Large sections of the Old Testament are devoted to genealogies — lengthy lists of couplings and the biblically-significant offspring that they begat. Given the Duggars' love for the Good Book, we're sure someone in the family has compiled a similar compendium of the courtships and marriages that led to the creation of Jim Bob and Michelle's many granchildren. It might seem like it would take a monastic scholar to keep track of the rapid expansion of the Counting On clan, but we managed to create a complete list of the #LittleDuggars without locking ourselves in an abbey with a quill and parchment. But that's not to say it was a simple task. After all, Jim Bob and Michelle have a lot of kids, and those kids are very dedicated to the task of populating Northwest Arkansas with Duggars. So sit back, grab a Duggar-friendly snack (might we suggest a jar of pickles?) and explore the family tree of the most beloved Baptist brood on reality TV: 1. Meet the Duggars The Duggar family seems to get bigger by the day. In fact, the Counting On clan has welcomed so bundles of joy in the past decade that some fans might find it difficult to keep up. 2. Humble Beginnings Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar had their first child, Josh, in 1988. Needless to say, they didn’t stop there. 3. Fame Comes Calling The family first rose to national prominence with a series of Discovery Health and TLC documentaries that mostly focused on Michelle’s last five deliveries. 4. A Bunch of Stars Are Born Viewers couldn’t get enough of the wholesome Arkansas clan, and it wasn’t long before the Duggars had their own show. 5. On the Grow Initially titled 17 Kids and Counting, the series documented the adventures and unorthodox customs of the still-expanding Duggar clan. 6. Overlapping Generations That expansion occurred in more ways than one, as Jim Bob and Michelle welcomed their youngest child (Josie Duggar, now 9) AFTER welcoming their first grandchild. View Slideshow
John Crist, a Christian comedian and popular YouTube personality, has issued a lengthy statement and canceled his tour amid allegations that he to used his celebrity statis to sexually harass and exploit women. Crist didn’t really deny these accusations in his statement, either. The comedian has spoken out a day after a report published by Charisma News detailed claims made by five women against Crist. The outlet writes that “Crist has exploited his Christian reputation and platform to harass, manipulate and exploit young women over the last seven years.” To quote from the report: The allegations include, but are not limited to, individually sexting multiple women during the same time period, initiating sexual relationships with married women and women in committed relationships, offering show tickets in exchange for sexual favors and repeatedly calling these women late at night while drunk. YIKES, huh? Crist has more than 526,000 YouTube subscribers and over 1.3 million combined followers on Instagram and Twitter. In response to the above article, Crist wrote the following to Charisma News: “Over the past number of years, various women have accused me of behavior that has been hurtful to them. “While I am not guilty of everything I’ve been accused of, I confess to being guilty of this — I have treated relationships with women far too casually, in some cases even recklessly.” Crist continued: “My behavior has been destructive and sinful. “I’ve sinned against God, against women and the people who I love the most. I have violated my own Christian beliefs, convictions and values, and have hurt many people in the process. “I am sorry for the hurt and pain I have caused these women and will continue to seek their forgiveness. “I have also hurt the name of Jesus and have sought His forgiveness.” Crist had been scheduled to film a Netflix special, but the company now says that program is on hold. He further revealed in his statement that he has sought professional treatment to help with his “addiction struggles” and added: “Over several recent years, I have privately sought and received regular professional treatment for my sexual sin and addiction struggles.” He didn’t go into much more detail about these struggles and/or what they entail. More from his statement: “I’m committed to getting healing and freedom from my sin and have decided to cancel my remaining tour dates this year and to postpone all future commitments in order to devote all my time and energy on getting healthy spiritually, mentally and physically.” Crist earned a spot on Pollstar’s Top 100 Tours Globally list in 2019, “with over 197,000 tickets sold for his ‘Human Being Tour,’” according to the star’s biography. The 35-year-old comedian was most recently romantically linked to country singer and American Idol alum Lauren Alaina; they split in September. According to Crist’s statement, “Those closest to me — my family, team and close friends — have known about this battle for some time, and now you do too.” And he concluded: I don’t blame anyone but myself. I’m responsible for my actions and I’ve repented and am taking full ownership. I realize it will be difficult for some people to ever forgive me, and I accept that as a result of my bad decisions and actions. My entire career has been lived out on stage, and even though I’ve shared many of my life struggles with my audiences, I’ve lived in constant fear of the darkest parts of my life being exposed publicly. My greatest fear has been that those who have loved and supported me would hate me if they knew everything about me. I now humbly seek forgiveness and mercy and love — not just for me, but for those I’ve hurt along my path. I’m so sorry.
