'Vanderpump Rules' Star Raquel Leviss Opens Up About Getting Engaged To James Kennedy
By TheBlast Staff on April 20, 2020 at 12:46 PM EDT
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Raquel Leviss and her boyfriend, James Kennedy, have been together for the past several years but are they ready to take their relationship to the next level with an engagement?
During an April 18 interview with Hollywood Life, Leviss, who endured relationship hardships with Kennedy throughout the eighth season of Vanderpump Rules, admitted that she and Kennedy, who has been sober for nearly 10 months, admitted that the two of them have been discussing their future plans for marriage a lot.
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“We’ve been talking about engagement for a long time,” she revealed. “He’s mentioned it to me several times and I told him I would tell him when I’m ready. I see it in the future.”
Leviss and Kennedy have been dating for the past several years and while they've endured a lot of drama with one another over the last few seasons of Vanderpump Rules, Leviss has remained committed to her man and stuck by him last year when he decided to get sober.
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While Leviss and Kennedy are in a great place today, Leviss' parents aren't yet on board with the idea of them tying the knot.
“It’s not that I’m not ready. I would love to have my parents’ approval on it. We’ve been together for a long time. My parents have seen all the sides of James as well, so my parents are super supportive of our relationship now, it’s just making sure I have their approval before I make the next step,” Leviss explained.
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As Vanderpump Rules viewers well know, a number of cast members of the series have gotten engaged on past seasons of the show, including Scheana Marie, who also married ex-husband Mike Shay, on the series, Katie Maloney and Tom Schwartz, who tied the knot on an episode filmed in 2016, Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright, who got engaged on the premiere episode of season seven, and Stassi Schroeder and Beau Clark, whose engagement will be featured later on in season eight.
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Speaking of Schroeder and Clark's future wedding, which is set to take place in Italy in October, Leviss said she hasn't yet gotten an invite.
“I haven’t heard anything. I would be surprised if it is, honestly, but I haven’t heard anything and I don’t think I’m invited to that wedding,” she said. “I think I would’ve heard about it by now.”
To see more of Leviss, Kennedy, and their co-stars, tune into Vanderpump Rulesseason eight on Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. on Bravo.
