Scheana Shay SLAMS Lala Kent for Claiming Ariana Madix Doesn’t Contribute to ‘Vanderpump Rules’

Scheana Shay SLAMS Lala Kent for Claiming Ariana Madix Doesn’t Contribute to ‘Vanderpump Rules’ 

Scheana Shay is standing up for her friend and fellow Vanderpump Rules star, Ariana Madix, in response to Lala Kent’s recent comments about Ariana’s performance on the show.

During the June 14 episode of her podcast, “Scheananigans,” Scheana, 39, addressed a listener question about Lala’s claim that Ariana, 38, wasn’t a fan-favorite and didn’t contribute enough in past seasons.

“I don’t think I’ve ever said that. If Lala did, she has her own thoughts and opinions separate from mine,” Scheana explained.

“I think each one of us is a favorite to different people in different ways. I’m sure there are people who Katie [Maloney] is their favorite, I’m their favorite, Lala’s their favorite, Ariana’s their favorite. I don’t know about the Toms [Schwartz and Sandoval] anymore, but I do think everyone has their favorites, and I’m sure Ariana has been many people’s favorites.”

Scheana also tackled a specific comment from Lala, 33, about Ariana supposedly “floating” through a few seasons and not giving much to the show.

“I know Lala made a comment about Ariana just floating for a few seasons or not giving much,” Scheana noted.

“But I also know that Ariana was battling with depression for several years, and I think that she was giving her 100 percent.”

Scheana praised Ariana for being authentic and sharing her mental health journey with the audience.

“She was doing the best she could — and whether people found that entertaining or not — that was just her living her truth and putting her mental health journey out there,” Scheana continued.

“I think those type of things are what people can really relate to and know that they’re not alone. So many people in this world with so many eyes on us are battling those same things, and I applaud anyone who can put that out there because it’s very important to just let people know they’re not alone.”

Lala has faced backlash recently for her remarks about Ariana following Tom Sandoval’s cheating scandal.

The cast returned to film season 11 of Vanderpump Rules after Ariana and Sandoval, 41, ended their relationship due to his infidelity.

Many cast members initially sided with Sandoval for the sake of the show.

Scheana also shared her perspective on the behind-the-scenes dynamics during filming.

“It was a whole season of feeling like we all kind of had to walk on eggshells. I know [executive producer] Alex Baskin has said that midseason, the show was not in a good place,” she claimed on her Scheananigans podcast last month.

“It was, you know, ‘X, Y, and Z needs to happen. Or we’re going to have a short season and the show’s going to be canceled and that’s it. Go live your lives.’”

Executive producer Alex Baskin, however, described Scheana’s account as “pretty dramatic, heightened” compared to what actually occurred.

“We did get the entire cast together, and we thought we had hit a point in the season where I actually think that they were impacted by what was happening on social media,” he explained at a panel this month, according to Variety.

“We basically were telling them to drown out the noise, and to make the show that they had made over the previous 10 seasons — and that didn’t mean we asked them to manufacture anything.”

Lala continued to defend her stance about Ariana’s lack of participation, particularly criticizing her refusal to film with Sandoval.

“I’m going to be real about Ariana. She coasts through every single f–king season. And we are asking you to have one conversation with Tom Sandoval — the guy you shoved down our throats for so many years,” Lala said on an episode of the Vanderpump Rules After Show in May.

“That guy, who you still live with. We are asking you to have one conversation and you can’t do that?”

Lala insisted that “every single person” on Vanderpump Rules has had “tough conversations” except Ariana. She recounted a moment from season 10 where producers paused filming to urge Ariana to engage more deeply.

“Cameras shut down [during] season 10 for producers to talk to Ariana like, ‘You gotta give something. You gotta care a little bit,’” Lala claimed on the June 10 episode of the “Two Ts in a Pod” podcast.

Ariana responded to these accusations during the reunion.

“Here’s the thing that’s so stupid. I gave them the best f–king ending to what that season could have had in that moment by leaving. It was real and it was exciting to watch,” she said on the “Disrespectfully” podcast.

“[A conversation] would have been a boring cap to a boring-ass season, to be honest.”

Ariana continued:

“As far as real life stuff, that’s always been real and authentic for me. I can’t fake that. What did I not show you? I showed you my storage unit of a f–king bedroom.” She stated.

“If you watch the season and you don’t see how low I am during the whole time, you need glasses. I showed all of that stuff. And if there’s stuff that they filmed and then decided not to air, that has nothing to do with me. But I gave it all.”

Vanderpump Rules season 12 is currently on pause.

 

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