Rachel Leviss Felt 'a Little Bit of Joy' While Watching Tom Sandoval Go Through 'Painful Experiences' on “Special Forces ”

"I may have to tune in for this because I feel like he is a master manipulator," Leviss said of watching her ex on the upcoming season of 'The Traitors'

<p>River Callaway/Variety via Getty Images; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic</p> From left: Tom Sandoval at the "Vanderpump Rules" Season 11 Premiere ; Rachel Leviss arrives at the KIIS FM

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From left: Tom Sandoval at the "Vanderpump Rules" Season 11 Premiere ; Rachel Leviss arrives at the KIIS FM's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2023

Rachel "Raquel" Leviss relished watching her ex Tom Sandoval endure “painful experiences” on reality TV.

On the June 12 episode of her podcast, Rachel Goes Rogue, the former Vanderpump Rules star, 29, reacted to Sandoval, 41, joining the cast of The Traitors season 3.

“I think I might have to tune in to watch that. I don’t know why,” she shared of the Peacock's Emmy-nominated psychological reality competition series. “I mean, I watched [Sandoval on] Special Forces. I did get asked to be on that, and Tom was trying to convince me to go on Special Forces with him. I'm like, 'Are you kidding me?' ”

<p>Vivien Killilea/Getty </p> From left: Rachel Leviss and Tom Sandoval attend White Fox After Hours At Delilah Los Angeles on October 18, 2022 in West Hollywood, California.

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From left: Rachel Leviss and Tom Sandoval attend White Fox After Hours At Delilah Los Angeles on October 18, 2022 in West Hollywood, California.

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The former reality star shared she wasn’t ready to endure the physically and mentally challenging series after her stay at The Meadows, a mental health facility in Wickenburg, Ariz., where she sought voluntary treatment following her and Sandoval’s secret months-long affair.

“I'm like, 'Are you kidding me?' I'm gonna get out of this inpatient treatment facility and go straight into, like, a horrible, traumatic situation where they're all yelling at me and telling me that I'm a piece of s--t and all that stuff? No,” she recalled.

However, that didn’t stop her from tuning in to watch the Schwartz & Sandy's co-owner compete on the Fox reality series.

<p>Araya Doheny/Getty</p> From left: Tom Sandoval and Rachel Leviss at the Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras performance at Hotel Cafe on November 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.

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From left: Tom Sandoval and Rachel Leviss at the Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras performance at Hotel Cafe on November 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.

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“I did watch that and I did kind of have a little bit of joy seeing him go through painful experiences,” she admitted. “I may have to tune in for Traitors.”

“I have been watching last season’s Traitors, and the dynamic is interesting,” she added. “I don’t know many of the people on the [season 3] cast, but I may have to tune in for this because I feel like he is a master manipulator, and it would be very interesting to see his tactics in a situation where it’s encouraged to be manipulative. Like, more of a ‘put on your psychology cap’ for this one because it sounds very entertaining.”

Representatives for Sandoval did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment.

In addition to Sandoval, the cast of The Traitors season 3 includes Wells Adams, Sam Asghari, Chanel Ayan, Bob the Drag Queen, Dolores Catania, Jeremy Collins, Robyn Dixon, Dylan Efron, Nikki Garcia, Bob Harper, Britney Haynes, "Boston" Rob Mariano, Dorinda Medley, Ciara Miller, Lord Ivar Mountbatten, Danielle Reyes, Chrishell Stause, Tony Vlachos, Carolyn Wiger and Gabby Windey.

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