Lala Kent is sharing why Kristen Doute is “dead to [her]” amid their feud.
While appearing on actor Josh Peck and influencer Ben Soffer‘s podcast on Thursday, the Vanderpump Rules star, 33, explained why she’s no longer friends with Kristen, 40, shared why she believes Rachel “Raquel” Leviss, 29, deserves a platform to tell her story, and offered an update on her dating life over two years after her messy split from Randall Emmett, 52.
On the February 1 episode of Good Guys, Josh read a text message exchange he had with Kristen to Lala ahead of her appearance on the show.
“I said, ‘I’m having Lala on the show today. Anything you wanted me to ask her?’” he shared. “She’s like, ‘Lala’s mad at me for whatever dumb reason. She told [Brittany Cartwright] that I’m dead to her for not yelling at this chick [Golnesa ‘GG’ Gharachedaghi] from [Shahs of Sunset] when GG said something negative about Lala and her parenting. I was doing a live podcast on stage and I was pregnant.’”
After learning what Kristen had said, Lala explained why she was so upset with her.
“Kristen Doute knows the ins and outs of what I deal with and to watch her laugh about someone [talking] about me as a parent who doesn’t know me at all, I will not stand for. I will call your [a**] out. So yes, she is dead to me,” Lala confirmed.
Although Lala hasn’t been listening to Raquel’s podcast, which she launched last month ahead of the Pump Rules season 11 premiere, she said she read that Raquel had outed Tom Schwartz, 40, for knowing everything about her affair with Tom Sandoval, 41.
Lala then said she felt that Raquel should have a platform to share her story — just like the rest of the cast.
“What I do like about [the podcast] is we’ve all had a platform that we go onto and we’ve told our stories, we’ve collected our coins. She deserves to go and tell her story and collect some coins,” Lala noted. “We shouldn’t be just like, telling her all the live long day what happened. She was there and she may have a different perspective.”
That said, Lala believes Raquel should’ve gone about things a bit differently.
“I’m not mad at her for starting this podcast. I think it’s great. I just think she should’ve done it differently. She should’ve come back to the show, made her amends. I think everybody, well, most people would’ve given her the floor because time has passed and we’re not all up and arms still, and then done her podcast,” she explained, asking, “What is she gonna talk about for more than one season?”
Moving on to her dating life, Lala admitted it is “non-existent.”
“I date me and I’m truly in love. I just feel like, really happy by myself. I don’t feel like another person, like a man, could come in and add something right now,” she shared.
As for what she’s looking for in a potential partner, Lala added, “I think it’s just gonna be a feeling that I have … I am looking for tall, dark, and handsome. But beyond that, I don’t really know.”
Vanderpump Rules season 11 airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.
