Lala Kent is extending her assist to a BravoCon attendee after the fan publicly opened up about his restoration journey on the occasion.
The Valley star, 35, shared a video of the fan’s emotional admission at BravoCon in Vegas final week by way of her Instagram Story on Thursday, November 20.
“I simply need to say thanks for all the pieces that you just do. And once I purchased a ticket to come back right here, I believed I used to be going to be celebrating a giant second for myself and my restoration and I didn’t make it,” the fan stated throughout a BravoCon panel that includes Andy Cohen and Jeff Lewis. “So I used to be going to punish myself and simply waste the cash and never come.
The person went on to elucidate that he modified his thoughts about not attending BravoCon after he heard Kent talking about how her canine “saved her life” amid her personal habit struggles.
“I had a really related scenario the place my canine is, at one level, was the one factor that saved me alive,” he continued. “And so once I go and I obtained myself right here, I simply need to say, you’ve carried out a very good job at discovering characters which have touched us and saved lives in some instances. Mine.”
The emotional confession was reportedly met by Lewis, 55, commenting that somebody in restoration shouldn’t be attending BravoCon, which Kent addressed in her Instagram put up.
“Somebody despatched this to me. I heard it was adopted by Jeff saying, ‘When you’re in restoration you shouldn’t be at BravoCon.’” Kent wrote alongside the video. “I’m in restoration, & have solely attended BravoCon as an individual in restoration.”
Kent supplied phrases of assist to the fan, after he shared his setback in his restoration journey in addition to his gratitude for Bravo stars.
Lala Kent. (Picture by Gonzalo Marroquin/Getty Photos for Evenflo)
“To this man: Thanks for sharing your story. You might be seen. You might be heard. I’m so completely happy you determined to come back. I’m sending you’re keen on, and know we’re on this collectively. It’s at some point at a time,” Kent wrote. “You additionally made me really feel much less alone. So thanks. We obtained this.”
Kent revealed she was a reformed alcoholic in March 2019, a number of months after getting sober.
“5 months in the past, I got here to the conclusion that I’m an alcoholic,” she defined on the time. “I’m now a buddy of Invoice [Wilson], which you’ll by no means understand how a lot this program means to me, has given me new life,” she added of the late Alcoholics Nameless cofounder and his 12 steps.
Lala Kent hasn’t shied away from telling a few of her Vanderpump Guidelines costars how they actually make her really feel. Kent joined the solid of the Bravo sequence throughout season 4 as a visitor star. She was bumped as much as the principle solid in season 6, cementing herself as a staple within the franchise. Whereas Kent […]
The Vanderpump Guidelines alum has additionally spoken candidly over time about her sobriety journey.
“What my sobriety seems like: I hit a breaking level the place I needed to determine as an alcoholic or I used to be going to lose all the pieces,” she shared by way of her Instagram Story in February 2020. “The second that I admitted I used to be powerless over alcohol I knew it was time to place within the work. I began studying the Huge E book, going to conferences and dealing very laborious to by no means return to that drunken model of myself.”
She added, “After 30 days I knew I wished to really feel sober perpetually, and it was totally as much as me – nobody else. That was very empowering.”
When you or somebody you recognize is battling substance abuse, contact the Substance Abuse and Psychological Well being Providers Administration (SAMHSA) Nationwide Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
