Lala Kent clarifies she doesn’t ‘feel bad’ for Raquel Leviss after ‘Pump Rules’ reunion
Lala Kent isn’t Team Raquel after all.
After seemingly changing her tune on her embattled co-star, the “Give Them Lala” host clarified to her podcast listeners that she does not “feel bad” for Raquel Leviss following the final installment of the “Vanderpump Rules” reunion.
“Where I felt for Raquel was, when you’re filming a reality show, in my mind, every single person is mentally equipped to handle whatever is gonna come out of my mouth,” Kent, 32, explained in Wednesday’s episode.
“The second you throw someone in there that cannot handle it, you’re making it so I can’t go and do my job,” she continued, noting that she did not regret “the things [she] said” while watching the three-part reunion.
Although Kent wants to make sure her castmates are “all mentally healthy … as a human being,” she considers part of her job “get[ting] to be unfiltered” on camera.
“You’re coming to the reunion to answer for what has happened,” she added. “I’m not gonna censor myself. If this isn’t the place for you because your mind can’t handle it, you shouldn’t be here.”
Later in her podcast episode, Kent acknowledged she was the “most angry” of her fellow cast members when filming the reunion in March.
She and James Kennedy specifically went hard on Leviss, 28, and Tom Sandoval in the wake of the duo’s cheating scandal.
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Kennedy, 31, has since texted Kent saying he does not understand the “hate” he has gotten on social media for what he considers a “legendary” roasting.
“The fact that some people on my Instagram have the audacity to side with those trolls blows my mind,” the DJ wrote. “We weren’t even that bad.”
Kennedy’s insults in particular have gone viral, as he called Sandoval a “poo poo head” and a “worm with a mustache.” Even Jon Hamm impersonated him on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” Tuesday.
As for Kent, she called the cover band frontman, 40, a “narcissist” and a “dangerous human being.”
When TMZ asked her about her behavior on June 8, she admitted she “wouldn’t ice [Leviss] out” if she came “into the mix again,” which led a paparazzo to label her “more empathetic.”
Ariana Madix, who was dating Sandoval during his months-long affair with Leviss, also appeared to express remorse when interviewed by the outlet that same day.
The Something About Her co-owner, 37, agreed that Leviss “seems really hurt by her own actions” and said, “Sure, yeah” when asked whether she felt bad for her former friend.
Madix and her co-stars, however, have not loosened up on Sandoval, who acted combative during the reunion and shaded his ex for wearing a T-shirt during sex.
