Raquel Leviss Says She ‘Considered’ Dating Tom Schwartz, Accuses Katie Maloney of Fake Forgiveness

It’s (still) all happening. The drama between Raquel Leviss, Katie Maloney and Tom Schwartz isn’t slowing down on season 10 of Vanderpump Rules, with Raquel exclusively telling Us Weekly that she “definitely considered” making things more serious with her male costar.

“Tom Schwartz is so kind and considerate,” the 28-year-old former pageant queen told Us during a joint interview with Scheana Shay on Wednesday, March 1. “And he always puts himself in other people’s shoes. And that’s something I admire a lot about him.”

Us broke the news in August 2022 that Raquel and Tom, 40, hooked up at Scheana’s wedding in front of Bravo cameras, six months after he and Katie, 36, called it quits.

“It was more of, like, a fun makeout. I feel like I’m not in the place right now to have a serious relationship — coming out of a five-year, serious relationship,” Raquel told Us. “I met [ex-fiancé] James [Kennedy] when I was 21 and now I’m 28, so I feel like I only have two more years of my 20s left and I kind of wanna live it up.”

The SURver currently describes her status with the TomTom co-owner as “really good friends.” And despite Katie slamming Raquel when she posts pics with her castmate on social media, she doesn’t understand why she would need to stop.

“We’ve gotten so close through this past year,” Raquel told Us. “And I love him as a friend and I wanna keep this friendship. I think it’s frustrating because Schwartz and I do hang out so much. And we’ve taken so many photos together, just, like, out and about. And the one time that I wanna post a photo with [him], it’s so polarizing and people are like, ‘You are rubbing this in Katie’s face.’ I’m like, ‘We’re not even dating, like, we’re just friends. I feel like I should be able to post