Jax Taylor Talks Vanderpump Rules REGRETS & How Fatherhood Changed Him _ E! News

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00:00 for the first time in a long, long time,

00:02 I just feel really good about myself.

00:04 'Cause on "Banner Pump," I gotta say,

00:06 yeah, the show was amazing,

00:07 and I did do a lot on that show,

00:08 but I did not like myself for a long time on that show.

00:11 I was doing things that I was just kinda,

00:12 that's not how my parents raised me.

00:14 - Do you regret doing it?

00:15 - I don't regret, I mean, I regret certain things,

00:17 of course, at the end of the day, it is a reality show.

00:19 We're there to entertain, okay?

00:21 But there was just times where I did stuff,

00:23 I'm like, oof, we live in Hollywood,

00:26 I was on a television show--

00:27 - Young. - I was young.

00:29 I just, I didn't really care too much about whatever.

00:32 I was just caring about ratings

00:33 and hoping the show was gonna keep going,

00:35 and making good TV, and I didn't really care who I hurt

00:39 or what the cost was.

00:40 I just kind of was a runaway locomotive, self-destructive,

00:44 didn't really care about myself, let alone other people.

00:47 I didn't really know who I was at the time.

00:48 I kinda was just, I feel like I was just

00:50 going through the motion.

00:51 And I felt like meeting Brittany,

00:52 and after I got married, I kinda was like,

00:54 okay, now I know who I am, I met the woman of my dreams,

00:58 and I wanna marry her,

00:59 and we're gonna have children together.

01:00 Now I can look back and be like, wow,

01:01 that was a very special, unique individual,

01:04 and I'm so glad that I got out of it alive,

01:06 'cause there was times where it was scary, it was scary.

01:09 And I'm just glad that I can look back now

01:11 and be like, okay, I knew what I was,

01:13 but now I know who I am.

01:15 And I just, I feel so confident,

01:16 and I feel really good about myself

01:17 for this first time in a long time.

01:20 - That gave me chills.

01:21 I love your transparency, A,

01:22 and then B, I love how you basically just said,

01:25 I now officially feel whole.

01:27 - Yeah, yeah.

01:28 - And then you found your better half.

01:30 - Right, right.

01:31 Obviously living in Hollywood and kind of trying to,

01:33 you know, make it here, as you say,

01:35 quote unquote make it and be successful here,

01:38 you gotta be a chameleon.

01:39 And you know, there's a lot of times

01:40 I went about it the wrong way,

01:42 trying to be somebody that I wasn't,

01:43 or living out of my means or whatever,

01:45 and I just didn't really know,

01:46 just because it's a tough town.

01:47 You know, it's a very tough town.

01:49 It's cutthroat.

01:50 So I finally got to a point where I'm just gonna be like,

01:52 you know what, I'm just tired of living

01:54 the way everybody else wants me to live.

01:56 I'm just gonna be me.

01:57 And after that, I just felt like everything

01:58 kind of came into place.

02:00 Everything kind of started connecting, you know?

02:01 So I wasn't worried about what show I was gonna get next

02:04 or where I was gonna go next.

02:06 I was just worried about me and just forgot about all that.

02:08 And then everything started coming.

02:10 So it was just a way of thinking, I guess.

02:12 - A grown man, ladies and gentlemen.

02:14 - Better late than never.

02:16 But it, yeah, it took for a while for me to grow up.

02:18 - That's okay.

02:19 But now you are.

02:20 - I am, and I feel good about myself

02:22 for the first time in a long time.

02:23 I feel really, really good.

02:24 I'm responsible for a human being now.

02:26 You know, nothing else matters anymore.

02:27 And like the little things, that's why I say I'm reformed,

02:30 is because nothing else, all that stuff that I usually do,

02:32 nothing matters.

02:33 That little boy is my pride and joy.

02:35 Like, he's all that matters in my life.

02:37 And I just, I love being a dad more than anything.

02:40 I didn't know how I was gonna be a dad,

02:41 but I just knew when the time comes,

02:43 I knew I would be a good father.

02:44 I always knew my wife was gonna be an amazing mother.

02:46 She was born to be a mother.

02:48 And when the time came, I was just like,

02:50 it just hit me, it just hit me.

02:51 And I just, I'm just so happy.

02:53 And I, you know, my dad was an amazing father to me.

02:56 And I just, I think he's instilling it in me.

02:58 He's no longer with us anymore,

02:59 but I think I just kind of took his handbook,

03:03 his playbook.

03:04 - You speak about your father,

03:06 and you getting his handbook.

03:08 One day, there's gonna be a little boy named Cruz

03:10 who has his father's handbook as well.

03:13 What is one of the main characteristics

03:14 that you're hoping two-year-old Cruz

03:17 will carry on in his lifetime from you?

03:19 - Just being a strong individual,

03:21 you know, a confident, strong individual,

03:23 do whatever he wants, making sure that he's happy,

03:26 doesn't listen to others,

03:27 kind of follows his own truth,

03:29 his own whatever he wants to do in life.

03:32 I just want him to be a happy kid.

03:33 And I want him to know that his dad was always there for him

03:36 no matter whatever he wants to do in life.

03:38 I will be there to support it.

03:39 I'm just kind of helping him through life, you know?

03:42 So.

03:43 - In the same breath, Jax, I wanna ask you,

03:45 and the reason why I feel like I can ask this

03:47 with such confidence and just like,

03:49 'cause I know you're gonna be transparent

03:50 with this next answer.

03:51 It's the opposite of what I just asked you.

03:53 You've gone through a lot in your life.

03:55 44 years old, you've accomplished a lot in your life,

03:57 but you've gone through a lot in your life

03:59 as a reformed villain, as you call it.

04:01 What is the one characteristic or thing about you

04:04 that you hope that Cruz never endures or has about him?

04:08 - How much time do we have?

04:08 There's a lot.

04:10 Selfishness, sometimes just being a little bit too cocky

04:14 at times, you know, not being faithful to women.

04:17 You know, I've had my tendencies where I've been,

04:20 I've had other affairs with other women,

04:22 and I hope he's just not that kind of person.

04:24 There's a lot, actually.

04:25 You know, I hope he learns a lot from me.

04:26 Obviously, the internet never goes away,

04:28 so he's gonna be able to watch this show one day,

04:30 Vanderpump one day, and see how I acted.

04:33 But yeah, I just hope he's just a really good,

04:34 honest person at all times, you know,

04:36 and lives his true self and just, you know,

04:41 just becomes a good person, does good by people,

04:44 makes good choices.

04:45 You know, I just want him to make good choices.

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