Lala Kent ‘Slid Into a Man’s DM’ for the 1st Time Since Randall Emmett Split: ‘It Felt Strange’

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Diving right in! Lala Kent had a blast during her first holiday season since splitting from Randall Emmett — and she tried something new too.“I had a fantastic holiday, and I slid into a man’s DM for the first time since I was, like, 23.

Yes, I did,” the Vanderpump Rules star, 31, said during the Wednesday, January 5, episode of her “Give Them Lala” podcast.The reality star went on to say that she worried her flirtation skills were rusty, partly because she only became single recently.

The Give Them Lala author and her ex-fiancé, 50, called it quits in November 2021 after five years together. The former couple share daughter Ocean, 9 months.“You know, it felt strange because I don’t slide in the DM,” Kent continued. “Like, I slid in the DM when I was, like, drinking and, like, young, but I haven’t slid into the DM and I don’t even know if I have game anymore.”The Bravo personality noted that she wants to keep her expectations “very low” while she focuses on her career and her daughter, but the unidentified man did take the time to answer her message.“I got a response,” she explained. “My first DM, the initial one, was just emojis and not even anything sexy — like, not even anything hot. … We, like, sparked a conversation, but I was like, ‘What does one say in someone’s DM?'”The Utah native added that she was more excited about the fact that she had dipped her toe back into the dating world after her split.“Like I said, I don’t have any expectations with it, but it went well … just talking to a man who’s not my previous relationship, it’s just like, ‘This is fun,’ and obviously I have a little bit of a game left if there’s communication happening,” she explained. “It has less to do with the dude and more with the fact