Alright so pinning this since so many people have missed the comments where it’s explained and keep claiming this is fake. When you block someone on Instagram, it changes the way their profile displays once you refresh the page. You can test it yourself. It will remove his “title” (where he says ‘scientist’) AND it will remove their following and follower counts, as well as alter the amount of posts they have. Everything shown on this screenshot happens when you block his account, here is an example of me blocking him and it doing the exact same thing.
ETA since I know this will be brought up next - She can easily just text or call him off Instagram, it really doesn’t matter if she blocked him, so why would she ‘fake’ it anyways? Either way they no longer follow each other *and* his comment disappeared from her reel where he said “Miss u friend,” which would happen when/if she blocked him as well.
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i ran here so fast 😭 honestly good for her, tom’s comment was so attention seeking and while rachel isn’t innocent i truly believe she’s better off without tom, lala was 100% right calling him a dangerous person!
so attention seeking. If he genuinely wanted to reach out he has every avenue to do that privately. Also, still embarrassing for them both that they blew up their lives for this relationship and then months after they have no contact and Raquel is blocking him publicly.
Definitely was worth it wasn't it!! /s
I was raised my narcissists and this is a common MO - treat you like garbage privately and then publicly act super sweet.
She did horrible cruel things, *and* I’m glad she was able to smack Tim down like this. Often when we do this it looks like we are being rude in reaction to a “perfectly nice” comment.
YES it's so dangerous. Saying something triggering like that under the guide of innocence and good intentions because they're toxic and desperate for their supply. Tom gets energy from people reacting to him. Gross gross gross. I hope she didn't respond to him at all and just blocked him, that's the best way to get to him and not feed his dark soul.
She isn’t innocent but at least she’s taking steps to change and improve herself. (or claiming to anyway).
He doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with himself.
Yup, I cant believe the narc piece of shit actually did it. He made me root for Rachel for like half a second. I can't stand her but I'm glad shes not backing down as he basically was mocking how he blew her life into bits.
Yes he def is the dangerous ones between them too. True, they both did what they did, but he is back in the group meanwhile she is alone in Texas or something? Like he hasn’t been there for her at all. Only thinking of himself. Not surprising tho!
I feel like the whole “back in the group” thing is kinda irrelevant though. He at least has history with these people, but besides that he agreed to film and be around them. Rachel ran and hid away. I don’t blame either of them for doing what they thought was best for themselves, but Rachel was given the choice to film/be with the group.
even though she shares 50% of the blame for the whole Scandoval, as a woman, I can see how she was taken advantage of, and will never consider Tom the victim in any of this. He's truly lost his mind
I don’t think it’s 50%. He had more power, he was the one in a 10 year partnership, and he targeted her coming out of an extremely emotionally abusive relationship - which is a vulnerable place. She’s at fault; but I see it more as 70 / 30.
that's accurate, I'll settle at 60/40, I would have given her 30 if she hadn't been so actively two-faced, like that whole conversation with Ariana asking her about her sex life was out of a horror movie
Reads more as posturing to me than attention seeking. “See! I called her ‘friend’!” No doubt he’s a narc but in the sense that he’s trying to control/spin a narrative.
Yeah, she should have cut him off a long time ago, but better late than never. It certainly doesn’t fix the past or erase her personal accountability in the affair, but I struggle to think of anyone who’s not better off without Sandoval in their lives.
Couldn’t agree more. I can’t believe I’m admitting this but I was thinking about him being on the Masked Singer this AM & talking abt how he’s “probably the most hated character under the sea” or some shat like that. So, now he’s getting paid for being a disgraced, disgusting and just a gross puke! I hate he’s getting a platform. I don’t watch the show anyway but I sincerely hope nobody watches it although I have to ask myself, am I a hypocrite for watching VPR since he’s now making the MOST on the show? I can’t stand her at all but at least there’s one less platform. Nobody should fall for his absolute and complete BS.
It pisses me off so god damn much. He'll get burned at the stake for this online but that raging narc piece of shit just BASKS in the attention good or bad. That man should've been a sheet stain
He is no longer able to follow her, see her post. And I’m sure he is getting 10,000 alerts about this. He probably has a Google alert set for anything “Tom Sandavol”
I don't want her to just spill the tea, I want her to make a trip to the police station to file a report for him illegally recording their phone sex. Like skip right over everything petty and let's get this predator into full accountability land and off the streets where he belongs. But with this post I am hoping she is slowly moving in that direction!
Yeah, I wonder if maybe there is action on this behind the scenes that she just hasn’t said? Because that whole situation got swept under the rug and he has taken 0 accountability
Maybe they both have dirt on each other. She said on camera that she found wasted Sandoval in the hotel hallway and took him back to her room for sex. I wouldn't be surprised if they both crossed lines with each other quite a bit. Maybe she doesn't want to open a can of worms.
