Lala Kent said she met film producer Randall Emmett while he was casting The Row, but the available accounts do not establish an exact date when they began dating. Their relationship became public on Vanderpump Rules in 2018; they got engaged that September, welcomed daughter Ocean in March 2021, and split later that year. Kent described their parenting as parallel in 2022 and announced in 2025 that they had signed a custody agreement, without revealing its terms.
How did Lala Kent and Randall Emmett meet?
Kent has said she met Emmett at SUR, the West Hollywood restaurant featured on Vanderpump Rules, while he was casting the film The Row. She later described meeting him in New York three months after her audition. The Los Angeles Times dates an invitation to New York to February 2016, but these accounts do not establish a precise date when the relationship began. Los Angeles Times and Bravo
What was disputed about the early relationship?
The circumstances of Emmett’s relationship with actor Ambyr Childers are described differently by the people involved. The Los Angeles Times reported that Emmett was still married to Childers during the early period. Kent has said she understood that they were separated; Emmett said Kent knew his situation. Lisa Vanderpump characterized the beginning as secretive and messy. These are attributed accounts, not a settled finding about what Kent knew or the exact legal status at each point. Los Angeles Times
When did Lala Kent and Randall Emmett go public?
Kent had referred to her partner on Vanderpump Rules for several seasons without naming him. On the Season 7 premiere in 2018, after saying his divorce had been finalized, she revealed his name: “Now that his divorce has been finalized, we’re out there, we’re open, and I can finally say what his name is. It’s… Randall!” Bravo reported the moment on December 10, 2018. Bravo
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When did they get engaged and have a child?
Bravo reported that Kent and Emmett got engaged in September 2018. Their daughter, Ocean, was born in March 2021. Bravo and Bravo
Why did Lala Kent and Randall Emmett break up?
The couple split in 2021. At the Vanderpump Rules Season 9 reunion, reported by Bravo in January 2022, Kent said, “I believe that my five-and-a-half years with Randall is a lie.” That was her characterization of the relationship, not an independently established account of its full history. Kent later described learning of troubling photos and leaving while Emmett was away in Miami; that sequence is her account as reported by Bravo. Bravo and Bravo
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How did their co-parenting and custody arrangement change?
2022: Kent described parallel parenting
In April 2022, Kent said she and Emmett were “parallel” parenting and that she was trying to move to zero contact. She did not describe a final legal arrangement in that interview. Bravo
2025: Kent announced a signed agreement
In March 2025, Kent said during an Amazon Live stream: “After over three years, we have signed an agreement that is best for our daughter, Ocean.” The Bravo report did not disclose the agreement’s terms, so it does not establish the details of custody or parenting time. Bravo
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What is known about Kent’s dating life in 2026?
A 2026 Bravo update said Kent had discussed communicating with an unnamed man. It did not confirm a public relationship with a specific person, so the update does not establish that she is dating anyone publicly. Bravo
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