Lala Kent Shares a Surprising Dating Life Update: "Here We Are..."
The Vanderpump Rules alum shares the latest insight into her romantic life today.
Listen up because Lala Kent is breaking down where she stands in the dating department.
The Untraditionally Lala podcaster and mother of two has her current status set at "single,” but that doesn’t mean it will stay that way forever. In a Sept. 26 interview with
Still, at this time in her busy life, she also doesn’t “need” anybody to make her feel whole. She said regarding her second daughter, Sosa, who was conceived via sperm donor,
“I like to say 'never,' and I should know at this stage in the game, I should never say never ’cuz I never thought I would be here, yet here we are,” she said. “So, I don’t want to say 'never,' but I have not met anybody who’s worth letting stay here past 7 a.m. -- my kid wakes up at seven, you gotta go.”
Lala Kent addresses what she's looking for in a future boyfriend
On a more serious note, Lala reflected on ignoring “red flags” of past relationships. Said Lala, “I’m gonna know he’s the right one when everything he tells me, I don’t have a pit in my stomach … and he better be friggin’ hot.”
Lala Kent and Tom Schwartz address dating rumors
Lala and fellow VPR alum Tom Schwartz were recently rumored to be an item, though both have debunked the gossip.
During Lala’s Amazon Live stream on Sept. 30, she told her followers, "Some people won't let the Lala and Tom Schwartz thing go, and I just don't see it happening. He is one of my dearest friends, though. We've gotten very close over the past, I wanna say, year. He's just a good dude.”
Lala didn’t give too much away, though she admitted Schwartz “seems very happy” as he might be “talking to someone” on the romantic front.
But that hasn’t stopped either one of them from joking around about the romance rumors concerning them. On Sept. 28, Lala shared a photo of her and Tom standing arm in arm, with the caption: “Soft launch. Like, so soft it’s not even real type soft.” Tom wished Lala a happy birthday only weeks earlier, calling her his “imaginary internet GF.”
How did the Lala Kent and Tom Schwartz dating rumors begin?
In the July 1 episode of his
That same month, Scheana Shay chimed in on her Scheananigans with Scheana podcast, adding, “I can tell you this. If they're secretly dating, they're secretly dating from me because I have heard this only online. So as far as I know, there is no truth to this.”
Of course, several of Lala's friendship dynamics have shifted over the years. Learn more about Lala’s life and what she cited as the reason for her and Scheana’s ongoing feud.
Garcelle Beauvais on Leaving RHOBH
Garcelle Beauvais first joined the cast of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” in 2020, making her the first black woman in the franchise. Ahead of the season 14 reunion episodes, in March 2025, the actress confirmed that it was time for her to exit the Bravo series.
“There was a moment where I felt like I no longer belonged here,” she said in a recent interview with Variety. “I no longer fit in here. It was definitely a moment of like, ‘This is not for me.’ It just didn’t feel right.”
Garcelle Has No Regrets About Her RHOBH Exit
While Garcelle decided that it was time to dip out of reality television, she certainly made her mark on it. In December 2024, Variety chose her as one of last year’s 30 most powerful women of reality TV because of how, during her five seasons on RHOBH, she “managed to both stir the pot and rise above it.”
Still, months after her departure, the actress has no regrets whatsoever about her exit. “As great an opportunity as it was to be on the ‘Housewives,’ it was also heavy on my spirit. Walking away has given me my power back. It’s given me a sense of freedom, and I’m in a good headspace. I want to create. I want to spend time with my family and friends. We live in a crazy world right now, and anywhere you can find joy and hold on to it for a bit is where we should all go. I am enjoying joy, peace, and my life at this point,” explains Beauvais.
Garcelle Prioritized Herself Over Reality Television
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Garcelle announced her exit ahead of the reunion, but once all three episodes aired, her departure was easier to understand. Rather than choosing to take a cast photo with the other ladies, she walked off the set instead. Garcelle now says that in that particular moment, she prioritized herself and did what she needed to do.
Once she left the series, Garcelle then unfollowed several of her former cast members. She even cut ties with Sutton Stracke, with whom she was once close friends. Garcelle hasn’t ruled out the possibility of making an appearance again on RHOBH, but joining as a cast member seems pretty unlikely.
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