What VPR's Lala Kent and Katie Maloney had to say about a broken friendship

The only thing before Vanderpump Rules costars Lala Kent and Katie Maloney What can be agreed upon is that their friendship is over.

Devoted Bravo fans are probably familiar with Lala and Katie's diverse relationship The ups and downs are documented On the hit reality show. After Lala joins the series in Season 4, she and Katie immediately begin to hit the ground running. It took several seasons for the couple to agree to a fresh start regarding their relationship.

by the time Tom Sandovalrelationship with Rachel “Raquel” Levis Making headlines in 2023, Katy and Lala were thick as thieves. Season 11 of the hit Bravo series started off on a high note with most of the cast members on the same page. But by the end of the same season, there were multiple splits among the cast members. Including a broken friendship Between Lala and Katie.

Issues It started early for the stars – Lala later revealed that she had a falling out with Katie before production on season 11 began.

“Just before the Season 10 reunion, Katie shared on a podcast, saying, 'The feelings are gone with us,'” Lala shared on her podcast “Give Them Lala” in March 2024. “Something happened and…we were never going back To where we were.”

No no I don't want to give detailsAdding: “It may be talked about (at) some point. I don’t know. I won’t talk about it today.” But I feel like after that happened, we looked at each other differently and distanced ourselves.

Katie and Lala briefly worked out their issues, but after a tumultuous ending to Season 11, Katie admitted that she couldn't see a future friendship with Lala as a friend. For her part, Lala confirmed I felt the same way.

“We can go over this all day, it doesn't matter. What's done is done,” Lala said on Not Skinny But Not Fat in December 2024. “We may be able to rebuild at some point or we may never see each other again.” never. Who knows, right? But I want her to be happy in her life. “She deserves it.”

Lala later confirmed that “neither of them” had “communicated with each other” since their Season 11 encounter. Vanderpump Rules. Keep scrolling to see what Lala and Katie had to say about their ongoing fractured friendship:

Off-screen issues

During a January 2023 episode of her podcast titled “You're Gonna Love Me,” Katy admitted that her friendship with Lala was struggling, adding, “The feelings are definitely off.”

Lala responded on her podcast one year later Confirm falling off screen outside. “A lot of people asked about Katie. So of course, I was like, “Why do people ask this?” Well, now I know someone asked Katie about this on her podcast, and she said, “Emotions are definitely messed up.” “So I think the feelings are definitely off,” she said in March 2024 of the rift that developed ahead of the Season 10 reunion in 2023.

At the time, Lala noted that she and Katie were “in a different place now.”

“There was no solution at all,” Lala explained. “It's been one thing after another that we haven't been able to quite get over and see eye to eye on. As the season goes on, you'll see us soften up with each other.

Not improving

Lala said exclusively Us Weekly Before Season 11 airs in 2024 She had a “rocky” season. With Katie.

“We've had a tough season, and it's been very tough and sad. “Especially since we were in Season 10 of a ride-or-die ride. “It made me sad, but we're good. “(I enjoy) friendships where we can have our ups and downs and then find common ground. I don't want to always agree, I want to be able to develop with you. I want you to teach me something about myself.”

Rumors of the feud began in April 2024 when Lala Katie and Ariana have been unfollowed.

“I found out about it through an Instagram post,” Katie told us. “Lala and I over a year ago went through some things and I thought we had fixed them. Then, this past season you see on the Turns out, we got into some fights. We'd say, “I feel like we didn't agree on a lot of things.” I'm not entirely sure. “I don't really know what to say about this.”

Broadcast their issues

As season 11 continued to air, Lala admitted that Ariana played a role in her breakup with Katy.

“I think we were at odds because from my perspective, she hasn't been very honest this season. 'I don't know that Katie (because) the reason we have really weird communication is because we're not bulls—'” Lala explained on the Vanderpump Rules post-show in May 2024. You may not like what comes out of our mouths, it may be harsh or aggressive, but it is the way it is.

Lala even quoted what Katie said He allegedly told her About her issues with Ariana.

“She was upset, saying, 'I'm the only one doing stuff on this sandwich show.'” Where is she? She's always late on half the rent. “She's dropping the ball,” Lala claimed. “She was so worried about rocking the boat after she She and her business partner Ariana invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in this restaurant. I can't say I won't feel the same way. Maybe I will. She had opinions. You can have opinions and still support Ariana.

