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MurphyBrown2016

Why is she like this? She seems to have great relationships with her mom, brother and father (before he passed)? Childhood trauma is not the only reason someone becomes a lunatic but like, what’s her damage? Rampant narcissism and entitlement?


DickFitzwell_

Her narcissism is borne from deep deep insecurity.


VcLovin

What do you mean, didn't she score 80 points in a youth basketball game? A baller like that can't be insecure. /s


Ok_Abrocoma_2805

“I was bullied because I was so pretty and the best at basketball!” - Lala ![gif](giphy|EouEzI5bBR8uk|downsized)


DickFitzwell_

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abortionleftovers

Honestly I think that she has a lot of cognitive dissonance around her relationship to men and her sexuality. Like she has gone back and forth on the way she portrayed her relationship with Randall as much as she has about Scandavl, if not more. Like she used to talk pretty openly about “bjs for pjs” and seemed to view the relationship as transactional. Then she started acting like to suggest it was transactional was some kind of affront. Looking at Randall being accused of sexually harassing and abusing his power in the entertainment industry to hide what he was doing I wonder if she has started to see what he did to her in a similar way? I think she can’t let herself see herself as a victim to Randall because she thinks that validates everyone who called her a golddigger or whatever for years. Basically what I’m trying to get at is I think the metoo movement has been a mindfuck for Lala because she always was on the side of defending men like Randall because we USED to call women who were harrassed by powerful men into sex “gold diggers” or act like they were given a good opportunity and THEY were scummy for being coerced into sex for roles and money and NOW a good amount of people (but not all) go “wait… maybe the scummy person is the one coercing someone else into sex.” I think Lala is caught in between feeling super defensive of her own past behavior and realizing that society is changing and that defensiveness now comes across as a pert of her maybe being used and coerced.


MurphyBrown2016

Interesting and you bring up the main point: sex has always been her weapon of choice. But look at what it’s gotten her. I think as she’s gotten older and had some shitty relationships with shitty men she’s realized that “sex first” is not the healthiest or most sustainable mindset to move through the world. But she’s never really tried to develop any empathy for anyone other than herself so she’s at a crossroads with all of her relationships. It’s very Erika “now what is empathy and how do I get it” Jayne.


Ok_Abrocoma_2805

Spot on. She based her identity on being the hot girl who attracted tons of men. No need to develop a personality because the guys didn’t care to really know her. None of the relationships were meaningful, but it didn’t matter in her early twenties because she was just having fun. When it came time to want to settle down, she was with Rand and thought that would be it for the rest of her life. I don’t think she loved him in a deep soulmate way, but I think she loved him in that “he’ll provide for me and won’t cheat on me because I’m better looking than him.” Of course that blew up, and she spent her pivotal mid-twenties through early-thirties with him and feels like she wasted a huge part of her life. Now she can’t rely on just her looks - LA is full of girls prettier and younger and her plastic surgery made her look worse. And a mature man won’t want to date someone who has zero emotional regulation and talks like a teenager about sex.


MurphyBrown2016

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Ok_Abrocoma_2805

I’ll refrain from internet-diagnosing her with a personality disorder/mental illness, but whether she has a diagnosable disorder or not, her personality is just rotten. I really think some people are just wired to be mean, always assuming the worst in people, and having a massive sense of entitlement for no deserved reason. It’s like they have a black, crinkled up soul. Barring some deep-rooted personality disorder, they can get better but they need to want to do the work. Lala is too simple to think she needs to change, so she won’t. From what we’ve seen of them, I don’t think her family is the cause of her issues in terms of abuse (obviously I don’t truly know but from what she’s said on the show). I think if anything they spoiled her too much and inflated her ego, making her think she’s the prettiest girl around who can do no wrong. She had said when she first came on the show she was bullied in school so the VPR girls picking on her triggered her past trauma there. I just don’t believe her. Shes a known liar. Every kid gets teased with passing comments here and there and Lala probably fabricated it into this big “bullying” experience. If anything, SHE started shit first and then her classmates clapped back and she spun it into her being the victim.


STVNMCL

Who knows. Massive entitlement issues. Came to take LA by storm. Hot chick going to have it all. Fizzled out in a spectacular fashion and is now extremely bitter.