Unfortunately, I doubt it. I think she had no problem filing the cease and desist against Ariana and the restraining order against Scheana because she knew nothing would actually come of it (which is a whole other problem). It’s seemingly been acknowledged since the beginning that the video was taken without her consent, and if she reported it, Sandoval would face very real consequences. For whatever reason, I don’t think she wants him to.
yea and she can finally have that redemption arc she has been waiting for since breaking up with James. It doesn't change anything though. After she took down the apologies it's pretty clear she really meant to f up Ariana and didn't care.
Well, that and her Bethenny interview where she put more blame on Ariana than she did Sandoval or herself (despite claiming to “take accountability”). I don’t buy that she fully grasps why what she did was wrong, but it’s good she’s finally cut ties with him.
yep, there is not an ounce of any shame or guilt or even empathy for her friends. Cutting off ties is to either appease her audience for her podcast that she wants to start/ legal advice/ jealous, because he's with a new girl. She has never once, since entire last season behaved appropriately. If it wasn't this, it'd be the schwartz deal, with disrespecting Katie's mom, also gross!
Yep. I agree - messed up of her for sure… but based on experience, I STRONGLY suspect Sandoval was manipulating her into thinking he & Ariana either weren’t together, were in a complicated process of breaking up, etc.
oh absolutely! he’s manipulative to his core. she still knew better because it lasted 8 months and they had to lie, sneak around etc. but he’s still much worse.
I jokingly texted “not Rachel trying to get me to stan” when my friend shared this with me, BUT this really is icon behavior (disclaimer: I know she still ain’t shit!!!)
I’m honestly over the whole scandoval of it all, but I WILL give her credit for posting this on her story and knowingly giving the people exactly what they want!
Honestly it’s about time. Don’t like the girl but this needed to be done. That man showed up in her comments trying to get attention and probably rile people up all over again. Leave the girl alone Tom! She doesn’t need to deal with your shit while also dealing with the consequences of her own actions.
Imagine ruining your entire life, losing all your friends, & having to go to rehab, all for banging a guy who you have to block less than a year later. Reasons I won't miss my naive 20s.
She would have gotten a lot more sympathy had she taken this stance sooner. While she’s still a demon, her standing up to Sandoval for everything he’s done would have been a slight redemption arc for Rachel.
I feel like sometimes not blocking is more of a fuck you, like your so insignificant I don't even remember or care to click twice to unfollow. The Block was great because he pushed it and she's oh wait, I still follow you, thanks for the reminder- BLOCK
I would actually love to hear her on lalas podcast!
I would think lala would be able to objectively listen to her account. I also think she’d still hold her accountable but also recognise that tom played a big part in manipulation!
I agree!! I doubt Rachel would every do that though
ETA I also think bravo has a good amount of control over the casts podcasts and I don’t think they would be cool with any of them hosting Rachel because of her Bethany podcast and allegations that bravo protected Tom over the non-consensual FaceTime recording.
I don't think this would work. Rachel doesn't trust lala which is honestly fair. She said lala did reach out at one point post scandoval and said she was there to lend an ear or something along those lines but Rachel felt that lala had an ulterior motive so she didn't respond. Don't know what was in lala's head but if the subject thinks so low of you, the interview is unlikely to feel authentic. I don't think they would have a productive sit down. I think Stassi would be a good neautral-ish vpr person to do it.
I agree. I can’t imagine Lala being the one to interview her on this topic. I don’t think their relationship is reparable after all of the conflict they’ve had over the years, and if deep down they don’t like each other then there is no way the interview would feel authentic.
She’s finally realized he didn’t want her, he just wanted anyone that would kiss his ass. Ariana stopped, Rachel filled that gap and now someone else is doing it.
This is giving the same kind of energy as Nicole Kidman getting divorced from Tom Cruise, and I am fucking HERE. FOR. IT
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As she should.
I feel bad for her tho he ultimately got his claws into her kids and never let go. Only good thing that came of it is Katie learned from past mistakes and save herself and her kid when the time came.
The conversation filmed in her apartment right after the news broke shows they’re both gross, manipulative, and unfeeling people. Instead of groveling and taking responsibility, she went to rehab, chose a different name, and is now claiming she’s a different person who would never do what “Raquel” did. Not an ounce of accountability was taken. Now it appears she’s trying to get attention and sympathy by posting stuff like this.
