Vanderpump Rules: Scheana Shay and Katie Maloney allude to cheating rumors about Jax Taylor 'running around town' months before separation from Brittany Cartwright

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Scheana Shay and Katie Maloney alluded to cheating rumors about Jax Taylor months before his separation from Brittany Cartwright on Tuesday's episode of Vanderpump Rules.

Jax, 44, was brought up during the season 11 episode by Scheana, 38, and Katie, 37, while they speculated on why Tom Sandoval, 41, stayed in his relationship with Ariana Madix, 38, if he was 'unhappy' with her.

'You don't really know until you're in it. You know?,' Scheana said.

'Literally. Look at Jax and Brittany. They got married and had a baby,' Scheana said.

Katie made an unsetting face as flashbacks showed Jax in 2017 admitting to Brittany, 35, that he had sex with another woman, followed by a clip of her tearfully accepting his marriage proposal in 2018.

Katie Maloney alluded to cheating rumors about Jax Taylor months before his separation from Brittany Cartwright on Tuesday's episode of Vanderpump Rules

'I could not believe that when they did,' Scheana said.

'There's still stories about him running around town,' Katie said.

'Oh, I've heard,' Scheana said.

'No, it's beyond,' said Lala Kent, 33, of the stories about Jax.

Brittany last month announced that she and Jax had separated and were 'taking time apart' after four years of marriage.

She updated their relationship status on their joint podcast When Reality Hits and also revealed that she moved into another home.

Sandoval during the episode also revealed to Lisa Vanderpump, 63, that his mistress Rachel Leviss, 29, had blocked him and he was unable to contact her.

'Well then it's over,' Lisa said.

Scheana Shay also revealed that she heard the stories about Jax 'running around town'

'No, it's beyond,' said Lala Kent, 33, of the stories about Jax

Brittany Cartwright and Jax, shown in March 2023 in New York City, last month announced they had separated after four years of marriage

Sandoval had gone to Tom Tom to talk to Lisa.

'I'm worried about Rachel,' Sandoval said. 'Also, I miss her.'

Sandoval said he hadn't spoken to her and at least wanted to have a friendship with her.

'I've been worried f***ing sick about her,' Sandoval. 'Like I just want to give her a hug and know that she's okay.'

Lisa admitted that she had actually spoken to Rachel, at formerly known as Raquel on the show, at length.

'Some of the things she said she just didn't seem very happy with you,' Lisa said. 'She said to me she wasn't that comfortable lying to everybody. She said, 'he said that life is lying.'

In a confessional, Lisa also said that Rachel said she felt manipulated by Sandoval and didn't love him anymore.

Sandoval during the episode also revealed to Lisa Vanderpump, 63, that his mistress Rachel Leviss, 29, had blocked him and he was unable to contact her

'Well then it's over,' Lisa said

'I've been worried f***ing sick about her,' Sandoval. 'Like I just want to give her a hug and know that she's okay'

In a confessional, Lisa also said that Rachel said she felt manipulated by Sandoval and didn't love him anymore

The episode titled Written In The Stars opened with Sandoval returning from the trip to Lake Tahoe and feeling optimistic about how it went.

Scheana also went to see Lisa and told her that she was going through 'stages of grief' regarding the end of her friendship with Sandoval. Scheana said it was also hard to hear that Ariana got picked for Dancing With The Stars and not her. Scheana said she had taken dancing lessons hoping to be picked.

'It was kind of a punch to the gut, for sure,' Scheana said.

'I am so happy for her, but I can be happy for her and sad for me at the same time,' Scheana said in a confessional. 'Good for her she has come such a long way from being my backup dancer.'

Lisa said that she should be able to tell Ariana how she felt if they were friends.

'I tried,' Scheana said. 'She shuts me down.'

Lala met up with Ariana and relayed how Scheana had gotten so upset on the trip about the loss of her friendship with Sandoval. 

Lala asked Ariana if she could have come to Scheana's defense after online trolls came after her for posting a picture with Sandoval.

'I am so happy for her, but I can be happy for her and sad for me at the same time,' Scheana said in a confessional. 'Good for her she has come such a long way from being my backup dancer'

Lala met up with Ariana and relayed how Scheana had gotten so upset on the trip about the loss of her friendship with Sandoval

Lala asked Ariana if she could have come to Scheana's defense after online trolls came after her for posting a picture with Sandoval

'She needs you to say, ''I love you, you will always be my best friend'',' Lala said. 'Is that something you can say to her?'

'My position has not changed that he doesn't get any sort of access to my life via me or via mutual friends,' Ariana said. 'I'm not down with him being around.'

'You can't even make a post because you just don't want to be in the mix,' Lala said in a confessional. 'You step out of your house and you're in the f***ing mix.'

Lala told her she shouldn't just shut Scheana down.

'I'm not the person to come to with the Sandoval sympathy train,' Ariana said.

'But she lost one of her best friends,' Lala said.

'So did I. Two of them,' said Ariana who was betrayed by Sandoval and her good friend Rachel.

