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Vanderpump Rules star, Raquel Leviss recently appeared on Friday's episode of Scheana Shay's Scheananigans podcast where she not only addressed her breakup with ex-finacé James Kennedy but also addressed the physical abuse allegations against James Kennedy.

In one episode of season nine of Vanderpump Rules, Raquel Leviss was seen visiting a plastic surgeon’s office for a consultation about fixing her nose job after James Kennedy accidentally bumped into it while kissing her. Rumors of James Kennedy physically abusing Raquel Leviss started to spread in no time. Explaining the incident, the reality TV star clarified that James Kennedy had never physically harmed her and the allegations against him are not true.

During the podcast, she said, "I understand the concern that you guys have because you've seen James be verbally abusive and he hasn't been there for me when I needed him to be there for me emotionally as well. So it wouldn't be that farfetched to assume that James has been physically abusive to me, but I want to set the record straight that he has never laid a hand on me. He has never been physically abusive to me, and I just think that's unfair to him. "

Raquel Leviss stated that the couple who ended their relationship after five years are on ‘friendly terms’ and are ‘still speaking occasionally. She further added, "We are still friendly with one another. We still follow each other on Instagram and like each other’s posts. My goal would be to maintain a friendship with him because he was my best friend for so long and it's really difficult to just cut that off and pretend it never happen because it did happen. We spent so much time with each other and he was the love of my life at one point, but more than that he was my best friend and we shared everything together. We're going to try our best to be friends."

Raquel and James ended their relationship after five years. Image Source: SportsKeeda

Post her breakup with James Kennedy, Raquel Leviss opened up on her social media that she is now focusing on herself and ‘practicing more self-love which has benefitted her the most. She previously shared, "I wanted to do a little check-in today and to thank you guys for all the sweet, kind messages. It really is heartwarming to read some of those thank you so much. I am doing well. I've been listening to a lot of podcasts and taking away this message of self-love."

Raquel further shared, "I'm going to start journaling and taking up hobbies that I'm actually interested in doing and practice more self-love. I think one of the big things I got out of listening to all of these podcasts is like, when you're such a compassionate person and you always put other people's needs before your own, it's very easy to get carried away in that. It's important to kind of, like, put yourself first and I think give yourself the love you give other people. I'm practicing that now and I'm being more kind and patient and loving to myself because that is very important."

Vanderpump Rules airs Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.

We wish Raquel Leviss and James Kennedy the best of luck for their future!