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Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright are “taking time apart” from their marriage.
During the Thursday, February 29, episode of their joint “When Reality Hits” podcast, Cartwright, 35, announced she and Taylor, 44, are on the rocks.
“So many of you guys have been asking me about Jax and I and our relationship. I just think it is important to be real and honest with you guys because we have shared so much of our life with you guys,” she said. “I don’t want it to seem like I am lying or anything like that. So I think it is important for me to say this.”
Cartwright confirmed that she and Taylor have had issues in their marriage, adding, “With all the speculation online and stories running rampant, I wanted to be transparent with you. Yes, marriages are very hard and I had a particularly rough year.”
Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright’s love story hasn’t exactly been a fairy tale. The SUR bartender met Cartwright in between seasons 3 and 4 of Vanderpump Rules in the spring of 2015. “We met in Vegas. He fell in love with me at first sight,” she recalled during an interview with Bravo in 2017. “He […]
She continued: “Jax and I are taking time apart and I made the decision to move into another home to take some space for the sake of my mental health. I won’t get into too many details right now because this is still really hard to talk about.”
Cartwright, who shares 2-year-old son Cruz with Taylor, said her focus remains on her family. “I am taking things one day at a time,” she concluded. “I don’t know what the future holds but right now my focus is on being the best mom to Cruz. I love you guys and pray for us. Everything will be just fine.”
When viewers were introduced to staff at Lisa Vanderpump‘s restaurant during Vanderpump Rules‘ 2013 premiere, it was clear everyone was intertwined in one another’s love lives. From Stassi Schroeder‘s rocky relationship with Jax Taylor, which took a turn when he hooked up with her best friend Kristen Doute, to Peter Madrigal’s casual connections to several […]
The news comes one week after Cartwright and Taylor discussed the ups and downs in their relationship.
(L-R) Cruz Cauchi, Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright. Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images
“I think that we will have to address some rumors — just a little bit. I’m not going to go too hard on this because, you know, some people do deserve to have their privacy. But I will say — marriage is hard and people go through ups and downs all the time and it’s completely normal,” Cartwright noted on the February 22 episode of their podcast. “Sometimes people might need their space [and] sometimes they won’t.”
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Taylor remained largely quiet as Cartwright discussed their personal life. “I just want to make one thing clear and that is that my life is not a publicity stunt for anything. We filmed The Valley months ago — months and months and months ago,” she added. “And we’re super excited for this to come out and there’s been so many changes that has happened in so every single couple’s lives — every single couple on the show. I just want to make that very clear: no publicity stunts here.”
While Taylor and Cartwright navigated a cheating scandal in the past, a source previously told Us Weekly that infidelity was not a current issue in their relationship.