Jax Taylor is giving his two cents on whether or not his former Vanderpump Guidelines costar Raquel Leviss ought to return for the present’s eleventh season following her affair with Tom Sandoval.
“No, completely not. No,” Taylor, 44, completely informed Us Weekly on Tuesday, July 11, whereas selling his partnership with Xyon Well being. “There’s nothing wholesome about actuality TV for anyone.”
Leviss’ future on the Bravo actuality collection stays up within the air after her affair with castmate Sandoval, 40, left the pair on unhealthy phrases with the Pump Guidelines forged on the finish of season 10. In March, information broke that Sandoval cheated on his girlfriend of 9 years, Ariana Madix, with Leviss, 28. Following backlash from followers and castmates, Leviss checked herself right into a psychological well being remedy facility in April.
Final month, a supply completely informed Us that Leviss was planning to take a look at of the ability. One other supply later confirmed to Us that Leviss was at present “in talks about returning for the following season of Vanderpump Guidelines,” although she had not but determined “whether or not or not she desires to return again to the present.”
Taylor, in the meantime, is aware of that actuality TV might be “a really poisonous place,” having starred on Pump Guidelines for eight years earlier than he and his spouse, Brittany Cartwright, left the collection in December 2020. “You might want to have thick pores and skin,’” he informed Us on Tuesday. “For my part, I feel [Raquel] dove into one thing that was a bit bit larger than her. I don’t assume she’s mentally robust sufficient to be in one thing like this.”
Regardless of having solely talked to Leviss “possibly two occasions in [his] life,” Taylor insisted that he desires “the most effective for her.” Nevertheless, he doesn’t “really feel unhealthy” for anybody on the present in relation to the drama that performs out on the small display screen.
“All of us stepped on this sport collectively,” Taylor — who shares son Cruz, 2, with Cartwright, 34 — defined. “Everyone knows what we’re doing. All of us signed on the dotted line. I don’t really feel unhealthy for anyone. That is what you signed up for. Now you gotta personal it.”
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The intrigue surrounding Leviss and Sandoval’s affair — a.ok.a “Scandoval” — is one thing Taylor by no means anticipated would get as huge because it has. Nevertheless, he attributes a part of the scandal’s public curiosity to the best way Sandoval has reacted to it.
“I feel he had a bit little bit of a diva mentality,” the previous Bravo star shared. “I [think he] thought he [could] get away with one thing like this, and I feel that’s sort of why it’s bought so huge and the way lengthy it’s been occurring. It’s not simply your, hookup, you tousled, no matter. I imply, this has been occurring for a very long time.”
Whereas Sandoval issued apologies to Madix, 38, and followers, it was later revealed that his whirlwind romance with Leviss started in August 2022 after they first kissed at Sandoval and Madix’s home. (Madix, in the meantime, has moved on with Daniel Wai.)
“I feel it’s simply [a] lack of empathy,” Taylor continued, referring to Sandoval’s actions. “It’s tone-deafness the best way he’s, whoever his crew is, the best way he’s talking about this complete scenario.”
Whereas Taylor, himself, has but to disclose whether or not he’ll be heading again to Pump Guidelines — he hinted at a potential return with Us final month — he’s at present specializing in elevating consciousness for hair loss by his partnership with Xyon Well being.
“I used to be attempting to discover what choices I used to be gonna take, and that is positively the best choice for me proper now,” he stated of his hair loss journey. “I discovered it early. It wasn’t like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m fully bald on prime.’ So, I observed some thinning.”
Taylor stated he’s grow to be optimistic about the way forward for his hair since utilizing the model’s new shampoo and conditioner. “[Hair loss] occurs to everyone and we bought such nice merchandise on this planet at present,” he informed Us. “It’s only a nice partnership with, with these guys and, , I’m trying ahead to, uh, to the longer term with them.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
