{"id":54053,"date":"2026-05-21T01:45:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T00:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=54053"},"modified":"2026-05-20T17:17:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:17:57","slug":"the-valleys-lala-kent-gives-brutally-awkward-update-on-friendship-with-ariana-madix-and-scheana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/05\/21\/the-valleys-lala-kent-gives-brutally-awkward-update-on-friendship-with-ariana-madix-and-scheana\/","title":{"rendered":"The Valley&#8217;s Lala Kent gives brutally awkward update on friendship with Ariana Madix and Scheana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"668\" data-end=\"843\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/tag\/the-valley\/\">The Valley<\/a>&#8216;s Lala Kent has officially given the bleakest possible update on where she stands with Ariana Madix, and it sounds like the <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/tag\/vanderpump-rules\/\">Vanderpump Rules<\/a> group chat is fully dead.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54054\" style=\"width: 1484px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54054\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-20-at-17.10.26.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1484\" height=\"832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-20-at-17.10.26.png 1484w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-20-at-17.10.26-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-20-at-17.10.26-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-20-at-17.10.26-768x431.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1484px) 100vw, 1484px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via Bravo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"845\" data-end=\"1070\">Appearing on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Lala was asked the question every Bravo fan has been waiting for: What is actually going on between her and Ariana after the chaos of Vanderpump Rules season 11?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1072\" data-end=\"1103\">The answer? Absolutely nothing.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1105\" data-end=\"1325\">When Andy asked about the \u201ccurrent status\u201d of their friendship, Lala immediately threw her hands up and looked away while Andy bluntly answered for her: \u201cNone. Non-existent\u2026 Haven\u2019t spoken to her since Vanderpump Rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1327\" data-end=\"1355\">Lala simply replied: \u201cYeah.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DW7PbCWku44\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DW7PbCWku44\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Lala Kent (@lalakent)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1357\" data-end=\"1419\">Not exactly the emotional reconciliation people were hoping for. Ariana wasn\u2019t the only friendship update that felt painfully awkward. Andy also asked Lala where things stand with Scheana Shay after rumours the pair had fallen out too.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1597\" data-end=\"1746\">But instead of spilling details, Lala swerved the question completely. \u201cShe\u2019s over there, I\u2019m over here,\u201d she said. \u201cShe\u2019s Bravo blogging, I\u2019m here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1748\" data-end=\"1823\">Which is probably the most passive aggressive sentence ever spoken on WWHL.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DI2FWZxT1_m\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DI2FWZxT1_m\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by \ud83c\udf19 Ariana Madix \ud83c\udf19 (@arianamadix)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1825\" data-end=\"2066\">Lala then revealed she\u2019s barely in contact with anyone from the Vanderpump Rules cast anymore. The only former castmates she still speaks to are Tom Schwartz, Kristen Doute and Brittany Cartwright, who all appear alongside her on The Valley.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2068\" data-end=\"2156\">As for everyone else? Apparently the season 11 reunion was the final nail in the coffin.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2158\" data-end=\"2236\">\u201cI haven\u2019t spoken to anyone since that reunion,\u201d Lala admitted. \u201cThat\u2019s true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2238\" data-end=\"2373\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">So basically: The friendships are over, the alliances are shattered, and the post-VPR era is somehow even messier than the show itself.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reality Shrine<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 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