When Reality Hits with Jax and Brittany - Brittany Watches Vanderpump, Mother's Day Plans & Cruz's Debut!

Episode Date: May 9, 2023

THIS WEEK - IT'S CRUZ'S FIRST APPEARANCE, Brittany watches very first episode of Vanderpump Rules, Jax talks about living behind a curtain in a living room for two years, Brittany shares her Vegas recap, Jax's talks about his upcoming Palm Springs golf trip AND his big plans for Mother's Day, will Jax & Brittany ever have a honeymoon?, Jax's current relationship with his mom... and which Tom they'd let babysit Cruz!!! Check out our great sponsors! When Reality Hits is sponsored by BetterHelp! Visit BetterHelp.com/realityhits to get 10% off your first month! HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/realityhits16 and use code realityhits16 for 16 free meals plus free shipping! Care/of: For 50% off your first order, go to TakeCareOf.com and enter code "realityhits50"

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get 10% off your first month. That's betterhelp.com slash reality hits. All right. Hello, everybody. It is Jax and Brittany with When Reality Hits. Welcome back. Thanks for listening. Good morning, everybody, or afternoon. Not sure where you guys are listening from. We are having the best time. Okay, we have to start this episode off with talking about the fact that I just watched episode one, season one of Voter Pump Rules.

Well, can we not start off by saying Cruz is in here this morning first? We have a special visitor. Oh, yeah. And our first guest, Cruz. Cruz Michael, hey. Let's first off, let's start off by saying we've had a crazy morning. It's been a morning. So, unfortunately, we had some issues with our babysitter this morning, so we had to bring Cruz with us.

Which is great, because he's such a good boy. Yes, he's going to have fun. All right, let's get into Vanderpump Rules. Yes, okay. That's what everybody wants to talk about. I watched episode one, season one. So many people have been saying to do a rewatch. So I watched some of it today.

And let me start off by saying that you guys look like complete babies. Yeah. Like so young. I try to watch you. Everybody's eyebrows were super thin. Including mine. That was like the thing back then. So that's just so funny.

But yeah, you guys look so different, so young, such baby faces, which just like shows like how long the show has been going on. You know, they're on season 10 right now. And just going back and watching you guys from the get-go was so weird i don't know if i'm gonna keep doing it because it made me feel very awkward it made me feel awkward too i i honestly i tried watching the first episode god it's so cringy i i don't know how anybody could stand me at all no but just like watching you like for me as your wife, watching you be like – talking about like being in love with Stassi and stuff like that was just so weird, which I know everybody has their past relationships. But not everybody has to watch it and see it on a national level.

I know. It was crazy. But it was over a decade ago. It was over a decade. But I finally now, after being with you for eight years, went back and watched the episode one. So that was just insane. But I was cracking up because it's just so funny to see how everybody was acting. Like Sheena was like the new girl at the time.

And everybody was like so mean to Sheena. Oh, yeah. And she was just like trying to be like the new Britney Spears or something they were talking about. I was cracking up. Sir was like a – it was like a Mean Girls. Like if you've all seen the show or the movie Mean Girls, it was like that. It was a clique and like nobody could come into our clique. Yeah, that's what I was going to say.

Like how were people able to come in and work there because it seemed like all the girls were like not having it. No. So every – there would be girls coming in all the time to try to get a job, and the girls would never allow it. They would come in. They would get hired. They would last a week. I can name a handful of girls that were pretty girls that needed a job or whatever, and they

lasted a week. They were so sweet, and they would end up leaving in a week crying. Oh, my gosh. Like why? Why was it like that there? Just because the girls – they got bullied out. It was a different time. But why?

I just don't get it. Because the girls didn't want anybody in their club. Sir is like a club. It was like a clique. It was like a – it was like whatever you call like the mean girls clique. It was the thing. So whenever Guillermo, who is one of the owners of Sir, would try to hire somebody, the girls would be like, nope, we're not having this. We are booting her out.

We're just going to be mean to her until she quits. And it literally happened. I think there was three or four girls that were on the show. I'm going to have to watch the show back again. But there was three or four girls that made appearances on the show, Val being one of them, Laura Lee being one of them. I can't remember any other girls, but there was girls that come on there, and they would literally be the sweetest girls. But like people, okay, so there's a difference between girls that were coming on the show

than girls that were coming onto the restaurant. No. Let's be real. Right. So were they the same with girls that came into the restaurant as they were with people who were coming on the show? I'm talking about before the show even started. Mind you, I worked at Sur about three or four months before the show started.

Three or four months. I'm guessing around that time. Don't quote me on that. But three or four months. So I saw all this going on before the show happened. So like I said, girls would come in. They're so sweet, so young, moving to Hollywood, trying to get a job. Okay, this is a cool place to work, and I'm a pretty girl, yada, yada.

They would literally come in, happy as can be, and within a week, they'd be crying their eyes out. They wouldn't even show up to work. These girls were just – they were just clicking. They were just so mean. They were just mean. They just didn't want anybody coming into their territory. So every time Guillermo would hire a girl, they would quit. They would quit.

Oh, lordy. Well, I was also seeing like them talking about like sharing tips and like doing the tip pool and all that stuff. Because I will say whenever I first started working at Sir, that was the first restaurant I ever worked at that had a pool tips. Right. So for me, I was agreeing with Sheena on episode one, season one, being like, I don't really like this because like sometimes people work really hard and make like $1,000 that shift.

And then another person would make $300. Or slacks off in the back. Like Lisa was saying on the episode, drinking drinks or smoking and not working as hard as you, but you still have to share all your tips. And you can make $1,000 in tips but go home with $100 or $200 after you all share it. So I get why that could be upsetting. If everybody's pulling their weight, it works. But if you're not pulling your weight, that does not work. The job at Sir, and I can say this now, I had a lot of fun.

It was not a job. I was drunk pretty much every shift. Kristen was drunk. Everybody was not, not, not, not just me. We were all drunk. I was making them all drinks. So they would always come to me. We had all drunk. I was making them all drinks. So they would always come to me.

You looked like a little baby. I would make this drink called the Crymax. C-R-Y-M-A-X. Crymax. It was half wine, half strawberry mix. And these girls would drink this stuff like water. They would just down it. That sounds like a throw up in a glass to me.

This is what they – they lived on this stuff. I could not drink that stuff. Mind you, we were all – at that time, we were all – I don't want to say struggling, but we were all working very hard. We were living paycheck to paycheck. We were eating at Sir. We were – I was taking toilet – Well, everybody there was wanting to be a model actor or something. Right. So we were all like grinding. We all had tons of things going on. I remember remember, I, I think I, we like people would take toilet paper from the place, take it home. We would, you know, we ate all our meals there.

