Lala Kent is engaged to the man she loves, but navigating this relationship on a reality show was ... complicated. She started seeing Hollywood producer Randall Emmett in early 2016, but they didn't go public until January 2018. Why the two-year secret? Probably because his divorce from ex-wife Ambyr Childers wasn't finalized until December 2017. Kent tried, with difficulty, to shield her now-fiancé's identity from viewers, but after joining the Vanderpump Rules cast for Season 4, Kent quit halfway through the following season when her fellow cast members repeatedly questioned her relationship with Emmett, whom she simply referenced as "my man." She later told Entertainment Tonight, "It takes a lot of energy to constantly call someone, like, 'My man, my man, my man.'"
After announcing she was leaving the show, Kent explained her reasons to E! News: "I think just the negativity finally got to me. I'm not good at separating real life from work, so it started trickling into my everyday relationships with people who have nothing to do with the show and once that started happening that was like not OK anymore." Kent was similarly grilled by castmates at the Season 5 reunion show, but she stood her ground after receiving sage advice from Andy Cohen to "be heard."
After going public with her relationship, Kent rejoined the cast of Vanderpump Rules, and Emmett has made frequent appearances alongside his lady love.
