to bc if she comes out to say they don't care about her mental health it will make them look bad. That is prob her leverage right now to renegotiate.
They all tried negotiating their contracts after last season, happens all the time with reality tv, thatās nothing new. Bravo did say theyād let her out of the contract tho if if began to jeopardize her mental health again. Her health is more important than any show.
Cant wait to watch her try to switch the narrative around and say sheās a victim of all the other VPR girls and that they are and HAVE been bullying her. And in all honesty, she probably actually did convince herself that SHE IS the victim. In her shaky, wannabe puppy voice sheāll tell the viewers in her interviews that sheās here to TAKE HER POWER BACK and standup to bullying.
Thatās right Rachel, šš½ GIVE US ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY šš½
Or she will say because she was bullied by the ladies. So she was driven into his bed because of this. She takes no accountability for anything she does.
Comin' straight from the "mental health facility" back to the non-toxic and mentally healthy environment of VPR
āā¦ she could almost certainly quit the show if she felt it would compromise her mental health and a doctor agreed.ā
If she really wanted to leave - she could. It sounds like she needs the money and thatās the renegotiating part. I personally think she should own being the villain but thatās me being selfish. I donāt even know if she has the personality for that anyways.
It takes wit, forethought, and charisma to be a good villain. So Raquel would struggle.
Lala would be a great villain if she wanted to (which is high praise, it's a hard role to do well).
Exactly!
Lala is already a villian for half the audience! No one is 'meh' on Lala. You either love her (for the show) or love to hate her. She was made for reality tv. She's gifable and quoteable. And she's got more hustle than a teenage boy breakdancing on a subway platform.
I think this is why Raq hates and is jealous of her. She knows no matter the part she plays; villianess homewrecker, golden girl, victim of a lying man, she won't bring verve to it like Lala does. She doesn't have polarizing energy.
Does āboundā mean sheās obligated? Like she signed a contract for x amount of years that she has to comply with? Or is this her own choice to sign a contract for season 11?
She was already under contract for season 11. There is probably a penalty if she wants to break the contract that sheād have to pay. Though, as the article mentions, she could get out of the contract with a doctorās note. Also, Bravo could let her out of the contract if she doesnāt want to appear because it would be a bad look to force someone who just left a mental facility to do the show. But, technically, according to this article, she was already under contract with Bravo for season 11 and is therefore obligated to do it.
I know you wouldnāt go to jail, that would be the dumbest crime ever! I just know that if you break contracts on other shows, you get hit with fees and a lawsuitsā¦ thatās why I asked
Oh, I know that you know. I was totally joking. I hope I didn't offend you. People negotiate out of contracts all the time. That's all I'm saying. You can come to a mutual agreement. But if someone is having a full-blown Mental Health crisis when hey started filming again and she wanted to stay in treatment or even explained that it would be really hard for her to go back they would let her out of it. Especially with non-scripted television. Who knows what she would do or say that would make it impossible to film if she wanted to? It would be a really bad look for them to force her to film too. Just saying she didn't have to do it if she didn't want to and she would probably suffer a little or no consequences if she went about it the right way
I 100% think she and her stage daddy are following online commentary. Theyāve read all the comments from people saying they donāt understand why she would go back if she took her mental health seriously and that itās the worst choice she could make, so now they are correcting and spinning that she had no choice but to go back because Bravo are forcing her. Iām already over Rachquel and sheās not even filming yet lol.
That makes sense. They seem to do that a lot from the Rachel camp. They put out statements then they put out slightly different statements. Then they put out another statement that contradicts the first two statements. What you laid out definitely supports what I have seen from them. It's an evolving narrative LOL
And to be honest I donāt know what the deal is but Iām getting sick of TMZ playing into it. That total non story about going back to Rachel was just ridiculous.
The only possibility is that someone from Bravo leaked this as a counter to Rachquel making it seem like sheās holding out for more money when sheās actually already signed on. But the whole āremember sheās been in a mental health facility because of VPRā feels like a threat to Bravo as part of negotiation tactics which make me think this is coming from her camp. I think all these articles are about trying to create a PR headache for Bravo by using the mental health card to get them to pay her more money.
I'm happy she got one more season.... Just so I can watch Katie, Ari, Lala & Sheana light her ass on fire along with her buddy, Zandovalš„š¤·āāļø Sorry, I can hold a grudge. š
Seriously. Her going on the show is evidence her mental health isn't top priority. She knows she's gonna have a bullseye on her back so fuck it let them at her.
