Lala Kent said Ariana Madix told Scheana Shay that Lala needed to “toughen the f**k up” while she was grieving the loss of her father in season seven. The Vanderpump Rules star also suggested that Ariana never apologized but gave a “merry-go-round of f**king excuses.”
Last season on the show, Lala was called out for questioning Ariana’s actions after Tom Sandoval cheated on her. She hinted that Ariana was acting like a god as she received massive support from the fan base.
“The first interview that I do [in season seven], they have me talk about my dad passing away … and I start sobbing and say, ‘It’s so weird to say that,’” recalled Lala on her Give Them Lala podcast, via @breakingtherulespodclips on Instagram. “I watch those things, it takes me back to such a heavy place.”
“And there’s a point during all of that — which is another reason why I think this past season 11, where everyone was like so taken aback [like], ‘How dare I have these questions for Ariana after she suffered her heartbreak?’ I’m like, I vividly remember me spiraling from the death of my dad, something that she knows very well, and her saying to Scheana that I needed to toughen the f**k up,” said Lala.
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“So how is it that I can’t ask questions about someone being cheated on, but when I lost my dad — someone who I adored — I need to toughen the f**k up?” she asked. “And during that [season’s] reunion, and maybe it’s lost on me, I don’t ever remember getting an ‘I’m so sorry I should have never said that.’ I got a merry-go-round of f**king excuses of why she said that.”
Earlier this month, Lala explained in an interview with Parents why she was offended by Ariana refusing to film with Tom in the finale. Throughout the season, Lala suggested that Ariana didn’t care about the success of the show – which is Lala’s livelihood – because Ariana’s been given so many other opportunities since Scandoval.
“I’ve always been a pretty intense person and I’ve always been protective, but the moment you have a kid? You turn into a warrior,” said Lala, who’s now pregnant with her second child. “Anyone who comes in and tries to threaten the wellbeing of your children and how you provide for them is not going to be taken kindly. I stand by what I said at that reunion. I was deeply offended because no one was going to come in and take food off of my table. I’m a mama bear and anyone who doesn’t understand that? Not my problem.”
Vanderpump Rules is currently on hiatus, but rumors have surfaced that Lala and Scheana are filming for its spinoff The Valley in some capacity.