It just, it was like our home away from home. It really, really was. I was there even when I wasn't working. I want to know, was Lisa around like in the restaurant more back then before like the show started? Uh, she was a part. So when she, when she came on, so she wasn't the owner in the beginning. Guillermo and Natalie did, right?

She came in and said, hey, listen, I want to expand. That's when the second half of the restaurant opened up. She wants to expand it. I don't know the details, but she came in and said, hey, listen, I want to be 51% owner or whatever. I think that's what it is. I'm not sure. And that's when she kind of became part of it.

She was there a lot more in the beginning. When I say beginning, I mean 10 years ago when the show started. But as of now, I don't think she's probably even set foot in that place anymore. Well, she comes in for like the filming and stuff, of course. I mean she's there for filming. And decorating. She would show up on film to to give us our paychecks, which was the silliest thing ever.

They were like, we need to put Lisa in here somehow. Let's make her go in the office and give people paychecks. It was just bizarre. She would just show up. She would come and do the flowers. I will give her that. Yeah, she did. And decorated the place.

She decorated. Maybe not physically decorated. She would tell people what to do, but she was hands-on with the flowers. I've always saw her there doing the flowers. Other than everything else, I don't know. I was just wondering back then how it was because whenever I came in, of course she was around for certain things. But I just wondered what it was like in the very opening days of CERN.

Oh, it was a lot. I mean, we were all struggling, but I got to tell you what. It was a lot of fun. We were all living paycheck to paycheck. We were all best friends. We were all living down the street from each other. It was just like high school, but we were all working together, living together, well, sleeping together. I mean, we were all just together.

It was just a big group, and it was so much fun, and I think that's why the show was so successful. People ask, like, Jax, why do you think the reality show is so successful? Well, I'll tell you why. Because the show wasn't casted. It was a group of friends that already existed. So it wasn't like, okay, producers are going to do a show called Vanderpump Rules where we need Stassi to like Jax. We need Peter to date this person. We need you to not like this person.

That didn't exist. So the chemistry and how organic everything was, it was just already there. It was so easy for the camera guys. It was so easy for the producers just to come in and literally turn the cameras on and just start shooting. And that's why the show works so well. And that's kind of the formula that I think people should use when doing reality shows going forward. And I even talked to people at Bravo about it. They're like, what do you think makes the show so successful?

It's getting a preexisting group of friends that already exist. You've got to get away with the casting because it's very transparent when you see that on TV. Yeah, unless it's like a dating show or something. That works, like Bachelor and stuff. That kind of vibe works. But if it's about your lives and following you, it makes more sense and it's more real whenever it's a real group of friends. Exactly. This show is sponsored by BetterHelp.

Discover your potential with BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com slash Reality Hits Today to get 10% off your first month. I will say, after having the baby, I went through a little bit of postpartum depression, and it would have been really nice to have somebody to talk to. It would have been really nice to have something like BetterHelp to help me through that situation. What? Am I not enough for you? I mean, you're great, but sometimes you need somebody to talk to. No, I understand. I understand.

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It's a Southern thing. It's two names like Billy Bob. And I want to invite you to listen to Pink Shade, my reality TV recap podcast. Every week I have guest co-hosts and we do the best breakdowns and takedowns of your favorite Bravo, TLC and WeTV shows and sometimes documentaries, too. You can listen in April for guests like Amrit of Family Karma, actress Deanna Chang, comedians Brandi and Julie, Bravo darling Amy Phillips, and amazing podcast hosts and friends from Reality Gaze, So Bad It's Good, A Date with

Dateline, Libra Lounge, and Constant Reality Check. So join me for three new episodes of Pink Shade each week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you listen to podcasts. You can find out more at pinkshadepodcast.com. I got to say, and I hate to, you know, because I was struggling then financially, mentally, physically. I was, it was, but I tell you, it was probably some of the, obviously not now because I have you and my beautiful son, but it was some of the best times of my life. Like I lived for being at SUR and being with my friends. Like it was so much fun.

It was just a different time. Yeah, I had so much fun when I worked there too. Like I really did. It was really fun. It was a good time. But yeah, it was very clicky. And to get back to what you said here, girls were not allowed to get jobs there. They were not allowed.

I don't care if you were a supermodel or not. That's so funny because going back and watching Stassi and everybody back then, I'm like, oh, I get why people were thinking that she was scary because I never, ever, ever saw that side of her. I only saw a sweet and caring side. I never saw that. So it's so funny to go back and watch how different everybody is. Yeah, if you're listening right now and if you just got started. There's so many different. Everybody is so different. You need to go back to season how different everybody is. Yeah, if you're listening right now and if you just got started. There's so many different. Like everybody is so different.

You need to go back to season one and start it. I tried. It's very cringy to watch myself. I can't do it. But if you've just got on this bandwagon of Vanderpump Rules and you're enjoying it, I strongly suggest you go back to season one and watch how it all started. We were all very different, very, very different. And yes, Stassi was very, very evil. She was evil.

She made good TV, though. You and Stassi were like the king and queen of reality TV, I will say, for a long time. I'm not going to argue with that. We definitely got the show going. But we were a different breed then. It was a different world then, but it was a lot of fun. But let me talk about something else that was funny to see on the first episode was

the fact that Peter used to date Saucy and hooked up with Katie. A lot of people don't know that, that didn't start it from the beginning. That is such a funny thing to go back to and see. I've said it before. And you guys were talking about it, talking about your relationships. That was cracking me up. Just everybody has hooked up with each other. Everybody was hooking up with each other.

And not only that, like most people say, after you date somebody, most people bail after that. You don't go talk to your exes and everything. I hung out with my exes. I worked with my exes. You try to show up at places your exes were at. God, it was crazy. And everybody looks at it now and now looking back, yeah, it was a little weird. Something else that confuses me, Jax, is that you told me for years now that you and Saucy

were actually broken up before you started filming. And it looked like you guys were still in a relationship. She was being like, my boyfriend's not going to eat with Sheena at a dinner. I can't remember exactly. But you said for years that you guys were broken up before. I'm almost positive. I'm 99% sure we were broken up. I'm not sure because when the show got greenlit,

we were dating. And then a month later, we broke up. So I think for show purposes, we wanted to keep it going that we were still dating. I think, I can't really remember that we have to really, we have to dive deep into this because I did tell you this 100%. We weren't together regardless of – we weren't – we were either faking it or we weren't.

