From left: Jax Taylor, Jesse Lally and Michelle Saniei.Photo:Gary Gershoff/Getty; Felix Kunze/Bravo via Getty; Amanda Edwards/Getty
Gary Gershoff/Getty; Felix Kunze/Bravo via Getty; Amanda Edwards/Getty
AsJax Taylorgoes through his andBrittany Cartwright’sseparation, he knows he’s not alone in the experience.
TheVanderpump Rulesalum shares “it’s been interesting” to hear from friends like Lally, as he adjusts to being separated from his wife of nearly four years and they continue tofocus on co-parentingtheir son Cruz, 2.
“Everybody handles this kind of situation differently,” he says, noting his support for his longtime friend, who he knew from his modeling days in New York City, and Saniei, Lally’s wife of six years.
Jax Taylor on ‘Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen’.Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty
Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty
“In fact, you know, [it’s] not just Jesse. I have about a dozen people going through this right now,” Taylor continues. “There’s a lot of people going through what I’m going through right now.”
“Marriage is not easy,” the Bravo star adds. “It’s a lot of work. There’s a lot of ups and downs.”
Despite admitting how “tough” marriage can be, Taylor also says, “But we’re handling it the best way we can.”
Lally also spoke to PEOPLE at the premiere ofThe Valley, which follows Taylor and Cartwright’s group of friends navigating their next phase of adulthood in early parenthood and their careers in Los Angeles.
The luxury real estate agent says he was “happy” Taylor reached out to him during his marital struggles because he “was going through it way before” his friend was.
Jesse Lally and Michelle Saniei attend the 2022 LA Power Broker Awards on Sept. 20, 2022.Jesse Grant/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty
Jesse Grant/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty
“I told him, like, ‘Listen, I’ve been through the miserable part of it. Now we’re in mediation and we’re doing this… Whatever support you need, I’m happy to be there for you,'” Lally says of when Taylor first came to him “four or six weeks ago.”
He adds, “We’re all here to support each other. We’re all going through different things.”
Lally and Saniei’s separation is said to be a subject of the first season ofThe Valley. The two were married in October 2018, according toBravo, and share one daughter, Isabella Bunny, who was born in April 2020.
Their split comes as Taylor and his wife of nearly four years, who he appeared with onVanderpump Rulesuntil 2020, are also separated. Cartwright first revealed the news in a late February episode of their podcastWhen Reality Hits, maintaining that the two were taking it “one day at a time” and their son was continuing to be their No. 1 priority.
Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright at at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas, NV on Nov. 5, 2023.Todd Williamson/Bravo via Getty
Todd Williamson/Bravo via Getty
The former couple each spoke to PEOPLE about their relationship at the premiere ofThe Valley.
Taylor revealed that he and Cartwright had been “going through some things for a while now” and both decided it would be best for the entire family if they took “a little bit of a breather.”
“I’m not sure what the future holds for this, but you know, as of right now, this is just the best case scenario,” he said.
Cartwright, meanwhile, told PEOPLEthat although she’s been committed to being Taylor’s “ride or die for nine years,” “there’s only so much that a woman can take.”
It remains unclear whether the two will divorce, as neither party has filed any legal paper work. Taylor also previously insisted in an interview withPage Sixthat their separation was “not a divorce.”
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The Valleypremieres Tuesday, March 19, on Bravo following a new episode ofVanderpump Rules, and episodes will stream next day on Peacock. Beginning Tuesday, March 26, the series will move to its regular timeslot of 9 p.m. ET/PT.
source: people.com
