Andy Cohen issues PSA for upcoming episode of ‘Pump Rules’

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By Nika Shakhnazarova

March 14, 2023 | 7:08

Andy Cohen has issued a PSA over the “shocking” upcoming episode of “Vanderpump Rules” as the fallout from Tom Sandoval’s affair with Raquel Leviss continues to unravel.

The “Watch What Happens Live” host said Bravo fans won’t believe Wednesday’s episode hasn’t been edited since news of the affair — dubbed “The Scandal” — came to light.

“There’s something I wanted to say about ‘Vanderpump Rules,'” Cohen said on SiriusXM’s “Andy Cohen Live.”

“Guys, you have to watch Wednesday’s episode. You’re going to think it was recut. Okay? It wasn’t recut. This was the episode.”

Cohen warned that fans will be shocked to hear a conversation between Raquel, Lala Kent and Katie Maloney as he promised viewers that the footage was “not touched.”

“I watched it on my sick bed on Wednesday — this episode that airs in two days — I watched it and I thought, ‘People are going to think we did this or we moved things up,'” he said on Monday.

“The conversations that are going on between Katie and Lala and Raquel are beyond belief in light of what has come out.”

“That’s how it was supposed to be shown … which makes it even more shocking. You won’t believe it,” he added.

Bravo fans were thrown for a loop after it emerged that Sandoval has been cheating on his girlfriend of nearly 10 years, Ariana Madix, for months with co-star Leviss.

As Page Six previously reported, Madix realized Sandoval was cheating on her when she discovered a sexually explicit video of Leviss on his phone while watching his cover band perform at TomTom in Los Angeles on March 1.

After realizing the two had been “communicating inappropriately for several months,” she promptly ended her relationship with the Schwartz & Sandy co-owner.

When news of the elaborate affair broke, both Sandoval and Leviss respectively issued statements on social media.

“I want to say sorry to Ariana. I made mistakes, I was selfish and made reckless decisions that hurt someone I love,” Sandoval wrote last week.

“No one deserves to feel that pain so traumatically and publicly. I can only imagine how devastating this has been for Ariana and everyone around us.”

“I feel really terrible about it,” he continued. “My biggest regret is that I dishonored Ariana. I never meant to disappoint so many people, including our loving families and friends … I owed Ariana better.”

For her part, Leviss issued a lengthy statement in which she blamed the affair for her “addiction” to love and vowed to do better from here on out.

“I’m reflecting on my choices, talking to a counselor, and I’m learning things about myself, like my patterns of codependency and addiction to being and feeling loved,” she wrote.

“I have sought emotional validation through intimate connections that are not healthy without regard for my own well-being, sometimes negatively affecting others, and often prioritizing the intimate connection over my friendships.”

While Madix has yet to publicly comment on the news, she was recently seen dancing her troubles away in Mexico.

The Bravolebrity was spotted partying in the city of Oaxaca, where she celebrated the wedding of chef Michael Jenkins and Lauren Basco.