But there was a two- or three-week lapse there where we're like – We're dating. Wasn't dating. Yeah. Wasn't dating. But also – Wasn't dating. Weren't we dating?

It wasn't very clear. But also the jealousy could still be there because if you just broke up, you're still going to be jealous. Right, right. It was very like – what's the best word? It was very like not – like obviously because she was dating Frank at the time. There was a guy named Frank on the show. She was kind of talking to him. We were still living together when she was dating Frank.

So there was a lot of like – it's very foggy. We have to actually talk to Stassi about this. Maybe she can clarify this a little bit. But I can't really remember. But I do know, like I said, the show got greenlit one month. And like three weeks later, I think Stassi and I kind of were like on the outs because she was starting to date somebody else. Well, if you remember, I was living with my ex whenever I met you. Yeah, it happens.

I mean we were broken up. Yeah, it happens. It happens. But we were still together until I moved. Let me tell you, it was a very awkward situation with her bringing home Frank and talking to Frank on the phone while I was like in the living room. It was like, it's like so weird. I was like, do I be mad or should I be mad or I'm mad?

Are we dating? Are we not dating? Like one minute you're like, you're talking to me like we're dating. And the next minute you're going out with this guy. We were definitely on the outs. You know, it just, it didn't work. But yeah, it was a crazy, crazy time. Something else that I was laughing about watching the first episode was that you got a glimpse into the apartment that you used to live in with Tom and Tom.

And then you said that Kristen joined you guys for a while too. So you need to tell everyone how that – what that experience was like. That should have been a reality show itself. You should tell a story about that because I feel like going back to how everything started is like hilarious. So I lived in, I came to LA and I, you know, like anybody else, I apartment hopped. Like I was going from one apartment to the next, you know, always finding some, a better deal.

A better couch. A better couch. No, I lived in like, yeah, I couch surfed. I lived with people. I lived on my own, but I definitely had a lot of apartments. And so there was a situation or a time where I was going through an apartment change. And I ran into Tom. He was living in L.A.

And I was like, hey, I know you're here. You have an apartment. I'm looking for a place to stay. Well, he's like, well, I have a living room. I'm kind of struggling myself right now on money. What do you think about closing off the living room and making that a room? And I'll charge you – I think it was like $150 a week. Nothing.

It was cheap. And he's like, okay. That sounds good. He's like, okay. Well, let me run it by my new roommate, Tom Schwartz. He got his new roommate, Tom Schwartz, off of Craigslist. Craigslist. That is insane.

Yeah. A lot of people don't know that either, that Tom and Tom met off Craigslist. And that's how Katie met Tom too, right? Yes. Tom Sandoval had an apartment. Not from Craigslist, but through Sandoval. Yeah. Tom Sandoval had an apartment and he was going through roommates left and right.

People were just bailing, leaving. People couldn't afford it, whatever. And he was looking for a roommate. So he put it up on Craigslist. He found a roommate, Tom Schwartz, who was living in Florida at the time. What are the chances? Leaving college.

He just graduated college. And Tom Schwartz was moving from Florida to California to be quote unquote an actor. And he answered the Craigslist and he moved in. They met each other, whatever. So fast forward, I was looking for a place to stay. He goes, hey, let me run this by my new roommate, Tom. I go, you got a roommate named Tom?

And your name's Tom? And this is before he was even dating Katie, right? Yeah, this is way before. And mind you, Tom Sandoval and I had been friends way before this. We lived together in Miami. We lived together in Miami. I let him live with me in my apartment in Miami. I was doing very well in Miami. So you guys switched the roles for a second.

I was doing very well. I was working a lot and Tom was kind of couch surfing. So I was like, yeah, dude, come and live with me or whatever. I don't care. So the roles reversed when we moved to LA. So anyway, he talked it over with Tom Schwartz and Tom Schwartz, his words were, and if I quote this,

he said, yeah, I don't mind as long as Jax is not much of a presence. If he's not a big presence, meaning if I'm not crazy, loud. Oh, and of course you're all those things. And of course I'm everything that he did not want at the time. And so he's like, yeah, yeah, it's fine, whatever. So I moved in, and yeah, the rest is history. So I closed off the living room area of Tom Sandoval's apartment, made it my own bedroom.

Tom Schwartz was living in the other bedroom. Tom Sandoval was living in the other bedroom. And we all lived together for a long time. Then Kristen moved in. That's when everything went to hell. That's when it all went to hell because it just was so chaotic. Everybody had different sleeping schedules. Everybody had different working schedules.

Mind you, I was living in a living room with a curtain as a wall, so I never really got to sleep. It was a crazy, crazy situation. It was a lot of fun. Again, we were going out seven nights a week, and we're having a good time, and we're all working together, working at the bar together. It was a lot of fun, but it was crazy. Lots of drama, I'm sure.

Lots of drama. Gosh, I try to dive back into that world again and think about that. It was bonkers. I don't know how we did that. I don't know how we did it. And I did it for like – I lived with him for like I want to say at least two years, at least. Lived like that with a curtain for a door for two years. Yeah, and I brought Schwartz out of his little shell.

Crazy away from the cords. So we have Cruz in here. He's just running around the podcast room ripping at cords. He's just trying to get in trouble. Anyway, so Schwartz moved in to the apartment, and I made friends with him right away. He didn't want to go out. He didn't have a lot of things going on. He had an air mattress.

There was a lot going on at the time, but we had a lot of fun. We just had a lot of fun. I remember hearing about the air mattress, and I know that you guys played a lot of pranks on each other. Lots of pranks. You tell me so many stories. He went through three or four air mattresses. He would go to the club, and at night I'd come home and let the air out of the air mattress. So he'd come home at 2 or 3 in the morning drunk, and the air mattress would be deflated.

Sorry, deflated. Deflated. It would be deflated. Or I would put books and stuff underneath the sheets. So when he got into bed at night, like he would be rolling around on books and stuff. It would be uncomfortable. That's terrible. Oh, yeah.

I left like food in his room. I would hide it so it would start to smell. Gosh. It was bad. And then I took like markers and I would write on his like shoes. His shoes. I wrote top. My Sandoval and myself would do a lot of pranks on Schwartz because he was just so easy.

It was so easy. We would like duct tape his door shut. We would duct tape him to the bed. We would just – we just pulled so many pranks. We would hide his clothes. It was – gosh, we were so mean to Schwartz. And that's why you'll always have the tattoo Tom Tom and I because there's always history there even though Sandoval is on our shit list right now. I know.

