Lisa Vanderpump has come under fire from co-stars in the past. Most notably, her fight with Kyle Richards ended their friendship. More recently, Rachel Leviss took on Lisa and her comments toward Peter Madrigal.
Last month, Peter claimed that Lisa was rebranding TomTom after her restaurant closed last year, Pump. In the wake of Tom Sandoval’s affair with Rachel, the eatery that was associated with him, and partly owned by him, might have suffered public boycotts. So the SUR manager’s statement would have made sense.
However, Lisa quickly denied such a thing was planned. Rachel addressed the entire issue during a recent episode of her podcast.
Rachel Leviss defended Peter’s credibility
On the August 31 installment of the Rachel Goes Rogue podcast, the former Bravolebrity denied Lisa was an “honest figure.” She also stated that Lisa had been “caught in her lies.”
Rachel supported Peter’s statement. She claimed Lisa covered TomTom’s sign with the Pump logo, and documented Sandoval’s reaction.
“They had Tom Sandoval walk in and see it for the first time and get his reaction,” the former beauty pageant contestant said.
“I don’t think [Peter] would speak publicly about something unless he had inside intel, and he’s not the type of person to just throw stuff out there,” Rachel added. “This is Peter we’re talking about … a background character in all the years that Vanderpump Rules has been filming because he’s not about the drama.”
It’s “not the first time” Lisa Vanderpump has shut rumors “down immediately”
Rachel added more credence to Peter’s claims by recalling Lisa’s alleged dishonesty with her. However, she did not include specifics.
“So I think when Peter has something to say, maybe listen. The fact that Lisa is shutting it down immediately – this isn’t the first time that Lisa has done that. And I had things at risk and I chose to speak out, and she’s lied about certain situations with me, so you know I don’t see Lisa as an honest figure at all. I’ve caught her in lies. And so I’m curious to know what Peter has to say,” she said.
Rachel claimed that the restaurant owner is all about the optics. However, despite TomTom carrying “some risk,” and being “controversial,” she doesn’t think Lisa wants to admit to rebranding. Frankly, anything associated with Sandoval is “not the best look right now.”
“Lisa wants to come across a certain way, and she doesn’t want the perspective that she is rebranding TomTom as Pump,” she added. “I guess that’s not the vibe that she wants.”
