Lala Kent Says ‘Pump Rules’ Season 11 Was the ‘Most Difficult’ to Film

Vanderpump Rules season 11 has come to an in depth — and Lala Kent is reflecting on the ups and downs of filming.

“That’s a wrap on season 11. I absolutely love filming Vanderpump Rules,” Lala, 33, mentioned through her Instagram Stories on Friday, September 1. “I will say this was one of the most difficult seasons that I have ever been a part of — ever. What a wild and strange summer, but it’s done.”

She continued: “So crazy, another one down and now I get to celebrate the fact that it is my f—king birthday. I’m 33 [and on] September 2nd, I’m going to fly home to my baby, [Ocean] tomorrow and just be grateful for this life.”

Lala — who shares Ocean, 2, with ex-fiancé Randall Emmett — accomplished filming throughout the Pump Rules solid’s journey to San Francisco. The group attended a proper get together on Friday, the place Tom Sandoval obtained concerned in a heated altercation after an attendee threw a drink and a floral centerpiece at occasion safety. The partygoer was kicked out and the solid has not but addressed the scenario.

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Lala and the Vanderpump Rules solid began filming season 11 earlier this summer season underneath “strange” circumstances in contrast to years previous.

“It is a strange dynamic. I’m also in a very strange place where I am trying to heal and not project my experience onto everybody that I see. I am trying to [be] proactive [and be] a little bit more forgiving, light-hearted and understanding,” Lala teased throughout an Amazon Live final month. “That is not a place I have always been super comfortable in.”

Most of the present stars have been at odds with Sandoval, 41, after he cheated on longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix with Raquel Leviss. Us Weekly confirmed in March that Sandoval and Ariana, 38, cut up after she realized of his affair with the 28-year-old pageant queen.

Lala, Katie Maloney, Scheana Shay and James Kennedy all took Ariana’s facet, publicly shunning Sandoval of their pal group. Ariana, who has since moved on with Daniel Wai, has even refused to movie together with her ex-boyfriend. (Ariana and the TomTom cofounder nonetheless dwell in the similar home that they collectively personal, however they don’t talk with out a third-party middleman.)

Raquel, for her half, declined to come again for season 11 after Bravo allegedly refused to enhance her wage to match what Ariana and Sandoval have been making. She detailed her allegations in a bombshell interview on Bethenny Frankel’s podcast in July, noting her intentions to concentrate on self-improvement.

“It is a travesty that she didn’t end up coming back. She should have come back. I think she would have been very surprised,” Lala beforehand quipped throughout an episode of her “Give Them Lala” podcast later in July. “And instead she went and did this [podcast with Bethenny] and she was manipulated yet again.”