Jax Taylor was the self-appointed #1 guy in the group on Vanderpump Rules from Seasons 1-8. During Seasons 9-10, Jax was a no-show. On Instagram, he posted (and then deleted) a statement, expressing how it was time for him to move on. Yet we all knew the truth back then; Jax was canned by Bravo.
Wildly, Jax will reappear in Season 11. Apparently, he filmed alongside Tom Sandoval. Maybe these scenes will shock us all. Perhaps we will finally see a mature Jax who is a solid friend for the underdogs, which Tom currently is on VPR.
We aren’t holding our breath on this though. You see, for years, Jax wasn’t a great human. He lied, cheated, stole, and raged against everyone who tried to hold him accountable. While he did make us laugh, his antics were often dark and over the top, especially during the following seasons on Vanderpump Rules.
And no, we didn’t rank these in any particular order, because they’re all equally rough.
Season 1 – A Birthday, a Brawl, and an AA Dump
When Season 1 aired, Jax was dating Stassi Schroeder. Yet, he cheated on her so often that, at one point, she ditched him for a guy named Frank Herlihy. Therefore, when Stassi’s birthday rolled around, she uninvited Jax and brought along Frank instead. Unphazed by a woman’s boundaries, Jax pulled up to Vegas anyway, shocking his VPR castmates in turn.
When he arrived, all hell broke loose. At first, Frank called Jax out for treating Stassi poorly, and Jax’s words back sucked. “Keep it. Go. Taste mine. Go taste it,” he yelled, inferring that Stassi was his discarded property, and so Frank was now getting his used goods. Ew.
Then, the two little boys went outside to the parking lot, where they ripped off their shirts and fought. Finally, in the Season 1 finale, Jax admitted that he did in fact cheat on Stassi during a different Vegas trip, which resulted in the woman actually getting pregnant with his child.
Have no fear for single Jax though, because he went on to date Laura-Leigh, who was struggling with addiction. One of Laura-Leigh’s dates with Jax involved him accompanying her to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Shockingly, Jax dumped her shortly after, because he couldn’t handle this level of baggage, which, pot, black, etc. Season 1 of Vanderpump Rules basically solidified the fact that Jax wasn’t ever going to be the nice guy within this cast.
Season 2 – A Doute and a Jail Cell
Jax and Stassi were still weirdly hanging out in Season 2 until the rumors surfaced that Jax had cheated on her with her best friend, Kristen Doute. When the truth surfaced, revealing that they banged, Stassi backhanded her friend while the guys grossly supported each other. Ugh.
In an unexplainable nod, Jax also disappeared for a few days, and when he materialized, he said that he’d been in jail. His detail given was that he had to trade a loaf of bread for toilet paper in the clink. At the reunion, Stassi expressed her thoughts on this all being a lie. In turn, the fans theorized that during his absence, he was actually holed up at Kristen’s.
Overall, Season 2 was another bust for our boy Jax.
Season 6 – Cheating on His Kentucky Muffin
By the time that Season 6 rolled around, Brittany Cartwright and Jax were an item. Even still, Jax cheated. Faith Stowers was his partner this time, and on-air, it was alleged that their tryst happened with a 95-year-old woman nearby. This was a woman that Faith was taking care of, but Faith has denied parts of this claim since with People.
“I didn’t sleep with him in front of nobody… I guess my take on it is that I slept with someone without doing my research. You know, he told me one thing, it was another thing,” Faith said.
Making matters worse, the women banded together and called Jax, with Brittany demanding to know how many times Jax had slept with Faith. When she wouldn’t accept his BS, he raged, yelling things like “don’t do that to me,” and “shut up,” right before she dumped his ass. Truly, Jax’s behaviors towards the supposed love of his life sucked during Season 6.
Season 8 – The Wedding Groomzilla
Brittany took Jack back, and in Season 8 their wedding, which stretched out over far too many episodes, occurred. This season, Jax’s behaviors intensified, but no one called him out, which was hard to watch. Pasta will do that to a man…
To recap, Jax told Sandoval that Ariana Madix was “being a bitch.” Then, Jax blew up at the annual SUR photoshoot simply because Lisa Vanderpump had the audacity to comment on his tardiness. He also failed to show up for the cast’s beach clean-up day and lost his mind when he was challenged on why he didn’t attend.
Also, the pastor that they had chosen for their wedding ceremony held very conservative views, so when Sandoval questioned Jax on why he’d picked someone who wasn’t LGBTQ+ friendly, Brittany jumped in, yelling for Jax to knock out Sandoval. Almost everyone breathed a sigh of relief when these two were canceled after this season.
Online, though, the spiraling continued. Jax went on his Instagram Lives, spewing nonsense about how Brittany thought that he was cheating, alongside his intense love for the gym and his distaste for the fans’ opinions. Now, only one question remains. Have Jax and Britt matured, or will their new spin-off, The Valley, become a similarly disastrous series to watch?
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