Lala Kent (L); Randall Emmett.Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty; Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
TheGive Them Lalaauthor, 31, tells PEOPLE that she and Emmett — who ended their engagement in October — are on a “little bit of a schedule” when it comes to9-month-old daughter, Ocean.
“Nothing is set in stone,” she adds. “I have her the majority of the time and there’s very little communication between the two of us.”
Kent says that being a single mom is a “strength that I cannot describe.”
“Of course, I have my moments, but they don’t take me out,” she shares. “It’s moments of confusion and trying to understand things. But all in all, I feel like the most powerful, independent, and most beautiful that I have ever felt in my entire life.”
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“Every gift under the tree is for her. We decided not to do gifts this year except for Ocean,” she says.
While the mother-daughter duo is staying in Los Angeles this year, Kent says she hopes to take Ocean to Utah for future Christmases, as that’s where Kent celebrated the holidays growing up.
“My upbringing, it was out of a Christmas movie,” she says. “It’s just the most incredible that you could have as a kid during the holiday season. So I’m hoping that after this year I’ll be able to start that tradition of going back home.”
Lala Kent and Randall Emmett at the Midnight in the Switchgrass premiere.Frazer Harrison/Getty
During Tuesday’s episode of theNot Skinny But Not Fatpodcast, Kent opened up about her split with Emmett, 50, calling him “theworst thing to ever happen” to her.
“I have to understand how the worst thing to ever happen or come into my life, how did they give me the best thing to ever happen in my life?” Kent told host Amanda Hirsch, referring to her daughter. “It is such a mind f—.”
“But now she is doing the best she can to keep her chin up and pushing forward with taking care of her daughter and supporting her family,” the insider shared, adding that Kent is “focusing all of her attention right now on the well-being of her daughter Ocean and keeping up with her many business ventures to provide for her family as a single mom.”
source: people.com
