Raquel Leviss’ ex claims the “Vanderpump Guidelines” star initially wished to hook up with Ariana Madix over Tom Sandoval.

“Shahs of Sundown” alum Nema Vand — who briefly dated the embattled actuality star final 12 months — claimed Leviss advised him Sandoval and Madix have been in an open relationship earlier than her months-long affair with the previous started.

“I used to be like, ‘Oh, would you ever try this like would you ever contemplate that?’ And he or she’s like, ‘No no no I might by no means.’

“She’s like, ‘I might hook up with Ariana although, I wouldn’t hook up with Tom,’” Vand claimed on Friday’s episode of Scheana Shay’s Expensive Media podcast, “Scheananigans.”

Vand, 34, claimed that Sandoval, 40, and Leviss, 28, allegedly had this heart-to-heart dialog in a scorching tub round Coachella in April 2022.

Vand added that one month later, he noticed Leviss in New York Metropolis when she advised him that she and Sandoval “have been within the scorching tub till like 5 a.m. – we watched the dawn collectively.”

“Tom allegedly was like, ‘You realize, we’ve an open factor, like, we are able to hook up with whoever we wish,’ and I used to be like, ‘Oh, do they?’” Vand remembered Leviss saying.

Vand mentioned that Leviss was “sensible” although and advised him she knew they weren’t in an open relationship and as an alternative knew that Sandoval was “simply planting the seed that you simply and I might hook up right here, and it could completely be OK.”

“So she knew precisely what he was doing,” Vand added.

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Shay introduced up Vand’s dialog with Leviss – which Sandoval vehemently denied – on the explosive “Vanderpump Guidelines” three-part reunion.

Each Sandoval and Leviss mentioned their affair through the intense reunion, which concluded on Wednesday.

Leviss gave an emotional separate interview after the reunion the place she confessed extra particulars from their affair — together with asking Sandoval if he and Madix would contemplate being in a throuple along with her.

“I imply I even prompt perhaps like, ‘What would Ariana take into consideration like having me as an addition?’ And he was like, ‘No no no she wouldn’t be into that,’” Leviss claimed.

“I really like Ariana as an individual after which additionally I’m in love with Tom Sandoval, so yeah it didn’t appear that far-fetched of an thought, nevertheless it was not one thing in query. God he’s gonna kill me I simply hate mendacity a lot.”

Madix, for her half, denied ever being in an open relationship with Tom Sandoval.