Randall Emmett is willing to be “steamrolled” by exes Lala Kent and Ambyr Childers if it means his daughters will remain happy and safe.
During a recent interview in New York, the producer and director addressed his strained relationships with the two women, with whom he shares three children, including 12-year-old London and nine-year-old Rylee with his ex-wife, and one-year-old Ocean with the Vanderpump Rules star. Randall said that when it comes to their ongoing attacks, he’s staying focused on what matters.
“I will always allow myself to be steamrolled in exchange for my children’s safety and happiness. Let me be the joke for them if that’s what they need,” Randall said during a November 28 interview with The U.S. Sun. “Ocean’s the priority, London’s the priority, and Rylee, so I’m always gonna put them first before myself and hopefully, you know, that ultimately will be what the overall theme is.”
“I have so much love for the three of my kids. When I left Ocean today, I had tears coming out of my eyes,” he continued. “When I leave Rylee, you know, for sleepaway camp this summer, she says, ‘Dad, stop crying.’ So, the love that I have for my kids, I just want them to have that forever no matter what. Nothing else is important.”
After Ambyr filed a domestic violence restraining order (which was ultimately denied) against Randall in October, accusing him of being verbally and emotionally abusive to her during their eight-year marriage, which ended in 2017, Randall accused the actress of teaming up with Lala in an attempt to destroy him.
“I believe that Ambyr and Lauren (Lala Kent) are working together in [an] attempt to destroy my reputation to give them both an advantage for custody,” he wrote in court papers of his own. “Ambyr has completely fabricated abuse that never happened and I believe that Lauren has convinced her to do so.”
As Pump Rules fans may have seen, Lala reacted to Ambyr’s filing on her Instagram Story, saying, “Ambyr’s story is not mine to tell. The many other alleged victim’s stories are also not mine to tell. I am horrified by what took place.”
Now, as he remains in the midst of two custody battles with the women, Randall says he and his exes will be following their set schedules for the holidays.
“We’re very fair when we share our children,” Randall revealed. “You know, I want to be fair to them. If it’s my day or my time, I want to make sure that they have time. And if it’s their time on a holiday, they’ll make sure that I have time. I think that’s very important.”
“Like no matter what’s going on or no matter what’s being said, at the end of the day, our kids determine our fate in life, and we have to put them first,” he continued. “My hope always is that we can be the best co-parents and that I will always put Ocean first, no matter what. And my optimism is that in the long run, that we’ll do the same together- that at the end of the day, our children are first.”
After then noting that dating comes second to his kids and adding that it’s not something he thinks about, Randall commented on Lala’s recent split from Don Lopez.
“I read about it. I don’t know anything about it… The one thing I will say that’s important is I really hope Lala does find love and does find happiness. And I hope the happiness makes her happy because at the end of the day, we’re both parents to Ocean and I deserve to be happy, but she also deserves to be happy,” he stated. “I say prayers for her and our family that she does find happiness.”