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James Kennedy revealed the message he obtained from Ariana Madix instantly after she realized of Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ months-long affair on Wednesday’s episode of Watch What Occurs Stay.
Earlier than explaining his actual challenge with Tom Schwartz, teasing the upcoming (and sure-to-be-dramatic) reunion, and admitting that he hopes Sandoval and Raquel’s controversial romance will final, the Vanderpump Guidelines star addressed rumors of a kiss between Raquel and Brock Davies, Sandoval’s interview with Howie Mandel, and extra.
Throughout a Q&A sport that requested James if he was jealous on the April 26 episode of WWHL, James denied being jealous of his castmates who’ve made cash off of Scandoval.
“No. As a result of I’m on the high of the leaderboard on Cameo proper now. Cha-ching. Cha-ching! [I charge] $99.99.”
Then, after responding to a fan who requested if he felt girlfriend Ally Lewber seemed like his mother, Jacqueline Georgiou, saying they “don’t actually look alike,” James moved on to subjects associated to Scandoval.
“Look, there’s mob mentality. There’s mobs these days. There’s cancel tradition. There’s mobs. If you happen to do one thing outrageous, count on individuals to be outraged,” he acknowledged.
Though James was in love with Raquel for a few years, he instructed host Andy Cohen that he doesn’t have a lot empathy for her, saying she “was all the time an enormous Sandoval fan, large Sandoval fan.”
“Who’s writing these questions? No. Andy, I’m very busy in my very own life,” he acknowledged. “I’m not waking up fascinated with Scandoval. The primary time I’ve to take a look at my telephone, I get slightly little bit of a reminder. However no, I’m not fascinated with ‘Oh Scandoval.’ I’ve no time, Andy.”
He didn’t even have time to look at Sandoval’s full interview with Howie, though he did see clips.
“Oh god, painful, a all-time low second,” he described. “And even the darkness of the cave it was in and he’s sporting all black these days with a cigarette. It was an excessive amount of. It was an excessive amount of. It was an excessive amount of. I couldn’t get by means of it.”
James went on to say that he doesn’t consider Sandoval and Ariana had an open relationship. He additionally claims he is aware of “for a truth” that Raquel wasn’t Sandoval’s first affair, and he notes that the final time he noticed Sandoval, apart from the reunion, was two days earlier than Scandoval broke.
“I noticed Sandoval at my interview area like two days earlier than this all broke out. Actually, ‘Sup bro?’ Acted all chill,” he recalled.
He additionally reacted to claims of a hookup between Raquel and Scheana Shay‘s husband.
“Can I throw up anymore?” he requested. “It’s simply an excessive amount of. Like, if that occurred, truthfully, I must like, I don’t know like, go to a freaking wholesome spa or one thing. However no there’s no reality to that. Please god, there’s no reality to that.”
On the WWHL: After Present, after Andy inspired him to tease the reunion, James replied, “Oh God no. Simply watch for it,” however he admitted to feeling glad by the taping.
“Look, I don’t do my talks on socials. I feel everybody can agree with that. Lala’s acquired her factor and I’ve acquired mine. I get it out on digicam, on the present, I get it off my chest after which I let it go,” he defined.
Again on the reside broadcast, James mentioned that with regards to Sandoval and Raquel’s future, he hopes they make it.
“In like a bizarre approach I hope so. Simply take into consideration the goals they’re gonna have in one another’s mattress and all of the traumatic sh-t they’re gonna undergo,” he reasoned. “As a pair, in the event that they survive one another and undergo it, I imply, f-cking hats off … I want them each luck and I want them the very best.”
As for whether or not or not he overreacted to Schwartz evaluating the Think about Pageant, the place he was DJing, to Rachella, his Coachella-themed proposal to Raquel, James mentioned it wasn’t the Rachella half that aggravated him.
“It was the Think about Pageant level that aggravated me. Everybody retains going again to that different phrase however I’ve acknowledged so many occasions, it was about Think about Pageant — one thing I’ve labored so arduous [on],” he shared, including that earlier than pouring his beer on Schwartz, he “poured half of [it] out on the sand.”
Additionally on WWHL, James defined how he first realized of Sandoval’s affair with Raquel.
“Ariana texted me at one within the morning and I awoke at like 7:30 within the morning and checked my textual content messages and actually, I used to be shocked. After which, that is verbatim, I mentioned to Ariana, ‘Which Tom?’ And she or he wrote again, ‘Mine,’” he recalled. “I used to be like, ‘Huh?’ Critical stuff. I imply.”
From there, James proceeded to name numerous his castmates.
“I didn’t name Raquel. I did attempt calling Sandoval. First individual I known as was Scheana as a result of I believed she knew,” James revealed. “I used to be like, ‘How might you do that to Ariana?’ After which she goes, ‘No that woman’s lifeless to me. I blocked her.’ So I used to be like, ‘Alright, high-quality, Scheana’s carried out.’ Then I known as Schwartz and he simply sounded just like the misplaced pet he’s, similar to, ‘I don’t know, I don’t know, James I’d actually quite speak about this individual.’ I’m like, ‘Oh God, how does it really feel residing in Sandoval’s shadow your whole life?’”
Vanderpump Guidelines season 10 airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.