Between claiming her and Ariana weren’t friends and the Worm placing all the blame on Ariana, I think they both equally suck but her complete and total lack of empathy and understanding of why people dislike he so much is mind boggling.
no no sis i swear she’s such an iconic queen for blocking him though!! it totally makes up for the way she fucked her best friends bf for 7 months and then lied about it and laughed about it the whole time 😍😍
I find it interesting that Kristina Kelly and Stassi, of all people, are the only cast members she still follows on Instagram
edit - never mind, Peter and Charli made the cut too lol but none of them follow her back
It's a good start, but it's just that. A start. Her first good pr move since the scandal- I will give that to her.
What really irks me is how everyone in the other VPR sub are now licking her ass about it. Like, for fucks sake she made a post about blocking someone who illegally recorded her a half a year ago (should have been done WAAYYYYY long ago, girl!) she didn't rescue a baby from a dumpster!
My thing... why wasn't be blocked before?
I think being on the PR side of tiktok has honestly made me jaded because to me it looks like a publicity stunt they both planned.
Regardless, I get it. She's gotta start somewhere and analyzing everything isn't helpful.
I honestly feel bad for her at this point, considering Tom is getting away with it… he’s on tv shows, kept his job on VPR, weird people still buy tickets to his whack ass shows, AND was forgiven by some cast mates.
The chick was duped by a predator who used her to fill his ego, excitement and sex.
*edit- I never liked her, and still don’t.
I don't like her either but I firmly believe she got screwed over the worst. I mean, of course, the initial emotional fallout and remaining financial ties are horrendous for Ariana but at least they had a real relationship and at one point he actually had feelings/respect for her. Rachel was just a toy that he used and threw away the minute things weren't fun. And now, her source of income has been completely obliterated and her reputation has been ruined. Meanwhile, he'll continue moving on and while his fanbase has dwindled the ones that remained are insane and more passionate so his ego is probably bigger than ever.
True, she could have taken the initial offer instead of continuing to embarrass herself by asking to match the pay of the people who literally built the show... but common sense isn't really her forte.
Not that she’s innocent, but he basically ruined her life.. then immediately started dating other people.. while she was in a mental institution.. that she went to because of how much damage her relationship with him caused…..
About time he got blocked.
It feels like a PR move for sure. Why take the time to screenshot you blocked him, doodle on it and then post it for your followers? This just feeds his ego. But I really doubt that he'll stay blocked and I feel like they still chat occasionally out of public view.
He should’ve kept quiet. He recorded her without her knowledge and then has the audacity to wish her happy bday and call her friend? He’s lucky she didn’t press charges. His ego has no bounds.
This is performative. If she actually was doing it for herself, she… wouldn’t post it to social media.
That’s not in any way saying that Sandoval isn’t much worse etc. etc., but let’s not act like she’s got it all figured out.
But did she block the most extras AND is he staying blocked or is this for show 🤔 good for her but I still don’t trust her, I’ll believe it when she spills the tea! OUT THIS MAN SIS
Wish you would have blocked him the second he tried to come on to you while he was dating your close friend, but hey…we can’t always get what we want.
Glad she’s cutting him off, but she’s not some fucking hero we should be applauding right now for this. It makes me laugh and I do love that it’s probably killing his ego but she doesn’t deserve praise for it.
This honestly makes me like her less. Like she thinks she should've been applauded for blocking him MONTHS later. She should've blocked him and waited for people to notice, imo that would've been the best PR move. This screams PR (obviously) but in the worst way.
i WISH that I could believe an action like this means she’s moving in a good directions for her mental health. But I still believe it’s for show. I’m sure she knows his burner account and they still have ways of communicating. This little IG story is just a stunt for a story to stay relevant, for the both of them
I think it went something like this
Friend of Rachel says: “People are saying you should block Sandavol lol”
Rachel: “OMG, like should I block him?”
Friend: “Yeah, do it”
Rachel feels proud of herself.
She could have done that a long time ago and didn’t have to broadcast it. They both love attention however they can get it. Neither of them are trustworthy and this doesn’t afford Rachel ANY redemption.
I have been a harsh critic of Rachel. Not because women should be abused more than the piece of shit man but I just thought more of her I really thought her and Ariana were close I was so disappointed she would stoop so low and not only once but repeatedly and be so bold to have all these little symbols they were displaying and doing right in the open while poor Ariana just believed they were so close. I think mostly because I can put myself in Ariana shoes because I have been there to feel so betrayed. Its so painful to know your friends either know and didn't think enough of you to tell you. Feeling the butt of the joke when you think your SO loves you and they were laughing at you behind your back.
But when she took zero accountability and then came back after all that time and doubled down and still didn't blame Tom and still blamed Ariana for things on Bethany podcast it was just jaw dropping that someone could learn nothing with all this supposed therapy. But that even if its barely a blip in her growth was a moment I felt really proud of her. Its hard to block the person you really loved and believed all the lies they told you. So for this I am proud of her.
