Lala Kent is extending her help 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 wish to say thanks for every little thing that you simply do. And once I purchased a ticket to return right here, I assumed I used to be going to be celebrating an enormous second for myself and my restoration and I didn’t make it,” the fan mentioned 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 clarify 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 comparable scenario the place my canine is, at one level, was the one factor that stored me alive,” he continued. “And so once I go and I bought myself right here, I simply wish to say, you’ve completed a very good job at discovering characters which have touched us and saved lives in some circumstances. 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 publish.
“Somebody despatched this to me. I heard it was adopted by Jeff saying, ‘In case 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 help 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’re seen. You’re heard. I’m so comfortable you determined to return. I’m sending you’re keen on, and know we’re on this collectively. It’s sooner or later at a time,” Kent wrote. “You additionally made me really feel much less alone. So thanks. We bought 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 belief that I’m an alcoholic,” she defined on the time. “I’m now a buddy of Invoice [Wilson], which you’ll by no means know the way a lot this program means to me, has given me new life,” she added of the late Alcoholics Nameless cofounder and his 12 steps.
The Vanderpump Guidelines alum has additionally spoken candidly over time about her sobriety journey.
“What my sobriety appears to be like like: I hit a breaking level the place I needed to establish as an alcoholic or I used to be going to lose every little thing,” 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 Massive E-book, going to conferences and dealing very onerous to by no means return to that drunken model of myself.”
She added, “After 30 days I knew I needed to really feel sober without end, and it was totally as much as me – nobody else. That was very empowering.”
In case you or somebody is fighting substance abuse, contact the Substance Abuse and Psychological Well being Companies Administration (SAMHSA) Nationwide Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).