Last month, Duane Chapman honored his late wife with a heartfelt birthday tribute . Beth would have been 52. But on the Dog’s Most Wanted season finale, Duane’s pain was even more fresh and raw. He even confessed to experiencing suicidal ideation out of his desire to join his beloved in death. “I’m so glad I had her the little time that I did,” Duane “Dog The Bounty Hunter” Chapman confessed to the cameras. His wife, Beth Chapman, had died after a lengthy battle with cancer, but Duane was not ready to let her go. “I’m only been alone as I showered and I had to run out of there without a towel,” he confessed. Duane said that he had done so “because I can’t be alone right now.” He explains that spending time alone with his thoughts leads to some pretty horrifying impulses. “That’s when I start thinking about things,” Duane confesses. “And I start to take a nap,” he adds, referring to another instance in which the reality of Beth’s passing strikes him. “And I reached over to touch something,” Duane describes. “And it was the freakin’ dog.” “I don’t realize yet psychologically that she’s gone and I’ll never ever see her,” Duane admits. He emphasizes that he hasn’t fully processed the loss, saying: “I don’t realize that.” “I just hope I don’t live very much longer without her,” Duane confessed. Oh no. “Because now she made the first step, she’s through the gate,” he says. “She’s paved the way for me.” This is where Duane reveals the exact form of his intrusive thoughts and harmful impulses. “I want to take a goddamn pain pill so bad,” Duane says. “I feel like if I did something to myself right now, and passed away, suicidal,” he adds. Duane continues: “I’d go up to heaven and be like ‘Hi honey,’ and would go, ‘you dumbass why did you do that?’ or would she go ‘wow, you’re here.'” The bounty hunter and reality star continues, clearly feeling conflicted between his love of life and his love for his departed wife. “So am I obligated to do that?” Duane asks, feeling hopeless. There is one piece of good news about his harrowing confession. Within the episode, a family friend reveals that they moved prescription pills to a place where he cannot easily find or access them. Suicidal ideation can be the result of clinical depression, but that is not the only instance in which it arises. Situational depression — that is, when a person has a “reason” to feel hopeless — can lead to suicidal impulses as a response to stress. While clinical depression is treated with long-term medication and therapy, situational depression can require the same treatments for a shorter time. In the mean time, the family friend did exactly the right thing by moving an immediate danger out of Duane’s reach. The good news is that this episode was filmed months ago, and Duane has had this time to cope. He has the support of family and friends, who can spend time with him and keep him occupied with thoughts beyond grief and loss. It is not uncommon for those who believe in some sort of afterlife to feel the urge to join their dearly departed loved one. We hope that Duane continues to cope, emotionally and mentally, with Beth’s passing. View Slideshow: Celebrities Who Died in 2019: In Memoriam
Remember when Jax Taylor claimed to be a changed man who had left behind the horrible, sociopathic behavior that defined the first 40 years of his life? Well, you may want to sit down for this one — it turns out the lifelong pathological liar was once again completely full of sh-t! A premiere date was announced today for Vanderpump Rules Season 8, and many fans are hoping the episodes debuting on January 7 will be Jax’s last. If you follow him on Twitter, you’re probably aware that Jax has a bit of a short temper. And by that we mean the man absolutely fills his diaper every time he’s confronted with even the most mild criticism.’ Usually, his reaction is to block whoever hurt his feel-feels and then whine to an audience of sycophants, frequently reminding his followers that they’re next on the blocklist, should they step out of line. However, this was the rare occasion in which Jax decided to actually engage with someone who committed the unforgivable sin of expressing an opinion on social media. And hoo, boy … did it turn ugly in a hurry. Interestingly, Taylor was the instigator, and when on the attack against a user named @47_mike because the guy expressed his distaste for a hockey jersey. “Does @adidashockey need some designers?” Mike tweeted. “Funny my wife said the same thing about your profile pice… Mike,” From there, Jax escalated the situation with some