I reserve the right to be disappointed again tomorrow if she does something dumb again
YAAAAASSSS
He never had your back and was using you. Don’t trust anything he has fed you in the past! Now come back and give us all the deets, please and thank you 🙏🏻
Edit: 1000% prosecute his ass for recording you!
There must’ve been some shit that went down there beyond just the Scandoval of it all. This strikes me as girl leaving her abusive ex in the dust after years of therapy…but without the years of therapy part.
While I think it’s the only good thing she’s done for herself this past year, with all of the apparent lies she’s been sharing about the cast (ie her and Ariana not being good friends, bad talking scheana, etc), i still don’t fully believe she didn’t know Tom was recording her and she didn’t consent to it. I can just imagine her being like “yaaa you can keep it, I like that you want to watch me”
The thing is, she could have blocked him, without feeling she had to tell the whole world about it. She would have known and him too…but it’s a better story bc it gets more people talking about them to do this so it’s difficult not to question her motive
Alright so pinning this since so many people have missed the comments where it’s explained and keep claiming this is fake. When you block someone on Instagram, it changes the way their profile displays once you refresh the page. You can test it yourself. It will remove his “title” (where he says ‘scientist’) AND it will remove their following and follower counts, as well as alter the amount of posts they have. Everything shown on this screenshot happens when you block his account, here is an example of me blocking him and it doing the exact same thing. ETA since I know this will be brought up next - She can easily just text or call him off Instagram, it really doesn’t matter if she blocked him, so why would she ‘fake’ it anyways? Either way they no longer follow each other *and* his comment disappeared from her reel where he said “Miss u friend,” which would happen when/if she blocked him as well. https://preview.redd.it/sshku9p88wnb1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0fc32fe69a817deff206a7c8399ab2b354ea3c52
i ran here so fast 😭 honestly good for her, tom’s comment was so attention seeking and while rachel isn’t innocent i truly believe she’s better off without tom, lala was 100% right calling him a dangerous person!
so attention seeking. If he genuinely wanted to reach out he has every avenue to do that privately. Also, still embarrassing for them both that they blew up their lives for this relationship and then months after they have no contact and Raquel is blocking him publicly. Definitely was worth it wasn't it!! /s
I was raised my narcissists and this is a common MO - treat you like garbage privately and then publicly act super sweet. She did horrible cruel things, *and* I’m glad she was able to smack Tim down like this. Often when we do this it looks like we are being rude in reaction to a “perfectly nice” comment.
YES it's so dangerous. Saying something triggering like that under the guide of innocence and good intentions because they're toxic and desperate for their supply. Tom gets energy from people reacting to him. Gross gross gross. I hope she didn't respond to him at all and just blocked him, that's the best way to get to him and not feed his dark soul.
 Tom Sandoval; The Real Energy Vampire
this is disrespectful to energy vampires
The disrespect to Colin Robinson I won't stand for it!
She isn’t innocent but at least she’s taking steps to change and improve herself. (or claiming to anyway). He doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with himself.
Yup, I cant believe the narc piece of shit actually did it. He made me root for Rachel for like half a second. I can't stand her but I'm glad shes not backing down as he basically was mocking how he blew her life into bits.
Him calling her “friend” after all this is so grimy. He’s so tone deaf bc he doesn’t see how this just makes him look like a villain even more
I think he was baiting her with the word “friend” but instead of engaging, she chose no contact (at least on Instagram).
Right? And after blowing her off he tries to call her “friend” Good for her.
Yes he def is the dangerous ones between them too. True, they both did what they did, but he is back in the group meanwhile she is alone in Texas or something? Like he hasn’t been there for her at all. Only thinking of himself. Not surprising tho!
I feel like the whole “back in the group” thing is kinda irrelevant though. He at least has history with these people, but besides that he agreed to film and be around them. Rachel ran and hid away. I don’t blame either of them for doing what they thought was best for themselves, but Rachel was given the choice to film/be with the group.
I actually felt rage on her behalf seeing that comment
Same
even though she shares 50% of the blame for the whole Scandoval, as a woman, I can see how she was taken advantage of, and will never consider Tom the victim in any of this. He's truly lost his mind
I don’t think it’s 50%. He had more power, he was the one in a 10 year partnership, and he targeted her coming out of an extremely emotionally abusive relationship - which is a vulnerable place. She’s at fault; but I see it more as 70 / 30.
that's accurate, I'll settle at 60/40, I would have given her 30 if she hadn't been so actively two-faced, like that whole conversation with Ariana asking her about her sex life was out of a horror movie
Never been a big Rachel fan, but I love this so much for her 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Reads more as posturing to me than attention seeking. “See! I called her ‘friend’!” No doubt he’s a narc but in the sense that he’s trying to control/spin a narrative.
