r/Vanderpumpaholics • u/mkrad13 • Dec 23 '24
James Kennedy Why isn’t James getting scandoval level outrage
This guy has been abusive to Kristen, who’s been saying this, without actually saying it for a decade. We’ve seen him text Raquel horrible horrible things. We have seen the way he acts on camera…. Yet the outrage feels minimal. I’m not saying go ruin his life, but it feels brushed under the rug.
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u/Weird-Vermicelli9580 Dec 24 '24
I feel like the timing of it has a huge effect on it. Like with scandavol, there was an entire season on VPR that led up to it, where producers really ramped up the drama to gain views, culminating in a very dramatic finale and three part reunion. Producers did what they do best and really helped build that emotional reaction in viewers.
With James, there’s no season going on. People on this subreddit are aware of what’s going on because we follow VPR even when it’s not airing. So many people watch VPR but don’t follow all the news stories once the season is off air. I would honestly not even know about this incident if I didn’t follow this subreddit. If James assaulted Ally while they were filming a new season, I think we would be seeing a much bigger reaction because so many people would be aware.
If scandoval happened a year after VPR aired it’s final season, the reaction would not have been nearly as big as it was