Image Credit: Evans Vestal Ward/BravoOn Wednesday morning, I recapped the season three premiere of Bravo’s The Rachel Zoe Project and decried how the producers of the show — and Rachel Zoe and hubby Rodger — had treated former star/styling associate/Head of Product Development Taylor Jacobson. (The subtitle of my post was “R.I.P. to the defense-less Taylor Jacobson.”) It seemed so unfair. Honestly, it’s mind-blowing that a television show can get away with so dragging someone’s name through the mud — making veiled references to her possibly stealing money and clothes from the company — without giving her a chance for rebuttal. Well, a few hours after my post went up, I got a call from Taylor’s people, who wanted to put her in touch to chat about her reaction to the first episode. And, as anyone familiar with Taylor knows, she didn’t hold back! She talked about how the situation is “way too high school,” how she thinks Rachel and Co., did denounced her just for a ratings boost, and that — no, no — this whole controversy isn’t just a bait-and-switch for her eventual return to the show (as much as we might like it to be!). Read on for everything the always-delightful — and rather mouthy — Taylor had to say about The Rachel Zoe Project and the scandal brewing around her.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Did you see the first episode on Tuesday night, and if you did, what was your reaction to how they handled everything?
TAYLOR JACOBSON: I did not see the first episode, but I did hear all about it, from multiple people. Honestly, wow. High school, way too high school.
It seemed unfair and rather one-sided. How’d you feel about it?
I just think it is unnecessary. It just was stupid. There was no reason for that. It just seemed very bizarre to me. I, personally, would be more interested in seeing the Harper’s Bazaar shoot — that was fashion and a great spread with Demi, that is a lot more interesting. From what I understand, it was a whole s— talking campaign. There are always two sides to a story. Whatever happened happened between closed doors and definitely not that way, definitely not the way that it was portrayed.
Can you figure out why they would want to drag you through the mud like this?
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