james kennedy is on fire this season Vanderpump Rules. It’s as if his eccentric genius is freed with the unmasking of reality Raquel Leviss. Before, it was totally self-destructive. Now it’s a little less so, mixed with a dash of sarcasm and a dollop of justification.
Seeing your ex-fiancée implode as a result of bad decisions must be gratifying. Now that Raquel and Tom Sandoval are public outcasts, James sits and enjoys the view. He even hopes that the couple’s relationship lasts. Not out of kindness, but seemingly a means of discomfort for the two who came together through the most destructive and unfortunate means.
James predicts ‘traumatic’ future for Tom and Raquel
“Just think about all the dreams they’re going to have in each other’s bed and all the trauma they’re going to go through,” James thought during a recent episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy. Cohen. “As a couple, if they survive each other and get through this, hats off.”
Host Andy Cohen and fellow guest Tinx were asked to “imagine” the roles reversed. What if James and Ariana Madix had had an affair? What are the odds they’ll make it work in “another Spidey verse?”
“I wish them both good luck. I wish them the best,” James concluded. This made the audience laugh. Previously on the WWHL episode, James opined that Sandoval’s choice to betray Ariana was “the lowest”. Surprisingly, James revealed that Raquel was a “huge fan” of Sandoval when she was dating him.
Raquel and James dated for five years before the DJ proposed to the former beauty pageant queen in May 2021. She accepted, but later broke off the engagement in December 2021.
She started an alliance with Sandoval in the summer of 2022. It all came to light in early March 2023, after Ariana discovered a sexually explicit video of Raquel on her ex-boyfriend’s phone. None of their VPR castmates called them out before this, but as Season 10 progresses, there are more and more indications that something was wrong in the land of WeHo.
In the most recent episode, Sandoval claimed in a confessional that “nothing happened between Raquel and me. Like, nothing. Like, [nothing] It wouldn’t happen between, you know, me and Katie [Maloney].”
Following the Scandoval reveal, Bravo executives rushed to film the cast’s reactions. They filmed the explosive reunion later in March. James revealed he said his peace while filming. “I bring him out in front of the camera. I pull it off my chest,” James said. “And then I gave up.”
Vanderpump Rules continues Wednesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.
TELL US – WHAT DO YOU THINK OF JAMES’ HOPES FOR SANDOVAL AND RAQUEL? DO YOU FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT JAMES AFTER THE SCANDOVAL REVEAL?
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