Lala Kent isn’t here for “stupid” haters bashing her group photo with embattled “Vanderpump Rules” co-star Tom Sandoval.
Kent went on an “Instagram Story rant” Thursday while watching TV in bed with Scheana Shay to clap back against backlash.
“It, like, still blows my mind that people don’t realize we’re still filming a show,” the Give Them Lala Beauty creator, 32, said.
She clarified that she and Shay – along with Brock Davies, James Kennedy, Ally Lewber and Tom Schwartz – only posed with Sandoval, 41, for a fan’s birthday.
“What are we gonna be like, ‘No. Absolutely not.’ Like, no, ‘Happy birthday, let’s take a f–king picture,'” Kent said. “It’s called adulting.”
Shay, 38, chimed in even though she didn’t know why she felt “the need to defend taking a photo with her hand … in the back of someone.”
She explained, “We’re in a group. We’re all here. We hopped in a photo. You know what? I happened to be standing where I was standing.”
Shay continued, “I take photos with strangers every f–king day. That’s how you take a photo. I stand like that. I smile. I tilt my head to my good side.”
While Kennedy, 31, Lewber, 27, Davies, 33, and Schwartz, 40, have yet to address the picture, Shay refuted claims Wednesday that she has “forgiven” Sandoval for his months-long affair with Raquel Leviss under Ariana Madix’s nose.
She hit back at a social media user calling her out, tweeting, “Soooo I shouldn’t be here doing my job?”
In a separate post, Shay wrote, “I take photos w strangers on the daily and have my arm bent up behind [people]. End of story. Should I look miserable in a group fan photo I got thrown in walking to our car?”
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As the Bravolebrities film in Lake Tahoe, Leviss, meanwhile, was photographed in Tucson, Ariz., following her exit from a mental health facility.
Earlier this month, Pvnew reported that the former pageant queen, 28, was still negotiating her contract — and playing “hardball” — ahead of the cast trip.
An insider told us that although she is “genuinely concerned for her well-being,” Leviss will join Season 11 “for the right price.”
News broke in March that Sandoval was cheating on Madix, 38, with Leviss. After filming the show’s reunion later that same month, Leviss entered intensive therapy.
Since her exit, Miss Sonoma County 2016 has reportedly gone back to her birth name, Rachel.
