Season 10 of Vanderpump Rules not just follow the consequences Katie Maloney and Tom Schwartz’s split. Rachel Lewis and James Kennedy also called quits between seasons and no longer holding back what happened during the five-year relationship.
In the premiere of February 2023, DJ and Lala Kentrung dropping the bombshell that they were hooked during the early stages of their relationship with Raquel and their romance with the now-ex. Randall Emmett.
“Me and James – when we were very new in our relationship – definitely hooked up,” said Lala. “We went to Chicago [in 2016] and we started drinking before we got on the plane. So he said I did a handstand before – I always did a handstand.
James, who admitted he was “nervous” to come to grips with what happened after years of humiliation, noted that “a lot of guys make mistakes.”
“Obviously half of Lala wants it to happen as well so as not to dilly dally,” he said in the confessional. “He probably had a big plan to get the fat king’s stone on his finger – which he did. So he probably wanted to make a deal with JK beforehand. Who wouldn’t?”
The “Topman” musician continues to be serious with Raquel, proposing in May 2021. They called off the engagement in December and they started dating now. Ally Lewber six weeks later.
“James likes thin-lipped dogs. First Raquel and now Ally,” Lala joked on the show. “Even I was a thin-lipped dog when we started banging.”
Having a new girlfriend isn’t the only change Jame has made after his fiance broke up.
“After two and a half years without a single drop, I decided to drink again. Drink a couple. After Raquel left, I thought [about how] I’m going to get married and everything I’ve done to improve myself is still not enough,” he said at the premiere. “And frankly it’s a new year. It’s 2022 and what am I doing? I’m James Kennedy. Let me live.”
He added that he would “stop again,” it was “for me and not an ultimatum in a relationship.”
Raquel, for her part, has been linked to several people in the post-James series. Except casual dating Peter Madrigal – referred to as “man” and not “son” like James – he made out with Tom and SUR employees Oliver Saunders (son Garcelle Beauvais) during season 10 production.
Vanderpump Rules airs Wednesdays on Bravo at 9pm ET. Scroll through for more on Raquel and James: