‘Vanderpump Rules’ Star James Kennedy Gets Fired From SUR Lounge


Vanderpump Rules star Lisa Vandeprump cut one of her staff members loose during the latest episode of the show.

Following a massive fight between James Kennedy and Tom Sandoval, Vanderpump opted to fire Kennedy, who worked at SUR Lounge as a bus boy, and suspend Sandoval and his ex-girlfriend, Kristen Doute, who is currently dating Kennedy.

“During a big staff meeting, [Vanderpump] fired James and suspended both Kristen and Tom!” Hollywood Life reported on November 11.

In her Bravo blog, via the Inquisitr, Vanderpump explained her thoughts on the fight that led to Kennedy’s firing. “I’m absolutely disgusted with what I’ve seen and what I’ve heard. They have created this fracas that is unforgivable. I hate violence. I hate any type of physical altercation. And I feel like myself going in there and slapping the s*** out of them for what they’ve done.”

Kennedy and Sandoval had been feuding on and off since the end of Vanderpump Rules Season 2, when Kennedy began dating Doute. Prior to his relationship with Doute, Kennedy was Sandoval’s roommate and the two had planned to work together on an upcoming project.

On last week’s Vanderpump Rules, Sandoval was at the center of controversy after Doute revealed to Scheana Marie that she had proof that Sandoval cheated on his girlfriend, Ariana Madix, while on vacation in Miami. Immediately, Sandoval denied those claims and, later in the show during a birthday party for Marie, he confronted Doute and Kennedy about the allegations. On last night’s episode, the tension between them blew over, leading to a physical altercation between Kennedy and Sandoval.

Also on Monday’s episode, according to Hollywood Life, “Scheana decided to cut ties with both James and Kristen Doute because all they do is bring toxicity into her life.” Previously, Marie had tried to stay neutral and was friends with Kennedy and Doute, as well as Sandoval and Madix.

Following Sandoval’s attack on Kennedy, the reality star created a video apology, which he sent to Mike Shay, the husband of Marie. In the video, Sandoval apologized for harming Marie’s father and said he understood why her brother reacted with violence. Unfortunately, according to the Inquisitr, Doute thought the video was “ridiculous.”

“His over dramatic sobbing video was one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever witnessed,” she wrote in her Bravo blog. “He’s a good actor, I’ll give him that.”

Vanderpump Rules Season 3 airs every Tuesday night at 9 p.m. on Bravo.

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