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Vanderpump Rules star Tom Sandoval revealed he felt suicidal ideas after his affair with Rachel “Raquel” Leviss was found by his ex-girlfriend Ariana Madix.
Tom, 40, spoke in an episode of his podcast, “Everybody Loves Tom,” which aired on Thursday, September 28, and he recalled assembly the late Linkin Park band member Chester Bennington, who died by suicide in 2017.
“I used to be with Ariana on the time, and we have been in a rush to, like, choose up garments, however [Chester] was there,” the Bravolebrity defined. “He appeared comfortable, or I don’t know, he was animated, energetic on the telephone. … Literally, days later, he died. He killed himself.”
Tom then admitted he “may by no means perceive why” this occurred to Chester however famous it’s potential “whenever you get into that headspace” and it turns into a “domino impact.”
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“There have been some occasions after I felt very, very shut [to suicide] ,” he added. “Your world simply begins collapsing itself and you can’t see exterior of your emotions. Your peripheral goes away, your sense of occupied with future, about like, ‘Oh come on,’ like, you’re skill to snap out of it goes away.”
Tom and Rachel’s scandal — dubbed “Scandoval” — got here to mild in early March when Ariana, 38, uncovered an inappropriate screen-recording of Rachel, 29, on Tom’s telephone on the time. Ariana and Tom had been relationship for 9 years up till that time, and he and Rachel had been having an affair since August 2022. After the dishonest scandal was revealed, a lot of the VPR solid and followers supported Ariana and turned in opposition to Tom. As a end result, the Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras frontman skilled darkish ideas.
“Also, throughout that point, Rachel was away,” Tom defined, mentioning that his co-star checked right into a psychological rehabilitation facility on the time. “Initially, when all that went down, we clearly have been speaking to one another on a regular basis. Then, she went away to that facility, and I type of was like at her beck and name in a way as a result of [she] couldn’t have her telephone in there, no entry to something. And so, I needed to look ahead to her name, which might solely occur possibly twice [or] as soon as a day.”
The actuality TV persona then famous that at any time when he wouldn’t get a name from Rachel, “it will actually have an effect on [his] temper,” mentioning that the final time he spoke to the previous Miss Sonoma County was at “the top of June.”
Tom claimed his suicidal ideas arose after Ariana filmed a Duracell business that derided him for a second when he criticized Ariana for not shopping for batteries.
“That was tough,” he concluded.
If you or somebody you understand is in emotional misery or contemplating suicide, name the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
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