I was thinking about this last week and I have, I do have the tattoo. I don't know if you guys have watched the show, but I did at, I can't remember what season it was, uh, six maybe or seven. I got a tattoo. It says Tom, Tom and I, I am getting that removed. You are? Yeah. I just think it's a little, it's old.

I thought you were going to keep it. I just, I think I just. No, keep it forever. It's a big part of your life. It keep it i just i i think i just no keep it forever it's a big part of your life it's not i don't really i don't it was it was a part it was a part of my life but i think it's time to cover that up oh i don't know we all know i'm a huge fan of covering up tattoos oh gosh by the way he still doesn't have my name tattooed on him and i'm not ever gonna get a tattoo no no that's jinx but i am gonna get cruises name tattooed yeah because that's eventually i'm going to too but yeah but No. Heck no. That's jinx. But I am going to get Cruz's name tattooed. Yeah. Eventually.

I'm going to too. But yeah. But I do have Tom, Tom and I still tattooed on my arm. I am going to cover that up eventually. I was just thinking about that last week actually. Why? I feel like you should just keep it because it's like a huge part. Like Vanderpump Rules was a big part of your life.

Always will be, you know? Yeah. Yeah. It still is. It's nothing to be proud of. It still is. Even though it could be cringy and could be crazy to watch. But you know? Yeah. Yeah. It still is. Nothing to be proud of, even though it's like, it could be cringy and could be like crazy to watch, but you know, we had so much fun in those days.

Just so much fun. You know, just being single, having fun, traveling, drinking, being on a show, disposable income. It was just such a different world then too. And it was just, it was crazy. And we were filming like 25 episodes a season. It was ridiculous. Like 25 episodes plus a three-part reunion. Well, that's what we were doing like four, five, and six. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, well, up until season like seven or eight, we were filming like 25, 20-something episodes. Yeah, 26.

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We'll talk about that in a second. Brittany just got back from Vegas. Yeah, we'll chat about that in a second. But I am leaving for Palm Springs today. I am going on a celebrity golf tournament for charity for two days with my good friend Grant Fuhrer, who is a Hall of Fame hockey player for the Edmonton Oilers. And I get to be playing golf. I get to hang out with all these cool athletes that I grew up with, Bo Jackson, Ken Griffey Jr., Sterling Sharp, Jim McMahon.

I do this charity every year. I have the best time. It's so much fun. So yeah, so as soon as we bail here, we're heading to McDonald's first. McDonald's? Yes, I need McDonald's. We'll get into why I need McDonald's in a second. Because he's hungover right now.

I'm a little hungover right now. Driving me crazy all day. I have been driving her nuts this morning. I'm sorry. I know I was a nightmare this morning. I apologize. You woke me up this morning. I appreciate you waking me up. We were a little bit late. The nanny was not feeling well. She couldn't get here. It's been a heck of a morning. But anyway, I'm going to pull it together here. McDonald's is going to help me out. I'm going to drive to Palm Springs and I'm going to play a little golf for two days, leave my beautiful wife and my beautiful child at home. But you guys are going to have fun too, right? Aren't you having a Cinco de Mayo party at the house today?

Yep. I'm going to have a couple of friends come over, a little pool party. I love that. And what do the people want to know? Who are you having over? Kristen, Lala. Kristen Doty, Lala, Lori, who's our publicist, who's in town right now. Jared. Jared. And maybe a couple other friends. I don't know.

Oh, okay. Not too big. It's crazy. We're going to have a party when I'm gone. Because it's easier when you're not there. It is. It is a lot easier when I'm not there. Sometimes it's fine when you're there, but you get a little stressed out on me.

I do. I do. Our publicist is in town right now, Lori. Yes. She came in for Brittany's photo shoot. Brittany had a really big photo shoot the last couple days. Yes. Really awesome. Why don't you talk about that? Oh yeah. I had an amazing shoot for a couple of days. What was the company? Can't talk about that just yet. It's coming out soon though. But it was really fun. It was really, really cool. I

got to meet Heather Ray and Chanel. I am Anne, right? Yeah. Chanel. She's beautiful. Who else was on it? Heather Ray. Heather Ray. From Selling Sunset. Oh, very cool. Yeah, and I had a really good time with her. That was the first time I ever met her, and she was super sweet, super nice. We got to talk about a lot of reality TV stuff. Are you guys now new Instagram friends?

Yeah, we're Instagram friends. Oh, it got real. She just had a little boy, too, so maybe we'll have playdates in the future. Oh, really? We need some more boys. Yes. We definitely need some more boys in our group. Yeah, but it's been a busy week for us, but we've had so much fun.

The photo shoot was so much fun. I can't wait to show and share with everybody what's coming out. It's going to be amazing. Also. We met some amazing, beautiful women and had a blast. Also, you went to Vegas. Oh, yes. Okay, so I told you guys on the podcast last episode that

my little brother Blake is getting married. His wedding date is June 3rd. We're heading to Kentucky at the end of this month. I cannot wait. But my little brother is marrying his beautiful fiancee, Kristen, who I absolutely adore. She is fabulous. We went to Vegas and we had the best time. We stayed in a huge Airbnb in Vegas. There were 13 girls. 13? 13 girls. So you would think that would be like drama or like crazy or whatever, but we had so much fun. There was no drama. It was absolutely perfect. We went to dinner at Beauty in Essex, and then we went out to Marquee, and DJ Pauly D was DJing. We've got to get him as a guest. Yeah, that would be fun.

He was DJing that night, and then the next day we went to Tal Beach Club, and we saw DJ Fisher. It was just so much fun. And everybody was from Kentucky, and it was just so much fun. And everybody was from Kentucky. And it was just so much fun to be able to go and do all that fun stuff with them. Shout out to Mike. Yeah, Mike hooking it all up. For hooking it all up. Yeah, he's amazing.

But it was just so, so, so much fun. I think I've said this before, but if you ever go to Vegas or you ever see Brittany in Vegas, you need to hang out with her. She gets all the hookups. I don't think we've ever paid for anything anytime we've ever went to Vegas. She is a Vegas queen. She knows all the restaurants to go to, all the good hotels to go to. She has all the fun, all the pool parties. I don't know how she does it, but every time we go to Vegas,

she's like, don't worry about it. I got it all covered. I just love Vegas. If you have any Vegas advice, DM Brittany, and she will tell you where to go and what to do. Yeah, there's nothing like a good Vegas trip for me. I absolutely love it. I will say the Tal Beach Club was probably my favorite day. It was so packed.

