Providing their assist (and sharing their perception). Raquel Leviss and James Kennedy stunned Vanderpump Guidelines viewers once they introduced their cut up after 5 years of relationship — however followers weren’t the one ones shocked by the information.
Days after the pair filmed the Vanderpump Guidelines reunion in December, Leviss and Kennedy issued a joint assertion on their social media confirming the breakup.
“After these 5 great years we had collectively, we determined we’ve two completely different targets and made the choice to name off the engagement,” they wrote in similar Instagram statements on December 5. “We love one another very a lot, however we aren’t in love anymore. We would like nothing however the very best for one another so please hold any ideas optimistic. Sending Love.”
Throughout an look on Watch What Occurs Dwell With Andy Cohen on December 7, the longtime host mentioned the information with Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval after he revealed that the whole forged came upon concerning the cut up “for the very first time” throughout the season 9 reunion, which can air in 2022.
Though Madix didn’t count on for her pals to half methods, there have been indicators that she was involved about, explaining, “I say this with nothing however love in my coronary heart for James, I believe when he stopped ingesting and have become sober there have been different points that he was not going to — his refusal to go to actual remedy truthfully is a large crimson flag for me.”
That very same day, the U.Okay. native addressed his plans for the longer term after confirming the most important life change.
“Final day of filming in the present day and what a 12 months it has been (to say the least) in the present day one chapter ends and a brand new chapter actually begins for me,” Kennedy captioned a photograph of himself through Instagram on December 7. “Unsure what I’m going to do however I do know one factor, I’ll proceed my journey with out alcohol, I’ll discover my true self and the music by no means dies. Thanks to all my pals which have reached out I recognize you all a lot. Cheers.”
After Leviss and Kennedy determined to go their separate methods, a supply completely informed Us Weekly that they had been in a “tumultuous relationship” that lead as much as the “exhausting determination.”
“They each need various things,” the insider shared. “They don’t have love anymore by way of a romantic relationship, however they nonetheless have love for one another as pals. … They’re actually attempting to determine what their lives seem like now that they’ve cut up. They’ve loads of admiration and respect for one another.”
On the time, the supply famous that though Bravo hasn’t determined whether or not the fact sequence might be renewed for season 10, “James does need Raquel to proceed with the present.”
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