'You can't even make a post because you just don't want to be in the mix,' Lala said in a confessional. 'You step out of your house and you're in the f***ing mix'

Later, Scheana, Lala, Katie and Kristina Kelly went out to dinner. Scheana told them about how her daughter Summer fell and broke her arm right in front of her. Scheana also discussed how Sandoval broke down and cried during their trip to Tahoe about their friendship and that she thought he was being genuine.

'I'm finally five months later going through an actual grieving process,' said Scheana about her friendship with Sandoval. 'Ariana has already grieved the loss of this, making millions of dollars and living her best f***ing life. I'm not there.'

Scheana said when she first joined the show, Sandoval welcomed her. Katie told her to move on.

'I'm not hanging on to 12 f***ing years ago,' Katie said.

'That's you,' Lala said.

'I just don't have any sympathy and I'm waiting for this conversation to be over,' Katie said.

Scheana then shared that she slept with the bartender at their restaurant in 2006. Katie responded by saying she was going to jump off the roof if they kept talking about Sandoval.

Scheana then shared that she slept with the bartender at their restaurant in 2006

'We're not talking about him anymore,' Lala said. 'We have moved on to the bartender that she f***ed in '06.'

'With all due respect, I simply wish you would get over it,' Katie said.

Katie ranted about Tom being 'awful' to her and called him a 'trash bag of a human' and a 'demon'.

The next day, Lala met with Lisa and shared that she was looking for a sperm donor.

'I'm going to have a sperm donor and have this baby and then I'd like to adopt a baby,' Lala said. 'If I meet a guy later, we can have a baby. I'll just have all the kids in the world and I'm going to be so happy.'

Lala said in a confessional she didn't want anyone to come in and be able to take away her baby.

'I don't have to share on Christmas Day,' Lala said. 'Just mine.'

'I'm going to have a sperm donor and have this baby and then I'd like to adopt a baby,' Lala rold Lisa. 'If I meet a guy later, we can have a baby. I'll just have all the kids in the world and I'm going to be so happy'

Lala also said she spoke to Ariana about standing up for Scheana.

'Something's gotta give,' Lala said.

Tom Schwartz, 41, brought his friend hairstylist Jo Wenberg, 35, to SUR while James Kennedy, 32, was DJing. James told Schwartz that part of him was 'stoked' to see Sandoval again. Schwartz invited him to a guys night out.

Sandoval came over and sat with them, making Jame's girlfriend Ally Lewber, 28, uncomfortable.

Schwartz said in a confessional that he did hook up with Jo in the past. He said now they were just friends.

James, Schwartz, Sandoval and Scheana's husband Brock went out for a 'Rat Pack' themed dinner while Ally had the girls over to read their horoscopes.

Scheana asked Ariana how she could process the break up situation and still live in the same house as Sandoval.

James, Schwartz, Sandoval and Scheana's husband Brock went out for a 'Rat Pack' themed dinner

'The internet thinks I've made millions of dollars,' Ariana said. 'That is not true.'

Ariana said the week before her relationship exploded she was not in a good place financially.

'In March, I was literally on my last $2,000,' Ariana said in a confessional.

'He created this situation and now I'm f***ing scrambling trying to get my f***ing s*** together to be able to, in a financially responsible way, move on to the next step,' Ariana said.

Sandoval said he hadn't heard a single word from Rachel in a month.

'It's been 15 years since I was single dating around,' Sandoval said in a confessional. 'But what can I do? She's obviously made her decision. She's not coming back. Couldn't even send me an email for closure.'

Ariana was not happy to hear that James was out with Sandoval. Scheana had planned on having a conversation with Ariana about losing her friendship with Sandoval and Dancing With The Stars.

'But seeing her reaction to James hanging out with Sandoval I'm just going to sit back and keep my mouth shut,' Scheana said.

Ally Lewber had the girls over to read their horoscopes

'The internet thinks I've made millions of dollars,' Ariana said. 'That is not true'

Lala tried to explain to Ariana that she shouldn't be concerned and get heated at James for having dinner with Sandoval.

Katie told Lala that she couldn't apply her situation with her ex-fiance Randall Emmett, 52, to Ariana.

Lala said if she 'applied her situation, in the reality, that no one's going to like what I have to say.'

'What the f*** kind of threat is that?' Katie said. 'F***ing say it. Say it with your whole chest, b****. Let it go. Rip it.'

'Excuse me. Do not f***ing talk to me like that,' Lala said. 'You do not want it with me. Disengage. Disengage.'

Lala said her situation was way worse.

'What the f*** kind of threat is that?' Katie said. 'F***ing say it. Say it with your whole chest, b****. Let it go. Rip it'

'Excuse me. Do not f***ing talk to me like that,' Lala said. 'You do not want it with me. Disengage. Disengage'

'Nobody knows what it's like to deal with a s***ty ex more than I do,' Lala said. 'I'm never rid of this person that I have a child with, and this is why I know that harboring resentment towards your ex, like Ariana's doing with Sandoval, it will eat you alive.'

'Yours always has to be bigger,' Katie said. 'It was a bit much.'

'You are a bit much all the f***ing time,' Lala said.

Vanderpump Rules will return next Tuesday on Bravo.