There was like so, so many people there for DJ Fisher, but it was so much fun. We had the best time. people there for DJ Fisher, but it was so much fun. We had the best time. We were right behind him at the DJ booth and everybody was just having the best time ever, which is all I wanted. I just wanted to be able to like bring everybody and have like, make sure everybody had a good time. So it ended up being absolutely amazing. Of course we played all the drinking games, you know, like the have never have I ever, and like all that stuff, the clapping and games. You know what I'm talking about? Yeah, yeah.

It sounds fun. I'm like somebody who does all the drinking games. I love making up drinking games with all my friends. I'm not going to lie. I love being at home with Cruz. I love when you go places. Yeah, how did you do? Cruz and I have a great time.

We hang out. I was only gone for two nights. I know, but I love it when you go and enjoy yourself because Cruz and I, I don't know. It's just we have a good time together. We go do our things together. We go to the park. We go to ball and bounce. We hang out with the friends.

We go on our walks. We went in the pool. We were in the pool for four hours. Yeah, he loves the pool now. Cruz loves, loves the pool. And he's like a little, little water bug right now. He's just going crazy. Not to shift anything other, but I just got my email.

I'm confirming our reservations for Mood Shadows, by the way. I just saw my phone. Network confirmed. Now we are up to 10 people for Mother's Day. We started off at two. We are now up to 10 people for Mother's Day. I hope you don't mind. This just came in the email.

So I hope that doesn't bother you. Awesome. So Mother's Day is coming up. Not to shift or anything, but I just got an email saying you're confirmed for 10 people. I didn't quite tell you that yet, but we do have 10 people for Mother's Day. I hope you don't mind. Lala is coming now. Her brother Easton, Lisa, Nia, Daniel, Logan, Leo, and the kids.

Yes. It's going to be so fun. So we are going to Brittany's favorite restaurant, Moon Shadows. Yes. My favorite restaurant is Moon Shadows in Malibu. I love it. I'm not going to lie. I'm kind of a little bit more excited about this Mother's Day.

Not only because it's Mother's Day and it's like this is our second Mother's Day, but I think I did. Third, because we counted whenever I was pregnant. I think I did really, really good this Mother's Day. Oh, did you do something romantic for me? You know what? I'll say it. I've been slacking a little bit in the romantical department. Oh, wait. So like you're saying right now on this podcast that you're doing something romantic for me for Mother's Day. Yes. Okay. We're going to talk about it. I know. So I'm really putting in the effort here. You know, I'm not doing any

last minute things. I'm actually taking the time out, which I've slacked in that department. All guys know sometimes we just slack in that department. But I really stepped it up this Mother's Day. I just cannot wait for you. I've been working really hard on this one. I'm so excited. Obviously, we're going to Moon Shadows, but there's some extra things that are happening as well, which I'm really excited for. I'm excited for it.

I can't wait to – I just can't wait. I wish I could excited for it. I can't wait to – I just can't wait. I wish I could talk about it. I can't wait to talk about it more. But yeah, so I put in a little bit of effort on this Mother's Day. Well, Cruz did. Cruz did. It's going to be from Cruz. This is all from Cruz.

But yeah, I'm really excited about it. Like I said, I kind of take it slack a little bit lately in that department and I'm trying to make up for it. So yeah, we're going to have a really, really, really good Mother's Day. Oh, I'm excited. I'm excited to take a slack a little bit lately in that department, and I'm trying to make up for it. So, yeah, we're going to have a really, really, really good Mother's Day. Oh, I'm excited. I'm excited for it. And I'm excited to go to your favorite restaurant too. Yes, I love Moonshadow so much. It's going to be so much fun.

Not only am I checking my email, as soon as I said I'd be so excited for our Mother's Day, then I see our camera. We have 10 Amazon boxes up front. I don't know, ladies. Our ring camera. Do you have this issue? Our husbands, I don't know. Ladies, do you have this issue? Our husbands, I don't know if husbands are listening to this right now. Do your wives have an Amazon addiction where like boxes? I know the Amazon driver by name.

He's like, hey, Jax, how's it going? Like we're friends at this point. Like boxes just continually show up. And I say to you, what do we possibly need where we have constantly 10 boxes showing up a day? I love Amazon. I know, but why? Why do we need so much?

It's ridiculous. It's like I get my groceries off Amazon Fresh and I also do like – I literally do like dog treats, like all that kind of stuff, diapers, wipes. So it's not always like skincare and stuff for me. It's like also stuff for the baby, stuff for you. I feel like the guy's truck is – it comes to our house and he's done for the day. Like he's – like his truck has all of our stuff in it and he basically goes home right after he delivers our stuff. No, not every day.

A lot of the days. I'll say a good – at least four out of the seven days a week, there is a plethora. Do you like that word? A plethora of packages in the front driveway. I just don't understand how much. Well, you have to remember, we also just had a bunch of birthday parties. I had Cruz's birthday party where I had so much stuff coming. I had to buy gifts for Summer, for Ocean, and for Isabella. I was like buying gifts for everybody. I know. Isabella and our friend Isabella and Jesse. Speaking of that, we're dog sitting right now for Isabella and Jesse right now. They are in Mexico, our good friends, but they are on a birthday trip. When Reality Hits is sponsored by Care-of.

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So we weren't allowed to leave and go to a honeymoon because we had to film. That's right. So we never, still to this day, have never had a honeymoon. So this is – I've been talking about it now the last week. I've been talking to my friend Janet and Jason. Like I want to do our honeymoon. I want to do it. I think we should do it.

This is what I'm trying to – We need to. We need to do it. Where I want to go, I don't know if you – I haven't even asked you yet. How are we going to Jamaica? I want to do Bahamas. We've been to Bahamas though. I love the Bahamas.

I love the Bahamas too, but I think Jamaica will be so fun. Okay. This is the issue that I'm having. Do we bring Cruz with us? Hear me out real quick. Do we bring Cruz with us and bring your mom or do we have your mom come and stay at the house and watch Cruz? Yeah, those are my two options. Is Cruz just running into the window?

I think that – So – okay, so – I think if it's going to be an actual honeymoon. First of all, let me back up a little bit. Four years later. I don't mean to cut you off. Are you okay with me planning a honeymoon right now? Yeah.

Okay. Are you going to actually do it though because you've never planned a vacation? I'm not. I'm always planning the vacation. You're going to do all the flights. Let's be honest. I don't even know how to turn my phone on. I'm not doing any of that.

