Jax Taylor

Jason Michael Cauchi (born July 11, 1979), known professionally as Jax Taylor, is an American television personality, model, and actor.[1] He was previously featured on the Bravo reality television series Vanderpump Rules,[1] until being fired in December 2020.

Jax Taylor
Born
Jason Michael Cauchi

(1979-07-11) July 11, 1979
Shelby Township, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation(s)Television personality, actor, model
TelevisionVanderpump Rules
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Spouse
Brittany Cartwright
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(m. 2019)​

Early life and education

Taylor was born in Shelby Township, Michigan on July 11, 1979, to Marie and Ronald Cauchi.[1] His mother is an Australian, and his father was a Maltese. He has a sister, Jenny Lynn. He was raised Catholic and attended church until he was 19 years old.[2] In 1998, he graduated from Eisenhower High School in Shelby Township, Michigan.[3] He attended Michigan State University and community college, but he dropped out of school to enter the Navy.[4] He was in the Navy for 6 months, 4 days and was trained at a base in Norfolk, Virginia.[4][5][6] Allegedly, he “worked” in the mess hall before being discharged part way through his first tour for unknown reasons.

Career

Modeling

From 2002 to 2010, Taylor worked as a model in Europe and lived in Miami.[7] Taylor signed with Ford Models in New York City.[7] He has appeared in several magazines, including Trump Magazine, V Man, GQ Japan, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan, 944 Magazine, Esquire, Instinct, CosmoGirl and Out.[8] He has also starred in campaigns for Target, Macy's, JCPenney, Old Navy, Nordstrom, Kohl's, Skechers, Paul Mitchell, AussieBum, 2(x)ist, Taco Bell and Abercrombie & Fitch.[8][9] In 2018, he resumed his modelling career by starring in a Jack Victor campaign.[10] In 2014, Taylor collaborated with XCALIBUR BRAND to create a shoe and sweater collection.[11][12] In 2014, Taylor also created a fitness application which lasted just a couple of months before being abandoned.[13]

Television

He started working at Lisa Vanderpump's restaurants SUR and Villa Blanca, which earned him a spot on the reality television series Vanderpump Rules in 2013, following the lives of the SUR and Villa Blanca servers. Taylor and Brittany Cartwright got their own spin-off television series Vanderpump Rules: Jax & Brittany Take Kentucky, which followed the couple's visit to Cartwright's hometown in Kentucky.[14] The couple have also appeared in three episodes of Vanderpump Rules: Watch with Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor (2022–23) on Peacock.[15]

In a May 2023 interview with the Rolling Stone, Taylor confirmed that he had filmed a new reality show titled House of Villains.[15][16] The series premiered on October 12, 2023 on E!. The show follows ten television villains competing for a $200,000 prize and the title of "America’s Ultimate Supervillain."[17]

On June 28, 2023, Variety reported that a Vanderpump Rules spin-off starring Taylor, Brittany Cartwright and Kristen Doute was in early development at Bravo.[18]

Personal life

He began dating Brittany Cartwright in 2015, and she quickly uprooted to LA to join Cauchi on Vanderpump Rules. The show followed their tumultuous relationship amidst cheating scandals and volatile outbursts, before culminating in the made-for-tv wedding. The couple got engaged in Malibu, California on June 7, 2018.[19] The couple wed on June 29, 2019, in Kentucky, and boasted Lance Bass as the officiant - a favor called in from Vanderpump herself after the original pastor’s cruel anti-lgbtq rhetoric was unearthed.[20] In September 2020, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child due in April 2021.[21] They had a boy named Cruz Michael Cauchi on April 12, 2021, and have stated they do want a second child.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2016 Sharknado: The 4th Awakens Guardsman #2 TV film
2022 Savage Salvation Good Ol' Boy Film

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Desperate Housewives Hot Guy 2 in

