Katie Maloney ‘Can’t Blame’ Lala Kent for Cutting Off Tom Schwartz Due to Randall Emmett Friendship: ‘Those Were the Breaks’

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Staying loyal. Katie Maloney completely understands why her Vanderpump Rules costar Lala Kent cut ties with Tom Schwartz after learning that he was hanging out with her former fiancé, Randall Emmett.“I can’t necessarily blame her ’cause she just really doesn’t want any ties to [Randall] and she did make it very clear to everyone that that was the case,” the “You’re Gonna Love Me” podcast host, 35, exclusively told Us Weekly at the DIRECTV Space at Coachella’s Neon Carnival on Saturday, April 16. “And so for anyone to choose to maintain and keep a relationship or friendship going [with her], we kind of knew that those were the breaks.”Us confirmed in November 2021 that Kent and Emmett, 51, called it quits after getting engaged in September 2018.

The former couple welcomed daughter Ocean, now 13 months, in March 2021. The reality star has since alleged that Emmett cheated on her the same month that she gave birth, but he has yet to publicly comment on the claims.

As she continues to work through her split, Kent revealed that she’s been avoiding Schwartz, 39, due to his bond with the filmmaker.“The least supportive [costar is] [Tom] Sandoval, [he] has yet to even ask me, like, if I’m OK or acknowledged it at all.

And I learned that [Tom] Schwartz hung out with that person the other day, so I cut him out,” the Row actress said during an interview on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen on April 11. “[I’m usually] not the type of person to say, like, ‘You have to pick a side,’ but in this situation, if you don’t pick my side or you remain Switzerland, like, I want nothing to do with you.”Maloney, for her part, can see why Kent felt betrayed. “If that’s how she wants to do it, then I can’t fault her for that,” she explained