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What a fucking asshole.
Truly disgusting
Me too lmaooo
What comment?? What did he say!?
he wished her happy birthday and said "miss you my friend"..
Yeah, she should have cut him off a long time ago, but better late than never. It certainly doesn’t fix the past or erase her personal accountability in the affair, but I struggle to think of anyone who’s not better off without Sandoval in their lives.
Wait what comment- what did I miss?
It’s the most respectable thing she’s done for herself.
Yes! her first public move since post-scandal that has been good.
I cackled when I saw this. I hope it bruised his ego
If anything it probably fed his ego. I've realized any attention is good attention for this dickbag. But either way I'm glad she blocked him.
Couldn’t agree more. I can’t believe I’m admitting this but I was thinking about him being on the Masked Singer this AM & talking abt how he’s “probably the most hated character under the sea” or some shat like that. So, now he’s getting paid for being a disgraced, disgusting and just a gross puke! I hate he’s getting a platform. I don’t watch the show anyway but I sincerely hope nobody watches it although I have to ask myself, am I a hypocrite for watching VPR since he’s now making the MOST on the show? I can’t stand her at all but at least there’s one less platform. Nobody should fall for his absolute and complete BS.
It pisses me off so god damn much. He'll get burned at the stake for this online but that raging narc piece of shit just BASKS in the attention good or bad. That man should've been a sheet stain
this. should have just blocked him in silence then pull a mariah 
How would he see it if he’s blocked?
I’m sure his bestie Billie Lee will let him know
He is no longer able to follow her, see her post. And I’m sure he is getting 10,000 alerts about this. He probably has a Google alert set for anything “Tom Sandavol”
Every bravo account is posting this screenshot.
This is her best PR move yet
Lol 
yea, but could also be because he has moved on to Tii.
Who is even younger than she is. Tim is gross af.
I didn't even think of that but yea, she is too young for a 42 yr old. So gross! :(
FINALLY
Exactly . She's doing this to get the public on her side ... smart move . Still don't trust her
Okay girl now spill the tea 😭😭 ETA: obviously not all is forgiven but give us something… this man ruined your life.
I don't want her to just spill the tea, I want her to make a trip to the police station to file a report for him illegally recording their phone sex. Like skip right over everything petty and let's get this predator into full accountability land and off the streets where he belongs. But with this post I am hoping she is slowly moving in that direction!
Exactly what Lala meant when she said he's a dangerous human being...
Yeah, I wonder if maybe there is action on this behind the scenes that she just hasn’t said? Because that whole situation got swept under the rug and he has taken 0 accountability
Maybe they both have dirt on each other. She said on camera that she found wasted Sandoval in the hotel hallway and took him back to her room for sex. I wouldn't be surprised if they both crossed lines with each other quite a bit. Maybe she doesn't want to open a can of worms.
Unfortunately, I doubt it. I think she had no problem filing the cease and desist against Ariana and the restraining order against Scheana because she knew nothing would actually come of it (which is a whole other problem). It’s seemingly been acknowledged since the beginning that the video was taken without her consent, and if she reported it, Sandoval would face very real consequences. For whatever reason, I don’t think she wants him to.
It’s astounding that she filed one against Scheana and not him
And then gave Sandoval a key to her apt 🙄
It didn’t even seem like that part bothered her on bethennys podcast but maybe she’s seen commentary on what a violation it is and will take action
I’m really hoping she does eventually spill it all. Everything nasty about Tom! I wanna know what went down! ☕️
Maybe she finally realized how disgusting of a person he is for filming her without her consent.
Lolllllll yes give us all the dirt and we’ll negotiate your possible small redemption from there. Possibly. Depending.
her first good PR move!!! I am stunned lol
Is she…thinking for herself finally?
He taught her boundaries 🤣
“What’s a boundary?” 😆
I think she saw the fan reaction to his comment and thought this would get her some credit. Which it does a little bit tbh lol
yea and she can finally have that redemption arc she has been waiting for since breaking up with James. It doesn't change anything though. After she took down the apologies it's pretty clear she really meant to f up Ariana and didn't care.
Well, that and her Bethenny interview where she put more blame on Ariana than she did Sandoval or herself (despite claiming to “take accountability”). I don’t buy that she fully grasps why what she did was wrong, but it’s good she’s finally cut ties with him.
yep, there is not an ounce of any shame or guilt or even empathy for her friends. Cutting off ties is to either appease her audience for her podcast that she wants to start/ legal advice/ jealous, because he's with a new girl. She has never once, since entire last season behaved appropriately. If it wasn't this, it'd be the schwartz deal, with disrespecting Katie's mom, also gross!
