Sometimes a rumor is just a rumor, but not when you’re a cast member of “Vanderpump Rules.” While Jax Taylor was desperately trying to win back Stassi Schroeder after cheating on her, there was talk of him having slept with her best friend, Kristen Doute. The problem was, she was in a long-term relationship with Tom Sandoval at the time, who was also Taylor’s BFF.
When Schroeder confronted Doute about the rumor, she swore on her family’s lives that it wasn’t true. “Even if you and I were not friends, I would never f**k Jax with a 10-foot pole. No offense,” she told a crying Schroeder, according to Bravo. However, Taylor’s story was different and he admitted to Schroeder that he and Doute had sex while watching “Drive” and Sandoval was asleep in the other room. After months of denying the claim, Schroeder got sick of Doute’s eyerolls and defensiveness and gave her a backhanded slap, followed by a drink in the face. Thankfully, Tom Schwartz broke up the two women before there was a bar brawl.
It seems as if season finales on “Vanderpump Rules” are made for confessions. During Scheana Shay’s engagement party, Doute admitted to Schroeder that she had in fact slept with Taylor one time, although it was later revealed to be two times. Suffice it to say, Doute and Schroeder’s friendship ended for a few years over the indiscretion, and the former SURver later discussed the incident in her self-help book.
