James Kennedy Says It Would ‘Suck’ to End Toms Friendship

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Season 10 of Vanderpump Rules will most likely go down as one of the crucial talked about seasons of actuality TV. Unfortunately, the drama harm the friendship between James Kennedy, Tom Sandoval, and Tom Schwartz. 

As followers know, James was as soon as engaged to Rachel. However, his friendship with the primary Tom went downhill after the dishonest scandal that rocked season 10. This is regardless of his engagement to Rachel having been off for fairly a while. 

Now, James is talking to PEOPLE about the way forward for his friendship with the Toms. According to James, “It would suck to, like, I don’t know, throw it all the way over a silly mistake.” He additionally stated their relationship shifting ahead is dependent upon “how they act.” 

He continued, “It’s definitely a work in progress. It always is. I mean, one minute we’re up, like the next minute we’ll be down, we’ll see how this season pans out.”

James additionally spoke to PEOPLE about getting his canine, Graham Cracker, again from Rachel and the way he was the lacking puzzle piece. For context, she saved the canine after their break up however then returned him in July 2023. This is regardless of her claims of him taunting the canine. They adopted him in 2018, and James has since modified his title. 

The Vanderpump Rules star even spoke to Andy in April of final yr in regards to the canine and stated, “I’ve left Graham in the past now. Beautiful times, but he’s gone, and that’s just what it is.”

James had this to say, “There is no word to really explain how much I missed him and love him. Like he really is just like my best friend, and he was the missing puzzle piece.”

He additionally mentioned the reasoning for altering the canine’s title. He stated, “When I say Graham Cracker, it just doesn’t even feel; it feels like a thing of the past already. It doesn’t feel right, and it brings back, like, just like old memories that [I] don’t really need to be reminded of every single day. Right? Like that was the first time I thought about it today.”

He continued, “The new house, the new garden, the new rules, and the new, you know, environment with the name change right off the bat was actually an easier change than one would think.”

Vanderpump Rules season 11 premieres Tuesday, January 30, at 8/7c on Bravo.