Watch:Jax Taylor Breaks Silence on Dating His and Brittany Cartwright’s Ex Publicist Lori Krebs
Brittany Cartwrightis speaking out onJax Taylor’s new romance
Less than two weeks afterE! News confirmedher estranged husband is dating their former publicistLori Krebs, theVanderpump Rulesalum shared her candid thoughts on the relationship
“I never wish bad for anybody but they have to be absolutely miserable,” Cartwright toldPeoplein a video posted on Aug. 4, “and I hope they are.”
“My honest opinion is that my ex needs a mommy,” the 37-year-old—who broke up with Taylor in 2024—continued in the video, adding elsewhere, “I’ve never seen another publicist want to be the center of attention like she did.”
E! News has reached out to Taylor’s rep and Krebs but has not received comment
Cartwright’s heated interview comes afterTaylor confirmedthat he is, in fact, in a relationship. As the 47-year-old commented on his July 29 Instagram post after a fan suggested that he should be onThe Bachelor, “No thanks I’m taken.”
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Jax Taylor Breaks Silence on Dating His and Brittany Cartwright’s Ex Publicist Lori Krebs
While Taylor did not mention Krebs by name, a was no overlap between their romance and his split from Cartwright, with whom he shares 5-year-old sonCruz.
“There was never a years-long secret affair,” the insider shared, noting that Taylor and Krebs started dating after they “had already been separated” from their respective partners. “Their relationship changed only in the last several months.”
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Last month, Cartwright said she planned on remaining mum about her ex’s relationship with Krebs until the time was right
“All I’m going to say about this at this moment is I will be speaking my truth—the truth—on this matter very soon whenever I’m ready,” she said onthe July 17 episodeof her podcastWhen Reality Hits. “As of right now, I am focusing on me and the most important thing in my life, which is my beautiful son.”
For a status update on otherVanderpump Rulescouples, keep reading…
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The two later held a formal wedding in Italy in May 2022 and welcomed their second child, son Messer, in 2023.
The pair welcomed their son Cruz in April 2021, a year after they walked away from the show.
Six months after they announced their separation in February 2024 (and Taylor’s subsequent trips to rehab), she officially filed for divorce.
Because of their stability, fans were shocked when the TomTom co-owner’s seven-month affair with their co-star Rachel “Raquel” Leviss came to light in March 2023, leading to his and Madix’s breakup.
Since the cheating scandal, Sandoval has credited a lack of intimacy as one of the reasons they drifted away. He also claimed they were separated when news of his cheating went public, though he revealed he and Leviss first kissed in August 2022 long before Madix found out.
“I think when you know, you know,” the Love Island host explained to E! News in 2025 of finding her person (and personal trainer), “and I think very early on I was just like, ‘There’s something different about this guy.’ He continues to show up for me, like, consistently.”
Their August 2022 Cancún wedding aired during VPR season 10, but Shay actually revealed on the show’s April 2023 episode that they were secretly legally one year prior to the destination ceremony.
However, Shay revealed in her 2025 memoir My Good Side that the Australian athlete cheated on her in 2020 during her pregnancy, but only came clean about the affair during 2023’s Scandoval controversy.
While they initially remained friendly exes, Schwartz’s makeout with Leviss in August 2022 ruined any chances of amicability between the two. During season 10 of VPR, Maloney introduced a new love interest, actor Satchel Clendenin, though the two are no longer dating.
During VPR’s season nine reunion, which aired in January 2022, Kennedy and Leviss revealed they barely had sex in the two years leading up to their breakup.
Lewber made her Vanderpump Rules debut on the 2023 premiere of season 10 and fans later saw the couple move in together.
Their romance hit a speed bump in December 2024 when Kennedy was arrested for domestic vioence after an incident with Leviss. By the next month, the former couple announced they had broken up amid Kennedy’s legal troubles, which did not result in any formal charges against him.
During the 10th season of VPR, Kent revealed she hadn’t had sex since their breakup, but dove back into the dating pool by hooking up with a guy during a girls trip to Lake Havasu.
That same month, the former SURver met Colorado-based Luke Broderick when they served as a bridesmaid and groomsman in their mutual friend’s nuptials. Settling into life in L.A., he joined her on the VPR spinoff The Valley and regularly co-hosts her podcast Love, Sex and What Else Matters.
Nine months after the pair announced their engagement in September 2024, they welcomed daughter Kaia.
“We love each other,” he shared in March 2024 of the vingtage clothing busniess owner, calling her “one of the coolest human beings on earth. The baddest b—h alive. She’s got this unconventional sense of humor. She’s sharp as hell, super successful.”
However, their romance fizzled out by the following year, with Schwartz sharing on an April 2025 episode of his Detox Retox podcast, “We’re really good friends.”
“He just makes me feel really special, and he’s really special,” she shared of her new man on her Disrespectfully podcast in October 2024. “I’m just really, really happy.”
Two months later, she hard-launched the romance, revealing her boyfriend to be Sleeping With Sirens guitarist Nick Martin. The couple, who share an L.A.-area apartment, will appear together on Schroeder’s new Freeform series House of Stassi.
“Probably longer than we’ve been dating, we were just friends,” he told Swoon in April 2026. “It kind of started evolving and becoming something more than just friends.”
And Schwartz believes he’s become a better person because of Carroll.
“She’s my karma for some of my douchiness,” he joked in a July 2026 episode of E!’s Hot Goss. “She’s so quick to call me out and I’m so much better at taking constructive criticism and using it, learning from it.”
“We have previously kept our relationship out of the public eye, and this is the first time we’re sharing it publicly,” he told People at the time. “We wanted to keep things personal while we were building our relationship together, and we’ve shared this news privately with close friends and family for some time now.”
Three weeks after the baby news, Kennedy and Meyers announced their engagement.
But their relationship shifted in June 2026 when Sandoval was granted a temporary restraining order against Robinson over allegations that she attacked him during an argument that led to her arrest, according to court documents obtained by E! News.
“I have filed my own legal action,” Robinson said in her own statement, “because I have my own account of what happened. I cannot allow a false narrative to control my future.” Both sides are due to return to court in August 2026.