I am just saying, listen, we need a vacation, A. We've had a crazy past six months, just a lot going on in life. Yeah. And we just need some time to ourselves. And we need to go on our honeymoon. We've been married now for four years. We have a baby now. Do we include him in our honeymoon?

What do you think? Let's ask everybody. What do you guys think? Should we bring Cruz on our honeymoon and just bring your mom with us to watch? I mean, we can, but I feel like if it's going to be an actual honeymoon, it just needs to be us so that we can reconnect. I would really like to have sex on this honeymoon. I would like to make this like a honeymoon where we have sex. Yeah, agreed.

And actually make it kind of like fun where we can go out and get drunk and stumble home. We can do that by bringing your mom and getting her to her own hotel room. Or, you know, I love your mom. I do love your mom. I love having her around. I know. She's just good to have around. I hope she doesn't hear this and think, if I go on the honeymoon, they're going I love your mom. I do love your mom. I love having her around. I know. She's just good to have around. I hope she doesn't hear this and think, if I go on the honeymoon, they're going to be having sex.

Your mom knows we have sex. How did the crews get here? I don't like talking about it. I know. I know. But I love having your mom there. You know what? I don't know a lot of guys that love their in-laws.

Not a lot of people love their in-laws. Or they do. They like them in and they're out. I love when my mother-in-law comes to visit. You like my dad, too. And I love your dad, too. Yeah, I love your family. They're great. So I'm kind of teeter-tottering on

this thing. Like I said, I'm talking to my friends. What should I do? So what do you want to do? Do you think we should bring Cruz on our honeymoon? It depends on how long we're going to be gone. If we're going to be gone for a long time, I don't know how long I can stand to be away from him. Okay, so if we're going to be gone. If we're going to be gone for a long time, I don't know how long I can stand to be away from him. Okay, so if we're going to do Jamaica or the Bahamas, we've got to do at least five days because traveling is a day. And two days is the longest I've ever been away from him.

Yeah, yeah. But, I mean, there's special occasions. Right, right. We know he'll be safe. I just, I don't know. I can't. So this is what we're here to tell our guys. Let us know what you guys think.

DM us on our Instagrams. Let you guys give me some options. Give me some opinions. I don't know what to do't. So this is what we're here to talk about, guys. Let us know what you guys think. DM us on our Instagrams. Let you guys give me some options. Give me some opinions. I don't know what to do here, but both options are great. Yeah, we'll have fun either way. We're going to have fun. But you want to go to Jamaica. I know you want to do Jamaica.

I know you want to do the huts in the water. She's really into these huts in the water. Where I can like look down and see fish. Like, how cool are they? You want to do the, where do they do that at? Where's the place that everybody goes? Maldives. Bora Bora, Maldives. Maldives, yeah. do the – where do they do that at? Where's the place that everybody goes? Maldives. Bora Bora, Maldives.

Maldives, yeah. Yeah, that's where they do it. We want to do a little cheaper version and do Jamaica. We're on a bunch of here people, okay? So I know everybody is starting to do that now. Different resorts are starting to do that. And Jamaica does it. And Jamaica is beautiful.

Yeah, my sister went out there on her honeymoon. She said she absolutely loved it. Yeah, and we've never been there. She said she absolutely loved it. Yeah. And we've never been there. I just love, I love, I love it. I love Atlantis. I love the all-inclusive. I love the fact that you don't have to leave the resort. I love the fact that there's an aquarium.

I can go swimming. I'm a huge, I'm a huge, huge lazy river guy. I love a good lazy river. You do. I love a good lazy river. And Atlantis has the best lazy river. So I want to go to the Bahamas. I know it good lazy river. You do. I love a good lazy river. And Atlantis has the best lazy river. So I want to go to the Bahamas. I know it's our honeymoon.

We have to come to like an agreement here. But it's between Jamaica and the Bahamas. Tell us what you guys think. I love that you're finally like trying to take charge a little bit here. Because I've been saying we should go to our honeymoon for a while. We got to take it. We got to take our honeymoon. But now you're like really stepping in.

I appreciate it. Yeah. You know, I think it's time. I think it's time we take one. I think we need it for ourselves, for just our own, you know, our brains. We need to get out of town for a while. Speaking of Mother's Day, I wanted to give a little update because we've had a lot of people asking on Instagram, what is going on between you and your mom? So you can talk about it as much as you want, Jax, or as little as you want.

But I feel like it would be good to address it because I feel like there's so many questions coming in asking how you and your mom are doing. Okay, just to recap people here, if you guys don't know what's going on, I haven't spoken to my mother since my father's funeral, which has now been what? Five years? Around, yeah. Five years. Okay. So she's missed my wedding. She's missed the birth of Cruz. I have been going back and forth recently within the last, I want to say, what, four months, five months, teeter-tottering with reaching out. This is a really touchy subject. I just don't really know how to handle this. She's my mom.

At the end of the day, I'm not going to get into details why we don't talk anymore. I think that could go on forever, but we don't talk anymore. One thing I will say is I don't like that people put the blame on you over that whole situation because it was like so public at the time whenever it was going on because I just want people to know it was, you know, death changes people. And it makes a huge difference in certain families. So like this was something that Jax or his sister Jenny. My sister doesn't speak to my mother either. You know, I feel like you guys were. A lot of people don't speak to my mother.

Left in the dark there. I feel like you guys were left in the dark there. So I just want people to know that because I don't want you or Jenny to be blamed for the stuff that happened and why you guys haven't been talking. Like I said, my sister doesn't talk to my mother. A lot of my mother's friends don't talk to her anymore. Her family doesn't talk to her anymore. And again, I'm not blaming my mom. I can't imagine.

My mom and dad's anniversary was two days ago, by the way, 47 years they would have been married. So I can't imagine we've been married for what, three? Four. Four. Well, it'll be four. I can't imagine being with somebody for 40-something years and then all of a sudden they're gone. Yeah. So yes, what she did, in my opinion, was wrong and that's why I haven't spoken to her. But, you know, looking on the other –

Now being a father and trying to understand the situation and trying to like – I don't know what it's like to be married to somebody for that long. I don't know. I don't know what goes on in your brain. I don't know. She had a lot of death. She had – her brother died. Her best friend died, and her husband died all that same year. It was a tough year.

But, again, the way she handled it and I'm like, I'm not going to get into details was not right. And I'm not the only one. Like I said, my sister and her friends, they've all kind of bailed on my mom. And okay. So to get to the question, the update here, I'm not going to dig into this too much, but I recently have, uh, uh, texted my mother. Yes.

