Coronavirus: Vanderpump Rules star Jax Taylor criticised for calling pandemic ‘punishment from God’
Controversial bartender said job losses ‘sucked’ but that pandemic is a necessary wake up call
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Your support makes all the difference.Vanderpump Rules star Jax Taylor has been slammed for suggesting the coronavirus pandemic is “punishment from the man upstairs”.
The controversial US reality star urged his social media followers to improve themselves, calling the pandemic a necessary “wake up call”.
“I know a lot of people are out of work and are having a rough time and that sucks and I am so sorry, but I feel like this is a punishment from the man upstairs,” Taylor wrote.
“I really think he’s tired of the way we treat people, he’s tired of how we treat the planet, probably thinks some of us are ungrateful, I mean I could go on and on… but this is like a serious ‘time out’ for the world.”
He continued: “When we come out of this we need to change for the better. All of us need a wake up call, we need to change our ways because obviously it wasn’t working and we needed a punishment and this is it.
“The true test will be how we come out of this, and when we do, remember what it was like when our freedom was taken from us.
“Let’s show the man upstairs that we can do better for ourselves and humanity. He’s done so much for us, it’s time to pay him back.”
Taylor’s comments were met with immediate criticism from his Twitter followers.
“Delete this tweet, seriously,” wrote one person. Another added: “Ironic coming from trash."
A third wrote: “Huh, weird that god would punish the elderly, cancer patients, healthcare professionals, etc and yet for some reason spare self-obsessed reality TV sociopaths. He truly works in mysterious ways.”
When one Instagram follower suggested that Taylor improve his own behaviour, specifically towards his Vanderpump Rules co-stars, Taylor responded: “Typical someone who likes to deflect. Byeeeee!”
Taylor works as a bartender on Vanderpump Rules, which revolves around the personal lives of the staff at SUR, an establishment run by former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Vanderpump.
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