Vanderpump Rules' Tom Sandoval & Raquel Leviss 'disappeared for hours' from Scheana Shay's wedding b -

VANDERPUMP Rules' Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss allegedly 'disappeared for hours' from co-star Scheana Shay's wedding before they were caught kissing ahead of the ceremony.

The controversial pair, who angered most of Hollywood when their affair was exposed recently, reportedly began hooking up last year - betraying Sandoval's long-time girlfriend Ariana Madix.

Scheana's wedding dress designers Patrik Simpson, and his partner, Pol' Atteu, have spilled new details about their time in Mexico for the ceremony, in a chat with The U.S. Sun.

Patrik previously said on Jeff Lewis's SiriusXM podcast that Raquel's kiss with Tom Schwartz was staged by the show's production crew, who moved them out of the way to set up the scene.

But he also claimed to have spotted the 28-year-old former beauty pageant participant locking lips with Sandoval near an elevator at the wedding venue when the cameras weren't rolling.

Opening up further about their time at the wedding, Patrik told The U.S. Sun: "Everyone was in the VIP pool drinking all day and swimming until producers called everyone out and told them to get ready for the wedding.

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"Sandoval and Raquel were in the pool along with [Tom] Schwartz and Brock [Scheana's fiance] and several of Brock's groomsmen. And then after that I believe they were MIA.

"We left the pool about 2pm to bring Scheana's wedding gown in the bridal suite while she was getting her make-up and hair done.

"And then we went and changed for the wedding and came back about 4.15pm and started getting Scheana ready."

Pol' interjected: "Raquel was missing for three hours at that time. So all the bridesmaids were available, I was doing dresses, back and forth, 'cause I was fixing them at the same time, and there was no Raquel."

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Patrik explained during this time, after 5pm, he went up to their hotel room to get his partner a small sewing kit he had forgotten and needed for alterations.

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"He sent me up and then I'm running down and come out the elevator, look off to the elevator, look to the left. And there is Sandoval kissing Raquel.

"At the time, I thought it was just more made-up producer stuff, and we spoke about it between us but not to Tom [Sandoval].

"We met Scheana in the bridal room and got her ready and she and Brock did a photo shoot for People Magazine before the wedding.

"The bridesmaids showed up at about 5.30pm. The wedding did not start until 6.30pm. It was late actually."

He said Raquel then joined the bridesmaids but didn't seem interested in the wedding and was constantly on her iPhone, with a photograph obtained by The U.S. Sun showing her in the back of the shot scrolling through her device.

"Raquel then arrived with the other bridesmaids and I think she had been missing for like three hours," Patrik added.

The pair said they never saw Ariana on the day of the wedding, but minutes after the supposed kiss, Sandoval came into the bridal room "trashed" and snapped photos with the designers.

Patrik said: "Tom came into the bridal room and was totally drunk and we took selfies with him and he was fanning us, he had a big giant fan. It's really funny actually.

"Pol' even said to me, he goes, 'Well, do you think we should say anything?' But then he was like, 'Schena's getting married, what the hell, what does it matter? Everyone f**ks everybody on this show anyway.'"

Pol' said they heard the news the affair had broken later after the Mexico nuptials, explaining: "I was there for a wedding. I wasn't there for a scandal. When we came back to LA we were like, 'What? No.' But we couldn't say anything.

I think she'll grab whoever she can to get the spotlight."

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"There were a lot of rumblings between them, but I don't think anybody really believed it because Raquel was playing it off really stupid and everyone was questioning it."

The designers, who have been friends with Scheana for years and had her appear on their TV show Gown And Out In Beverly Hills on Prime Video, said she is devastated by the affair.

The U.S. Sun has reached out to Sandoval and Raquel's reps for comment.

Pol' doesn't buy the story that Raquel is in love with 40-year-old Sandoval, who has since split from heartbroken girlfriend Ariana, 37.

"I think she's not for him, she's just going after anyone she can because she's insecure, she has a self-worth problem. She will grab whoever she can to get the spotlight," he commented.

"I think she needs to look deep inside to be able to try to figure out who she is. I think she's lost."

He went on: "Sandoval is the kind of guy, the wind blows this way and that's the way he's gonna go.

"Ariana was the only thing that grounded him. If it wasn't for Ariana, I don't think Sandoval would be able to manage the restaurant, manage the bar, manage the band. All the different components.

"She's hurt in such a way like, 'We were trying to build something together, this is not right.'"

Patrik added: "They've been together what a decade? That's a long time to spend your life with someone.

"You're building a future with someone, you're buying a house with someone, you're building a brand with someone.

"And then to just be completely blindsided is just not cool. And he's saying, 'I was trying to break up with her.' Just be a man and break up with her, just do it."

Pol' said Raquel should have not inserted herself into the situation and let Sandoval and Ariana work through things, as their relationship had been suffering for some time.

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