truly homophobic nonsense, suggesting that his “hater” is a closeted gay man, as though that’s some sort of devastating insult: “Your type of guy who is in a frat and claims he loves women, but secretly is bending over his roommate ‘chadd’ while wearing boat shoes,” Taylor tweeted, ironically outing himself as a 40-year-old-ass man who doesn’t understand the difference between “your” and “you’re.” “20 bucks says I hit the nail on the head,” he added. As you can see, when @47_Mike encouraged Jax to pipe down, Taylor doubled-down on the homophobia. “No frats. Again, you’re looking silly with the anti-LGBTQ tweets in 2019,” Mike replied. “My fiancee and I are getting married on our ninth anniversary next year. It’s all good over here homie. You should say less because you have a bigger audience and you look silly with the hate.” “Buddy I look a lot better than you right now. Feel sorry for that fiance of yours, how the hell did you get a female to be your beard. Poor girl,” Jax-ass tweeted back. “[Brittany Cartwright] feels bad you have a beard. And I am not talking about facial hair. Clearly,” Taylor ranted on. Twitter users were quick to respond to Taylor’s vile bigotry: “Your homophobic rant is horrible,” one person tweeted. “Pure trash. Shame on someone ‘working’ at a bar in the WeHo area spreading Anti-LGBTQ hate. Hypocrisy at its finest,” another wrote. “I have no tolerance for H8,” a third viewer tweeted. “Jax and Brittany should not be allowed to be [on Vanderpump Rules]. Lisa Vanderpump is a huge ally for the LGBT [community]. I also am a huge supporter.” As many have pointed out, this is an important moment in Lisa Vanderpump’s career as a self-proclaimed activist. Many have called her commitment to the LGBTQ+ community into question and argued that she’s done little deserve her status as an ally. Earlier this year, Vanderpump cast member Billie Lee quit the show amid controversy, claiming that as a trans woman, she encountered bigotry from the show’s cast and audience. Lisa was conspicuously silent on the matter. Hopefully, she’ll be more vocal on this latest matter. And hopefully, Jax will finally be held responsible for his foolishness. View Slideshow: Jax Taylor Gets Paid More Than the Rest of the Vanderpump Cast Because In 2018, Cruelty and Idiocy Are Virtues
At times, the current season of Vanderpump Rules has felt like the final episodes of a long-running high school drama. The characters we’ve watched party, cheat, fight, and generate endless drama for the past several years now appear much too old for such shenanigans, and the realization that it’s time for a change is bittersweet. Sure, it’s nice to see the cast finally grow up, especially since some of them are beginning to show physical signs of age, and dancing on a bar while guzzling tequila straight from the bottle is becoming a rather sad sight. (On high school dramas, this is a result of Hollywood’s tendency to cast 25-year-olds as freshmen. On Vanderpump , it’s a consequence of the fact that most of the cast was already in their thirties when the show premiered back in 2013.) But at the same time, we’re more than a little bummed that we’ll no longer be able to bear witness to all that debauchery. As they approach their middle years, the most enlightened grownups realize that if you cling to youth, the consolations of aging — wisdom, stability, a greater sense of self — are lost to you. And astonishingly, it seems no one in the Vanderpump cast is more aware of this fact than Mr. Jax Taylor. One of the recurring themes of this season is the notion that Taylor has changed his ways . And while we counted ourselves among the skeptics at first, it now looks as though Taylor may have been speaking the truth when he stated that his father’s death had caused him to see the light. For one thing, Jax is soon to marry Brittany Cartwright . The wedding will take place in June, and will be featured on the eighth season of Vanderpump . So fans have quite a wait ahead of them — and it seems many are convinced that Jax and Brittany were themselves unable to wait for their wedding night. There’s a widespread rumor on social media that Cartwright is already knocked up with Taylor’s baby. And ironically, comments the couple recently made to the contrary have only added fuel to the fire. “I’m definitely eager to have kids and Jax is eager to have kids. He’ll be 40 two weeks after [the wedding]. I’m 30, we’re ready. We’re buying a house,” Brittany recently told Us Weekly . “When it happens it happens. We’re not going to be very careful. We’re gonna let