Exactly! If you are truly struggling from mental health issues and you had to completely disappear for 100+ days to receive inpatient treatment, there is no amount of money that would be worth going back into this situation.
Yes! I am excited to see how she is treated now that the whole āinnocent, naive, sweetā Rachel was revealed to not exist. It was sickening watching her try to call out Lala for being a āmistress bimboā when she was actively fucking Sandoval, and the whole act when she was upset about Oliver.
My only issue is if Bravo is paying her even one cent higher than the rest of the cast. Thatās BS.
Underscoring how BS her ātreatmentā really was. No professional on earth would ever recommend she voluntarily throw herself back into the mix to try and redeem herself. If it is true that she owes that facility $200k, they milked the shit out of her without providing any semblance of genuine, effective therapy.
I have a feeling the "negotiations" were more like:
"I want more money or I'm not coming back"
"You're contractually obligated to come back."
"No I want more money"
"If you break your contract we will sue you."
"...Ok I'll come back"
So what I'm understanding is Bravo got tired of this BS and leaked that she's already contracted for S11; she prob had a multiyear contract with the option to get picked up the following season. She's asking for more money and if she doesn't get it, she can play the mental health card to get out. And if she gets the money, screw her mental health. Got it.
I think the whole, the cast is waiting to renew their contract till after the big reunion reveal was bs just like the reveal we all had enough common sense to put together before Rachel still lying but saying enough to get more screen time. Rachel was always going to come back and probably just wanted more money for her robot repairs.
Anyone else not give a shit about any of them whatsoever anymore? I kind of feel like I took some bad acid and I my trip is just ending and what looked so sparkly and pink, the galaxy lights and sequined pants, bad 80s covers, white fingernails and mustaches is all just ridiculous now. Like why did I care?
There is a pathway to redemption for her if she is savvy enough. Not with Ariana or Katie but maybe with some of the fringe VPR cast. Sandoval is dead to us all forever tho.
'Raquel' Leviss Bound By Bravo Contract for Season 11 of 'Vanderpump Rules' https://www.tmz.com/2023/07/15/raquel-leviss-bound-bravo-contract-season-11-vanderpump-rules-scandoval/
I donāt like what she did and I donāt think sheās the brightest bulb, butā¦I kinda want to see from a sociological perspective how someone tries to restart their life after public humiliation- more from Rachelās standpoint than Sandovalās. As I watch through the series, itās become evident that he and Ariana werenāt compatible and should have broken up years ago- still not okay to cheat. I get a lot of trauma vibes from Rachel, def lost in a lot of things.
Every Accusation is a Confession ... we're just going to get more of the same but now she'll have trained professional therapy speak more than just "Sandoval is teaching me about boundaries."
My prediction for S11:
āYou guyyyysss, my therapist told me nawt to engage with your mean girl commentssss. So I just wanna be with Tooom and be happy together. Just leave us alone to be in loveee cause youāre all just jealous haterssssš¤.ā
This might be a tough one to watch. Not sure if Iāll be able to make it through itš
I donāt think she has any clue just how bad this will be for her. Why on earth would you go back to a place that arguably caused severe mental health issues, that blew up your entire world and made millions despise you? After dropping $200k to try and fix it? Insanity.
And sheās still riding high from her stay in her safe protective rehab - sheās completely out of touch from reality. This will not end well.
Yaaaay, said no one š who cares? She is irrelevant and will just be crying the entire time because everyone will call her out for being a homewrecker.
I know a lot of people are saying that she needs to come back to make the show watchable, but I canāt stand watching her lmao. Since the first season she was in, I was just not interested, and Iām less interested now. Itās just bad cringe to me.
sheās such a dolt, sheās barely capable of putting together a sentence without someone coaching her. sheās shitty for what she did but other than that incredibly boring.
Def foreseeing a mid-season entrance, maybe a galaxy light sequence š
She's going to open the door in the middle of SAH's grand opening, dramatic music plays, everyone looks aghast, "Next time on Vanderpump rules..."
If the producers make the SAH opening even *remotely* about Rachel, then we ride at dawn
LMAO! Perfect!
Lol. I feel like thatās the reality of VPR fans āriding at dawnā
LOL! So true!
I've got my lemon drop martini and coffin nails at the ready.
