A massive crossover in the Bravo Cinematic Universe (BCU) happened this weekend, when Jax Taylor and Tom Schwartz crashed Paige DeSorbo and Hannah Berner’s Giggly Squad Podcast live.
Reality TV crossovers happen on screen, but in this instance, the boys from Vanderpump Rules and The Valley dropped in on the girls from Summer House seemingly at random.
Jax has been in the news quite a bit recently, for reasons largely unrelated to VPR or The Valley.
In late July, Jax checked in to an inpatient care facility, and a little less than a month later, his estranged wife Brittany Cartwright filed for divorce.
This month, Jax opened up about a mental health diagnosis, and after that, news broke about Jax’s allegedly explicit texts to another woman.
It’s fair to say that reality TV news has been pretty Jax-centric over the past few months, so his surprise appearance at Paige and Hannah’s Giggly Squad event was bound to generate fan reaction.
Jax and Tom Surprised Everyone
But The Show Was Kind Of A Reality TV Who’s Who
On Sept. 21, Paige and Hannah brought their Giggly Squad show to Los Angeles.
Hannah appeared on Summer House Seasons 2 and 3, and she and Paige host the Giggly Squad podcast.
On Sunday, a confused Reddit user shared a short clip, captured by an audience member, which depicted Jax grabbing the crowd mic and trying to speak:
As he spoke, Jax was booed — and he kind of engaged in a slap fight with Tom over the microphone.
The person who shared the video was confused by the crossover, asking:
I need more context. I need insider info. Wtf is this lol 😭😭
The clip was kind of chaotic.
Amid an increasingly loud chorus of boos at the beginning, Jax and an audience member had the following exchange:
[Jax]: “Just want to say, ‘Thank you so much for having us …'”
[Audience Member]: “No one’s having you!”
As Jax continues trying and failing to win over the audience, it’s hard to tell if Tom is batting the microphone out of his hands to say something, or if he’s doing it to stop Jax from talking.
Jax’s seizure of the audience’s microphone ensured Giggly Squad fans were aware he was present, but a fan of the podcast said it “seems like VPR’s Scheana Shay and Brock Davies went with them.”
Another reiterated a rumor about ties between Brock and the cast of Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives.
“I also saw that Brock grew up Mormon and Scheana has been spotted with various cast members from SLOMW multiple times lately.
“She’s such a reality tv leech I’m not surprised. Probably working on converting as we speak so they can be on the next season once the Valley fails[.]”
Scheana shared a group shot tagging many of the reality stars present, which featured Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives star Jessi Ngatikaura, but she was not tagged.
Audience reaction aside, Paige and Hannah didn’t seem too upset by Jax and Schwartz showing up unannounced.