it come with God’s grace, and he’ll give us a baby when [it’s] ready.” Jax echoed the sentiment saying he can’t wait to become a father. “We’ve been together for four years and my whole life has been a party, so I’ve done everything I wanted to do. I’m ready for the next step,” Taylor told the magazine. “I’m ready to have kids. I’m ready to be part of the PTA, soccer dad, soccer mom, gymnastics coach, whatever. That’s my next job.” Many fans believe these remarks are Jax and Brittany’s way of bracing the public for a pregnancy announcement — but we feel they’re reading too much into it. Besides, Jax swears he’s stopped lying , and we all believe him when he says that — don’t we? View Slideshow: Jax Taylor Gets Paid More Than the Rest of the Vanderpump Cast Because In 2018, Cruelty and Idiocy Are Virtues
The most consistent complaint about the current season of Vanderpump Rules is that the show has reached the point at which the cast members’ lives are simply too settled to be consistently entertaining. While we still believe Vanderpump has plenty of life in it — if nothing else, it remains arguably the funniest reality shows on television — it’s not hard to see why viewers might be growing frustrated with a group that seems more concerned with promoting side projects (ranging from beer cheese to horror flicks) than stirring up drama. Part of the problem, of course, is that the show’s primary pot-stirrer, Jax Taylor, seems to be making a genuine effort to leave his bad habits in the past. If you’re a longtime fan of the show, you’re probably aware that Jax’s list of bad habits includes just about every vice known to man. For seven seasons, Taylor has lied compulsively, cheated on his significant others with aplomb, and gleefully manipulated social situations — frequently causing considerable harm to the people he calls his closest friends in the process. He drank too much, his hair-trigger temper made him quick to engage in physical violence, and we’re guessing there’s a reason that multiple Watch What Happens Live callers have inquired about Jax’s cocaine use during his appearances on the show. But Taylor says a number of recent changes in his life have led him to the obvious conclusion that he was on a road to disaster. Jax claims that his is a personal transformation rooted in tragedy, as it began with the death of Taylor’s father in June of 2018. The loss inspired Taylor to propose to longtime girlfriend Brittany Cartwright. Both fans and friends urged Cartwright to proceed with caution, as Taylor had been caught cheating on her with a mutual friend just months earlier. A compelling new profile of Taylor on Vulture delves into the 39-year-old’s humble beginnings (as a Michigander named Jason Cauchi), as well as his current transformation. (Jax says he’s consumed no more than “six drinks in six months,” a change he owes largely to his newfound love of cannabis.) The piece offers numerous tidbits about Taylor’s past, some of which are surprising — Jax served a stint in the Navy?! — while others stand to reason. For example, Bravo president and Vanderpump producer Andy Cohen says that he became convinced Jax had reality star potential only after learning the SUR bartender had lied to his entire friend group and claimed to be close friends with Cohen. Both castmates and crew confirm that Taylor can’t be trusted. In the past, he’s lied about everything from his military service to his athletic past (Taylor falsely claimed to have played college hockey) to his alleged friendship with Channing Tatum. “He lied to me and told me he was a Navy SEAL. He was not,” says Jax’s ex Stassi Schroder. “He literally had a Navy SEAL sticker on the back of his truck, so he wouldn’t get pulled over by cops.” Last season, in addition to lying about his affair even after being caught cheating by Brittany, Jax falsely claimed to have been hired as the social media coordinator for an NHL hockey team. His friends, and his fiance, and his producers might be willing to provide Jax with an endless “get out of jail free” cards, but no major corporation will be putting Jax in charge of its Twitter account anytime soon — particularly given his tendency to bully fans on social media. The Vulture piece is cautiously optimistic about Jax’s ability to move past his sociopathic tendencies, but you don’t need to be a professional therapist to know that one personal tragedy doesn’t undo a lifetime of addiction and emotional abuse. Taylor has expressed frustration over the fact that so few seem to take his transformation seriously. Unfortunately for him, the only way to prove the doubters wrong is to show remain dedicated to growth and change for a very long time — and patience isn’t exactly Taylor’s strong suit. View Slideshow: Jax Taylor Gets Paid More Than the Rest of the Vanderpump Cast Because In 2018, Cruelty and Idiocy Are Virtues
