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Lala Kent called out Ariana Madix for expecting Vanderpump Rules co-stars to defend her against her ex Tom Sandoval after Ariana let him yell at them for years, and now she’s “suddenly … looking for backup.”
Throughout the current season, Lala has questioned some of Ariana’s controversial decisions. In the latest episode, she accused Tom of attempting to kill her dog. After he defended himself in the group, she rebuked her castmates for refusing to support her.
“We’re talking about a man, Tom Sandoval, who season nine was screaming — or whatever season we brought on these random people, season eight — losing his goddamn mind on everybody,” said Lala on the Give Them Lala podcast, via @breakingtherulespod on Instagram, “and Ariana sitting across from me saying, ‘The thing I love about him, that’s what I love about Tom Sandoval … that he yells at women.’”
“Who has never come to anyone’s defense?” asked Lala, alluding to when Tom was “unkind” to her and Katie Maloney in the past. “Ariana Madix. Not once. She falls back, lets it happen.”
“And now suddenly because you’re on the receiving end of his misogynistic ways, you’re looking for backup?” she went on. “There’s only one way to look at it. I went on to this season, and when things didn’t make sense, I asked questions, and was essentially looked at like someone who doesn’t support women anymore, someone who’s jealous.”
Many fans are rooting for Ariana, but they are confused by her demands on the friend group. Though some viewers are happy to see Tom get eviscerated over and over, others are growing tired of the storyline.