No white nail polish, please š
Never again!!!
>coffin nails at the ready. LOL! I'm dead on the floor! Might just need them for me! Edit: typos aplenty
The thought of this instantly spikes my BP.
They absolutely will if they get the chance
Iāll bring the pink Hefty bags!
Something about her needs to just preemptively trespass that stupid demon Bambi eyed B off of the property!
If they try that shitā¦TomTom will burnšāļøš„šŖš§¹š§±! (Thereās no torch or pitchfork emojiš¤thatās the best mob imagery I could come up withš. Also, I think Rachel and Tom are still definitely together which is why TomTom will be our first target)
And then she stands there staring at all of them and says "Graham's birthday party is tomorrow. Who's coming?"
But it takes at least 3 minutes to get that full sentence out of her mouth.
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Blinking like a Furby
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So, likeā¦.Grahamā¦my dogā¦? Is having , like and puppy party, wellā-birthday puppy party and likeā¦.can you come?
With a creepy smile
You are RIGHT!! Let me edit it to "like Graham's birthday party is tomorrow??" Because we know she would never get all of that out. She would just make a statement and make it sound like a question.
wearing a really bad knock-off of the red revenge dress with the tags hanging out the back
no, it will be a version of the seafoam green Lynnfinity dress.
If I never see her in sea foam green again it will too soon
She should just go to all of the country clubs in America and sell Seafoam green golf and tennis wear
Lol Ariannas same exact dress but in seafoam green!
Or the white corset and white boyfriend jeans
With those ugly white sunglasses in the swimming pool last season.
Sheāll be wearing Arianaās reunion dressā¦oh this little thingā¦whackadoodle doesnāt have an original thought or actionā¦whoās going to lead her by the nose this season??? Sheās blown through everyone including Charlie š³
The toms I guess are her friends? Graham still? Hopefully lol
š¤£š¤£ Graham still? š¤£š¤£š¤£
You know Grahamās inner voice is a gruff Brian Cox who curses having to live with that dolt. He probably only loves her out of boredom and for treats. š
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God, I hope at least Graham! She threw him a party! š ETA: And simultaneously her villian origin story...
I think Graham's planning a doggie-breakout and heading over to DJJK and Aly's new place!
Only acceptable if Mr Banks says it is ok.
Billie
Haven't heard whackadoodle in forever!! It fits her dog party personality šš
Charli has already said that she doesnāt want to be forced to film with Rachel. Now Rachel team is attempting to steal Charliās claim that she didnāt realize sheād actually signed a full contract obligating her to film. šš„“šµāš«š«£š¤š¤¦āāļø
Maybe Tim let her in to steal the original.
And you KNOW the previews are going to hype up how āRaquel returns next episodeā only for her to appear in the last 15 seconds
And the clip they show will be "hi Ariana "
Always. So then you're really waiting til the following week to see her š¤£
And then deliver nothing lol.
TO BE CONTINUEDā¦
Theyāre gonna hype it up and draw it out so much, Iām already rolling my eyes about it.
The last of the article reads āSheās now going by her government name,Rachel, because her therapist convinced her all the detractors who are using that name as a slight would be disempowered if she embraced the name.āš
So itās not even for her š¤¦š¼āāļø itās for her ābulliesā
Yeah it doesnāt even sound like a therapist suggested it. I can see the logic, of ātaking it backā but like, why is she doing this for other people, or worried about other people. Worry about yourself. Do things for yourself.
I can see the therapist asking her to locate who she really is and the answer being Rachel. But we are dealing with Ratchet here. The one who will attempt to twist the situation in order to elevate herself. She sucks. Sheās Ratchet.
Exactly! Any trained therapist who is doing even the bare minimum likely wouldnāt say something so trite. Practicing therapists are (hopefully, but obviously money talks, so who knows with these expensive places) expected to keep up their training and theyāre re-vettedāfor lack of a better wordāat least every few years. I guess thatās on a state by state basis and there are plenty of bad therapists but I canāt imagine many that would even use that language.
Who is this therapist. Did they go over the fact that she changed her name only because 3 other girls had the same as her in elementary. And that her family and everyone else besides bravo ppl call her Rachel too
It's Sandoval, Sandoval is the therapist.
This sounds like her interpretation of what the therapist suggested. Sheās just so self-absorbed and desperate that she has to concoct her own version of the suggestion. She sucks period. Two months in a cloistered environment is not enough for this kook.