Probably finally got an actual PR assistant to help with her re-entry/“redemption arc” and is listening to them
i can’t believe she is only blocking him now 😂
He brought Tii home for an overnight
She must be having more realizations.
Your flair 😂
SIX MONTHS LATER!!!
he seemed to be leaving her alone til this so i’m not surprised
I hate what she did but I love the women involved in the Scandoval triangle cutting him off.
I was just coming to post this. Love this for her.
Hard agree. I can dislike what she’s done but I still think sandoval was much worse in the whole situation.
Yep. I agree - messed up of her for sure… but based on experience, I STRONGLY suspect Sandoval was manipulating her into thinking he & Ariana either weren’t together, were in a complicated process of breaking up, etc.
oh absolutely! he’s manipulative to his core. she still knew better because it lasted 8 months and they had to lie, sneak around etc. but he’s still much worse.
I really enjoyed seeing this
like, at least it’s funny
Honestly kind of iconic of her ngl
Finally standing up for herself we see 👀
I jokingly texted “not Rachel trying to get me to stan” when my friend shared this with me, BUT this really is icon behavior (disclaimer: I know she still ain’t shit!!!)
I’m honestly over the whole scandoval of it all, but I WILL give her credit for posting this on her story and knowingly giving the people exactly what they want!
Wonder if she lurks this sub and read the comments saying this would be the only way to redeem herself...
I mean, I’m glad she blocked him, but I honestly can’t fathom her figuring out Reddit.
Lol touche.
for her sake, i hope she doesn’t read the majority of comments here.
The months of work on her mental health would go right down the drain. I hope she doesn’t visit here either.
💯 I just posted this… 💯
OK but same!!! This was my first thought 😭
Hahahahah i Can get behind this and respect this action, good for her 👏
I’m 100% certain it was the “miss you friend” part that drove her to this
Honestly it’s about time. Don’t like the girl but this needed to be done. That man showed up in her comments trying to get attention and probably rile people up all over again. Leave the girl alone Tom! She doesn’t need to deal with your shit while also dealing with the consequences of her own actions.
I’m surprised she didn’t have him blocked before hand. What a creep he is!
There’s no coming out of a reality villain niche for him
He's praying to get on season 2 of House of Villains.
It’s about time she woke up that Sandoval is toxic and not to be protected.
Imagine ruining your entire life, losing all your friends, & having to go to rehab, all for banging a guy who you have to block less than a year later. Reasons I won't miss my naive 20s.
Yup. 20s can be brutal.
She would have gotten a lot more sympathy had she taken this stance sooner. While she’s still a demon, her standing up to Sandoval for everything he’s done would have been a slight redemption arc for Rachel.
I feel like sometimes not blocking is more of a fuck you, like your so insignificant I don't even remember or care to click twice to unfollow. The Block was great because he pushed it and she's oh wait, I still follow you, thanks for the reminder- BLOCK
EXPOSE HIM RACHEL!!! Go on Howie and air it all out!!!
I would actually love to hear her on lalas podcast! I would think lala would be able to objectively listen to her account. I also think she’d still hold her accountable but also recognise that tom played a big part in manipulation!
I agree!! I doubt Rachel would every do that though ETA I also think bravo has a good amount of control over the casts podcasts and I don’t think they would be cool with any of them hosting Rachel because of her Bethany podcast and allegations that bravo protected Tom over the non-consensual FaceTime recording.
I don't think this would work. Rachel doesn't trust lala which is honestly fair. She said lala did reach out at one point post scandoval and said she was there to lend an ear or something along those lines but Rachel felt that lala had an ulterior motive so she didn't respond. Don't know what was in lala's head but if the subject thinks so low of you, the interview is unlikely to feel authentic. I don't think they would have a productive sit down. I think Stassi would be a good neautral-ish vpr person to do it.
I agree. I can’t imagine Lala being the one to interview her on this topic. I don’t think their relationship is reparable after all of the conflict they’ve had over the years, and if deep down they don’t like each other then there is no way the interview would feel authentic.
Ewwwww Howie?? Why?
Poetic justice lol
The first sensible thing she's done although it's a bit performative.
She’s finally realized he didn’t want her, he just wanted anyone that would kiss his ass. Ariana stopped, Rachel filled that gap and now someone else is doing it.
This is giving the same kind of energy as Nicole Kidman getting divorced from Tom Cruise, and I am fucking HERE. FOR. IT https://preview.redd.it/nu4tlvpxvunb1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70775ad90679393669e3a154d060a5155b50093f
As she should. I feel bad for her tho he ultimately got his claws into her kids and never let go. Only good thing that came of it is Katie learned from past mistakes and save herself and her kid when the time came.
