Jesse Lally revealed to Page Six that his “Valley” co-star Jax Taylor is doing well following the latter’s divorce news and stint at a mental health facility.
“Jax is good,” Lally, 44, told us in an exclusive interview Thursday in Los Angeles at DirecTV Gets Real with People & Entertainment Weekly.
“In Season 1, you see me say to him that if he should take advice from anybody, it should be me because I was basically a year ahead of him when I saw the writing on the wall.”
Lally and his estranged wife, Michelle Saniei, separated at the end of last season.
Jesse Lally revealed to Page Six that his “Valley” co-star Jax Taylor is doing well following the latter’s divorce news and stint at a mental health facility.jesselally/Instagram
“Jax is good,” Lally told us in an exclusive interview Thursday in Los Angeles at DirecTV Gets Real with People & Entertainment Weekly.Variety via Getty Images
“Ever since the summer ended last year and things started to happen, [Taylor] started leaning on me a lot more, and it was good,” Lally continued, adding that his pal’s split “brought [them] a lot closer together.”
Taylor, 45, spent the majority of August at an in-patient treatment center, explaining to the public beforehand that he wanted to work on his “serious anger issues” and “get better” for his 3-year-old son, Cruz, whom he shares with estranged wife Brittany Cartwright.
“I’m glad that he went and did the work that he had to do, and he’s continuing to work on his growth for his son,” Lally said.
Upon returning home from the facility — where he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, an
“In Season 1, you see me say to him that if he should take advice from anybody, it should be me because I was basically a year ahead of him when I saw the writing on the wall,” Lally said.jesselally/Instagram
Taylor spent the majority of August at an in-patient treatment center to work on his “serious anger issues” and “get better” for his 3-year-old son, Cruz, whom he shares with estranged wife Brittany Cartwright.Instagram/@mrjaxtaylor
Though Cartwright, 35, was the one who filed to end the pair’s five-year marriage, a source previously told Page Six that Taylor was “100 percent on board” with the decision.
“He just wants to have an amicable co-parent relationship,” our source insisted, which is what Lally wants, too.
When we asked him what it was like filming the recently wrapped second season of “The Valley” alongside Saniei, the fellow real estate agent replied, “You’ll see this season there’s gonna be some super highs and some super lows.
“And it’s still very fresh that I will trigger her, she will trigger me and we’ll do our best to get past it. And then we’ll kinda move on from it because at the end of the day, if she tries to win, I try to win, we’re both gonna end up losing.”
Upon returning home from the facility, the “Vanderpump Rules” alum was handed divorce papers.Instagram/@mrjaxtaylor
Lally and his estranged wife, Michelle Saniei, separated at the end of last season.Getty Images for Rayni & Branden Williams of The Beverly Hills Estates
Lally made sure to note that the duo’s 4-year-old daughter, Isabella, “is gonna see this one day, and she’s gonna be the biggest loser of the whole group if we don’t get our s–t together.”
Following their breakup, Saniei, 36, moved on with Aaron Nosler, and Lally began romancing Lacy Nicole.
“[Saniei] admitted to me that she was dating very early on. It took me a little while to kinda get into the idea of dating. And now it’s just part of the life that we’re living,” Lally explained, going on to say that Isabella “loves the fact that she has Mommy’s house and Daddy’s house. She has Daddy’s bed and Mommy’s bed. She actually is adjusting so well, so that’s the most important thing.”
Lally told us that his and Saniei’s 4-year-old daughter, Isabella, “is gonna see [the show] one day, and she’s gonna be the biggest loser of the whole group if we don’t get our s–t together.”jesselally/Instagram
Following their breakup, Lally began dating Lacy Nicole.Getty Images
Lally also told us that he has “spent a lot of time with Michelle’s partner,” while she has “spent a little time” with his.
“But we’re all just trying to make it the best we can because the most toxic part was when we separated and we were living together, and that’s not helping our daughter,” he said.
“So now that we’re separated and we have, you know, Daddy’s friend and Mommy’s friend, and she loves both of them. It’s just — you do what you can for your daughter.”
Saniei moved on with Aaron Nosler.michelle.saniei/Instagram
“You’ll see this season there’s gonna be some super highs and some super lows,” Lally teased of the recently wrapped second season of “The Valley.”Felix Kunze/Gizelle Hernandez/Bravo
Despite the initial introduction, Lally admitted that Isabella “thinks they’re a little bit more than friends now at this point.” But that doesn’t stop the toddler from asking why her parents are no longer a couple.
“I always say that I love her mother,” Lally shared of his response to Isabella. “I say, ‘Of course I love your mother. Look — she gave me you!’
“And I’ve started to now tell her that sometimes people that love each other just live in separate homes, and they’re not together, but we still love you. And you just have to keep reminding her that, you know, it wasn’t her fault and we love her.”
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