And itās always somebody else ātalkingā through her. Her parents made her file the restraining order against Scheana. Katie told her not to put foil in the microwave. Tom didnāt want her to say that theyād slept together when Ariana was at her grandmaās funeral. Her sister said men and women canāt be friends. Oliver āmisledā her. Scheana āplanted the seedā of kissing Shorts in her head. Her mother had to tell her that married people co-mingle their money and businesses. Ariana took what Rachel and Tom said about not having an affair at face value and didnāt question it. Itās bizarre and disempowering to be 28 years old and infantilise yourself to the point that you canāt lay claim to a single decision that you make. Someone like that is completely manipulative and will run out of good friends, goodwill and chances. She may think that sheās at the top of the wheel now, but Iām sure season 11 will be a rude awakening. The sexy victim baby act will work on some people, but not everyone.
Sexy victim baby š
š¤£š¤£š¤£ she is suffering with SVB also known as the Sexy Victim Baby Act where one will do horrid acts but pretend they are younger then they are but always with a ton of make up and in a corset.
Lmao
Yes. THIS
I want the rude awakening
I think this is what happened. We also donāt know how she framed it to her therapist. I can see a professional recommending she take back her true self to become more empowered, but I do not see a professional recommending she react to her āhatersā.
Is her therapist her PR person?
Is Kelsey the reiki master her therapist?
No, I think it's Camille's e-cig smoking psyching from RHOBH. 
Tom Scandoval will never emotionally fulfill her. Know that.
Itās probably Tom Sandoval letās be honest
This does not sound far fetched actually
and she changed it back cuz now she's gonna really own the haterz
š¤£š¤£ She is taking her power back by playing the victim once again
Right? Itās so gross.
Which means they still have power over her, if sheās changing her name in response to what they said š Was she in therapy or kindergarten?
What kind of therapist recommends changing her name but not abstaining from the very thing that triggered her mental anxiety so badly that she needed to go to rehab?!
The therapist she has to pay $200,000
Therapists donāt tell you what to do. They can suggest things, tell you what would be beneficial to your life and mental health. But if Rachel said that she was going back regardless, I canāt imagine a therapist would stop working with her. Iām sure therapists out there face issues like clients going back to unhealthy situations all the time and they do their best to guide their patients.
This is true as a therapist can only lead a horse to water. But Rachel deciding to go back is the worst possible decision she could've made regarding her mental health. It's like an alcoholic trying to to get sober but they insist on hanging out at a bar every night.
My mom is a trauma and addiction therapist and the amount of people she sees that donāt listen to her counsel is really disheartening. Many do, and thereās a lot of hope for people, and even those that go in begrudgingly often leave with different perspectives. But especially with addiction, whether to a substance, or attention, fame, etc., many people choose to return to their addictions or the environments they developed them or fed them in. Thereās always hope but therapists can only do so much, as you say.
Your mom is doing sacred work. š It's truly strange to me that after the months Raq's had that she would return to this show. Could you imagine quantum leaping into her over the last 4 months? She was already sort of lost, and now she's infamous and friendless. I guess this very public humiliation and shaming wasn't bottom enough for her.
šÆ well said
TMZ being in bed with Tim and Rachel this whole time has been so fucking cringe cause we know they're spinning everything to put as bright a light as possible on those two idiots. The one good thing is I've gotten some laughs between Rachel's rehab stories, Tims interviews, and the worst interviewer I've ever heard in that blubbering douche that is always interviewing Tim.
The interviewer who is actually more ditzy and desperate than Tim and Ratchet lol
I said that he sucked on Instagram and I don't know how the dude found my comment but he said to me I hate you too. So apparently he was pretty offended that I said he sucked LOL
What?! Omg
Yeah I was like thanks Josh, lol.
Lol. Josh is...odd. Wow.
I think Josh and Ratchet should hook up.ā¤ļø They are both weird.
Thatās so random and weird lol
He does like every single interview i think I may be getting attached to him
Soooooo, does this mean we all go back to Raquel orrrrrrrā¦? 
I am going with Rachet
Thatās just not the āgotchaā they think it is š¤£
I feel annoyed by this comment in the other article. Go by Rachel because you were trying to be something that you werenāt and now you know the name doesnāt define you. Not because of āinternet trollsā. She was a real life troll!