On Tuesday, Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club premiered on MTV, reminding the world that Lindsay Lohan is still out there and still trying to rebuild her decimated career. Lindsay would likely be the first to admit that she’s made quite a few mistakes over the years. But she insists that sleeping with Vanderpump Rules Jax Taylor is not one of those regrettable decisions. For over a decade, Taylor has been claiming that he hooked up with Lohan after partying with her at a club in LA. It’s not the most gentlemanly move, and to make matters worse, Jax has repeatedly told the world that Lindsay is really bad in bed . The story has long been a staple of early-2000s gross hook-up lore. But what’s often glossed over is the fact that Lindsay insists the hook up never happened. LiLo appeared on Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live Wednesday night, and she once again doubled down on her claim that not only has she never slept with Jax, she’s never even met him. Lindsay Lohan: I Never Slept With Jax Taylor! During the show’s infamous Plead the Fifth segment, Lisa Vanderpump asked Lindsay for a review of Jax’s performance in the sack. (Lisa’s not your average employer, folks.) “I’ve never even met him. I never met him. Really,” Lohan insisted. “Maybe he met Hallie or Annie,” she added, in a weird reference to her Parent Trap characters. The famously short-tempered Jax is not one for just laughing off criticism, so it was no surprise when he took to Twitter to refute Lindsay’s claim. “Not that I care, it was over 10 years ago and I am happily engaged, but she’s a liar,” he tweeted on Thursday, along with a screenshot of a text message from his friend who was allegedly with him on that fateful night. “My two friends who have nothing to gain were with me the whole night. That’s all I will say on this. So you are lying, darlin’.” Jax recently got engaged to Brittany Cartwright , and he’ll turn 40 freakin’ years old this year, so it’s a little strange that he’s carping about his past hookups on Twitter. But hey, at least he acknowledged how weird it is that he’s delving into this. Although come to think of it, the fact that he knows he just shut up actually makes the whole situation even weirder. As for who we believe, Jax and Lindsay are both known BS artists, so this will probably remain one of the great mysteries of our time for the foreseeable future. View Slideshow: Lindsay Lohan Is “Canceled Forever” After Bashing #MeToo Movement
From the very start of their relationship, Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright faced some pretty severe challenges, many of them resulting from what Taylor describes as his “Peter Pan complex.” Jax will soon be 39 years old, but the current season of Vanderpump Rules features some of his most batsh-t behavior yet, and Brittany has tolerated all of it … only to get unceremoniously kicked to the curb on last night’s episode. To understand how bizarre and thoroughly unexpected this move was, we need to go back and re-examine how bonkers Taylor’s behavior has been throughout this season. Things started off with a bang – literally – when Jax cheated on Brittany with Faith Stowers. From there, the situation quickly got cranked up to 11 when it was revealed that Stowers might be pregnant with Taylor’s baby. (That rumor was quickly revealed to be some nonsense that Faith cooked up in order to expand her role on the show. Shady stuff, to be sure, but it’s kind of behavior we’ve come to expect from the SUR staff.) With the help of some new-age mumbo-jumbo, Jax calmed down for a few weeks … that is until last week’s episode when he had a full-blown meltdown at SUR , even going so far as to flip Lisa Vanderpump the bird. We’ve seen Jax lose control under the influence of one too many Pump-tinis in the past, but this was a whole new level. Needless to say, many suspected that he’d traded in his calming stone for a different kind of rock. After all that, we guess it’s not surprising that last night’s episode saw the return of Contrite Jax, a character who’s getting more and more pathetic as he approaches 40. We expected the usual hollow apologies and pseudo-self-reflection, but we didn’t expect him to dump the only person willing to put up with his