90 Day Fiance’s Ashley Martson says Vanderpump Rules’ Jax Taylor made ‘racist’ comment about her husband Jay Smith
90 DAY Fiance star Ashley Martson is campaigning for Jax Taylor to be fired from Vanderpump Rules for a past “racist” comment he made about her husband Jay Smith.
The reality star took to Instagram yesterday and shared a screenshot of a comment that Jax left under one of her pictures from 2018, in which he referenced Smith’s nose.
She penned alongside the snap: “Did y’all see bravo fired four cast members?
“Well @bravotv don’t leave out old Jax Taylor who harassed us when our show first aired. If you don’t understand why I find this racist please watch my story. Education is key.”
Later on her Instagram Stories, Ashley explained that Jax’s comment, in which he penned: “Your mans nose is the size of his head…”, was racist.
The TLC star, who got back together with Smith in March following a five-month split, shared: “When your nose or my nose is referenced as large it’s probably just a large nose.
“Black people have been historically colored to an ape or monkey, meant to be derogatory.
“One of the most well known racial stereotypes is referencing a black persons nose, again suggesting it is similar to that of an ape.”
She later then took to her Stories again and penned a lengthy post about people needing to get educated about black history.
Ashley vented: “I try to be understanding with people who don’t understand, or are not educated, in black history.
“I too was naive and uneducated. I’m still learning everyday. I did dumb s**t. I was once a Karen.
“I had to sit down and put time in to learn why things were wrong. I had to address my ignorance and apologize for it.”
Adding: “Some of y’all need to learn that when you mess up saying sorry isn’t enough. You need to educate yourself so you don’t hurt people again!
“One thing I didn’t do, was go on rants to people on their own personal pages with my ignorant a** because I don’t agree with them.
“If you don’t know what you’re talking about, or don’t like what you see, please stfu and get off it. I have no problem responding to someone who just doesn’t understand.
“I don’t have time to debate with ignorant a** people. It’s that simple.”
Ashley then hit out at followers sliding into her DMs about coming for Jax and explained she was highlighting his past remark as Bravo fired four of his co-stars for similar behavior.
“And while I’m ranting everyone hopping into my DMs about why “my” network won’t fire certain cast,” she posted. “First off, it isn’t my network. I am no longer affilated or under contract with them.
“Also, I know they only car about [cash] and they aren’t gonna do s**t. So I’m not even gonna go there. I went in on Jac because @bravotv is actually doing something.”
The latest claims come after VPR’s Billie Lee has called for Jax to be “canceled” after she claimed he “refused to film” with her because she’s transgender.
On Tuesday, Billie, 36, tweeted at the network: “What about Jax Taylor? He refused to film with me because I was trans and called him out on his white cis privilege.
“Stop celebrating his disgusting actions,” she fummed along with a “cancel Jax Taylor” hashtag.
In August 2019, Billie told In Touch that when she first joined season six of Vanderpump Rules, the cast told her not to talk to Jax.
“When it comes to Jax, there were some things that I overheard him say off-camera that I thought was very alarming,” she said to the magazine.
The reality star said she initially wanted to “inspire” him to “be a better person.”
She shared: “I really tried to have that moment with Jax but then I did realize he’s just an awful person.”
Billie further accused her cast mates of ignorant behavior and said that they failed to make her feel “included”.
She added: “I do feel that there is some very self-involved individuals, and those self-involved people can be also ignorant which is completely different than being transphobic.
“Now is the opportunity to take your head out of your own a** and say, ‘Wow, we have someone representing – we have a minority representing a very small community that’s under attack, let’s make sure we include her.’
“I feel like the cast failed in that way”.
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The blogger’s call-to-action was sent out the same day Bravo revealed Stassi Schroeder and cast mate Kristen Doute will not return to the series after it was discovered they once called the cops on VPR alum Faith Stowers.
Earlier this week, Bravo issued a statement that also revealed newcomers Max Boyens and Brett Caprioni will not return after racist tweets were uncovered.
“Bravo and Evolution Media confirmed today that Stassi Schroeder, Kristen Doute, Max Boyens and Brett Caprioni will not be returning to Vanderpump Rules,” the TV giant confirmed.