Brittany Cartwright Talks Submitting Divorce from Jax Taylortheinsiderinsight

Simply days after submitting for divorce from Jax Taylor, Brittany Cartwright is opening up in regards to the couple’s cut up — as a lot as she will, not less than.

Within the newest episode of the couple’s podcast, When Actuality Hits with Jax and Brittany, launched on Saturday, Aug. 31, Cartwright prefaced the episode by revealing that the pair “might be doing the podcast individually” to any extent further — and addressing the “elephant within the room.”

“So it has been a giant week. I am positive everybody listening has seen the information on-line by now that I filed for divorce from Jax,” the fact star, 35, started, earlier than admitting that there’s not a lot she will presently share with followers on the matter.

Referring to the upcoming second season of Vanderpump Guidelines spinoff The Valley, Cartwright stated, “I sadly cannot communicate on particulars as a result of every part has been closely documented on the present since we occur to be filming proper now.”

“You will notice how every part performs out as soon as the present airs however I’ll say this: This season has been essentially the most tough season I’ve ever needed to movie,” she continued. “I by no means imagined I would undergo one thing so private and painful whereas having the world watch.”

The Kentucky native additionally gave a disclaimer that she is “not saying this for anybody to really feel badly” as a result of, she defined, “I do know that that is the life I selected and I am so lucky in some ways, however I’ll all the time wish to be actual with y’all.”

Cartwright — who met Taylor, 45, in 2015 and married him in 2019 — additionally addressed rumors that the VPR alums’ separation is an try to spice up The Valley’s rankings.

“Many have stated on-line they assume this has been a publicity stunt for the present or to garner rankings,” she stated. “It is the furthest factor from that. My determination to file wasn’t made flippantly or shortly.”

Reasonably, she went on, “It is taken me many a few years to get so far, the place I’ve gained sufficient braveness and power to do what was greatest for me — get myself out of a poisonous relationship and finally see my value.”

“It has been very tough however I am stronger than ever,” she stated, including that her “motivation” is the couple’s 3-year-old son, Cruz Michael Cauchi, “who deserves a contented and wholesome mommy.”

“Transferring ahead, Jax and I might be doing the podcast individually,” Cartwright continued, earlier than explaining that this week’s “rewind” episode accommodates a number of the former couple’s “greatest reminiscences collectively from the previous.”

“I like you guys and simply dangle in there with me. Thanks,” she concluded the intro.

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The “rewind” episode of When Actuality Hits comes simply 4 days after Cartwright filed for divorce on Tuesday, Aug. 27, in response to courtroom paperwork obtained by PEOPLE. The paperwork record the couple’s date of separation as Jan. 24 and cite “irreconcilable variations” as the explanation for the divorce.

Cartwright requested authorized and bodily custody of Cruz, however requested that the courtroom grant Taylor visitation rights. She additionally requested the courtroom to terminate spousal help to each events.

The submitting got here days after Taylor accomplished a 30-day remedy in a psychological well being facility, and practically six months after Cartwright first introduced that she and Taylor have been “taking time aside.”