Rachel "Raquel" Leviss relished watching her ex Tom Sandoval endure “painful experiences” on reality TV.
On the June 12 episode of her podcast, Rachel Goes Rogue, the former Vanderpump Rules star, 29, reacted to Sandoval, 41, joining the cast of The Traitors season 3.
“I think I might have to tune in to watch that. I don’t know why,” she shared of the Peacock's Emmy-nominated psychological reality competition series. “I mean, I watched [Sandoval on] Special Forces. I did get asked to be on that, and Tom was trying to convince me to go on Special Forces with him. I'm like, 'Are you kidding me?' ”
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The former reality star shared she wasn’t ready to endure the physically and mentally challenging series after her stay at The Meadows, a mental health facility in Wickenburg, Ariz., where she sought voluntary treatment following her and Sandoval’s secret months-long affair.
“I'm like, 'Are you kidding me?' I'm gonna get out of this inpatient treatment facility and go straight into, like, a horrible, traumatic situation where they're all yelling at me and telling me that I'm a piece of s--t and all that stuff? No,” she recalled.
However, that didn’t stop her from tuning in to watch the Schwartz & Sandy's co-owner compete on the Fox reality series.
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“I did watch that and I did kind of have a little bit of joy seeing him go through painful experiences,” she admitted. “I may have to tune in for Traitors.”
“I have been watching last season’s Traitors, and the dynamic is interesting,” she added. “I don’t know many of the people on the [season 3] cast, but I may have to tune in for this because I feel like he is a master manipulator, and it would be very interesting to see his tactics in a situation where it’s encouraged to be manipulative. Like, more of a ‘put on your psychology cap’ for this one because it sounds very entertaining.”
Representatives for Sandoval did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment.
In addition to Sandoval, the cast of The Traitors season 3 includes Wells Adams, Sam Asghari, Chanel Ayan, Bob the Drag Queen, Dolores Catania, Jeremy Collins, Robyn Dixon, Dylan Efron, Nikki Garcia, Bob Harper, Britney Haynes, "Boston" Rob Mariano, Dorinda Medley, Ciara Miller, Lord Ivar Mountbatten, Danielle Reyes, Chrishell Stause, Tony Vlachos, Carolyn Wiger and Gabby Windey.
All episodes of all seasons of The Traitors are streaming now on Peacock.