insanity: “I’m not happy with myself. I don’t like who I am and it’s not because of you. Look at all the s–t I’ve caused this summer.” Yes, it was a rare moment of self-awareness from Jax. Guess all that Reiki therapy is finally paying off! Just kidding, it was all just his way of kicking off a classic “it’s not you; it’s me” speech. “You deserve to be happy. You deserve to get married. You deserve to have kids. You deserve to have someone treat you like the princess that you are,” Jax said, sounding very much like he was auditioning for a sequel to The Notebook . “I am just not that person. I am not good in relationships. You deserve a lot better than me. I just don’t think we can be together anymore.” Viewers were momentarily hopeful that Brittany would finally free herself of what seems to be an absurdly unhealthy relationship: “F—k you, I am f—king leaving ‘Cause I don’t want to be with you,” she shouted at one point. “This is exactly what you wanted to do. You said it a long time ago, that you wanted to break up with me, so good job.” Yes, it did seem like Jax was merely capitalizing on the drama of recent weeks and using it as an excuse to end a relationship that he’s wanted to get out of several months. But the episode was filmed several months ago, and remarkably, it seems Jax and Brittany are still going strong and bracing themselves for another summer of Patron-fueled mayhem. In fact, just this morning, Jax was tweeting not only about his love for Brittany, but the future he envisions for the children they’ll have together. “Our daughter is going to be in pageants I know it.. I am in trouble. who am I kidding I am gonna be the biggest pageant dad ever!” he wrote. Indeed, Brittany confirmed in a recent interview that she and Jax are still an item after more than two years of constant drama: “He’s so much better,” she said. “I feel like we’re so much better than we’ve been in a long time.” As verification that the couple is gearing up to for another summer of WeHo insanity, she wrote on Instagram, “New Summer, New Us.” We cringe to imagine it … and we can’t wait to see what happens. Watch Vanderpump Rules online to get caught up on one of the show’s most insane seasons to date. View Slideshow: 37 Classic Vanderpump Rules Moments in GIFs
You know how sometimes your non-friend acquaintance doesn’t text you back, so you take that as permission to bang their boyfriend? That’s life, right? According to Faith Stowers, anyway. Because she’s not only unapologetic about hooking up with Jax, she’s also claiming that she and Brittany were never really friends. Way to commit to your role as Vanderpump Rules villain, Faith. So, on this season of Vanderpump Rules , Faith Stowers has gone from being essentially a glorified extra to being the center of attention. She slept with Jax Taylor . To make matters worse, she also claimed that she’d missed her period — guaranteeing her the on-camera attention that she clearly craves. But not all attention is good attention, folks. She’s emerged as the villain. Just because Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor are still together somehow doesn’t mean that Faith didn’t play a key role in sabotaging their relationship. Was Jax the guiltiest party? Yes. But since the much-beloved Brittany has taken him back, viewers and fans are going to want to look to the other woman to direct their ire. And Faith is making herself really, really easy to dislike. Faith Stowers spoke to Us Weekly in what we assume was, at some point, an attempt to make herself look better. You tell us how well she succeeded. “I don’t owe Brittany anything, I’m not Brittany’s friend.” There is a line of thinking that suggests that only the cheater is doing anything wrong, not the woman with whom he cheats. In some cases, we’re inclined to agree. But basically everyone, ever, including Faith’s costars, were definitely under the impression that Brittany and Faith were friends. Faith, however, suggests some “evidence” that they weren’t friends. “Brittany doesn’t even text me back. I mean, I’m confused.” Banging somebody’s boyfriend sounds like a bit of an overreaction. In my day, when somebody didn’t text back, we just set their car on fire. (Kidding!) It looks like Faith knows that the whole “banged Jax and faked a pregnancy” storyline can’t go on forever without adding a little more fuel to the fire. Because then she decided to bring up a more salacious topic. “The only reason why you text me in the beginning was cause you wanted a threesome.” Apparently this whole thing started when Jax was messaging