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It’s been six months since Brittany Cartwright filed for divorce from Jax Taylor.
However plainly life for the troubled former couple hasn’t gotten a lot easier.
With a brand new season of The Valley set to debut on Tuesday evening, viewers would possibly discover themselves questioning if Jax and Brittany have managed to work out some form of amicable co-parenting relationship in current months.
The reply to that query — although unsurprising — is greater than a little bit disappointing.
Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright attend âA Trip By means of the Agesâ: Wrangler Capsule Assortment Launch at Fred Segal Sundown at Fred Segal on September 19, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Picture by Erik Voake/Getty Photographs for Wrangler)
Brittany says Jax continues to be attempting to regulate her life
In a current interview with Us Weekly, Brittany opened up about life after marriage — and it looks like Jax is nearly as a lot of a ache as he was earlier than.
“It’s weird that I still feel like he’s controlling things in my life. He’s super, super controlling in different ways. I feel like I haven’t spoken on how negative things really have been between us,” she advised the outlet.
“The constant, like, ‘Who are you with? Are you talking to anybody? Are you this? Are you that?’”
Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright attend the 2019 E! Individuals’s Selection Awards at Barker Hangar on November 10, 2019 in Santa Monica, California. (Picture by Frazer Harrison/Getty Photographs)
And whereas she and Jax didn’t half methods till after filming wrapped on The Valley Season 2, Brittany revealed that viewers will witness most of the issues that led to the demise of their marriage.
She even warned that their marital scenario will get “a lot worse than people think” in upcoming episodes.
“Things are a lot worse than people think. Just the controlling aspect of everything– wanting to know where I’m at, what I’m doing 24/7. You’ll see throughout the season,” she mentioned.
“They’re going to be like, ‘Wow. She went through all of this?’” Brittany continued. “And just because [Jax] is trying to be a better person doesn’t mean that it’s actually better.”
Jax’s battle with substance abuse
TV personalities Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright attend the 2018 MTV Film And TV Awards at Barker Hangar on June 16, 2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Picture by Christopher Polk/Getty Photographs for MTV)
Again in March, Jax revealed that he had been battling cocaine habit for a number of years.
For sure, that revelation didn’t come as a lot of a shock to anybody who had been observing his conduct on Vanderpump Guidelines or The Valley.
Jax says he’s now been drug-free for a number of months, although understandably, Brittany is skeptical of his skill to stay sober.
She says she regrets remaining in a relationship with an abusive addict for thus lengthy, however she takes delight in the truth that she finally left her poisonous marriage.
Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright attends the Individuals’s Selection Awards 2018 at Barker Hangar on November 11, 2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Picture by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Photographs)
“I feel so much stronger for that. I have set so many boundaries and I’m sticking to my guns and I would’ve never done that [in the past],” she mentioned.
“When you watch me on Vanderpump Rules … I was so intimidated and weak and manipulated and everything else,” she continued. “That’s not going to happen to me anymore.”
Brittany says that whereas some issues by no means change, viewers ought to put together to see a really completely different facet of her on The Valley Season 2:
“I’m still the same Brittany, I’m still loving, I love all my friends, they’re amazing,” she mentioned.
“I hope people still find me sweet and the Kentucky girl that I am, but [also that] I am a lot stronger and I’m putting my foot down in many ways [with Jax] and I’m never going to change that.”
We are able to’t wait to see extra of the brand new and improved Brittany.
