As Brittany Cartwright recovered from her “mommy makeover” procedures on The Valley, then-boyfriend Brandon Hanson’s lack of effort was giving her “the ick” more than ever. Adding insult to injury was the fact that Brittany had also done her new man a favor that, in hindsight, even left her in disbelief.
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The Valley Season 3 airs on Wednesdays at 8/7c on Bravo. Episodes stream next day on Peacock.Â
Prior to their eventual breakup, Brittany explained during Season 3, Episode 10, that Brandon had taken time off from work and traveled nearly 200 miles from his home in Paso Robles, Calif., to help her out after surgery. That said, she pointed out that the “only thing” she’d asked him to do, two days post-op, was to pick up her pain medication, but he didn’t make it to the pharmacy in time. What’s more, Brittany claimed that Brandon had also kept pushing back his arrival date.
“I just feel like that I asked the bare minimum of Brandon,” Brittany elaborated in a confessional. “And since he had taken off work — which I cannot believe I did this — but he asked if I could give him some money. I was like, ‘You know what? You’re gonna come and take care of me, so I don’t care to give you some money.'”
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She continued, “But then he kept, like, delaying the days and didn’t even get the pain medication. He bought me flowers with the money I gave him. The icks are piling on.”
Back in her home, Brittany reiterated to Kristen Doute that she “could not make it all throughout the night” without her prescription refill. She added, “It’s kind of annoying me that he kept pressing it back. I think that’s why I got annoyed because I’m like, wait a second… It’s hard. Long distance is hard.”
Brittany Cartwright sheds new light on her decision to give Brandon money
On The Valley After Show, Brittany further unpacked her drama with Brandon while trying to bounce back from her cosmetic procedures. “I never put myself first,” she said. “That moment, that fresh out of that surgery, would be, like, one of the only times I actually would be like, ‘You have to take care of me.’ … You can call an Uber and, like, go pick [the medication] up, you know, especially if I gave you funds.”
Ultimately, Brittany chalked up the decision to give Brandon money to her lifelong “maternal instinct.”
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“I’m in the position where I can be like, ‘OK, I will, like, pay you for you coming to help me and take care of me because I don’t want your kids to ever, like, need anything or suffer from any of that loss,'” she added. “That’s just who I am. I’m just somebody who wants to take care of people, and I don’t think that’s gonna change about me. … I don’t care if a guy has money. Like, that’s not something that… It’s sexy, obviously, but I’m super independent and I always have been.”
Where Brittany Cartwright and Brandon Hanson stand today
As viewers now know, Brittany and Brandon split last year. At the time, she cited the long-distance factor as having taken a toll on the relationship. In a May 2026 interview with People, Brittany revealed that she and Brandon are “still friends,” however.
“You live and you learn. I was just having fun at the time,” she told the outlet. “The way I handled [the breakup] was great, and I just feel like I’ve learned so much from my past relationships that it was just easy to navigate and [be] like, ‘Okay, this isn’t what I need right now.'”
As you wait to find out how the rest of their romance plays out on Season 3 of The Valley, get exclusive details on Brittany’s dating life after her “cringy” relationship with Brandon.
