--- title: "Raquel Leviss Talks Split With James Kennedy; Reveals She Made an Exit Plan" url: https://allabouttrh.com/2022/01/10/raquel-leviss-talks-split-with-james-kennedy-reveals-she-made-an-exit-plan/ type: post date: 2022-01-10 modified: 2022-01-10 markdown_url: https://allabouttrh.com/2022/01/10/raquel-leviss-talks-split-with-james-kennedy-reveals-she-made-an-exit-plan.md author: "Lara Sophia" --- # Raquel Leviss Talks Split With James Kennedy; Reveals She Made an Exit Plan Raquel Leviss is getting honest about her split with James Kennedy. The *Vanderpump Rules* star appeared on costar Scheana Shay's podcast, [“Scheananigans” podcast](https://scheananiganswithscheanashay.libsyn.com/bambi-eyed-babe-raquel-leviss) Friday, where she revealed she had an exit plan in place before calling off her engagement from James. The 27-year-old SURver admitted that she was* “concerned”* about how James would react when she ended their relationship, which is why she had a strategic plan in place. *“It was kind of at Thanksgiving where I realized that I didn’t want to be in this relationship anymore,”* Raquel explained. *“And because James does have a history of acting out and being angry, my mom and I were both concerned that he wasn’t going to have a good reaction when I told him, so I wasn’t planning on saying anything until he went out of town,”* she added. *“He doesn’t even know this.”* Days after realizing she wanted to end her relationship with James, the Pump Rules couple headed to Disneyland with costars Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix. *“I felt like I had to put on an act for that, just to make sure that I was safe. Disneyland just isn’t as fun when you aren’t in love with the person that you’re with anymore, so it wasn’t my favorite experience,”* she said. *“I’m so happy that Ariana and Tom came.”* Raquel says she and James eventually ended their 5-year relationship after watching an episode of *Vanderpump Rules*. The former couple got into an argument while watching *Pump Rules* in preparation for the season 9 reunion, which was taped in early December. She explained to James that he *“didn’t support [her] emotionally”* while filming season 9. This news upset the DJ. *“He was like, ‘Oh, I didn’t know that you felt that way.’ And the conversation just kept going … and it was like word vomit. ‘This is how I’ve been feeling, and I can’t keep it in any longer because I’m not being an honest person, and I’m lying to you, and I don’t feel comfortable with this,’”* she recalled.* “So I just told him that my heart isn’t in it anymore.”* Raquel also told James that she doesn't like the way he * “[treats] other people”* and that *“a piece of me dies inside each time you mistreat somebody.”* He attempted to do whatever he could to mend their relationship, asking, *“So he’s like, ‘What do I need to do? Can I change your mind? Is there anything? Please give me another chance.’”* However, Raquel told him that she wasn't interested in staying together. *“He was like, ‘OK, I see it in your eyes. It’s over,’”* she said of James' reaction. *“He was listening to me. I was preparing for the worst, and it was the best possible outcome, I guess, that it could have been because he really did listen to me and was understanding of where I was coming from,”* she said. *“He respected my decision. ‘If your heart isn’t in it anymore, then I understand; we need to go our separate ways.’”* Raquel was having second thoughts about marrying James because he wasn't *“meshing well”* with her family. *“The future of Thanksgivings and Christmases and holidays was looking like it was going to be either James’ or my family. Especially if we had a baby, James would make my parents out as the not-good grandparents and kind of put that in [our kids’] heads,”* she claimed. *“Foreseeing this future and what it was all coming down to, and I was like … I don’t want that.”* *Vanderpump Rules *airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo. ## Thoughts on this all? Sound off below! **[Follow](https://www.instagram.com/allabouttrh) **AllAboutTRH On **[Instagram.](https://www.instagram.com/AllAboutTRH)** **[Follow](https://www.twitter.com/allabouttrh) **AllAboutTRH On **[Twitter.](https://www.twitter.com/allabouttrh)****[Like](https://www.facebook.com/allabouttrh)** AllAboutTRH On **[Facebook.](https://www.facebook.com/allabouttrh)** Source: [Page Six ](https://pagesix.com/2022/01/07/raquel-leviss-made-exit-plan-before-james-kennedy-breakup/)