Nick Viall is SUR-ving up some piping hot tea on Tom Sandoval.
In fact, The Bachelor alum recently suggested that the Vanderpump Rules star, with whom he appears on season two of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test, still has feelings for Raquel Leviss following their scandalous affair and went as far as to showcase his affection while filming the Fox reality show.
"He snuck in pictures of him and Rachel and he showed them to the cast, for what's that worth," Viall said of the TomTom co-owner on the Aug. 3 episode of his The Viall Files podcast. "You weren't allowed to sneak things in. I would have loved to sneak in a picture of [my fiancée] Natalie [Joy] and I. I guess I could have tried but I just didn't."
The 40-year-old also claimed Sandoval boasted about Leviss to the rest of the cast.
"He went out of his way to bring in, like, endearing photos of him and Raquel/Rachel and show them around," Viall continued. "He came across as a guy who cared about her, and I'm just saying that objectively."
And, according to the Bachelor Nation member, Sandoval's fellow celebrity contestants encouraged him to continue pursuing the former beauty queen following his breakup from Ariana Madix.
"Honestly, the conversations with the cast were kinda like, ‘Well, f--k, you might as well go for it.'" Viall shared following the Scandoval backlash. "There seemed to be some real reluctance about would the public would allow them to be together."
Although Sandoval and Leviss haven't shared where their relationship currently stands five months after the cheating controversy came to light, Viall noted, "Not too long ago he seemed emotionally invested in Rachel in an environment where he wasn't incentivized to portray that narrative."
While Sandoval was filming Special Forces in between VPR's 10th and 11th seasons this spring, Leviss spent two months at a mental health facility in Arizona receiving treatment. It's unclear if she'll appear on the Bravo series' upcoming season.
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