Tom Sandoval and Jax Taylor’s friendship was featured in the early season of Vanderpump Rules. The former besties had a falling out around the time of Taylor’s wedding to Brittany Cartright. Amid Scandoval, are Tom Sandoval & Jax Taylor friends again? Keep reading for all the details.
Tom Sandoval’s Post-Scandal Life
In March 2023, Bravoholics were rocked by a cheating scandal involving the Vanderpump Rules cast. It wasn’t the first time cheating happened on the show, but very few predicted the demise of Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix’s relationship.
Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix/Credit: Bravo YouTube
The two had been together for nine years. But news broke at the beginning of March that Sandoval had been having a nearly yearlong affair with co-star and SUVer Raquel Leviss, who has returned to her given name – Rachel – since the scandal.
Ariana Madix discovered the affair when she found an NSFW video of her longtime boyfriend and friend on his phone. The scandal was so shocking that Bravo picked up cameras to film the fallout for Season 10, which originally wrapped filming a few months earlier.
Needless to say, Sandoval and Leviss are no longer together. The bartender has been trying to recover his public image with a series of reality show stints and a new podcast. He was recently unmasked on The Masked Singer and is one of the contestants on Fox’s Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test.
Last month he launched a podcast, Everybody Loves Tom, to share his side of the affair. Ariana Madix has made bank on the scandal, including a stint on Dancing With The Stars.
When the affair news broke, Jax Taylor and his wife, Brittany Cartwright, spoke out against Sandoval. Where do the former best friends stand now?
Are Jax Taylor & Tom Sandoval Friends Again?
Rumors of a feud between Jax Taylor and Tom Sandoval started shortly after Taylor and Cartwright’s wedding. Sandoval was best man, but that’s something Jax Taylor came to regret.
Fans witnessed their brewing feud during Season 8 of Vanderpump Rules. Jax Taylor thought his best friend was slacking in his best man duties, skipping multiple wedding parties. The feud came to a head during the Season 8 reunion, which was held virtually due to the COVID pandemic.
Jax Taylor/Credit: Bravo YouTube
Cartwright and Taylor didn’t return for Season 9, citing their growing family. They welcomed a son, Cruz, in April 2021.
While they haven’t been on the Bravo show, the couple are vocal on social media and their new podcast, When Reality Hits.
Tom Sandoval isn’t the only person Jax Taylor has had beef with. He recently came after former co-star Katie Maloney and also has an issue with Lala Kent’s ex, Randall Emmett.
It seems Jax Taylor may have softened toward his former BFF. The former model spoke to Page Six to promote his upcoming reality show, House of Villains.
Taylor said that while he disagrees with Sandoval’s affair, he reached out to him during the onslaught of hate. Explaining it, he said, “When the whole world is coming down on you, the last thing he needs is Jax Taylor to come down on him too.”
He also called out Sandoval for stealing Ariana Madix’s DWTS thunder by announcing his podcast, calling the timing “distasteful.” But that doesn’t mean Jax Taylor won’t appear on the podcast.
The ballroom was on fire with Ariana Madix and @pashapashkov86! #DWTS pic.twitter.com/AaH9HH2fRo
— Dancing with the Stars #DWTS (@officialdwts) October 5, 2023
He admitted to Page Six that he will probably be on the podcast “eventually.”
Of where he stands with Tom Sandoval today, Taylor said, “Everybody makes mistakes but I’ve been friends with this guy for 20 years.”
It sounds like the two Vanderpump Rules stars have buried the hatchet, even if they aren’t the BFFs they used to be.
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