Faith, ostensibly on behalf of himself and Brittany. Faith told Us her reaction: “I was like laughing, ‘LOL, you guys are hilarious. Brittany’s pretty cute though.’” She’s not wrong. Faith says that, at the time, she at least entertained the notion of a threesome with her Vanderpump Rules costars. “I’m kind of flirting with the idea, but I’m not serious.” But … you know how, if you mention a walk in front of a dog, they get super excited and can’t calm down until you walk them? That’s the impression that we get of Jax and all of this sex talk. Super eager … but without a dog’s loyalty. Or cuteness. “I think that’s what pushed the envelope for him. OK now I’m bringing up threesomes, here we go.” We all know where that led. Jax screwed up — and by up , we mean Faith. But Faith is no longer happy with him. “I actually liked Jax, like I actually appreciated his time, and so it was the fact that he lied to my face.” The Jax she banged, it seems, was very different from the Jax who tried to preserve his relationship with Brittany Cartwright. “This kid was almost in tears laying in my bed, talking about this girl, saying he was done with her and he felt trapped. But lie to my face at a party?” Faith even describes what sex with Jax was like, because of course she does. “It was almost like he really, really needed this.” It sounds a little like she’s calling Jax pathetic, here. Or insulting Brittany’s sex skills. “It was … you could just tell, ’cause even when during the intercourse, it was very intimate, it was like … he just, I don’t know.” She takes another stab at describing their encounter. “He was in a whole other world, he was just so excited. I don’t know. I was into it, cause I liked him, I could tell he was more into it than I was. If that makes any sense.” That actually does make sense … but we don’t really need to hear Jax’s sexual experiences described to us ever again. Please. View Slideshow: 37 Classic Vanderpump Rules Moments in GIFs
If you’ve been watching Vanderpump Rules this season, then you know the show has delivered a satisfying mix of the old (Jax is still a colossal douche) and the new (he’s finding bold and innovative ways to express his douchiness). At six seasons in, most reality shows are starting to wind down, but Vanderpump remains fresh largely because of just how low its principal players are willing to sink in the name of keeping their genitals stimulated and their livers pickled. Thus far, this season has focused largely on the crumbling relationship between Jax and his well-meaning, but frustratingly naive girlfriend, Brittany Cartwright. In the season premiere, we learned that Jax cheated on Brittany with former SUR girl Faith Stowers. (He didn’t admit it until the following episode, but c’mon … Was there ever any doubt?) For a while, there was reason to believe that Faith was pregnant with Jax’s baby , but it turns out that was just some BS Stowers cooked up in order to ensure she’d make it on the show. But despite pretending to miss her period for the sake of like three minutes of screen time, Faith says she’s not the fake-ass one here. Rather, she contends that that title belongs to her former friends James Kennedy and Lala Kent. Recently, an Instagram follower expressed sympathy for Faith and stated that she hopes Lala is sticking by her during this tumultuous time. “Lala is upset because she wanted to put this story out there so she doesn’t have my back and has been fake the whole time,” Faith responded. In another comment, she went into greater detail, slamming not only Lala but her other former friend James Kennedy, whom she claims befriended Jax solely to ensure he wouldn’t get booted off the show due to his total lack of connection with anyone in the cast: “James says he is back friends with Jax and says sorry faith just business, lol so sad. and Lala is mad because she wanted to deliver the scandal to bravo for more money in her contract and didn’t get to because of Scheana party. They were fake friends and i learned my lesson.” So that’s why Bravo felt it was okay to bring back serial woman-abuser James! Clearly, Jax’s powers of persuasion know no bounds, as evidenced by the fact that he and Brittany are still together. We’re pretty sure dude has hypnotic eyeballs, like that snake in The Jungle Book . Watch Vanderpump Rules online to get caught up in time for what’s alreadu been a bonkers season. Just be careful not to lock eyes with Jax Taylor. Dude will have you PayPal-ing him your life savings in no time. View Slideshow: 37 Classic Vanderpump Rules Moments in GIFs