Shooting again

Katie finally set the record straight Private conversation With Lala.

“I'm someone who has struggled with impostor syndrome for as long as I've known myself. This is why I was apprehensive about opening a sandwich shop on my own,” she wrote via Instagram Stories in May 2024. “So when Ariana was not only going through a world of hurt but also getting some amazing opportunities… , a lot of things changed. During a pivotal period. “I was very sensitive to what she was going through but I was also very supportive.”

Katie denied Lala comments About Ariana dumping her, she added: “I was dealing with massive insecurity about what I could afford and I simply didn't want to put that on her. I had an emotional response that didn't feel appropriate to bring it to her front door, so I went where I felt safe. Or where I thought I felt safe.

While Katy and Ariana were able to work out their issues, the same can't be said for Katy and Lala. “Knowing me is knowing that I value trust, loyalty and integrity,” Katie concluded.

Questioning their friendship

In addition to questioning Katie, Lala as well I took digs into her friendship With Ariana, saying on a June 2024 episode of the “Two Ts in a Pod” podcast, “trauma connections run deep. You've been through trauma before, and it's thick, but it's best for neither of you to get over the trauma. Because once you start healing, that connection ends.

Cut ties

Katy criticized Lala's attempt to resurface old drama on screen — specifically her misunderstanding with Ariana — during the Season 11 reunion. Vanderpump Rules. She later explained why she didn't see her getting to a good place with Lala again.

“I felt like it was clear that she was having certain feelings and thinking certain things that I didn't know she felt. And so she was saving them for the reunion, which I didn't feel That he was so genuine.” But in the meantime, I’m sitting next to someone who I thought I knew and knew well and who was open and honest with me but who had felt a certain way about me for a very long time. That was “Shocking.”

Katie questioned Lala's behavior When the cameras were rolling.

“Once you violate my trust in that way, it's very hard to come back from it. Trust is the most important thing to me. And when you try to manipulate me with this and use it against me and say we talked about these things,” she continued, “those were not the kind of conversations that were ad hoc.” For the camera. Not everything is like that. …I'm allowed to have some kind of privacy and talk about my feelings with people. “I do it with my mother, I do it with other friends.”

During the podcast appearance, Katie was asked if she thought Lala revealed their private conversations because she was receiving a lot of backlash from the audience, and she joked: “Are you saying (she was) living in the comments section?” (The response was a reference to Lala's claims on her reunion that her co-stars — like James Kennedy and Scheana Shay — were acting based on how they thought Bravo fans wanted them to act.)

Waving goodbye

After the season 11 finale, Lala reflected on the close relationship she had with Katie.

“They all have a really special place in my heart. I had a really good time with Ariana when she first got on the show. Katie, my friendship with her (during) Season 10, I thought that friendship was really on point. “When I think back, I say: Wow, even though I was having a hard time in my life, that friendship got me through a hard time in my life.”

Lala explained that she was She is still “very in love” with Katie And her other colleagues despite their differences.

“Katie and I were very close. I don't think we have anything in common now and that's a good thing,” Lala claimed. “I don't even know what we're going to talk about (now). We're in different places and I think the friendship was meant to stay the same for now.

Later in the episode, Lala argued that Her relationship with Katie “It's over,” he said, adding, “I think that's totally fine. I have nothing but good memories of that friendship. I have nothing but good memories of the friendship I had with Ariana and Dot. But people change and they move on.”

She concluded: “There's not much to talk about anymore – and we're in different stages of life. So, no matter why we fall, I'm not really giving up. What I do know is that the time we spent together, I really enjoyed it. I wish them all the best.”

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Different viewpoints

Bravo initially paused filming for Season 12 of the Bravo series Vanderpump Rules Because of the constant tension between the actors. The decision was eventually reversed and filming resumed, but with a completely new crew. Lala then gave an update on her situation with Katie now that the cameras are rolling. Move on from the OG team for good.

“It was the strangest season I've ever been on. It was all very sad. Katie and I have two very different views on what happened and the demise of our friendship,” Lala said on a December 2024 episode of the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” radio show. You see it one way, and I don't like to be portrayed as someone who keeps information and releases it at the right time. Because that's not what happened.”