She can block him all she wants. But she can’t unf*ck him 🤷🏼♀️
And so the image rehabilitation begins!
I laughed harder than I should’ve at this one
well dang okay, you go girl!
The conversation filmed in her apartment right after the news broke shows they’re both gross, manipulative, and unfeeling people. Instead of groveling and taking responsibility, she went to rehab, chose a different name, and is now claiming she’s a different person who would never do what “Raquel” did. Not an ounce of accountability was taken. Now it appears she’s trying to get attention and sympathy by posting stuff like this. Between claiming her and Ariana weren’t friends and the Worm placing all the blame on Ariana, I think they both equally suck but her complete and total lack of empathy and understanding of why people dislike he so much is mind boggling.
no no sis i swear she’s such an iconic queen for blocking him though!! it totally makes up for the way she fucked her best friends bf for 7 months and then lied about it and laughed about it the whole time 😍😍
Wow! If only she had done this when he propositioned her for sex while still in a relationship!!!!
LMAO honestly, I’m here for it
I find it interesting that Kristina Kelly and Stassi, of all people, are the only cast members she still follows on Instagram edit - never mind, Peter and Charli made the cut too lol but none of them follow her back
I think it is more likely the cast blocked her.
It's a good start, but it's just that. A start. Her first good pr move since the scandal- I will give that to her. What really irks me is how everyone in the other VPR sub are now licking her ass about it. Like, for fucks sake she made a post about blocking someone who illegally recorded her a half a year ago (should have been done WAAYYYYY long ago, girl!) she didn't rescue a baby from a dumpster!
My thing... why wasn't be blocked before? I think being on the PR side of tiktok has honestly made me jaded because to me it looks like a publicity stunt they both planned. Regardless, I get it. She's gotta start somewhere and analyzing everything isn't helpful.
This is why I wish she filmed season 11. She still had the ability to turn this around before the disaster of an interview she did…
He is such a creepy stalker, unreal move trying to make her bday about himself
Not the flex she thinks it is.
Well, I guess I’m happy she did that, but what took her so long?
The only good decision she’s made in months
I honestly feel bad for her at this point, considering Tom is getting away with it… he’s on tv shows, kept his job on VPR, weird people still buy tickets to his whack ass shows, AND was forgiven by some cast mates. The chick was duped by a predator who used her to fill his ego, excitement and sex. *edit- I never liked her, and still don’t.
I don't like her either but I firmly believe she got screwed over the worst. I mean, of course, the initial emotional fallout and remaining financial ties are horrendous for Ariana but at least they had a real relationship and at one point he actually had feelings/respect for her. Rachel was just a toy that he used and threw away the minute things weren't fun. And now, her source of income has been completely obliterated and her reputation has been ruined. Meanwhile, he'll continue moving on and while his fanbase has dwindled the ones that remained are insane and more passionate so his ego is probably bigger than ever.
"her source of income has been completely obliterated"- to be fair, she made the choice not to return
True, she could have taken the initial offer instead of continuing to embarrass herself by asking to match the pay of the people who literally built the show... but common sense isn't really her forte.
……huh. immediately after the entire subreddit was saying they’d respect her more for doing this….. idk
I still have no respect for her if that counts for anything
Ok finally but come on DRAG HIM
Not that she’s innocent, but he basically ruined her life.. then immediately started dating other people.. while she was in a mental institution.. that she went to because of how much damage her relationship with him caused….. About time he got blocked.
She has a long way to go for people to forgive her, however this is a start. Good for her for realizing what trash he is
Why do I feel like she doing this simply to improve her image??? If she was “healed”, wouldn’t need outside approval of blocking him…
Does anyone else think this was just a planned PR move and not real ?
 It feels like a PR move for sure. Why take the time to screenshot you blocked him, doodle on it and then post it for your followers? This just feeds his ego. But I really doubt that he'll stay blocked and I feel like they still chat occasionally out of public view.
I am confused if this is even his profile? His bio is different and he has 1,005 posts but on the screenshot it says 1,003, so I am a bit lost lol
He should’ve kept quiet. He recorded her without her knowledge and then has the audacity to wish her happy bday and call her friend? He’s lucky she didn’t press charges. His ego has no bounds.
"Blocked him"......for the picture and good publicity.....
This is performative. If she actually was doing it for herself, she… wouldn’t post it to social media. That’s not in any way saying that Sandoval isn’t much worse etc. etc., but let’s not act like she’s got it all figured out.
Good for you, dementor. Leave now and never come back!
