Tom Schwartz Says He Keeps Healthy Boundaries with Jax Taylor, But Won’t ‘Abandon Him’
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00:00How does it feel to be back? I mean, we've seen you for years, now you're kind of in a different chaotic friend group, still similar friends, but how does it feel to be in this dynamic?
00:09Honestly, I'm so grateful to still be part of the Bravo family. I love working with everybody behind the scenes as well, and it felt kind of seamless.
00:22I didn't really feel like I was joining another show. It felt like an organic transition because I'm friends with everybody.
00:27Kristen was my first roommate. I lived with her. She's like a sister to me. We've known each other 15 years, and Luke's... I'm tight with everybody, so it feels very natural.
00:37It doesn't feel forced or contrived or awkward. It just feels like hanging out with my friends, except there's cameras capturing the mask.
00:45So same, same from the last 10 years.
00:46Same, same, but different.
00:48Different.
00:48It is different.
00:49Okay, how so?
00:50I don't want to use the M word. I just think it's a different chapter in their lives, you know what I mean?
01:00I think Kristen's pregnant right now. She's a fiance. She's finally getting her flowers. You know what I mean? Finally, the bride, not the bridesmaid.
01:08I know. How do you think she'll be as a mom? You've always been a Kristen supporter.
01:13No, um. Erase the um. She's going to be a f***ing great mom, period. I know this. She's always... Listen, I know she can be a little... Kristen can have her moments, but she's so tender and loving and has such a pure heart. You know what I mean?
01:27She's like really, really just compassionate human being. Um, she's going to be a killer mom.
01:33We see in the trailer, you have a heart to heart with Jax about him hitting rock bottom.
01:38Yeah.
01:38You know, how have you been supporting Jax? You're his neighbor. I'm sure you guys have to check in on each other. How, how have you been his, in his corner?
01:46I mean, he's bared his soul to me. Um, some of it on TV, but some of it not. And he's just like, I'll keep it vague, but he's expressed to me that these are some of the lowest moments of his entire life. And he's, and he's, has felt lost. And again, I'm not, we're not trying to evoke sympathy here because he's been a menace with Brittany and all that. But like, I'm a friend. I love him. I don't want to abandon him when he needs me the most. You know what I mean? But, um, yeah, yeah. You know, I have, I have healthy boundaries.
02:15I'm there when he needs me. You know what I mean? I'm not going to leave him hanging when he needs me the most. And he doesn't, he doesn't, listen, I got to be careful not to give, try to evoke too much sympathy for Jax's, but like, he doesn't have a great support system for maybe it's his fault. Maybe it's some of it's not, but listen, I'm not going to abandon him.
02:33Do you think he's taken full accountability and put in the work?
02:36I think, I think he's doing, okay. At least on this, from my purview on the surface, I mean, he's putting in the work 133 days sober. Uh, he doesn't drink anymore. No drugs, no funny business. I think he's, um, yeah, on the surface, he's doing all the right things, but I think ultimately we have to let, we have to let Brittany be the judge.
02:55True. She is, she's the judge.
02:57Let's let Brittany be the judge.
02:58Yeah.
02:58She's going to be a tough one to.
03:00No, let's ask her. Yeah.
03:01Yeah.
03:01Yeah.