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Although Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright have been separated for nearly a year and a half, Jax admitted he’s still unsure if divorce is the best thing for them both.
Brittany officially filed for divorce during Season 2, Episode 9 of The Valley, while Jax was in a mental health facility. She cited a number of reasons for the filing, and when the group got together to film the Season 2 reunion in May, Brittany admitted she and Jax were still having issues.
“You have to understand I don’t trust you,” she said during Part 2 of the reunion, which aired on August 5. “Because you say these things and then you start fights with me every other day. And then you try to flip it and act like I was the one that did something wrong.”
Jax explained his reasoning for sparking the fights: “There’s days where I’m like, ‘Yes, we should get divorced because we are toxic.’ Then there’s days where we’ll be getting along, and I’m like, ‘Is this the right f—king move?’ And I’ll even text her.”
Brittany shared that she was upset by his suggestions of reconciliation. “You know how hard that is on me? You know how much that messes with my mind?” she declared. “It’s awful.”
But Jax insisted that divorce for him and Brittany wasn’t cut and dry.
“I’m confused. I know we’re not good together. I know that,” he said. “But it’s still f—king hard. I’m a human being. I had 10 years with this woman.
Brittany Cartwright explains the mixed signals she’s getting from Jax Taylor about their divorce
Brittany shared during the August 5 episode that she received conflicting messages from Jax about their relationship and divorce, after he contacted her and suggested they get back together.
“You’re saying this, but simultaneously I’m getting DMs from girls that you’re love bombing,” she explained. “You’re telling these girls that you want them to move in with you.”
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Jax denied the move-in allegations, but Brittany shared she had proof: “The fact that these women come into my DMs and send me screen shots of the disgusting texts that you send them, is horrible.”
“I don’t know how to handle this. I don’t know how to handle it,” Jax offered as an explanation for his behavior.
“So, you try to hurt me with all these girls and doing all that,” Brittany replied. “And I’m like, ‘I don’t deserve to have to read this stuff.’ It hurts me.”
Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright reveal if they’re still in love with each other
Reunion host Andy Cohen asked Jax a difficult question during the August 5 episode: Is he still in love with Brittany?
“This is a really tough question to answer right now. Let’s not talk about that right now,” Jax replied.
Brittany also had a complicated answer.
“I mean, I said it a million times that leaving somebody that you actually love is so much harder than leaving somebody when you’re done,” she admitted. “And I was forced to leave the person I thought I was going to be with for the rest of my life.”
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Although Jax admitted he had conflicting feelings on a divorce, Brittany shared her feelings were clearer because “he did not fight for me at all.”
The couple is still planning on going through with the divorce, even after hitting a paperwork snag in July, with Brittany updating viewers during her July 22 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen appearance that “October 15 is the new date [of the divorce finalization]—and it’s gonna happen.”
As Jax closes a chapter with Brittany, he’s also closing the chapter on his sports bar, Jax’s Studio City. Read more on his decision to step away from the bar.
