Lala Kent.Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty
Lala Kentis putting her priorities first after splitting from ex-fiancéRandall Emmett.
A source tells PEOPLE that theVanderpump Rulesstar, 31, is “focusing all of her attention right now on the well-being ofher daughter Oceanand keeping up withher many business venturesto provide for her family as a single mom.”
Kent and Emmett, 51,got engagedin September 2018 andplanned to wedin April 2020. Their nuptials weredelayed to 2022due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The exes — whowelcomed daughter Oceanin March — first sparkedspeculationof a breakup last month when Kent pulled all traces of Emmett from her Instagram page.TMZandPage Sixlater reported the pair parted ways.
Kentaddressed the split newson herGive Them Lala…with Randallpodcast this month.
Lala Kent and Randall Emmett at the Midnight in the Switchgrass premiere.Frazer Harrison/Getty
“I want to acknowledge that I’m sure everyone knows what is going on between Randall and myself and just in my personal life,” she said.
“There will be a time where I feel comfortable enough to open up and share. Today is definitely not that day,” she added. “It’s been a lot, I’m going through a lot.”
On Wednesday’s episode of her podcast, Kent said she has “much bigger fish to fry” rather than reliving her feuds from this season ofVanderpump Rules.
“I take it one day at a time because, you know, a 7-month-old can’t sit around and wait for you to get over s—,” she said. “You better keep your f—— head up and do your thing. So that’s what I do.”
Then, the Give Them Lala Beauty creator appeared to address the breakup with Emmett more directly.
“I just never thought that my life would be where it is right now, you know. And that’s okay. That’s totally fine,” she said. “There’s moments when I have a pit in my stomach and I need God to take over right now because it’s too much. And he does.”
Reflecting further on what she’s endured over the years, Kent said she is “grateful for every experience.”
“What I’ve been through in my life, which people have been through much crazier and traumatic things than I have been through. Those people inspire me, [those] who deal with things with grace and they come out on top even with the hand they were dealt,” she said.
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“For me, I look at it and I’m like, I would never have Ocean. This independence that I have wouldn’t be here,” she continued. “It just feels amazing. Like, yes, I have moments but I will say I feel so hopeful and happy.”
“If anyone doesn’t fit into your evolution and if your evolution involves you being happy or healthy and there are a lot of pluses to the changes you’ve made and people don’t fit into that anymore, not my issue. I’m burning the bridge,” she said. “And I don’t care if I end up with three people around me. If you’re a quality person, that to me trumps the quantity.”
source: people.com