Dance Club

TV series, episode: "Look Into Their Eyes and You See What They Know"
2012 Dexter Uncredited extra TV series, episode: "This Is the Way the World Ends"
2012–14 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Himself TV series, 6 episodes
2013–20 Vanderpump Rules TV series
2015–23 Watch What Happens Live! TV series, 12 episodes
2015 The Real Housewives of New York City TV series, episode: "London Calling"; Uncredited
2017 Then and Now with Andy Cohen TV series, episodes: "2003" & "1990"
Vanderpump Rules: Jax & Brittany Take Kentucky TV series, 6 episodes (also executive producer)
2019 Basically Stassi TV series, episode: "Stassi and Beau Go Toe to Toe with Jax and Brittany"
2020 Celebrity Call Center TV series, episode: "The Shift With the Gen X Tik Tok"
2022 The Doctors TV series, episode: "Reality Star Gets Brotox!"[22]
2023 Vanderpump Rules: Watch with Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor TV series, 3 episodes[15]
House of Villains Contestant on season 1[23]

Podcasts
Year Title Role Notes
2023–

present

 When Reality Hits with Jax and Brittany Host PodcastOne[24]

References
  1. "Jax Taylor". IMDb. Archived from the original on 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  2. "A Conversation With Jax Taylor, Reality TV's Most Notorious Bad Boy - MEL Magazine". MEL Magazine. 2017-11-30. Archived from the original on 2018-11-03. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  3. "Before They Worked at Sur: Jax Taylor". Bravo TV Official Site. 2015-01-04. Archived from the original on 2018-08-04. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  4. "Why Didn't Jax Taylor's Navy Training Help Him During that Near-Death Experience in Big Bear?". Bravo TV Official Site. 2018-03-01. Archived from the original on 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  5. "The Villain of 'Vanderpump Rules'". Complex. Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  6. "'Sharknado 4' Actor Accused of Stolen Valor". This ain't Hell, but you can see it from here. 2019-03-19. Archived from the original on 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  7. Reslen, Eileen (2018-12-17). "'Vanderpump Rules' Star Jax Taylor Opens Up About His Pre-Wedding Weight Loss". Men's Health. Archived from the original on 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  8. "Jax Taylor". www.modelmayhem.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  9. "See the Cast of Vanderpump Rules Before They Were Stars". PEOPLE.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-03. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  10. "You May Just Run into Jax Taylor on Your Next Trip to This Popular Department Store". Bravo TV Official Site. 2018-08-16. Archived from the original on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  11. Rohwedder, Kristie. "Jax + Rob K. = Footwear Match Made In Heaven". Bustle. Archived from the original on 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
  12. Rohwedder, Kristie. "What Would Stassi Say?". Bustle. Archived from the original on 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
  13. Rohwedder, Kristie. "Someone Wears Only a Sock On 'Vanderpump'". Bustle. Archived from the original on 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
  14. "Vanderpump Rules Jax and Brittany Take Kentucky". Bravo TV Official Site. 2017-07-25. Archived from the original on 2018-08-04. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  15. Stern, Marlow (2023-05-31). "'Vanderpump Rules' Villain Jax Taylor Is Ready for His Big Comeback". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  16. "Report: Jax Taylor Says He Is Filming New Villains Reality Show". Yahoo Entertainment. 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  17. "Johnny Bananas, Omarosa, Jax Taylor and More to Compete in 'House of Villains' to Be America's Ultimate Supervillain". Peoplemag. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  18. Aurthur, Kate (2023-06-28). "'Vanderpump Rules' Spinoff in Development at Bravo; Jax Taylor, Kristen Doute Circling Project". Variety. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  19. "Vanderpump Rules Stars Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright Are Engaged –– See the Ring!". PEOPLE.com. June 8, 2018. Archived from the original on August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  20. "Vanderpump Rules' Jax Taylor Marries Brittany Cartwright: Inside Their Fairy-Tale Wedding". PEOPLE.com. June 29, 2019. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  21. "Vanderpump Rules Stars Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright Expecting Their First Child". PEOPLE.com. September 21, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  22. Grebenyuk, Yana (2021-10-18). "Vanderpump Rules' Jax Taylor 'Investing' in His Face by Getting Botox Live". Us Weekly. Archived from the original on 2023-01-28. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  23. "'House of Villains': Jax Taylor Threatens to Go 'Back to Jail' Over Shake Chatterjee Feud and 5 Celebs Make Surprise Cameos". Peoplemag. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  24. "When Reality Hits with Jax and Brittany on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. 2023-06-21. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
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