Lala Kent on Kim Zolciak’s ‘devastating’ divorce, Bethenny Frankel slams tax debt: ‘Don’t Front & Stunt’

“Vanderpump Rules” star Lala Kent called the split “devastating” for her Instagram storiesShe sees comparisons to her own breakup Randall Emmett. In Zolciak’s case, she said you “never like to see that, especially when there are kids involved.”

At the same time, it helped her maintain clarity about her own relationship position. “It just puts another mark on what I want in my life — that’s not a partner,” she said. “No partner, doesn’t happen, doesn’t happen.”

“I can control myself; I can’t control other people, right?” she continued. “If you tell me, ‘Here’s an intimate partner, you guys get along, maybe you’ll last forever, maybe they’ll tell you everything all the time.’ That tells me: ‘liability’. I don’t like liabilities.”

Kent and Emmett split in 2021 after a three-year engagement and welcomed daughter Ocean in March this year. The split came amid allegations that Emmett cheated on her.

In the meantime, “Real Housewives of New York City” alum Bethenny Frankels Eyes fixed on the alleged $1.1 million in back taxes the couple had amassed, per TMZ.

To emphasize her point, Frankel captioned her post, “Pay your bills. Not forward and stunt. All Show & No Go.” She even added the hashtag “PayYourBills.”

“They’ve always been people who make it seem like they spend more than they have,” Frankel told her TikTok followers Monday after the story broke, but she had little understanding.

Frankel calls it a “recipe for disaster” and says the Biermanns flaunted their lavish lifestyles, but it was even more than their respective football and “housewife” salaries could handle.

“It’s the old ‘Housewives’ model of coming on the show, not making money, spending, spending, logo, logo, car, car, house, house, bankruptcy, foreclosure because you can’t fucking keep up ‘ she argued. “You write checks you can’t cash, and that’s gross.”

But Frankel doesn’t see this as just a “housewife” problem. Instead, she thinks this is something that’s become ubiquitous across the country — and dangerously so.

“It’s like, what’s wrong with America?” She asked. “When the whole housing bubble collapsed, it was because people were just financing their houses and the whole thing imploded.”

Frankel is particularly passionate about this topic because she believes this tendency to “front” a certain lifestyle for clout or clicks or views or whatever “ruins the whole system.” She herself said she lived frugally until she was absolutely sure she could afford to grow taller.

“I never spent a damn dime, I was scared,” she said. “‘I was on the cover of Forbes and called my manager to ask if I could buy a handbag the first time. I was always scared because you don’t spend money you don’t fucking have!”

Regarding possible demands for privacy during this difficult time from Zolciak and Biermann, Frankel says that there is no chance and shouldn’t be. For her, the invitation to take a look into her life is still open.

“You invited us when things were going well and it looked like a fairy tale – or made us think it was – well, you know what? We’re coming out with you, too,” she said. “So no one is going to respect your privacy at this point because there is no privacy at this point.”

According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Zolciak cites April 30 as the day she and Kroy Biermann broke up. She is seeking full custody of their four minor children and a return to her maiden name. In her filing, she called the marriage “broken up irretrievably, with no hope of reconciliation.”

The former couple owe the IRS a total of $1.1 million in unpaid taxes, interest and penalties for calendar years 2013, 2017 and 2018. They also owe Georgia $15,000 for 2018 taxes.

The filing comes after their country club mansion was foreclosed in the state in February in February, though the outlet reports the family is still posting social media clips from the home. So they either use old footage or stay there… for now.