March 11, 2023 |
11:41am

Peter Madrigal is the latest “Vanderpump Rules” cast member to have a bone to pick with Raquel Leviss.

The SUR manager, 38, said the former beauty queen, 28, could “go f–k” herself for calling him a “starting pony” on a recent episode of “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.”

“I’m nobody’s starter pony,” Madrigal said on the “Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend” podcast on Thursday.

“I always keep an even keel, but, my God, who the hell do you think you are? … Who the f–k do you think you are?”

Madrigal and Leviss went on a few dates around the time her secret affair with his pal Tom Sandoval began.

Peter Madrigal speaking during a podcast interview.
Peter Madrigal told Raquel Leviss to go “f–k” herself for calling him a “starting pony.”
Peter Madrigal speaking on a podcast.
The SUR manager also clarified that he is “team Ariana” amid Leviss’ cheating scandal with Tom Sandoval.

When Andy Cohen asked Leviss during a March 1 episode of “WWHL” if she regretted going out with Madrigal, she said she did not because she felt “Peter’s, like, a great starting pony to get back into the dating world.”

The SUR waitress went out with her manager a few months after she ended her engagement with DJ James Kennedy, who also stars on “Vanderpump Rules.”

Cohen, 54, visibly cringed when Leviss made the “starting pony” remark and put his cue cards over his face.

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Leviss said Madrigal was a great “starting pony” to get back into the dating game.
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However, the reality star tried to soften the blow by complimenting Madrigal and saying, “He was such a great shoulder to cry on. I mean, look at those shoulders.”

The restaurant manager, however, was clearly not pleased with his former fling’s comments, but he was more so disappointed in her and Sandoval’s cheating scandal.

Follow Page Six’s coverage of ‘Scandoval’:

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  • First photos of Raquel Leviss since affair bombshell

On March 3, Page Six confirmed that Sandoval, 40, and his longtime girlfriend, Ariana Madix, had called it quits due to him being unfaithful with Leviss.

Tom Sandoval kissing Ariana Madix at a red carpet event.
Ariana Madix broke up with Tom Sandoval after she found out he cheated with Raquel Leviss for “months.”
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Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval holding hands.
The former couple dated for nearly 10 years.
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“I’m very team Ariana, and I’ve been friends with Tom forever, but, man, this is beyond f–ked up,” Madrigal weighed in on Rosen’s podcast, adding that the matching lightning bolt necklaces the cheating pair wore were like a “wedding ring.”

An insider previously told Page Six that Leviss and Sandoval had been having an affair since July 2022, and another source noted that the two wanted to “be together” now.

Leviss has since spoken out, however, and said that while she “cares” for Sandoval, she needs to “heal” in order to “understand” her choices and “learn to make better ones.”

Raquel Leviss walking in the street.
Leviss and Sandoval have both issued apologies for their affair.
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Madrigal was also asked on Rosen’s podcast if he thinks the scandalous duo are in love, to which he replied, “They might be.”

Bravo cameras have captured the fallout from the cheating scandal, and it is set to be a focal point of the end of Season 10, which is currently airing.