Jax Taylor can say his points with Tom Sandoval are water below the bridge regardless of his previous criticism of all issues Scandoval.
“People were asking me if I talked to [Tom] Sandoval or if I hung out with Sandoval [at BravoCon]. I did,” Jax, 44, stated on his and spouse Brittany Cartwright‘s “When Reality Hits” podcast on Friday, November 10. “Like I said — I’ve gotten into this before — I feel like enough time has gone by to where we can kind of put this to bed.”
Jax and Brittany, 34, who initially left Vanderpump Rules in 2020, made a shock look alongside Kristen Doute on the fan occasion in Las Vegas. The trio have been slowly returning to the Bravo universe after filming a Vanderpump Rules spinoff earlier this summer season. Jax has since confirmed that he additionally filmed scenes for season 11 of the hit Bravo sequence, which allowed him to reconcile with Sandoval, 41.
“I had a really, really nice conversation with him,” Jax famous on Friday. “What he went through though was life changing. I did talk to him. We had a really good conversation. We sat and talked for, like, two hours. … I just wanted to make sure that he was OK. I was checking in on him.”
He added: “I do film a scene with Sandoval. It’s actually a very intense scene. It’s not just with Sandoval either, it’s with a couple of the other guys. It takes place in a pretty iconic spot and there were so many people there watching this scene too.”
Brittany was much less thrilled to doubtlessly have Sandoval again of their good friend group.
“It’s good you had conversations but you have to take it slow and make sure that people really change. It takes a long time to change. You know from experience,” Brittany instructed her partner. “We’ll see how this ends up.”
Despite Brittany’s not-so-enthusiastic response, Jax stood by his new opinion of Sandoval, including, “I think he’s a good person. He’s just gone through some things. Everybody makes mistakes in life. Everybody screws up in life. Yes, what he did is wrong. But I’m not gonna write the guy off.”
Since making his debut on Vanderpump Rules alongside Sandoval in 2013, Jax has modified his tune fairly just a few occasions about his costar. The pair had been buddies when Bravo starred following the group working at Lisa Vanderpump‘s SUR restaurant. Jax’s season 2 hookup with Sandoval’s then-girlfriend Kristen, 40, was one of many occasions their bromance virtually fell aside.
News broke in March that Sandoval had an affair with costar Raquel Leviss. His almost decade-long relationship with Ariana Madix ended because of this of his infidelity. Jax and Brittany had been fast to rejoin the Vanderpump Rules dialog within the aftermath of the scandal.
“I mean, I don’t wanna say I predicted it, but I predicted it. I mean, I’m just not surprised, I’m just not surprised, I’ll just leave it at that,” he instructed Entertainment Tonight in March, referring to his previous allegations that Sandoval cheated on Ariana, 38. “You know, he’s done this before and nobody believed me. It’s just not his first time.”
Jax used his Sandoval-related press tour to supply some recommendation to his former good friend. “You know, we all make mistakes in life, and God knows I’ve made my fair share,” he continued on the time. “I think it’s gone to his head a little bit, the nine-person cover band and the little bar in a strip mall, like, that’s getting to his head a little bit and he’s gotta, like, come down to earth and realize what he’s done. Again, it’s coming from me, coming from me doesn’t mean a lot, but just humble yourself a little bit, and show some sympathy.”
Jax and Brittany additionally publicly weighed in on the drama in a three-episode stint for Peacock’s Watch With function throughout season 10 of Vanderpump Rules.
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