Lala Kent is denying claims that she is jealous of Ariana Madix and says that Ariana made filming difficult.
Lala compared her breakup with Randall Emmett to Ariana’s split with Tom.
“When my situation happened with my ex, I was so blindsided that just putting one foot in front of the other, simply waking up was a huge win for me. There are times that people have said, ‘It must’ve been so difficult to go through what you’re going through in public.’ And honestly, I didn’t even realize that I was going through it in public because it wasn’t a breakup that I was going through. I was going into a battle for Ocean,” she said on her Give Them Lala podcast.
“I truly won’t wish that upon anybody. That time in my life was nothing short of torture, mental torture.”
Lala did not refuse to film with any of the cast after her breakup, but Ariana refusing to film with Tom Sandoval has pushed producers to put the show on pause.
“When everything happened with Ariana, I was thrilled to see the audience rally around her. Did I wish I had gotten that? Yeah. That would’ve been really, really nice. But I didn’t. And I’m okay. To ask if I’m jealous of Ariana, I find her to be extremely talented. I enjoyed watching her on Broadway. I truly believe that’s where she deserves to be. She has proven herself tremendously in that space and I stand by that. I also stand by the fact that she made filming a television show that we’ve been filming, some of them 11 years, me eight, extremely difficult this year,” Lala continued.
Lala added that Ariana has not always supported her and even allowed her then-boyfriend Tom to berate her.
