‘It’s cruelty dressed up as a storyline’ – Fans threaten boycott as Danny Booko nearly quits The Valley over Jax Taylor’s alleged manipulation campaign while petitions calling for his removal in Season 3 top 50,000 signatures - suong

   

The Valley's Danny Booko Claims Jax Planned a Takedown of Him on Season 2 & Threatened Him During a Call, Plus He Says Jason and Janet Are "Malicious" and "Vindictive"“This isn’t entertainment anymore. It’s cruelty dressed up as a storyline.”

As The Valley hurtles toward its most explosive reunion yet, the fandom has erupted into outrage — not over a plot twist, but over a pattern of alleged psychological warfare behind the scenes. Following DailyMail+’s explosive revelations that Danny Booko nearly quit the show after enduring what insiders are calling “vile manipulation” at the hands of Jax Taylor, viewers are pushing back hard — launching multiple online petitions and even threatening to boycott Season 3 if Bravo doesn’t act.

The outrage stems from claims that Jax, 45, orchestrated a calculated effort to destabilize, isolate, and publicly discredit Danny, 41, during the filming of The Valley season two — allegedly plotting to revive past misconduct rumors and turning castmates against him in what one producer reportedly described as “a character assassination disguised as drama.”

Fans, however, aren’t buying the excuse.

“This isn’t just toxic — it’s abusive,” one viral tweet read, gaining over 15,000 likes. “Jax didn’t just stir the pot. He tried to destroy someone’s real life for camera time.”

The hashtag #FireJaxTaylor has now begun trending across multiple platforms, with angry viewers citing everything from his alleged threats to his violent outbursts toward estranged wife Brittany Cartwright earlier in the season. “He’s crossed every imaginable line,” a Reddit post reads. “Manipulation. Threats. Emotional abuse. It’s not messy reality TV anymore — it’s disturbing.”

Adding fuel to the fire, Danny himself admitted during a recent interview with Variety that he strongly considered walking away from the show entirely midway through filming — a revelation that stunned longtime fans.

“It was a hard summer,” he confessed, referring not only to Jax’s actions, but also to betrayal from Jason and Janet Caperna, who spotlighted his drinking and helped push his unraveling into the main storyline. “Lies — just malicious, vindictive behavior from people I thought were my friends.”

 

Viewers were especially moved by Nia Booko’s fierce defense of her husband — including her private warnings to Brittany about Jax’s violent behavior, and her on-camera breakdown over the way production “let it happen.”

“She begged them to stop it. And they didn’t,” one fan commented. “Now we’re begging them to fire him.”

Multiple Change.org petitions have now surpassed 50,000 signatures, demanding that Bravo remove Jax from the cast in Season 3. Some are also calling for an official investigation into the show’s editing choices and whether producers knowingly enabled a “smear campaign” against Danny for dramatic payoff.

“The moment you let Jax Taylor run a psychological hit job on a castmate and then air it like content, you’ve lost the line between reality and ethics,” one petition reads. “If Danny had walked, we would’ve lost the only person showing any emotional honesty this season.”

Insiders say the backlash has reached Bravo executives — with one source claiming network leadership is “closely monitoring fan response” and “seriously reevaluating Jax’s future with the franchise.” There are also murmurs that reunion footage includes moments too “explosive” to air without legal review.

As for Danny and Nia? They’ve confirmed their return for Season 3 — but it won’t be business as usual. “They’re coming back not for redemption, but for justice,” one insider shared. “And this time, they’re bringing the receipts.”

If Bravo hopes to salvage trust with its audience, it may need to make a decision fast — because the message from fans is clear: if Jax stays, they go.