Raquel Leviss and James Kennedy Courtesy of James Kennedy/Instagram
James Kennedy might now not be the No. 1 man within the group now that Graham Cracker is again within the image.
The 31-year-old DJ stunned his Instagram followers on Wednesday, July 19, when he shared snaps of himself spending time with Raquel Leviss‘ canine throughout a Vanderpump Guidelines forged journey to Lake Tahoe, California. Raquel, 28, for her half, was noticed in Arizona along with her household as her actuality TV future stays up within the air.
“Look who made his means again residence, again into my life. I’ll maintain you endlessly, and I like you,” James captioned the candy social media add, which included a photograph of his girlfriend, Ally Lewber, cuddling Graham on a ship.
Viewers had been launched to Graham whereas James and Raquel, who dated from 2016 to 2021, had been nonetheless collectively. Raquel, now a major forged member, started making appearances on the Bravo present throughout season 5.
The previous couple’s festival-themed engagement was featured on the present in early 2022. In the course of the season 9 reunion, which taped in December 2021, Raquel and James introduced their cut up.
“Now we have determined to interrupt off the engagement. It’s been one thing that I’ve been interested by for some time, and I believe that James has observed that my coronary heart hasn’t been totally in it,” Raquel defined. “I didn’t need to quit on him as a result of he actually has proven me how devoted he’s to me and the issues that he’s prepared to do to higher himself. However I really feel like it’s one thing deep inside. I’ve been having nightmares about our wedding ceremony day, and I believe that’s a telltale signal that one thing is mistaken.”
Earlier than the reunion aired, James provided an replace on whether or not Graham, was nonetheless a part of his life post-breakup.
“Raquel at all times made it clear that Graham was her canine as a result of her mother bought it for her as a commencement current,” he stated on Watch What Occurs Stay With Andy Cohen in December 2021. “After which the subsequent day we moved into our condo collectively, so technically, Graham Cracker is her canine regardless that we raised him collectively.”
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James added: “I’ll at all times love the little man and I do miss him proper now. Hopefully I’ll get to see him, perhaps in February or one thing if we hang around. All the things’s fairly good proper now so far as Raquel and I speaking and stuff. There was no huge struggle or something, so I don’t see why I couldn’t see Graham Cracker.”
Raquel and James’ dynamic as exes was a significant story line when the sequence returned for season 10. In a February episode, James quipped that he solely missed one side of his relationship with Raquel.
“I’ve missed Graham greater than I’ve missed Raquel,” he stated in a confessional after a tense reunion with Raquel. “That is f—ked up, truthfully. Possibly if I may see him as soon as. I f—king miss him.”
One month later, Us Weekly confirmed that Raquel was having an affair with Pump Guidelines costar Tom Sandoval. The dishonest scandal triggered Sandoval, 41, and Ariana Madix to finish their nine-year relationship. Raquel, in the meantime, confronted backlash from her fellow forged members and later checked right into a psychological well being facility.
The Vanderpump Guidelines gang has since been noticed filming season 11 — with Sandoval tagging alongside for the group journey to Tahoe. Katie Maloney and Ariana, nevertheless, had been notably lacking from the getaway.
As followers questioned their loyalty, Scheana Shay and Lala Kent addressed their determination to movie with Sandoval within the aftermath of the scandal.
“I don’t know why I really feel the necessity to defend taking a photograph with my hand like this [in a fist] behind somebody,” Scheana, 37, stated in an Instagram Tales video on Wednesday.
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Lala, in the meantime, slammed the criticism, including, “It, like, nonetheless blows that folks, like, don’t understand we’re filming a present. And it was that lady’s birthday. What are we going to be like, ‘No! Completely not.’ Like, no, blissful birthday. Let’s take a f—king image. It’s referred to as adulting.”