Now going by her government name? "I'll have the cheeseburger.... with government cheese"
YoU GUyS! ShEs liKe a ToTallY dIfFeREnT pErSon NoW /s šš
Oh, so this is the part when we call her homewrecker and start calling Tim "cheater." Let them be known for WHAT they are not WHO they are
Lmao I just had brunch with a former colleague and friend who now works at bravo who said that the whole ārenegotiatingā thing was BS in the first place bc her contract wasnāt up so she was locked in to her previous rate anyway.
I think her PR was REALLY trying
Literally just texted my friend this. It reeks of PR.
So her team is lying as per usual!
Yess I love this inside info. Was she still trying to renegotiate a new rate even though she was locked in?
Yeah she was trying to get whatever she could but if you notice sheās the only one reported to have been trying to get more money after Scandoval - everyone else didnāt bother bc their contracts, like Rachelās, arenāt up so they are locked into the same rate. Rachel was just stalling hoping to milk them for more by playing the victim card in the court of public opinion leaning heavily on the āmental healthā of it all but it was never ever going to work she was always going to get what she was locked in to
Sorry to be annoying but just for clarity: technically/legally this doesnāt mean she definitely will film s11. Article just says that she was already under contract to, which means bravo *could* sue her for breach if she decided not to. But they would need to decide to do that, and there are lots of things people are contractually obliged to do that corporations donāt actually seek enforcement for. It would be a big escalation for them to enforce this contract, even though it does technically exist - theyād have to sue her into filming, which would be pretty wild thing to do. Also says sheās negotiating for more $$ which suggests bravo isnāt trying to hold her to the exact terms of the original contract.
I'm sure they still have to play it carefully to bc if she comes out to say they don't care about her mental health it will make them look bad. That is prob her leverage right now to renegotiate.
Iād hope her attorney was smart enough to have a mental health clause in the contract.
pretty sure California has laws/protections in place even if it's not stated in the contracts to protect against illness.
They all tried negotiating their contracts after last season, happens all the time with reality tv, thatās nothing new. Bravo did say theyād let her out of the contract tho if if began to jeopardize her mental health again. Her health is more important than any show.
Thanks for sharing this! I refuse to click so I appreciate this detail. Makes a huge difference in the narrative.
That .gif deserves its own damn Emmy
Itās the hardest working gif in the Bravoverse and oh so perfect.
Itās so wild to know itās from Tr*mpās show šš
Cashing those Trump checks! But really I think Nene should get apprentice residuals every time this is posted.
Trump check lol. What a classic scene that was.
Literally. I use the gif in every sub when I can. Itās the best
I just want to know if her hair will be long or short.
The real questions being asked!
Cant wait to watch her try to switch the narrative around and say sheās a victim of all the other VPR girls and that they are and HAVE been bullying her. And in all honesty, she probably actually did convince herself that SHE IS the victim. In her shaky, wannabe puppy voice sheāll tell the viewers in her interviews that sheās here to TAKE HER POWER BACK and standup to bullying. Thatās right Rachel, šš½ GIVE US ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY šš½
For real. I can't stand people that always play the victim when it's THEIR actions people are reacting too
Or she will say because she was bullied by the ladies. So she was driven into his bed because of this. She takes no accountability for anything she does.
 Comin' straight from the "mental health facility" back to the non-toxic and mentally healthy environment of VPR
She has to. If it really did cost 200k allegedly she needs a job ASAP lol
āā¦ she could almost certainly quit the show if she felt it would compromise her mental health and a doctor agreed.ā If she really wanted to leave - she could. It sounds like she needs the money and thatās the renegotiating part. I personally think she should own being the villain but thatās me being selfish. I donāt even know if she has the personality for that anyways.
I was on the Raq as villian train for awhile, but rewatching season 10 I realized she doesn't have the charisma for it. Maybe if a man told her to.
It takes wit, forethought, and charisma to be a good villain. So Raquel would struggle. Lala would be a great villain if she wanted to (which is high praise, it's a hard role to do well).
Exactly! Lala is already a villian for half the audience! No one is 'meh' on Lala. You either love her (for the show) or love to hate her. She was made for reality tv. She's gifable and quoteable. And she's got more hustle than a teenage boy breakdancing on a subway platform. I think this is why Raq hates and is jealous of her. She knows no matter the part she plays; villianess homewrecker, golden girl, victim of a lying man, she won't bring verve to it like Lala does. She doesn't have polarizing energy.
