Captain Lee isn’t just caught up on Below Deck drama — he also has plenty of thoughts on Tom Sandoval‘s Vanderpump Rules cheating scandal with Raquel Leviss.
19.07.2023 - 18:31 / usmagazine.com
Lala Kent and Stassi Schroeder‘s daughters aren’t quite old enough to watch Vanderpump Rules, but the reality TV moms are not concerned about what their kids will eventually see.
“There are many people who say, ‘You should be worried about her watching Vanderpump Rules,'” Kent, 32, said during the Wednesday, July 19, episode of Schroeder’s “Straight Up With Stassi” podcast. “I’m not worried at all. I want her to see those things. I want her to go like, ‘Wow. My mom has had experiences in life. She’s never gonna judge me. She’s been a hot mess herself. I’m in a safe space.'” (Kent shares daughter Ocean, 2, with ex-fiancé Randall Emmett.)
Schroeder, 35, agreed, adding that she hopes daughter Hartford, 2, is one day able to see Pump Rules as an example of what not to do.
“Hopefully, they learn from our mistakes,” said Schroeder, who shares Hartford with husband Beau Clark. “I hope Hartford watches Vanderpump Rules and shudders and cringes and is like, ‘Mom, you were so f–king mean. Like, that’s not cool.’ I hope that she looks at it and is like, ‘That’s not cool.’ I really hope that our kids watch and learn.”
Kent, for her part, thinks Ocean and Hartford will want to live a much more sheltered life after seeing their moms’ young adulthood documented on TV. “There will be a day when she probably comes across things that I’ve done,” Kent explained. “I’m thinking that our kids, when they see those things, they’re gonna be, like, very embarrassed and they’re gonna [do] the complete opposite.”
The duo’s discussion was part of a longer conversation about mom-shaming, a topic that both of them have been outspoken about. Earlier this month, Kent clapped back after social media trolls complained about a recent Instagram post of hers that
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Lala Kent is setting the record straight.
Scheana Shay and Lala Kent are defending themselves. After a photo surfaced on Instagram of some of the cast posing with Tom Sandoval following his cheating scandal, the friends took to Instagram to speak out about the situation.A fan snapped the picture with the cast during their trip to Lake Tahoe, which is being filmed and will be featured on season 11 of the show.The shot — which also includes Tom Schwartz, James Kennedy, Ally Lewber and Brock Davies — features Shay standing next to Sandoval with her arm around him.That fact irked fans who are still reeling from the news that Sandoval cheated on his longtime girlfriend, Ariana Madix, with Raquel Leviss, who has started going by her birth name, Rachel, in the wake of the scandal.«I don't know why I feel the need to defend taking a photo with my hand [in a fist] in the back of someone,» Shay began, before Kent chimed in, saying, «People are so stupid.»«It still blows that people don't realize we're filming a show,» Kent said. «And it was that girl's birthday.
Bethenny Frankel's advice to Rachel Leviss -- should Rachel choose to go back to the kind of environment that ultimately landed her in a mental health treatment facility — is don't agree to go back to until she's hammered out a new deal with Bravo.Speaking to ET's Kevin Frazier after questioning why reality TV stars haven't gone on strike, Frankel says Leviss is the one still getting dragged for her role in creating Scandoval, an affair with Tom Sandoval, whose nine-year relationship with Ariana Madix was torpedoed when news of the affair surfaced earlier this year. While the rest of the gang have all returned to production for the highly anticipated season 11, Leviss has bee noticeably absent. And Frankel, host of the podcast, encourages Leviss to keep it that way until both sides can come to an agreement.«She had an affair. She's not the first person in the world that's had an affair and, you know, bullying or beating someone down for a tragic error that, yes, everybody has, like, grabbed and ripped the meat off the carcass.
Scheana Shay and Lala Kent are sending a message to Vanderpump Rules fans who don’t understand why they are spending time with Tom Sandoval following his affair with Raquel Leviss.
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Lala Kent is not here for the “mom shaming!”
Vanderpump Rules is full steam ahead with one major star missing: Raquel Leviss.ET has learned the 28-year-old reality TV star hasn’t signed on for the new season and her team is still negotiating her contract with production. The news comes after it was revealed earlier this year that Tom Sandoval was cheating on his longtime girlfriend, Ariana Madix, with Leviss, which played out last season. «Raquel’s mental health is the most important thing to her and her family,» says the source.