Kristen’s Boyfriend Luke Confronts Jax About Their Friendship Status: “I’ll Do My Best to Unblock You”

Luke Broderick may be Kristen Doute’s new man, but not everyone is feeling it./span/span/span/span/span/spanspanspanspanspanspanspanA new preview clip of /span/span/span/spanemspana href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-valley/news" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"spanspanspanspanThe Valley/span/span/span/span/a/span/emspana href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-valley/news" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"spanspanspanspan’s/span/span/span/span/aspanspanspan first episode reveals /span/span/span/spanspana href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/cast/jax-taylor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"spanspanspanspanJax Taylor/span/span/span/span/a/spanspanspanspanspan “blocked” Kristen’s beau. But why do Jax and Luke have problems?/span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspanLuke confronted Jax about the status of their friendship during a guys outing to a virtual driving range as the men tried, and sometimes failed, to perfect their drives./span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspan“So, Jax, am I still blocked?” Luke suddenly asked Jax./span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspan“Huh?” Jax replied./span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspan“Am I still blocked or can we be friends?” Luke continued./span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspanJax feigned confusion as /span/span/span/spanspana href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/cast/jason-caperna" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"spanspanspanspanJason Caperna/span/span/span/span/a/spanspanspanspanspan, /span/span/span/spanspana href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/cast/danny-booko" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"spanspanspanspanDanny Booko/span/span/span/span/a/spanspanspanspanspan and /span/span/span/spanspana href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/cast/jesse-lally" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"spanspanspanspanJesse Lally/span/span/span/span/a/spanspanspanspanspan looked on./span/span/span/span/span/span/p div data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embed" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="eb735256-d7f7-40a3-b4f5-1b539ccf85df" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:862px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.bravotv.com/sites/bravo/files/styles/scale_862/public/2024/03/the-valley-luke-broderick-jax-taylor.jpg?itok=RSvijH9G" width="862" height="575" alt="Split of Luke Broderick and Jax Taylor while playing golf on The Valley" typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" Split of Luke Broderick and Jax Taylor during The Valley Season 1 Episode 1. /span span class="media__credit"Photo: Bravo /span /div /div /div /div pspanspanspanspanspanspan“Are you blocked?” he asked./span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspan“I don’t know,” Luke replied. “I was at one point.”/span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspan“You tell me. Let’s see if you are and let me know and I’ll do my best to unblock you,” Jax noncommittally told him as Danny gave Jax a look./span/span/span/span/span/span/p h2spanspanbspanspanspanspanWhy aren't Jax Taylor and Luke Broderick friends?/span/span/span/span/b/span/span/h2 pspanspanspanspanspanspanThere’s no word yet on what caused the tension between Luke and Jax to begin with, but it seems that Luke may be struggling to find his footing within the close-knit group of guys./span/span/span/span/span/span/p pstrongHere's what you missed on Bravo:/strong/p pstronga data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/the-valley-cast-new-info-tom-sandoval-ariana-madix-breakup" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/the-valley-cast-new-info-tom-sandoval-ariana-madix-breakup" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/the-valley-cast-new-info-tom-sandoval-ariana-madix-breakup" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"The Valley Cast Reveals Shocking New Info About Tom and Ariana’s Split: “It Just Wasn’t Adding Up”/a/strong/p pstronga data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/jax-taylor-reunites-with-brittany-cartwright-sherri-pic" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/jax-taylor-reunites-with-brittany-cartwright-sherri-pic" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/jax-taylor-reunites-with-brittany-cartwright-sherri-pic" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Find Out Why Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright Reunited — and How Her Mom, Sherri, Played a Role/a/strong/p pstronga data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/how-the-valley-cast-is-connected-to-vanderpump-rules-friends" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/how-the-valley-cast-is-connected-to-vanderpump-rules-friends" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/how-the-valley-cast-is-connected-to-vanderpump-rules-friends" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"All the Unusual Ways The Valley Cast Knows the Vanderpump Rules Stars/a/strong/p pspanspanspanspanspanspanKristen and Luke/span/span/span/spanspana href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/the-valley-who-is-kristen-doutes-boyfriend-luke-broderick" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"spanspanspanspan began dating in June 2022 /span/span/span/span/a/spanspanspanspanspanafter meeting at a wedding, not long after Kristen publicly announced her split from ex-boyfriend Alex Menache. By all indications, however, it’s a serious romance. The couple hosts/span/span/span/spanspana href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/what-is-kristen-doutes-job-all-about-her-businesses" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"spanspanspanspan the podcast/span/span/span/span/a/span emspana href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sex-love-and-what-else-matters-with-kristen-doute/id1655293502" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"spanspanspanspanSex, Love and What Else Matters with Kristen Doute/span/span/span/span/a/span/emspanspanspanspan together and have been/span/span/span/spanspana href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/kristen-doute-boyfriend-luke-experienced-miscarriage" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"spanspanspanspan openly trying to have a baby/span/span/span/span/a/spanspanspanspanspan./span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspanWhile Kristen is clearly happy with her man, Luke is still working on establishing a relationship with her friends./span/span/span/span/span/span/p div data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embed" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="3775682d-edf0-455e-a896-d59c0be9d94a" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:862px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.bravotv.com/sites/bravo/files/styles/scale_862/public/2024/02/the_valley_season_1_-112.jpg?itok=GExDBRQu" width="862" height="575" alt="Kristen Doute and Luke Broderick on a grass lawn together" typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" Kristen Doute and Luke Broderick's The Valley Season 1 press portrait. /span span class="media__credit"Photo: Felix Kunze/Bravo /span /div /div /div /div pspanspanspanspanspanspanJesse joked he thought Luke was just going to be a “side piece” in a confession before realizing the actual term he was searching for was “a rebound.”/span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspan“I think Luke’s over his head with the boys,” Jesse revealed./span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspanJason also confessed that Luke was the guy he knew the least./span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspan“I just met him about a year ago,” he explained. “At parties sometimes we’ll talk and, you know, he’s a pretty introverted guy.”/span/span/span/span/span/span/p pWe'll have to wait for emThe Valley/empremiere episode to see why Jax blocked Luke on social media. Still, brespanspanspanspanspanspanwing tension aside, the guys had a good time swinging clubs and talking trash./span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspan“That is one of the worst shots I’ve ever seen in my life,” Jesse told Jax after one drive./span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspanWhile Jax insisted they were “all just kind of the same, just depending on the weather” in terms of skill level, that definitely wasn’t how everyone saw it./span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspan“I am the worst golfer i’ve ever been, but I’m still the number one golfer in the group,” Jesse boasted, before adding, “I think after losing limbs, I still am a better golfer than Jax.”/span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspanTo keep up on all the latest drama, watch emThe Valley /em/span/span/span/spanspana href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/the-valley-season-1-on-bravo-trailer-cast-premiere-date" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"spanspanspanspanpremiering Tuesday, March 19/span/span/span/span/a/spanspanspanspanspan on Bravo or available the next day on Peacock./span/span/span/span/span/span/p