Meet Jax Taylor's Old Roommate and Modeling Buddy Jesse Lally Before He Joins The Valley
A new face on The Valley goes way back with Jax Taylor, Brittany Cartwright and other Vanderpump Rules OGs.
One of the new faces on The Valley not only has a friendship with Jax Taylor that goes back decades, but newer friendships with some of the Vanderpump Rules OGs as well.
Jesse Lally has been friends with Jax since the two modeled together in New York, according to Bravo, and now he’s in the circle of friends on The Valley that includes Brittany Cartwright and Kristen Doute.
Jesse has since moved on from modeling and is now a luxury real estate broker in Los Angeles, along with his wife, Michelle Saniei Lally. The couple are navigating their careers with parenting their 3-year-old daughter.
“The couple sells homes to the top 1% of the top 1%, and they cultivate their clientele in the city and abroad,” Bravo said. “They’re discovering that a fast-paced lifestyle can be a challenge to balance alongside marriage and parenthood.”
Read on to find out more about Jesse's career, marriage, and friendships with the Vanderpump Rules crew.
How does Jesse Lally know Jax Taylor?
Jesse and Jax have been friends for many years, dating back to when they modeled together with Ford Models in New York City and lived as roommates. Jesse even posted a reunion pic on his Instagram with his old modeling buddies in 2018, writing, “The crew of w16th st nyc…#tb #olddays.”
Jesse has also posted some old snapshots from his modeling days to his social media, including what he called his “Blue Steel” look, as well as a throwback to “when my #game was strong.”
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Jesse and Jax have stayed buddies over the years. They've been on trips together since leaving New York, including a weekend golf getaway to Desert Dunes Golf Club in California in March 2019.
Jesse and his wife, Michelle, were also guests at Jax and Brittany’s wedding at the Kentucky Castle in Lexington, Kentucky in June 2019, where Jesse wrote on Instagram while posing at the castle, “Fantastic wedding weekend…#jaxgotitwright.” He also posted a pic of him and his wife with the newlyweds at the reception. Michelle even got a picture with Lance Bass, who officiated the wedding.
Jesse partied with a few other Vanderpump Rules cast mates during the wedding getaway, and posted this video of Stassi Schroeder’s husband, Beau Clark, and Tom Sandoval dancing at a Friday Latino night in downtown Lexington.
Jeese also had the honor of meeting a very important member of the Vanderpump universe at Jax’s wedding: Lisa Vanderpump’s beloved dog Giggy.
Jax has pulled Jesse into his circle of friends in Los Angeles since leaving NYC, and that circle includes many former SURvers and cast members from Vanderpump Rules.
For example, Jesse, Tom Sandoval, Tom Schwartz, and Max Boyens (who appeared on VPR during Season 8 while he was a general manager of TomTom) went skiing together on California’s Mammouth Mountain in January 2020. Jax and Schwartz helped Jesse celebrate his 39th birthday at Toluca Lake in California in May 2019 with a big celebration. Jesse even got all dressed up in a Great Gatsby costume for a Halloween party at Schwartz's apartment in October 2018 (with the infamous Bubba wall hanging in the background).
Who are Jesse Lally's wife and kids?
Jesse and his wife, Michelle, have been together for many years. Their love story started as a fairy tale: with a November 2017 engagement at the Ritz in Paris, France with the Eiffel Tower in the background. They later tied the knot at Beaulieu Garden in Rutherford, California on October 12, 2018.
The Lallys welcomed a baby girl, Isabella Bunny, right at the height of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown on April 15, 2020. Soon after, Jesse celebrated his 40th birthday with a “stay at home order, COVID-19, and a 2-week-old baby girl” and showed off Isabella in a Happy 40th Birthday onesie.
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Isabella Lally has her own Instagram page, and among other cute snapshots, Jesse and Michelle posted photos from her first modeling campaign (like father, like daughter!) for the Spring 2023 Guess campaign. Isabella even traveled internationally for her first family vacation and was photographed swimming in the Mediterranean Sea in Capri in August 2021, as well as posing in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
She has also gotten together for play dates with another Vanderpump Rules regular: Summer Moon, Scheana Shay and Brock Davies’ daughter.
What does Jesse Lally do for work?
Jesse is originally from the Boston area and attended both Norwich University and the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where he studied physics and mathematics, according to his LinkedIn profile. He also attended the London School of Economics and Political Science to study real estate finance.
Jesse has left his modeling days behind and now is a high-end luxury real estate agent with his wife, Michelle, representing The Beverly Hills Estates Team. In his first six months as an agent, he sold $39.6 million dollars while working at Hilton & Hyland, according to his Estates profile. Jesse set a record when he did a deal on a newly-built home for $40 million at $,3000 per foot.
He counts clients in Los Angeles, New York, Miami and London, and has connections to investors from Asia, Europe, and Russia.
Jesse and Michelle as a team now have handled deals ranging from $1 million to $95 million in Beverly Hills. Together, they’ve partnered on over $100 million in transactions, according to his agent profile.
His love for real estate and architecture dates back to when he studied at Norwich University, and spent his nights learning about design in the architecture lab, he said.
Catch Jesse, Michelle, and the rest of their crew when The Valley premieres on Bravo in Spring 2024.
