Change of heart?
Lala Kent was photographed hugging her “Vanderpump Rules” co-star Tom Sandoval months after she called him a “sociopath” following his scandalous affair.
On Friday, a Bravo fan account posted a picture on Instagram of Kent, 32, embracing Sandoval, 41, while they were at the beach apparently filming for Season 11 of the hit reality show.
Fans took to the comments section, calling out the mom of one for being nice to the TomTom co-owner despite everything she has said about him.
“Wait…. WHAT. After allllllll the shii Lala posted and talked foreverrrrr?” wrote one fan.
“We really did all that for them to be okay again? After all she called him at the reunion? Imagine if ari [Madix] did this with Randall [Emmett]. Bye Lala,” added another.
“I’m confused. Thought she hated him,” commented another person.
“Lala is loyal to Lala👏,” said a fourth user,” while another added, “Urrgghgh Loyalty Lala? 🤮🤮 thats where she lost ALL MY RESPECT i had for her.”
Following the negative comments from fans, Kent’s castmate Scheana Shay came to her defense about the hug.
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“All these people saying they aren’t gonna watch the season from photos that have been coming out… like come on!” she wrote in the comments section Friday.
“How about you WATCH the damn show and see HOW all these photos happened! NO one knows what’s actually happening in this group right now other than US! Nothing is fake in this group and people are definitely paying for their actions.”
Since Sandoval was outed for cheating on longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix with their “VPR” co-star Raquel Leviss, Kent has had a lot to say about the musician.
During the Season 10 reunion show, which aired in June, Kent — who was engaged to Randall Emmett from 2018 to 2021 before they split over a cheating scandal — blasted both Sandoval and Leviss, 28, for their months-long affair.
“Give it 10 years, he is Randall Emmett. It’s absolutely terrifying. … That is a f–king narcissist. Everyone needs to be warned about this person,” she said.
And in June, the reality star compared Sandoval to cult leader Charles Manson, saying that there were similarities between the two men in how they “preyed on women” who were “lost.”
“They hung on every word of his because they didn’t know any different … like she [Leviss] said, ‘I finally felt heard and seen,’ so I’m thinking that that’s kind of the equivalent,” Kent discussed on her “Give Them Lala” podcast at the time.