I texted her. We haven't spoken on the phone, but we text. I reached out to her what what, three weeks ago? About three weeks ago. And I have been sending her pictures of Cruz. This is as far as it's gone up to this date. I'm just sending her pictures. I said this.

I go, listen, I know we haven't spoken, but I want you to see your grandson. And I've been sending her pictures. Because he's the cutest. He's the cutest. And it's like, I just, you know, my heart breaks I listen, I know we don't get along and it sucks. And I wish we could just squash this and move on. And I hope maybe one day we can like it's life is so fricking short. It's so short. And like, I feel like I'm wasting all this time not being able to spend this with my mother. I lost my father and I'm going to, you know, eventually one day, my mother's not going to be there anymore. So I just feel like I have to do something. I have to,

even, even it's not for me, I don't care about me, but Cruz deserves the, the, here's what, here's the issue that I have. I don't want Cruz to grow up and be like, dad, did you even try to talk to your mom? Did you even try to do that? And I would kick myself really bad. I would hurt. I'd be really upset if I didn't even try. So I'm putting in the effort now. I'm texting. We are sending pictures back and forth. She is replying. Not as much as I would hoped, but she is replying. But yeah, that's what's going on right now. We're texting pictures back and forth. I've texted her pictures of you and I – recently texted a picture of you and I. She hasn't seen a picture of me.

I was just sending pictures of Cruz. Yeah. Showing him different stages. I showed him like when he was born, long hair, yada, yada. But this has been going on for three weeks. And the reason I kind of just did it is because she reached out to Erica, Sheena's mom. She is friends with Erica. I don't know how much they talk, but they do talk.

And Erica pulled me aside and said, hey, you need to reach out to your mom. What do you think about that? And I said, you know what, let me think about it. I took a couple of days and Sheena was with her and she said, Sheena was crying and they were upset and they made me emotional too. And I just gave up. I don't know. It's my mom. It's my mom. I don't really have an answer. I just – I think this is what's making me happy right now. I'm sending her pictures of Cruz. It hasn't gone any further than that.

I will let you guys know 100% what's going on. But it's making me happy at least. It's a little weight off my shoulders that I'm at least sending pictures of Cruz because it is her grandson. She deserves to see him. She deserves to see him grow. And yeah, we'll leave it at that because that's all I have right now on that. It's a really weird subject.

I don't want to eat up so much time on that, but that's where we are right now. A lot of people have been asking. I appreciate everybody asking. Faya B. Dool in particular had asked, did Jax and his mom ever repair their relationship? So that's why I wanted to hit on it because we have gotten so many questions about that.

I really, really, really appreciate people asking. I had a lot of DMs about that. What's going on with your mom? They've all been really nice, and I appreciate it. I'm working on it. As you guys know, family is a tough thing. It's tough. Death is a tough thing.

Well, see, for me, and my mom, we're so, so close. I was close to my mom, too. I know you are. And my mom is always like, as a grandmother, I could not imagine not being in Cruz's life. I just want her to take a little bit more of a step and try harder. I agree.

To let her in his life, she has to try harder. I have to tread lightly here. We're only talking about this because it was very public. I had to call my sister. I'm like, do you mind that I talk to mom? Do you mind that I do this? Because we kind of have a pact together.

It's the whole thing. It's a whole thing. It's a lot going on. But yes, answer your question. Long story short, I'm trying. You're trying. I'm trying. You're being good for your son.

And that's a huge step for you. And I think a lot of people will see that that is a huge growth in your personality that you're making. I don't care about me anymore. I'm past that. It's about him. Yeah. It's about Cruz. Exactly.

All right. I'm going to go into a couple questions. Okay. All right. Okay. I'm so ready for McDonald's, Brittany. I'm like smelling the french fries right now. I love McDonald's sweet tea.

Can we just talk about how good their freaking sweet tea is? Oh my God, McDonald's. Because like nowhere around here, like I'm from Kentucky, so sweet tea is like such a Southern thing and I freaking love it. So McDonald's is like the only place who actually makes sweet tea as sweet as I'm used to sweet tea being. It's like the way that my mom makes it

tastes exactly like McDonald's sweet tea and it is amazing. You are obsessed with sweet tea. I am. I love me some sweet tea. And then I have to drive to Palm Springs two hours. Okay, what's the next question? Okay. So this is something I'm excited for because I want to hear your opinion on this from sunset skies. How did each of you know that you had met the one

talking about me? Of course. Well, as you guys know, I've said this story before, you know, I, I just, I just, I was on a date with another girl and you walked across the room. I literally went to Vegas to go on a date. But why was I the one that was able to be with you for eight years and be married and have a family? I don't know. And it's like it takes the right one for you to settle down, especially for me. And like I said, I was not in any way, shape one for you to settle down, especially for me. And like I said, I was not in any way, shape, or form ready to settle down.

But when I met you, I don't know. A switch went off. I don't know if it was your personality. Your accent maybe caught me. You're sexy. I don't know. I don't know. There's a lot of things going on. I don't know because I've dated a lot of girls and I never really had that like –

Yeah, like how do you know? I just – It just like clicks or something. It just works. It just clicks. I just think we're so – I don't know. We just – we're not only husband and wife but we love the same things. We're best friends. I feel like I can talk to you about anything. Like I never really had that with anybody I dated. It was just strictly like a – was just strictly like an arm candy. It was almost like an accessory when I've dated in the past. It was just a thing to do, like you're supposed to date, so I'll just date somebody.

But now when I met you, it was just like this is my life partner. This is somebody that I want to spend the rest of my life with. Like I said, it's not just marriage. Because before you met me, you weren't even about marriage or kids or anything, were you? No, I was just about hooking up with girls, making out. I was a makeout whore. I love to make out with girls and meet girls, and that's what I like to do. But I wasn't in any way – like I said, I went to Vegas to go on a date.

Who drives to Vegas to go on a date? Well, you were there for a birthday as well. But I went a day early. Which, oh my god. Speaking of, today is literally Cinco de Mayo, which means it's May 5th, which is my best friend Cara's birthday. Happy birthday, Cara. So do you know what tomorrow is?

May 6th, the day after Cinco de Mayo? Which is the first day we met each other. You and I? Yes. What? We met each other on May 6th in Vegas. Remember, we talked about it on our first episode on the podcast. Tomorrow?