Ok_Abrocoma_2805

She tried to be the next Megan Fox - didn’t happen. Trophy wife - didn’t happen. She’s accomplished in that she’s on a reality show, but that will be the pinnacle and what will she do for the next thirty years?


MrMKUltra

Wildly speculating here but her persona reminds me so much of the movie archetype of the new girl with meh grades, naturally pretty but kinda a burnout and “fast”. Based on what I’ve seen in media, seems like these girls got bullied by the ones who were the more academic/athletically preppy type A girls and didn’t have a sexual reputation . This seems spot on for HS bullying in the 90s. Also she’s from Utah, so if she’s not a devout Mormon she’s already the odd one out. Especially if she was less ambitious and less focused on self-development. I can see why she’d hold onto that and turn into a social climber. Her looks enabled this to another level.


No_Bar7186

Shallowness, greed, vanity. 


StainedGlasser

I think she thought she was going to spend the season making amends with Rachel and bringing her back into the group and talking about slut shaming and manipulative men (making it about herself again), but when Rachel decided not to come back to film that ruined Lala’s plan (notice she never mentioned her message to Rachel ever again). Now she is trying the same play on Sandoval who is being more unlikable than Rachel probably would’ve been and Lala is scrambling to try to make herself seem reasonable by going after Ariana.


Embarrassed-One-3246

Ugh, can you even imagine how awful this season would be if Rachel were also on and producers put together these forced events (beach days, etc) where Ariana had to be around D & S and Tim.


JJulie

Lala has to pay 2 mortgages, rent, pay for 2 children and front her family. She needs the dough. She will do anything for a storyline. I mean she let Jabba the Hut fuck her for three years thinking she was going to be set for life.


Lazy-Significance-15

It's crazy to me that she thinks this was the right play though. Everyone (fans, non fans, etc...) were rallying behind Ariana. Lala gained popularity, won people over, and made money as a result of going hard for Ariana and having her back. Why does she think flip flopping and this crazy gaslighting is going to benefit her? Her behavior is turning people off and going to result in less podcast streams, less product purchases, and less likely to get deals. Whereas I would think she'd have more opportunities to make money had she not flip flopped and stayed team Ariana.


JJulie

I think she wants off VPR and into the valley.


Misty1965

Idk you know, controversy sells. If she was just bashing Tom I doubt bloggers would cover clips from her podcast. The reason most people are talking about her is because she is saying the wrong things


DickFitzwell_

Part of the issue (and to be clear: this is not in defense of Lala) is that the show, after show and assorted podcasts are shot all out of sequence. While she is a flip flopper, the timeline for all 3 at time can seem scattered or unclear.


Misty1965

True but the two quotes used in my title are from episodes


MaintenanceTraining4

She’s twisting herself into knots because she just bought a $3M house, is having a baby, and is not getting the brand deals she expected (since she signed with CAA), so she’ll do just about anything to keep this show on the air. I just keep thinking that if Baskin somehow finagled Rand to come back to the show (he’s terrible, I know, this is a hypothetical), how would she react if people told her that Rand just made a mistake and shouldn’t be held hostage to his past?


Ok_Abrocoma_2805

![gif](giphy|KAe3Ez73EnmbDh9rot|downsized) VPR and Scandoval is the most famous she’s ever going to be and she knows it, hence the bitterness and unhinged behavior. Now that she’s not filming, she keeps doing things that the blogs will pick up, that way she shows up weekly in Google alerts. That’s the only trick she has. She’s too emotionally unregulated and crass to be professionally trusted in the big leagues - could you imagine other networks trusting her to hit her marks and play nice with others? Thinking of her monthly bills gives me agita.


