Scheana Shay Questions Jax Taylor’s Claims About Making $500K on Cameo

Jax Taylor just lately claimed he makes $500,000 on Cameo — however his former costar Scheana Shay isn’t so positive.

“Half a million? I’ve been on Cameo for seven years and I haven’t made half a million dollars. I’ve been on Cameo for five years, actually. Good for him if he has,” Shay, 37, stated with shock in the course of the Friday, October 27, episode of her “Scheananigans” podcast.

Taylor shared perception into his earnings on season 1 of E!’s House of Villains. While talking with Love Is Blind‘s Shake Chatterjee, the Vanderpump Rules alum, 44, mentioned discovering success after leaving actuality TV behind.

“I’ve made about probably $450,000 on Cameo alone,” Taylor revealed on the October 19 episode of the fact competitors whereas talking about life after his exit from Bravo in 2020. (Cameo is an internet service which permits followers to request personalised video messages from celebrities for a price that may vary from $1 to $15,000.)

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Taylor additionally praised his spouse, Brittany Cartwright, for hustling with model offers, including, “My wife makes a lot of money. She just got a $2 million job from Jenny Craig. My wife crushes it.”

Cartwright, 34, later referred to as out Taylor’s feedback after watching his dialog with Chatterjee, 36, unfold on display screen.

“What in the world kind of strategy did you think you were doing by telling people that you were making good money doing different things and that your wife had deals? I was mortified,” she stated on their “When Reality Hits” podcast on October 20.

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Taylor defended his resolution by telling Cartwright that he was attempting to make use of his expertise as a lesson for Chatterjee.

“I was making friends there and this Shake guy — he is new to reality TV and he was trying to figure out how to monetize the situation. I was trying to give examples on what you can make,” he famous. “I have been in this for a long time and I wish I had someone like me sharing how to get deals and how to use Cameo and how to make extra money.”

Taylor maintained he “wasn’t trying to brag” about his success. “I worked my ass off for the last 10 to 15 years to have what I have now. I wasn’t given anything. I worked hard,” he concluded. “You can’t just have the show money, you need other things.”

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During Friday’s podcast, Shay’s good friend Janet Elizabeth questioned whether or not Taylor was telling the reality. Shay subsequently admitted she hasn’t seen the identical stage of success for herself to date.

“I upped my price to be in line with Jax and James [Kennedy] because I used to be $75 [per video], and then I saw James was $100, so I did mine at $99. I think right now I am at $199 because I saw Jax and James were at $200,” Shay recalled. “I was like, ‘I cannot be putting mine out for $99 if you guys are doing $200.’”

The price breakdown led Elizabeth to imagine Taylor was “exaggerating a little bit,” as she added, “He would have to be doing 15 Cameos a day at 7 days a week.”