Scheana Shay and Lala Kent are the latest Vanderpump Rules alums to be on the outs — but what led to their ongoing feud?
The former costars had their issues during their time on the hit Bravo series, but were able to form a bond after becoming mothers. Scheana and Lala were on good terms when their time on Vanderpump Rules came to an end, even planning their next steps together.
“Lala and I had a good cry about it on the podcast, something that was such a big part of my life for so long. But also I think it was time. Honestly, it all feels right. It’s still all happening. It’s just happening a little differently,” Scheana shared on a December 2024 episode of her “Scheananigans” podcast. “I don’t think I will change anything that I have been [doing].”
She continued: “I text Ariana [Madix] here and there. I ran into Katie [Maloney] at a festival, but I’m not going to reach out more [or] reach out less. I’m just going to continue doing what I’ve been doing because show or no show, all of these people have been in our lives for so long. So it’s like, ‘When I see you, I see you. And when I don’t, I’m living my life.’ I’m just going to continue on the same path I’m on and excited for new adventures.”
Several months later, Scheana and Lala sparked rumors of a rift after they stopped posting about each other. Scheana hinted that she was upset at several friends — including Lala — after they didn’t show any public support for her memoir, My Good Side.
Lala and Scheana initially claimed they remained on good terms. Scheana subsequently confirmed that they faced major ups and downs connected to her memoir revelation about her husband, Brock Davies, cheating on her in 2021 when she was pregnant with their daughter, Summer.
“That was my way of trying to keep our private matters private by publicly calling her. But the real reason [we aren’t on good terms] is not about the book,” she explained in October 2025 on her Scheananigans podcast. “The real reason — which I’ve alluded to in interviews but I didn’t want to put people completely on blast is because these are people I genuinely care about.”
Keep scrolling for a full breakdown of the ongoing feud:
July 2025
After Scheana confirmed that Brock was unfaithful while she was pregnant, Lala was asked whether she knew, sharing on her “Give Them Lala” podcast, “Yes, I did. But not for a while. So that [excerpt] came out and Scheana called me and said, ‘I just want to give you the heads-up that tomorrow this article is coming out with the excerpt. And I may need to tap you in. I’m very nervous.’”
Lala continued. “I won’t share exactly what she said on the phone because that’s between her and her husband. But I thought the excerpt that was pulled from her book was beautifully written. Well done.”
August 2025
Scheana later hinted on her podcast that she wasn’t on the best terms with Lala and the rest of her friends who didn’t help promote or endorse her memoir.
“I think it was like maybe a week after it came out, I saw she posted a slide [with the book]. There was nothing else that she posted,” Scheana recalled. “I had reached out to her a couple days after all of the boxes were delivered. Because yes, you do expect your closest friends to post and support.”
Scheana was surprised Lala didn’t share a post supporting her book release sooner.
“I sent everyone a really nice PR box. I’m sure you guys saw some others who posted it,” she continued. “And I reached out [to Lala] and I was like, ‘Hey, did your box come? Because I hadn’t seen it posted yet.’ I just wanted to make sure I didn’t need to reach out to the publisher to be like, ‘Hey, Lala didn’t get her box.’”
Scheana added: “She said that her brother and her mom deal with the packages and that she would have them check. But then a week went by and the box didn’t get posted. So I’m assuming she got it because she posted the book.”
While Scheana didn’t offer further details on her friendship with Lala, she noted that her daughter, Summer, and Lala’s eldest, Ocean, were “still friends.”
October 2025
Scheana was the first one to break her silence and confirm an actual feud.
“After extending grace last week, I do feel the need to address it because Lala knows why our friendship is in the state that it’s in,” Scheana explained on her podcast, before claiming Lala “did not take accountability” for their feud. “This is not just about not posting my book for a week. It is about so much more than that.”
Scheana noted that Lala made their falling out public “without even realizing it.” According to Scheana, she found herself being asked often about where she stands with Lala but she would pretend they were on good terms — going as far as calling Lala during her live book shows so fans wouldn’t notice tension.
“Not one — but two — of my closest friends repeated the Brock affair story to other people. One of those that it was repeated to was Brittany [Cartwright]. I know Brittany doesn’t have bad intentions,” Scheana noted. “I wanted to tell her myself but I didn’t have a chance. That one that I can’t get over is Lala telling [our mutual friend] Jenna Willis, who I have not been on good terms with since last season.”
She continued: “Lala did it to humanize me because she said that Jenna was going so hard on me that she wanted to tell her about what I was actually going through. Now I understand the intent was not malicious. … I kept this to myself for two years and then I told one of my best, closest and dearest friends and you go and tell someone. That was extremely heartbreaking.”
After finding out that Lala told multiple people about Brock’s affair, Scheana asked for some space. Conversations about them filming The Valley made things turn sour between them as well in the aftermath.
“It was especially painful for me because Lala knew the dark place that I was in mentally. Finally, I was ready to open up to my close friends about this and she did the same thing. So she violated my trust in a way like that, I was like, ‘This is not a safe space for me. This is not a friendship I feel good in,’” she continued. “This has been a pattern of behavior for years. I remember Ariana and I would talk about this before every reunion, like, “Oh, are we ready for the Lala apology tour?’ Every year should treat me like s*** and then come to the reunion and cry and apologize and I would forgive her.”
Scheana wanted to take steps to protect her peace.
“I don’t want to just get over things and move on now. I want to place boundaries and have a little more respect for myself and the circle that I’m keeping. I want it to be people I trust,” she explained. “I feel safe in all of my friendships and now I don’t feel safe in this. I know she’s not used to me standing up for myself because in the past I just let people walk all over me and I sweep it under the rug. I couldn’t let this just be water under the bridge. It needs to be fully rebuilt and I don’t know if I want to rebuild it.”
October 2025
Elsewhere in her podcast, Scheana called out Lala’s alleged behavior toward her.
“Some of our mutual friends [are] like, ‘Why do you put up with this? What are you gaining from this friendship?’ I just make excuses and make excuses and I’m always there for her,” she said. “Part of me wonders, did she instigate this over the summer to fuel her story line on The Valley? Because she’s only friends with a couple of them and I’m friends with all of them. So she has beef with me and then she gets in more episodes.”
Scheana addressed her decision to keep her distance from Lala.
“I would reach out multiple times privately because I wanted to hash this out privately. I’ve seen people saying this was manufactured for a story line and there is no truth to that. But I feel like the podcast episode that she just put out was purely performative,” Scheana said. “It’s one thing behind closed doors and one thing in front of the cameras and it’s just frustrating.”
She continued: “I’ve always had a soft spot for her and it is why I’ve put up with a lot of struggles in this friendship over the years. I know there is a good person there. You’re not always a good friend but I can forgive. I can move on but if we’re gonna do that then we need to put the full truth out there. You need to take full accountability. I found myself in the biggest thing I’ve ever done professionally and I’m just getting weighed down by Lala’s emotional manipulation yet again. There’s never going to be accountability in this friendship. The real issue in this friendship is not that Lala changed, it is that I’ve changed.”
November 2025
During BravoCon 2025, it was confirmed that Lala was joining the cast — but Scheana wouldn’t after last minute conversations caused her to pull out. Lala, however, chose not to speak on the topic of Scheana.
“I have nothing to say about her,” Lala told Us.
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