"I'm glad that he is finally taking care of himself and sober," the "Good as Gold" singer tells PEOPLE of her ex-castmate revealing he's more than 80 days sober

Lala Kent is “proud” of Jax Taylor for coming clean about his cocaine addiction. “That is not easy to admit,” Kent, 34, said during her Amazon Live on Tuesday, March 4. “This is going to be his journey and his journey only, and he should be the only one to speak on it because none of us know what he’s been through in his life.”

Jax Taylor is coming clean about battling a cocaine addiction for two decades. During the Tuesday, March 4, episode of Alex Baskin's "Hot Mic" podcast, Taylor, 45, announced “I am an addict.” “I have substance issues — primarily with cocaine.