Tomorrow. We'll be eight years since we first met each other. Wow. And May 7th isn't the first time we had sex. No. We didn't have sex in Vegas. We didn't? No.

I stayed with you for like four nights, but no. You did not get it the first night. Was that my fault? Yeah. All right. We'll leave it at that, fellas. I think I was a little too drunk. We kissed.

Yeah. We got McDonald drunk. We kissed. We got McDonald's. We did get McDonald's. That's right. So remember you were there because May 5th today. Happy birthday, Kara. I love you. We're filming this episode on May 5th.

I know it comes out on Tuesday, but today is May 5th. Wow, I did not know that. Tomorrow will mark the first day we met each other. And then May 7th is Sheena's birthday. So happy birthday, Sheena, too, because it'll be her birthday after this comes out. Oh, yeah. Happy birthday, Sheena. Yes. So tomorrow is basically our anniversary of meeting each other.

Wow. Isn't that crazy? Our actual anniversary is June. June 29th is our wedding date. So that'll be four years wedding dating. But, like, relationship May 24th. May 24th. Yeah.

So. Eight years? May 24th or nine? Eight years, I think. Is that right? Something like that. Yeah, eight years. Because we're in 2023.

Carry the one and two. 2015 is when we met. Okay. Let's see. This is from Darling Daisy. Which Tom would you let babysit cruise? Tom Schwartz. Neither really, but if I hadit Cruz? Tom Schwartz. Neither really,

but if I had to pick Tom Schwartz. Yeah. If we had to pick for sure, Tom Schwartz. Um, like I feel like he loves his dog so much that he would be good with Cruz. Yeah.

And the other side of all, I wouldn't trust with anything in my life. Oh my goodness. Okay. This has been so much fun. All right. now it's time for the Troll of the Week. All right, Troll of the Week.

All right. What does somebody negative have to say about us this week? Here you go, Jax. You read it this week. All right. Troll of the Week. Say who it's from

and the caption and everything. This is from X Riot Girl X. Wish I could give you zero stars subject. There's a reason they waited so long to jump on the podcast bandwagon, because they're not qualified or talented enough to have one. And pretty disgusting that they are exploiting Scandival to get back on the public eye. Jacks has been a troll to Ariana for years, and now all of a sudden he's number one supporter.

Can't imagine how awful these episodes will become in the future when the current media cycle ends. Wow, you are a hater. This sounds like a scandal. How awful these episodes will become in the future when the current media cycle ends. Wow. You are a hater. This sounds like a scammer. This is like a – I feel like this is like Tom Sandoval. This is like his like – what do you call it? Account. Like their fake account?

Tom Sandoval fake account. First of all, first of all, as you know, podcasts don't happen overnight. Okay? We've been working on this podcast for how long? It was in the work. We've been talking about it for like almost a year. Okay? We've been working on this podcast for how long? It was in the works. We've been talking about it for almost a year. Okay, you can't just hop on a podcast and say, I'm doing

one tomorrow. It doesn't work like that. We are with a company called Podcast One, which we've been in works with for a long time. We've been wanting to do a podcast for a very long time. We are obviously talking about the Scandival because that's what everybody is talking about. Okay? Relax. We've talked to Ariana.

We've talked to all of our friends and they don't care at all. We're on the show. Quit saying the F word. I'm just saying like, why are we talking about it? If anybody could talk about it, I think it should be me. I have his name tattooed on my arm. Like everything you're saying is, is absolute bullshit. It's like people magazine.

Everybody can talk about who don't even know the actual's like people magazine everybody can talk about who don't even know the actual people then jacks can talk about i can talk about whatever the f i want it's my podcast and we talked to ariana about it she loves she said that she does not care she's like go on talk about it i don't care britney has been living here now for how long eight years britney has been friends with ariana for eight She was in my wedding. Ariana and I have known each other for 10 years. Do we get along? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. She's going through a hard time right now. And like anybody else who's going through a hard time, whether I like them or I don't, I am a nice guy. I'm going to reach out and be like, I hope you're doing okay. If you need anything, we are down the street. I don't

know what it's like to be cheated on, but she's going through a hard time, and it's in the public eye. So as a gentleman, I am going to reach out and say, hey, if you need anything, please let us know. And she came to my son's birthday. She's our friend. Whether we get along or not, whatever. This whole group doesn't get along half the time. That's part of our clique. That's why we're on Vanderpump Rules.

It happens. But we're all family at the end of the day. So lady, ex-girl, riot, or whatever the F your name is, go back down in your basement and go find another tweet to write us. All right. Troll of the week. I hope I didn't take it too aggressively on that. I'm sorry. I've never got to read Troll of the Week.

This is my first time. So I get really heated because I feel like this is like somebody who just hates life and just – or maybe who's like on Santa Claus camp. I don't know. But that's just a really terrible thing to say. Everybody and their brother has a podcast. Everybody. And also everybody was talking about this situation. We're going to talk about –

Howie Mandel is talking about this for God's sake. So why don't you go DM Howie Mandel about it? We're going to talk about... Howie Mandel is talking about this, for God's sake. So why don't you go DM Howie Mandel about it? We're going to talk about what is popular no matter what, but also the fact that we actually know the people and that we actually... Jax was like such a huge part, and I was too. I was on the show for five years. I was the number one guy in the group, all right? The whole point of our podcast is to talk about current events and reality shows and what is currently going on. Yeah. This is currently going on.

You're getting butt hurt. I love it. I just think it's funny sometimes. We got to call the trolls out because, you know what, at the end of the day, it kind of makes us laugh. You know, we're always going to be funny. And, you know, I just wish the best for you. And I hope that you can be positive and get these mean thoughts out of your life. I don't wish shit for you. Oh my goodness.

See, I'm the opposite. I want positive vibes, positive vibes, positive vibes. Sitting them out there for everyone. That's all. Only positive vibes here. I don't know about you, Brittany, but I'm craving McDonald's. I gotta get to Palm Springs. I gotta hit the ranch and play some golf. I know. I gotta go. We gotta get ready

for some pool parties. Cruz is itching right now. Running around the room. We've had a great time this week, guys. I hope we answered some of your questions. I hope you had fun listening to us this week. We will be back next week, but until then. Yes, have an amazing week.

We love you guys. Thanks for listening to When Reality Hits with Jackson Brittany. Make sure to follow us on Instagram at at Brittany, B-R-I-T-T-A-N-Y. And at Mr. Jax Taylor. Yes. And every week, of course, we're going to ask for more questions that we will answer. We love you guys, and we just hope that everyone has a great week. Thanks for listening.

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