Brittany Cartwright Isn’t Apologizing for Hooking Up with Jax Taylor’s Friend After Split
Brittany Cartwright didn’t break any of the dating rules she and her ex Jax Taylor established post-split.
The Vanderpump Rules star recently sat down with Alex Baskin for the season 3 premiere of the Hot Mic podcast. She opened up about the end of her marriage to Jax and her dating life after their separation, including the rumors that she’d been hooking up with one of her ex’s friends. She didn’t deny getting cozy with someone they both knew, but she says her ex-husband has nothing to be mad about, especially considering his behavior throughout their relationship.
Brittany Cartwright was ‘relieved’ when she filed for divorce from Jax Taylor
Brittany and Jax announced their separation in February 2024 after a little less than five years as husband and wife. She filed for divorce in August.
“I felt relieved,” the mom of one said of her decision to walk away from her troubled marriage.
“It just kind of made me realize, this is done. This is done … I was like, I have to do this now. Before I back out. Before he gets out of the mental health facility and pulls me back in,” she added. “I have to do it now, while I’m strong, while I’m so angry. I’ve just got to get it done.”
Brittany – who shares son Cruz, 3, with Jax – said that even though her husband was undergoing intensive therapy, his behavior wasn’t changing. He was still “finding time to call me names and cuss me out and send me rage texts,” even while undergoing in-patient treatment, she said.
The ‘Vanderpump Rules’ alum says Jax’s friend was flirting with her
While walking away from her relationship was difficult, The Valley star has no regrets about leaving. She also doesn’t have any regrets about getting involved with one of Jax’s friends after she and her ex separated.
“We did not have a no dating in the friend group policy,” Brittany said. “We never spoke about that.”
“I didn’t think I was going to hook up with his friend,” she added. “It wasn’t planned. I wasn’t trying to go after one of his friends. That’s not how it happened.”
“I could tell that this guy was flirting with me,” she said later. “I was always flirting with him. He was very much my type. And [we] were just kind of flirting through DMs one time. And I was just like, ‘Come over.’”
Jax was the one who was breaking their dating rules, Brittany added. After their break up, the pair agreed that they could see other people. But they weren’t supposed to bring new partners around their son, nor were other people supposed to be in their family home. Jax ignored the latter rule multiple times, Brittany said.
“I don’t know if he had anybody around Cruz, but he definitely had people at my house,” she said. “Cause I caught him two times … I’m sure there were other times.”
Jax ‘doesn’t have a leg to stand on,’ Brittany says
The Kentucky native said she didn’t set out to wound Jax by hooking up with his friend. Instead, it was a matter of getting involved with someone she trusted.
“It was somebody that I felt like I knew, and in our world it’s so crazy because like, how do you trust people? And I was single for the first time in LA,” she explained.
“It was somebody I knew,” she added. “I always thought he was hot.”
At the same time, she didn’t mind giving Jax a taste of his own medicine.
“I was just so mad at Jax,” she said. “So I just didn’t care if I hurt his feelings about that. Why should I care? He never cared about how he hurt my feelings for years. He put me down. He did so much to me. So, it’s like, I’m sorry that you’re so upset about who it is, but at the same time, you didn’t give me attention, affection, or anything for years.”
“Jax has no leg to stand on,” Brittany added. “He hooked up with my friend. Let’s all remember that. And I’m sure, oh, Kristin [Doute], Stassi [Schroeder], like, they’ve had history. He’s done it to other friends. He has no leg to stand on.”
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