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Lala Kentis celebrating her independence and looking back onher splitfrom ex-fiancéRandall Emmett.
On Thursday, theVanderpump Rulesstar, 32, opened up about her decision to walk away from the relationship in October 2021.
“Happy Independence Day to me,” Kent shared on her Instagram Story alongside a photo of her and the couple’s 19-month-old daughterOcean. “A year ago I had my ducks in a row and it was time to execute my game plan of escaping a toxic and unsafe place. Even writing this, my heart has started pounding. I didn’t know what my future would hold.”
The reality star also said she “lost 30 pounds from the stress and the trauma” of the breakup.
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“But I had to carry on, without skipping a beat- my daughter needed me,” she wrote. “And when it all became too much, I would hand it over to God and the universe. I knew they would cradle me. They did & have ever since.”
The pair ended their engagement after the producer was photographed out with two women in Nashville,Page Sixreported at the time.
While talking with PEOPLE at BravoCon 2022, Kent made a subtle jab at Emmett, saying, “I didn’t realize when I was with him thathe was lowering my stock so much. And when someone lowers your stock so much, you have to get rid of them.”
Lala Kent and Randall Emmett.Kevin Winter/Getty; Manny Carabel/Getty
Amber Childers; Randall Emmett.Emma McIntyre/WireImage, Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
Childers' request for a temporary emergency order was denied, but a formal hearing on the restraining order is scheduled for Nov. 14.
A rep for Emmett, 51, told PEOPLE: “Randall is very pleased the court agrees that there was no merit to any of these claims and denied the request.”
Paperwork filed in the L.A. County Superior Court stated that Childers, 34, filed for the order after she says she found “threatening” messages between Emmett and his attorney. In the email, Emmett’s attorney, Benjamin Valencia, allegedly wrote: “When will you get some real money together so we can take this c— out once and for all. This is not good for your girls.”
Emmett allegedly responded, “I don’t have real money for this and you know it,” and later called Childers a “psycho.”
Childers also claimed that during their marriage, “Randy [was] emotionally and verbally abusing me, gaslighting me, and manipulating me,” and alleged Emmett put a tracking device on her car.
On Friday, Emmett shared that he was taking “the high road” amid Childers' allegations.
“Always choose the High Road,” he posted on his Instagram Stories. “There is less Traffic and the View is much Better.”
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Emmett was married to Childers from 2009 to 2017. They share two daughters — Rylee, 8, and London, 12.
source: people.com