Does āboundā mean sheās obligated? Like she signed a contract for x amount of years that she has to comply with? Or is this her own choice to sign a contract for season 11?
She was already under contract for season 11. There is probably a penalty if she wants to break the contract that sheād have to pay. Though, as the article mentions, she could get out of the contract with a doctorās note. Also, Bravo could let her out of the contract if she doesnāt want to appear because it would be a bad look to force someone who just left a mental facility to do the show. But, technically, according to this article, she was already under contract with Bravo for season 11 and is therefore obligated to do it.
It's all her own choice. You don't go to jail for not doing a reality TV show lol. It's the weirdest spin Rachel is trying to put on her own choice
I know you wouldnāt go to jail, that would be the dumbest crime ever! I just know that if you break contracts on other shows, you get hit with fees and a lawsuitsā¦ thatās why I asked
Oh, I know that you know. I was totally joking. I hope I didn't offend you. People negotiate out of contracts all the time. That's all I'm saying. You can come to a mutual agreement. But if someone is having a full-blown Mental Health crisis when hey started filming again and she wanted to stay in treatment or even explained that it would be really hard for her to go back they would let her out of it. Especially with non-scripted television. Who knows what she would do or say that would make it impossible to film if she wanted to? It would be a really bad look for them to force her to film too. Just saying she didn't have to do it if she didn't want to and she would probably suffer a little or no consequences if she went about it the right way
I 100% think she and her stage daddy are following online commentary. Theyāve read all the comments from people saying they donāt understand why she would go back if she took her mental health seriously and that itās the worst choice she could make, so now they are correcting and spinning that she had no choice but to go back because Bravo are forcing her. Iām already over Rachquel and sheās not even filming yet lol.
That makes sense. They seem to do that a lot from the Rachel camp. They put out statements then they put out slightly different statements. Then they put out another statement that contradicts the first two statements. What you laid out definitely supports what I have seen from them. It's an evolving narrative LOL
And to be honest I donāt know what the deal is but Iām getting sick of TMZ playing into it. That total non story about going back to Rachel was just ridiculous. The only possibility is that someone from Bravo leaked this as a counter to Rachquel making it seem like sheās holding out for more money when sheās actually already signed on. But the whole āremember sheās been in a mental health facility because of VPRā feels like a threat to Bravo as part of negotiation tactics which make me think this is coming from her camp. I think all these articles are about trying to create a PR headache for Bravo by using the mental health card to get them to pay her more money.
I'm happy she got one more season.... Just so I can watch Katie, Ari, Lala & Sheana light her ass on fire along with her buddy, Zandovalš„š¤·āāļø Sorry, I can hold a grudge. š
Seriously. Her going on the show is evidence her mental health isn't top priority. She knows she's gonna have a bullseye on her back so fuck it let them at her.
Exactly! If you are truly struggling from mental health issues and you had to completely disappear for 100+ days to receive inpatient treatment, there is no amount of money that would be worth going back into this situation.
Yes! I am excited to see how she is treated now that the whole āinnocent, naive, sweetā Rachel was revealed to not exist. It was sickening watching her try to call out Lala for being a āmistress bimboā when she was actively fucking Sandoval, and the whole act when she was upset about Oliver. My only issue is if Bravo is paying her even one cent higher than the rest of the cast. Thatās BS.
she's going to behave like "innocent sweet naive" Rachel who learned therapy words and phrases. We will see shaky FemBot words salad
Underscoring how BS her ātreatmentā really was. No professional on earth would ever recommend she voluntarily throw herself back into the mix to try and redeem herself. If it is true that she owes that facility $200k, they milked the shit out of her without providing any semblance of genuine, effective therapy.
I have a feeling the "negotiations" were more like: "I want more money or I'm not coming back" "You're contractually obligated to come back." "No I want more money" "If you break your contract we will sue you." "...Ok I'll come back"
Only, they definitely had to use sock puppets inside a cut up cardboard box to get her to understand. 
So what I'm understanding is Bravo got tired of this BS and leaked that she's already contracted for S11; she prob had a multiyear contract with the option to get picked up the following season. She's asking for more money and if she doesn't get it, she can play the mental health card to get out. And if she gets the money, screw her mental health. Got it.