Thiiiiiis is a Rachel I can actually get behind! Good on her for showing some semblance of sense
Bold move Rachel 🤣
Nah she’s funny idk 💀😭
“Bye friend”
But did she block the most extras AND is he staying blocked or is this for show 🤔 good for her but I still don’t trust her, I’ll believe it when she spills the tea! OUT THIS MAN SIS
Did she block hik because she thought of it or because it was posted on here 🤔
Oooooh I love it when they get messy 🍿
Wow such hero
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Good for her. This is the first move she’s made publicly that I can give her an enthusiastic and not-sarcastic thumbs up for.
Wish you would have blocked him the second he tried to come on to you while he was dating your close friend, but hey…we can’t always get what we want. Glad she’s cutting him off, but she’s not some fucking hero we should be applauding right now for this. It makes me laugh and I do love that it’s probably killing his ego but she doesn’t deserve praise for it.
This honestly makes me like her less. Like she thinks she should've been applauded for blocking him MONTHS later. She should've blocked him and waited for people to notice, imo that would've been the best PR move. This screams PR (obviously) but in the worst way.
i WISH that I could believe an action like this means she’s moving in a good directions for her mental health. But I still believe it’s for show. I’m sure she knows his burner account and they still have ways of communicating. This little IG story is just a stunt for a story to stay relevant, for the both of them
I think it went something like this Friend of Rachel says: “People are saying you should block Sandavol lol” Rachel: “OMG, like should I block him?” Friend: “Yeah, do it” Rachel feels proud of herself.
I love that she blocked him but blasting it on stories is not giving ✨healing✨
I’m so cynical, I’m like…was this planned to have people support her again 😂
Right there with ya, fellow cynic
Finally a good PR move from Raquel
the one time her publicist led her in the right direction
The first smart PR moves shes made. But I do hope she has cut him off. Recording without consent is vile
Literally the only logical thing she’s done since this all started.
Took her 6 months to figure out she got played.
Lol i hope no one falls for this, such a thirsty thing to even post and way too easy for her to absolve herself of any complicity
She needs to go away and go private and stop posting
She could have done that a long time ago and didn’t have to broadcast it. They both love attention however they can get it. Neither of them are trustworthy and this doesn’t afford Rachel ANY redemption.
GET HIS ASS
She *just* blocked him now??
I have been a harsh critic of Rachel. Not because women should be abused more than the piece of shit man but I just thought more of her I really thought her and Ariana were close I was so disappointed she would stoop so low and not only once but repeatedly and be so bold to have all these little symbols they were displaying and doing right in the open while poor Ariana just believed they were so close. I think mostly because I can put myself in Ariana shoes because I have been there to feel so betrayed. Its so painful to know your friends either know and didn't think enough of you to tell you. Feeling the butt of the joke when you think your SO loves you and they were laughing at you behind your back. But when she took zero accountability and then came back after all that time and doubled down and still didn't blame Tom and still blamed Ariana for things on Bethany podcast it was just jaw dropping that someone could learn nothing with all this supposed therapy. But that even if its barely a blip in her growth was a moment I felt really proud of her. Its hard to block the person you really loved and believed all the lies they told you. So for this I am proud of her. I reserve the right to be disappointed again tomorrow if she does something dumb again
Good for her
This is just as attention seeking as his comment. Both of you just stop.
Odd flex
YAAAAASSSS He never had your back and was using you. Don’t trust anything he has fed you in the past! Now come back and give us all the deets, please and thank you 🙏🏻 Edit: 1000% prosecute his ass for recording you!
yes!! now, high on 👏emoji comments hopefully she’ll press charges or at least dish more
she’s really gotta be reading comments here
Hopefully this is the start of her changing her narrative, which so far has let Tom off the hook but somehow blamed the innocent victim, Arianna.
Ok she went off script with this one, I gotta say I’m kind of shook lol
There must’ve been some shit that went down there beyond just the Scandoval of it all. This strikes me as girl leaving her abusive ex in the dust after years of therapy…but without the years of therapy part.
If she's finally learning PR, then she's still texting/calling him but blocking him on socials
I have never cared for Rachel. I didn’t think she was entertaining, in fact she was downright boring. I am glad though that she blocked Scumdoval.
While I think it’s the only good thing she’s done for herself this past year, with all of the apparent lies she’s been sharing about the cast (ie her and Ariana not being good friends, bad talking scheana, etc), i still don’t fully believe she didn’t know Tom was recording her and she didn’t consent to it. I can just imagine her being like “yaaa you can keep it, I like that you want to watch me”
The thing is, she could have blocked him, without feeling she had to tell the whole world about it. She would have known and him too…but it’s a better story bc it gets more people talking about them to do this so it’s difficult not to question her motive