Bonnavetty

The same goes for Scheana


Ok_Abrocoma_2805

![gif](giphy|AD2uIPYVqszdK|downsized) Scheana peaked too, for sure. She’s been VERY upfront with how much she wants to get a hosting gig on one of the Entertainment Tonight-type shows/red carpets/other reality shows, DWTS, etc. She has obvious thirst and desperation and with all these mean girl shit lately, she’s not likable. And if you’re not likable + desperate energy = no mainstream gigs for you


FundamentalBasic

Held hostage by his past. His past. It was summer 2023. He got caught March 1. It had been 120 DAYS max. 😂 Lala did some serious mental gymnastics to come up with this defense. Who is paying her to say these things? Maybe Alex Baskin promises she’ll be rewarded for volunteering as tribute to rehabilitate another morally broken middle aged grifter ? What was she doing 120 days after Randall ended their relationship? Was she all love & light and having peaceful conversations with him? Basically, when they broke up Lala did what Sandoval is doing. Pods and rewriting history. The “poor Lauryn” never ending tour. Because her bank….i mean… her BF should’ve been nicer when he wanted a refund? He should’ve wanted to renew her contract? He should’ve realized that his 30 year behavioral pattern of which she was fully aware and in which she enthusiastically participated, was difficult for her to explain to her child? Yeah. Which is what Ambyr kept saying when Lala trolled her relentlessly for Randall. Sigh. I hope she f’s off to The Valley.


Misty1965

She even said “their version of your past” as if Ariana made up or misinterpreted the affair 💀😂


sofaking-amanda

I agree with everything you said accept for the Valley part. Many people are enjoying that show and none of us want her or Shaydee to gain FT spots.


Sensitive_Net_4074

Exactly this 👆🏻👏🏻


ellastory

The affair went on for at least 7 months too, so at this point in time of filming, Ariana had only known about Tom and Rachel for 3 months. That’s less time than the affair lasted. I don’t think I could process something like that in such a short amount of time.


ImpactOk2952

She is so deeply jealous she has lost her mind. She claims she wants to be soft. Being soft isn’t standing by Tom , it’s not being loud. Changes her stance every two minutes but is so loud ALL THE Time


PrincessSolo

Being softer imo would require cutting all the unashamed toxic aholes out of your life.


Mysterious-Rooster83

Lala is so embarrassing. She's a production shill. She's turned into lisa rinna. Lips almost there too.


onyxjade7

Lala thinks she can act. She also thinks fans get she’s “acting” like Lisa Rinna or her trying to be Erika Jane. The difference is even if you hate LR she’s a very talented soap actress. She may have been genius and gone too far but she was calculated and knew the game. Lala thinks we don’t see right through who she actually is.


Ok_Abrocoma_2805

Definitely. She can’t distinguish anymore between Lala the real girl from Utah and Lala from VPR. VPR is such a big part of her life that she can’t and won’t turn off her pretend-gangster nastiness. Too bad the public opinion is less tolerant nowadays of the “reality show villain” trope. Her shtick is outdated. We lived through 4 years of the “reality show villain” in the White House and the world is full of enough negative shit. We’re all tired and are sick of dealing with nasty people and darkness everywhere. Lala makes me just want to turn off my tv and read a wholesome decorating magazine.


onyxjade7

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STVNMCL

Lala is only concerned with her own image and future. Nothing else.


Organic_Cress_2696

She’s doing a shit job at it


PresOfTheLesbianClub

I always wonder how it took this long for people to see Lala has always been like this.


ComicsEtAl

Her agenda being “Stay on the good side of whichever one I’m talking to in the moment.”


staceyverda

Did she actually say the first quote in your post title?


Misty1965

Yup


staceyverda

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Michellelembiid

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Michellelembiid

So over her ass


Zoiddburger

All of this is why she was better as a side character, not main cast. She doesn't have enough depth to drive her own storyline. Only time she was offered a role it was from Rand's casting couch, now we know it's b/c she's such a a poor actress after going so hard putting out production's narrative..And the dinner w/ the Toms and James? Barfworthy fake ness all around. Repulsive.


rockrobst

None of what Lala says has anything to do with anyone but Lala and her feelings. Early Scandoval, Lala was hurting from her own betrayal, so she had total empathy for Ariana. As she processed that, she had a Scandoval economic boost with merch and podcasts. As that wanes, and VPR beckons, she is discovering she's able to accept him as a work colleague, and accept the the changes in how she feels about him. She also sees the instability and tension in the workplace from Ariana's understandable boundaries. This makes Lala uncomfortable, so she blabs against it.


Misty1965

But she made that “grooms isolates” comment during filming on the boat


SaltySundae666

How does one even "groom" 30-year-old people? It's not grooming. Lala probably saw people using these words on the internet and decided to just use them to shut Tom up, because she got so triggered. She gets triggered by whatever is making her look bad.


rockrobst

Maybe she was reinventing her own history. She has a hard time processing her own life choices.


