Lala Kent and Randall Emmett at the Midnight in the Switchgrass premiere.Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty

Lala Kent and Randall Emmett attend the Los Angeles special screening of Lionsgate’s “Midnight in the Switchgrass” at Regal LA Live on July 19, 2021 in Los Angeles, California

Lala Kentis getting real about her relationship with ex-fiancé,Randall Emmett.

During Tuesday’s episode of theNot Skinny But Not Fatpodcast, theGive Them Lalaauthor, 31, opened up about her split with Emmett, 50, calling him “the worst thing to ever happen” to her.

“I have to understand how the worst thing to ever happen or come into my life, how did they give me the best thing to ever happen in my life?” Kent told host Amanda Hirsch, referring to her daughter. “It is such a mind f—.”

She went on to say that she regrets she wasn’t been warned about rumors surrounding Emmett from someone in her circle — something she did on this season ofVanderpump Rulesto castmateScheana Shay, after hearing Shay’s fiancéBrock Davieshadn’t seen or spoken to his kids from a previous relationship in years.

“I wish that somebody would’ve come to me and said, ‘I’m getting DMs about your person.’ No one voiced any concern for me and my relationship,” the Bravo star told Hirsch, getting emotional while doing so. “I would give everything to turn back the clock and have someone tell me something.”

PEOPLE’S request for comment from Emmett’s team was not immediately returned.

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“But now she is doing the best she can to keep her chin up and pushing forward with taking care of her daughter and supporting her family,” the insider shared, adding that Kent is “focusing all of her attention right now on the well-being of her daughter Ocean and keeping up with her many business ventures to provide for her family as a single mom.”

Kent herself echoed those statements on an episode of herGive Them Lalapodcast earlier this month, saying she had her “head in the sand for a really long time” when it came to the problems in their relationship.

source: people.com