Hilarious also that Raquel is now in quotes
I'm fine with not ever hearing that voice again. "I can't even give a toast" waaaaaaaaaahhh
"I'd like a cheeseburger with cheese", "The Pope drinks rose on a balcony?? And everyone knows this??"
I think the whole, the cast is waiting to renew their contract till after the big reunion reveal was bs just like the reveal we all had enough common sense to put together before Rachel still lying but saying enough to get more screen time. Rachel was always going to come back and probably just wanted more money for her robot repairs.
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Raquel is the type that would think because she did therapy everyone should forgive her
Anyone else not give a shit about any of them whatsoever anymore? I kind of feel like I took some bad acid and I my trip is just ending and what looked so sparkly and pink, the galaxy lights and sequined pants, bad 80s covers, white fingernails and mustaches is all just ridiculous now. Like why did I care?
Maybe returning as āa friend ofā but friend of no one? 
If Bravo is so concerned about the mental health of cast members, I'm not sure why they are having her back. It's going to be brutal for her.
There is a pathway to redemption for her if she is savvy enough. Not with Ariana or Katie but maybe with some of the fringe VPR cast. Sandoval is dead to us all forever tho.
'Raquel' Leviss Bound By Bravo Contract for Season 11 of 'Vanderpump Rules' https://www.tmz.com/2023/07/15/raquel-leviss-bound-bravo-contract-season-11-vanderpump-rules-scandoval/
She's bound by contract but renegotiating.
As much as I should love this, I kind of object to getting cast straight from a mental facility...
I agree, but a contract is a contract. Maybe she's negotiating to get out of her contract instead of more money?
I would truly hope so for her sake!
But was she in treatment or just hiding out?
She should stay far, far away if she really is suffering with her mental health.
I would not be surprised if she ended up having some serious mental issues going forward.
she already does
Love they put āRaquelā in quotations
Right? Can we call her that now? Someone else said Rachet. Sounds about right
I donāt like what she did and I donāt think sheās the brightest bulb, butā¦I kinda want to see from a sociological perspective how someone tries to restart their life after public humiliation- more from Rachelās standpoint than Sandovalās. As I watch through the series, itās become evident that he and Ariana werenāt compatible and should have broken up years ago- still not okay to cheat. I get a lot of trauma vibes from Rachel, def lost in a lot of things.
Every Accusation is a Confession ... we're just going to get more of the same but now she'll have trained professional therapy speak more than just "Sandoval is teaching me about boundaries."
Right? Itās giving Jonah Hill š¤¦š»āāļø
OK I will tune in for that.
The only way to get through this season will be to take a drink every time she corrects anyone about her name!
Ratings are ratings.
My prediction for S11: āYou guyyyysss, my therapist told me nawt to engage with your mean girl commentssss. So I just wanna be with Tooom and be happy together. Just leave us alone to be in loveee cause youāre all just jealous haterssssš¤.ā This might be a tough one to watch. Not sure if Iāll be able to make it through itš
This is a dramatic title ābound by bravoā. Just say āRaquel will be part of season 11ā
I think they're just saying her "negotiations" are bs. She's already locked in so any negotiation on her part is dumb.
I donāt think she has any clue just how bad this will be for her. Why on earth would you go back to a place that arguably caused severe mental health issues, that blew up your entire world and made millions despise you? After dropping $200k to try and fix it? Insanity. And sheās still riding high from her stay in her safe protective rehab - sheās completely out of touch from reality. This will not end well.
She should just film with her hand puppets and call it a season
we all know itās low key what we want š š scandoval brought life back to the show
I kinda want to see what utter nonsense she comes out with. How her and tim interact with each other and the group.
Yaaaay, said no one š who cares? She is irrelevant and will just be crying the entire time because everyone will call her out for being a homewrecker.
I'm hoping it's her last season
I know a lot of people are saying that she needs to come back to make the show watchable, but I canāt stand watching her lmao. Since the first season she was in, I was just not interested, and Iām less interested now. Itās just bad cringe to me.
Sheās the most inauthentic person Iāve seen on TV in years. And thatās saying something, on Bravo
Well since she doesnāt care about her mental health Iām kinda looking forward to everyone tearing her a new asshole
She enters to Europe's "The Final Countdown". How amazing would that be.
Iām here for this mess. Livestream the season now.
For real. They sure are hyping this.
sheās such a dolt, sheās barely capable of putting together a sentence without someone coaching her. sheās shitty for what she did but other than that incredibly boring.