I think – that’s the last I heard.”Ī womanizer with a temper, Taylor had fist fights on camera, explosive arguments with his fellow cast and was once charged with a felony after shoplifting a pair of sunglasses during a filmed trip to Hawaii.

In fact, we are supposed to go back to filming this month. In October, live on Instagram, while answering a viewer question, he said: “Vanderpump Rules is supposed to go back to filming. Taylor seems not to have seen his dismissal coming. While there is no doubt that Taylor’s outrageous behavior, serial cheating and willingness to gossip has been a primary engine for “Vanderpump Rules” plots at the show’s heights, he also inspired hatred among fans and his so-called friends. During his tenure on “Vanderpump Rules,” Taylor - whose real name is Jason Michael Cauchi - flirted with that line. There has always been a fine line between casting people who make good TV and casting toxic personalities who display unacceptable behavior.

The national reckoning on race over the summer put reality shows, which often rely on outrageous behavior from their casts, in a vexed position. Her account went viral.Īfter the firings, fans called on Bravo to fire Taylor as well, since he had also accused Stowers of crimes in a tweet. Stowers revealed what they had done during an Instagram live chat in early June of this year. In 2018, Schroeder and Doute reported Stowers to the police for a crime she had nothing to do with. The countdown to Taylor’s ouster began months ago, as soon as Bravo fired co-stars Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute because of their past racist actions against Faith Stowers, a Black former “Vanderpump Rules” cast member.

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