‘Vanderpump Rules’ Producer Addresses Raquel Leviss Pregnancy Speculation

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Setting the record straight. Vanderpump Rules executive producer Alex Baskin is addressing social media speculation that Raquel Leviss is pregnant.“The pregnancy [rumor] was wild,” the Bravo producer told Page Six on Tuesday, May 22, while discussing the fallout from Tom Sandoval’s affair with Leviss, 28, which began when the TomTom cofounder, 40, was in a relationship with Ariana Madix.

Us Weekly confirmed in March that Sandoval and Madix, 37, called it quits after nine years of dating due to the infidelity scandal.Baskin proceeded to shut down speculation that the former pageant queen is expecting her first child. “She’s not pregnant, by the way,” he said.Rumors began to swirl over the weekend when a TikTok user posted a since-removed video claiming to know Leviss’ sister and alleging that the former Miss Sonoma County has been “hiding out” at her grandmother’s home in Tucson, Arizona, amid her pregnancy.While Leviss might not be giving birth any time soon, she did check herself into a mental health treatment facility in the aftermath of her and Sandoval’s affair.“Raquel and her family decided before the relationship was discovered that she would enter a voluntary facility for mental health counseling,” a statement shared with Us in April read. “Raquel had planned to admit herself before the VPR reunion was taped on March 23.

She was scheduled to go in pre-reunion but decided she wanted to finish her filming commitment. Bravo and production were aware and in support of her journey towards better mental health.”After Leviss’ rehab stay was announced, Pump Rules personalities Peter Madrigal and Dayna Kathan took to social media to throw shade at her treatment center. “Not a mental facility!