Lala Kent would love to see her former castmate Stassi Schroeder return to Vanderpump Rules for season 10 — but that doesn’t mean that Stassi would be open to the idea.
Earlier this week, Lala opened up about Stassi’s rumored return before addressing Katie Maloney and Tom Schwartz‘s very “adult” divorce, sharing who she believes Katie needs to date, and admitting to going a bit overboard on her daughter Ocean Kent Emmett‘s first birthday party.
“I don’t know if [Stassi] would [return]. It’s very easy for someone to say, ’No I don’t want to come back.’ But then maybe when the actual offer is given, you never know what someone’s going to do,” Lala shared on the April 7 episode of Access Hollywood‘s Housewives Nightcap.
Although Lala seems to suspect that Stassi wouldn’t jump at the chance to return to the network that fired her over allegations of racist behavior, she noted that she would love her longtime friend to rejoin her on the series.
“I would love to have her back because the show is about our real lives and real friendships and it’s so hard because we see these people all the time,” Lala said of Stassi, Brittany Cartwright, and Jax Taylor, who was also reportedly fired in 2020 (although he’s insisted he quit ever since — and has also been claiming for years to have other projects in the works).
“Our kids are being raised together. We’re family so it’s hard when it’s like okay we’re going to film and then one of the biggest pieces of your life is not there. It’s very strange and I would be thrilled if she were to come back,” Lala continued.
In March, Bravo fans were left devastated by the news of Katie and Tom’s split. And while Lala was saddened as well, she said that if the breakup had to happen, it happened to the “most perfect people.”
“They’re just so level-headed. And they recognize that there’s so much love between them but the marriage aspect wasn’t working. And they did it with such grace, and I think it’s admirable,” Lala said of her castmates. “They’ll always be very close friends and I really love that because I love both of them. Nothing crazy happened where you had to pick a side. It was just a very adult decision.”
Despite their split, Katie and Tom have remained living together at their $1.9 million home and have even been spotted grabbing lunch. However, as they move forward and start dating other people, Lala suspects that “chill” situation won’t last and believes it would be interesting to see Katie date an alpha.
“Right now neither of them are dating so it’s like very kosher and I’m like, ‘I wonder what it would be like if one of them did start dating.. if it would be as chill,” Lala explained. “[But] I would love to see [Katie with an alpha]. I can’t even picture that because Katie’s a boss b-tch… I would love to see her in that type of dynamic where she’s not the alpha anymore.”
Around the time of Katie and Tom’s split in mid-March, Lala had reason to celebrate as her daughter turned 1. And, as she revealed to the co-hosts of Housewives Nightcap, she really went over-the-top when it came to planning for the special day.
“We did go overboard,” she admitted. “I had a lot of help. I’m great at ideas, not great at executing and that was one of — this sounds so lame — that was one of my biggest fears becoming a mom. I was like, ‘Birthday parties, how am I going to make them special because I’m so bad at planning things.’”
“I have great ideas and then I’m like, overwhelmed by the thought of putting it together. So I thought that the team pulled off an epic first birthday. And even though she won’t remember it, the pictures will show that we cared,” Lala added.