Jax Taylor Slams Lisa Vanderpump For Defending James Kennedy’s Alleged Abuse

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Jax Taylor is not any stranger to dangerous habits.

Over the course of his eight seasons on Vanderpump Guidelines, Jax boozed, cheated, berated his co-stars, and made nearly each form of dangerous choice underneath the solar.

Not many individuals are shocked, that Jax’s marriage to Brittany Cartwright didn’t final, however the Bravo veteran — who at present seems on The Valley — swears he’s modified his methods.

And in an ironic twist that nobody noticed coming, Jax is now passing ethical judgment on his former VPR costars.

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Lisa Vanderpump’s shocking stance on James

As we beforehand reported, James Kennedy was arrested again in December following an incident at Kathy Hilton’s vacation occasion.

He wasn’t charged, however the altercation led to the top of James’ relationship with Ally Lewber.

We’d by no means know for positive precisely what occurred, nevertheless it seems like James — whose substance abuse and anger points have been well-documented — acquired as much as his previous tips.

Which is why it was so shocking when his previous boss, Lisa Vanderpump, got here to his protection.

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“I have spoken to James and to Ally at great length,” she advised Us Weekly within the wake of the incident.

“I didn’t need to just hear from James. I needed to hear from Ally, too, from her mouth what happened. She told me categorically he didn’t hurt her. He never hurts her. They were both drinking.”

Lisa added that Ally solely had James arrested as a result of she wished to “teach him a lesson.”

“She basically said, ‘Oh yes, take him away. It’ll teach him a lesson,’” Vanderpump advised Us. “But no, he didn’t hurt her categorically. … She regrets what happened with how this blew up.”

Jax bashes Lisa Vanderpump’s coddling of James Kennedy

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Requested about his relationship with Lisa throughout a latest look on the “When Reality Hits” podcast, Jax made it clear that he’s not a fan of the West Hollywood restaurateur.

“No, I don’t talk to her anymore. To be honest with you, I don’t really take kindly to her,” he stated (through The Ashley’s Actuality Roundup).

He defined that he was shocked that Lisa would defend James, who was beforehand in a poisonous relationship with Jax’s Vanderpump co-star Kristen Doute.

“The way she treated Kristen, the things she said about Kristen and her lack of empathy,” Jax stated.

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“The way she handled the James and Ally situation. I personally think that was wrong. Kristen is my dear friend and the things [Lisa] said was just not OK.”

Kristen beforehand slammed Lisa’s feedback as “absolutely disgusting and diabolical.”

“It’s a spinoff, so [Lisa] will always get a credit that’s how tv works,” he claimed in an interview.

That could be the case — however then once more, Jax doesn’t have the best historical past relating to telling the reality, so who is aware of?