Scheana Shay just gave a very unfiltered look into her falling out with Lala Kent — with receipts, proof, timeline and screenshots.
During the Friday, October 3, episode of her “Scheananigans” podcast, Scheana, 40, said she previously chose not to speak out about their issues until Lala, 35, addressed the drama but allegedly omitted some important details.
“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 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.” Lala called Scheana’s comments “insufferable” before claiming that her former costar “lied” about the timeline of events. According to Lala, an argument broke out after Scheana’s “lack of self awareness entered my child’s world.”
The former Vanderpump Rules costars sparked rumors of a rift after they stopped posting about each other. Ahead of her podcast, Scheana hinted that she was upset at several friends — including Lala — after they didn’t post anything publicly showing their support for her memoir, My Good Side.
Lala and Scheana later both claimed they remained on good terms. According to Scheana, 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.
Keep scrolling for Scheana’s biggest revelations about her ongoing issues with Lala — including whether there is a chance at a reconciliation:
Taking Steps to Conceal Their Issues
While promoting her memoir, Scheana found herself being asked often about where she stands with Lala. She admitted on “Scheananigans” that she pretended they were on good terms — going as far as calling Lala during her live book shows so fans wouldn’t notice tension.
“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 after Lala noticeably didn’t immediately promote Scheana’s memoir on social media. “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.”
The Brock Affair Aftermath
Scheana recalled telling Lala about Brock’s affair in confidence before her memoir was released, saying, “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. 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.”
What Came Next
After finding out that Lala told multiple people about Brock’s affair, Scheana asked for some space.
“Obviously that brings up all of the feelings again. My own husband betrayed me and my closest friends betrayed me,” she shared. “It was devastating. I know she felt horrible. She talked to Brock and I just felt like this isn’t even the first incident. There had been two things prior to that — where we were already rocky — and this just tipped me over.”
Scheana claimed conversations about them filming The Valley made things turn sour between them as well.
“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 [Madix] 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.”
She added: “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. 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.”
The Situation Escalating
Scheana recalled an awkward run-in with Lala amid their issues, which turned into “the most gaslighting text” she ever received.
“There was no accountability. It was full of deflection and gaslighting. She called me cold and hostile,” Scheana added. “The issue is now the lack of accountability and you deflecting and you project this all onto me and gaslighting me. That’s not OK. So because I chose to write about it in a book that’s OK for you to go and tell someone four months before it’s even coming out? You don’t think that this person who has not good intentions for me is going to tell other people who also don’t have good intentions for me?”
At that point, Scheana’s memoir was coming out — and Lala didn’t acknowledge it on social media.
“Some of our mutual friends also noticed how passive aggressive that was. They’ve also seen her behavior and how she treats me, and they’re 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.”
Trying to Move On
“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.”
