Lala Kent made a trip to The Valley to support her close friend Michelle Saniei.
During the Tuesday, May 27, episode of Bravo’s reality show, Lala, 34, scored an invite to a cast pool party where she was ready to have a conversation — or maybe confrontation — with Jesse Lally.
“Why does he look the way his personality is?” she asked Michelle, 36. “He walks in like such a dick, right? I’m sorry you have to deal with that. Soon you’ll become numb to it.”
Jesse, 44, and Michelle — who share 4-year-old daughter Isabella — have spent all of season 2 navigating their messy divorce and trying to coparent peacefully.
During a recent cast trip to Santa Barbara, California, Jesse accused Michelle of cheating on him during their marriage — a claim she strongly denies.
When Jesse and Lala had the opportunity to chat, things became tense when the former Vanderpump Rules star quickly showed her support for Michelle.
“Let me ask you something,” Lala told Jesse. “If Isabella came home and told you that her ex was treating her the way you have treated your ex, what would your reaction be? I have a feeling you’d show up with a shotgun.”
Lala Kent and Michelle Saniei Courtesy of Michelle Saniei / Instagram
While Jesse acknowledged that calling his estranged wife a whore and slut was a “huge moment of weakness,” his confessional may have painted another picture.
“Calling Michelle a lying cheating whore is a moment of weakness,” he told the cameras. “But the truth is she is a liar and a cheater but she doesn’t deserve to be called a whore.”
Before Lala could see or hear any confessional interviews, she made it clear what she thought of Jesse directly to his face.
“I have zero interest in this conversation,” she said three weeks before her due date. “You’re mean to my friend. I think you’re toxic. I think you’re a narcissist and I’m happy I don’t have to deal with you. There it is.”
Earlier this month, Jesse exclusively teased to Us Weekly that viewers would see some drama with a few Vanderpump Rules stars.
While he always supported Scheana Shay, Brock Davis and Lala coming on the show, he didn’t quite understand one cast member’s anger.
“For Lala to come after me, I think she was trying to make her mark,” he told Us on May 13. “Honestly, I think she’s a bully and you won’t see her really pop up much.”
The Valley airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET. Stream old episodes anytime on Peacock.
