Andy Cohen admitted that he felt “odd energy” from Raquel Leviss and Tom Sandoval before their bombshell affair was revealed.
Cohen was surprised on Wednesday, just hours before the news broke, that Leviss said on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” that she thought Sandoval, 39, was cuter than Tom Schwartz, with whom she’d also previously kissed.
“I looked up and said to Raquel, ‘Oh you said Sandoval, hmm,’ and then we moved on,” Cohen said on Monday’s episode of SiriusXM’s “Andy Cohen Live.”
Cohen then revealed that during the commercial break, her co-star, Scheana Shay, asked Leviss, 28, about her surprising answer.
“Scheana said to – I guess Scheana’s antena was up – and Scheana said to Raquel, ‘You know I only picked Sandoval, because I knew that you were gonna pick Schwartz,’ and Raquel said, ‘Well Sandoval has abs’ and kind of shrugged, so you know that was interesting.”
Andy Cohen felt “odd energy” from Raquel Leviss and Tom Sandoval on their separate “Watch What Happens Live” appearances before news of their affair broke.Getty Images for SiriusXMCohen spilled that Shay asked Leviss about her surprising answer during a commercial break on Wednesday. Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty ImagesCohen emphasized that at the time he “didn’t think twice about it,” but after news broke of Leviss and Sandoval’s affair on Friday, he messaged Shay, 37, to get more details on the interaction, but he didn’t divulge what Shay specifically told him.
“I thought it was odd,” Cohen admitted.
Cohen, 54, then discussed when Sandoval and Schwartz, 40, appeared on “WWHL” on Feb. 8.
Weeks before Leviss’s “WWHL” appearance, Cohen also noticed an “odd” dynamic between best friends, Schwartz and Sandoval.Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images“When Schwartz was on with Sandoval on premiere night, there was some odd energy between them,” Cohen explained. “Schwartz was looking at Sandoval the entire time –almost for guidance on answers.”
Cohen’s feelings on the “odd” episode led him to wonder, “when did Schwartz find out about this?”
The dad of two brought up another tidbit of him, Leviss and Madix, 37, all watching Sandoval’s band, Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras, perform during BravoCon in October.
Cohen discussed another interaction he had with Madix and Leviss at BravoCon 2022 in October.Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images“I was at that show, and I’m standing there, and Raquel’s standing behind me, and Ariana’s in front of me, and you can see how they’re both looking at Sandoval. It’s wild,” Cohen continued.
Cohen revealed that he learned of the affair on Thursday – just one day after Leviss and Shay appeared on his late night talk show.
The author said he found the revelation “disturbing,” “shocking” and “upsetting.” He also confirmed that Bravo cameras have been filming the whole ordeal and it will play out before the reunion – which films in two weeks – airs.
Page Six confirmed on Friday that Madix – who began dating Sandoval in 2014 – had dumped Sandoval after learning he was having a “full-on affair” with Leviss when she saw a sexually explicit video of her former friend on Sandoval’s phone on Wednesday night.
Cohen also confirmed Page Six’s previous report that cameras captured the aftermath for the current season of the hit Bravo show.NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty ImagesPage Six confirmed that Sandoval and Leviss have been having a “full-on affair” since the summer.Instagram/ Raquel LevissMadix also learned that the pair had been allegedly “communicating inappropriately for months.”
A source claimed to Page Six that the two have been having the affair since “last summer” when Leviss had “slept over Tom and Ariana’s house when Ariana’s been out of town.”
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“Ariana was blindsided by the cheating,” a source previously told Page Six and added that she had “no idea there were any issues” with Sandoval and feels “betrayed” by Leviss.
Another insider spilled that Leviss and Sandoval, who showed their secret love for each other by wearing matching lightning bolt necklaces, “want to be together.”
A source told us that Madix was “blindsided” by the entire affair.Getty ImagesMadix has continued to keep her social media accounts deactivated, but Sandoval shared a lengthy statement on Saturday.
“I fully understand and deserve ur anger & disappointment towards me, but please leave [Tom] Schwartz my friends and family out of this situation,” he wrote in part, notably not addressing Madix.
Leviss has not addressed the affair.