It has been 72 hours since the news broke that Tom and Raquel were having an affair for over 6 months. The Bravo universe has been in complete disarray since then and things keep getting worse.
What We Knew on Friday:
Ariana found a sexual video of Raquel on Tom’s phone after his Extras show on Wednesday night and when she confronted him, he at first denied and then finally admitted it.
At the same time, across the country, Scheana and Raquel are on WWHL together. Raquel apparently confesses to Scheana (or, the other story is that Ariana sent both Raquel and Scheana the video she found). Either way, Scheana punched Raquel in the face and she currently has a black eye.
Friday afternoon everything went to shit and TMZ got the scoop. Tom went to his Extras show where there were Ariana chants and he said ‘We Love Her’ in response. Weird.
At the same time, Kristen, Scheana, Lala and a few other non VPR friends took Ariana out for a night on the town.
What We’ve Found Out Since
Tom and Raquel are in love and are planning to be together
Filming has been picked up for another two weeks and will be tacked onto this current season
Andy is going to be covering this on Radio Andy all week and I’ve already subscribed so I can stay updated in real time.
They wear matching lighting bolt necklaces that signal they love each other
They slept together while Ariana was in the house a la Kristen and Jax.
Supposedly, Ariana was suspicious of the two of them for a bit but didn’t have any proof, aside from Tom coming out of the guest room where Raquel was staying.
Raquel’s real name is Rachel.
The Schwartz and Sandy’s team are trying to do damage control amidst an online boycott
Tom’s Apology
Saturday night, Tom released his first statement and it was the most disgusting ‘apology’ I’ve ever seen from a celebrity. There was not a single mention of Ariana and he is only concerned about clearing Schwartz’s name and protecting his financial investments. I’ve never seen anyone behave in a self-centered way, and not even try to hide it!
Raquel’s PR Nightmare
As I’m writing this, the below came in from DeuxMoi. She’s been right about most things in this scandal but if this is true, it’s beyond insane from Raquel’s POV:
More Tidbits
Since Friday, the Bravo universe has done their work and uncovered so many sneaky items, like Tom dressing up as Raquel for Halloween, Raquel being at Tom’s shows sans any other cast members, and so many pictures of them wearing those stupid necklaces.
The press that Raquel has been doing are even worse - she talks so much about how her and Raquel are so close, how welcoming she was and blah blah blah. It’s horrible.
The entire debacle is disgusting and I don’t know if as a community, we could take anymore. Tom’s actions are horrible. Raquel’s actions are horrible. It is so much worse than anything (aside from arrests) have happened on Bravo. It’s the ultimate betrayal and no one deserves that.
I’ll be writing as much as I could as we find out more but TBH, I feel like production needs to scrap the VPR season and just give us the reunion.
Other Fun Bravo-verse Things:
Bethenny Frankel tweeted the below, a play on her famous line
The Countess posted this comment in response to a meme
Sonja wants to know what’s happening
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