Lala Kent was a polarizing determine on Season 11 of Vanderpump Guidelines. She obtained criticism from followers for being too forgiving of Tom Sandoval and for questioning Ariana Madix’s boundaries. Her speech within the final moments of the finale prompted an uproar amongst viewers who felt her feedback about Ariana’s ego went too far.
Lala’s stance on Ariana’s boundaries could also be unpopular nevertheless it’s arduous to disregard that she’s been proper previously.
Listed below are 5 occasions Lala was the voice of motive on VPR:
When she mentioned ‘I wouldn’t belief you round my man’
Throughout a women’ journey in Vegas in Season 10, Lala confronted a hungover Rachel Leviss for her habits the evening prior. Lower than 24 hours earlier, Rachel made a transfer on Garcelle Beauvais’ son Oliver Saunders after Lala talked about she discovered him engaging. Though she gave Rachel the inexperienced gentle to pursue Oliver, she admitted the state of affairs prompted her to mistrust Rachel. She instructed her, “I’d by no means belief you round my man.” Lala’s instinct proved to be one hundred pc right, contemplating Rachel started an affair with Ariana’s long-term boyfriend shortly after the journey.
When she mentioned Jax didn’t deserve Brittany
In Season 6, Lala obtained ahold of audio of Jax Taylor and Religion Stower’s notorious hookup. Within the recorded audio, Jax mentioned a handful of terrible issues, together with mendacity about how usually he and his girlfriend Brittany Cartwright had been intimate and saying he had no intention of marrying her. Lala confirmed the audio to Ariana, who had reservations about telling Brittany as a result of she didn’t need to break her evening. Lala disagreed with Ariana’s concern, telling her, “Would you quite break her evening or break her life by not telling her?”
I believe Lala did the best factor by permitting Brittany to listen to the audio. Brittany had a proper to listen to what her man was saying about her behind closed doorways. Lala was the voice of motive in that scene. Whereas Ariana and James Kennedy had been busy worrying about how the reveal would disrupt the evening, she was solely targeted on her good friend figuring out the reality about her relationship.
She made it clear how she felt about Jax’s actions in a confessional, stating, “Jax is only a despicable human being. He doesn’t should have any lady in any respect, particularly a lady like Brittany.”
When she had questions on Sandoval & Rachel
Lala was onto Sandoval and Rachel earlier than information of Scandoval broke. In Season 10, Episode 13, Lala expressed concern about her co-stars’ relationship, telling James, “I believe Sandoval has a factor for [Rachel].”
She continued, “The final time Sandoval was speaking a few lady the way in which he talks about [Rachel] was when he was speaking about Ariana to the group when he was with Kristen [Doute].”
Seems, her hunch was proper on the cash. Sandoval did have a factor for Rachel.
When she gave Scheana some good recommendation
Lala hasn’t all the time been proper in regards to the males in Scheana Shay’s life (cough, cough Brock Davies), however in Season 7, she was right about Adam Spott. Within the Episode, Scheana was crying as a result of Adam was mad at her for happening a date with a male mannequin. Lala gave her good friend some good recommendation in regards to the sort of dude she was coping with.
“If he doesn’t need that taking place then he ought to decide to you,” she mentioned. “Dudes work their means into your coronary heart and you actually, actually give it your all, after which they actually find yourself strolling on you.”
Scheana wanted to listen to that at this second. I imply, she had simply purchased a $1000 penguin for a person who was not her boyfriend.
When she instructed Rachel she had a psychological breakdown coming
Throughout Scheana’s wedding ceremony in Mexico, Lala instructed Rachel some harsh truths throughout a sit-down dialog. She instructed the previous magnificence queen she felt as if she based mostly her self-worth on the approval of a person and predicted she had “a psychological breakdown coming.”
Rachel echoed a variety of Lala’s factors on this dialog in her podcast Rachel Goes Rogue, which was launched in January 2024. The VPR star admitted she used to prioritize the boys in her life above all else and has been open about how her breakup with James affected her psychological well being.
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