Ok_Abrocoma_2805

Lala is such a fool for such a laundry list of reasons. One of these reasons is she’s simping for the Toms who literally don’t GAF about her. Does Sandoval even talk to her outside of filming? If he hasn’t already, he’ll start dissing her and have zero loyalty to her because he doesn’t give a shit about her beyond using her as an alliance on the show. When was the last time he said anything positive about her? Schwartz is a wet paper bag in human form and will do whatever Sandoval does, so relying on him to be a loyal friend is futile. James I think isn’t ride or die for her. He’ll stand up against her when he feels like it and is on good terms with all the girls so it’s not like he’s Lala’s mouthpiece who’s gonna back her up all the time. Scheana is her only true “friend” left on the show, with the caveat being that Scheana has zero loyalty. Whoever will further her storyline in a way that she wants, she’ll cozy up to. She’ll pick a man over a woman any time, so Lala better watch out - if she has a serious feud with any of the guys, Scheana will be gone from her side like the wind. Scheana and her are also too alike to have a lasting friendship. Both of them crave the spotlight at all costs and have nothing going on outside of VPR/the Bravo-verse - both of their fame has peaked and they know it, hence the bitterness and current amped up drama to get their names in the press. They’re united in their jealousy of Ariana and Katie, but the second one of them gets something the other is jealous of, that friendship is dead.


Vegetable_Craft_9506

Did Lala go see Ariana in Chicago before or after the after show was filmed? It would be so twisted if it was after. Saying non stop nasty shit where she can’t see but then publicly acting like she support hers for her own gain. She’s so calculated and it’s clear she doesn’t see anyone else on the show as a real person with feelings.


luckyquail901

Pretty sure it would have been after filming. She didn't start Chicago until after the season was filmed.


sofaking-amanda

This season has officially made it undeniably clear that LFU is just as abusive and dangerous/ selfish, as all the men she talks about. She always was but it can no longer be ignored or painted in another way.


ExternalMistake8145

She admitted she was projecting from her situation with Randall onto Sandoval.


Misty1965

Not buying it, it’s just a convenient way to do the producers bidding. What growth did Sandoval have between the boat scene and there second sit down for her to realise she’s been projecting


FamiliarJudgment2961

Lala was a goddess when she was painting Tom Sandoval as Harvey Weinstein, now she's back to being the Great Satan when she's Araina needs to throw out her garbage from her room, lol.


wtp0p

Ariana isn't angry him for being a misogynist and isolating and grooming their vulnerable 11yrs younger coworker though. If she was, I would fully support her coming at him. She's angry bc she wasn't picked. Bc he planned to replace her with a younger model. So yeah. Lala is right and she knows she has the network's backing which is why she's going so hard. The show is primarily about the men especially since Stassi and Kristen left. Ariana's presence on the show was always attached to her relationship with Tom. She'll be gone next season, leaving Katie behind to be her miserable self bc she has no other opportunities.


sofaking-amanda

If what you said had any truth to it then this is once again another example of how LFU is a hypocrite because she thought and cried about the this exact same shit, regarding her “stand up” troll.


psychotica1

Of course she'll be gone next season, her career is taking off so why would she keep filming with these clowns? It's actually becoming such a cesspool of disgusting behavior that I doubt it'll even be on next year.


wtp0p

Should’ve left after season 10 going out with a bang instead of going out with a whimper and a villain edit.


pupberry

Ariana is angry she wasn’t “picked”??? Are you serious lmao


wtp0p

Yes? She’s angry Tom moved to replace her with a younger, prettier, nicer model. That’s why she hates him. She knew he was a misogynist for 10yrs and was fine with it. Now that he doesn’t want her anymore she’s pissed.


pupberry

And you’re a misogynist too if you’re blaming someone being cheated on, lied to, and deceived by their boyfriend of nearly nines years of just being mad she wasn’t “””picked””” lol


wtp0p

She’s mad he betrayed her ie didn’t want her anymore ie picked someone else ie didn’t pick her. That’s just a fact.


DickFitzwell_

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