Brittany Says She's "Glad" She Found the "Strength" to Leave Jax: "I Lost My Sparkle"

Brittany Cartwright is setting the record straight on any cheating rumors regarding her and Jax Taylor’s recent split.

This chapter of their lives in the suburbs as parents is shown up close and personal in Bravo’s all-new series The Valley,/emairing Tuesdays at 9/8c on Bravo. That includes their separation and how it's impacteda data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/brittany-jax-son-cruz-reaction-filming-the-valley" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/brittany-jax-son-cruz-reaction-filming-the-valley" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/brittany-jax-son-cruz-reaction-filming-the-valley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" their family./a/span/span/p pspanspanBrittany joined a href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/cast/kristen-doute" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Kristen Doute/afor a new interview with emThe Daily Dish/em, where she opened up about her a data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/vanderpump-rules/photos/13-photos-of-brittany-and-jax-that-will-give-you-all-the-feels" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/vanderpump-rules/photos/13-photos-of-brittany-and-jax-that-will-give-you-all-the-feels" href="https://www.bravotv.com/vanderpump-rules/photos/13-photos-of-brittany-and-jax-that-will-give-you-all-the-feels" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"marriage with Jax /aand what she thinks about him as a father to their a href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/jax-and-brittany-son-cruz-first-day-soccer-photos" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"2-year-old son, Cruz/a./span/span/p h2Brittany Cartwright Denies Jax Taylor Cheated/h2 pspanspanThe couple married in a href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/are-jax-taylor-brittany-cartwright-separated-getting-divorced-updates-photos#:~:text=Jax%20and%20Brittany%20married%20in,Vanderpump%20Rules%20during%20Season%208."June 2019 in Kentucky/a, but Brittany announced they were a href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/brittany-cartwright-jax-taylor-taking-time-apart-moving-out"“taking time apart”/a on their podcast emWhen Reality Hits with Jax and Brittany /emin February 2024. /span/span/p div data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embed" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="d70fc1fc-df7e-4a17-b8c1-6e1656ba611a" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:862px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.bravotv.com/sites/bravo/files/styles/scale_862/public/2024/01/vanderpump-rules-jax-taylor-brittany-cartwright.jpg?itok=arGAlekU" width="862" height="575" alt="Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright with their son Cruz Cauchi." typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" Brittany Cartwright posts an image of herself with her husband, Jax Taylor, and their son Cruz Cauchi to her instagram. /span span class="media__credit"Photo: Brittany Cartwright/Instagram /span /div /div /div /div pspanspan“We just had our issues with fighting with each other,” Brittany said. “There wasn’t any infidelity. I know that’s been a rumor going around. It wasn’t anything like that.”/span/span/p pspanspanCruz deserves a a data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/jax-taylor-brittany-cartwrights-home-yard-update" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/jax-taylor-brittany-cartwrights-home-yard-update" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/jax-taylor-brittany-cartwrights-home-yard-update" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"happy home/a to grow up in, Brittany said, which is partially why she made the tough choice toa data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/what-caused-jax-taylor-and-brittany-cartwright-split" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/what-caused-jax-taylor-and-brittany-cartwright-split" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/what-caused-jax-taylor-and-brittany-cartwright-split" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"pack up her things/a and leave. /span/span/p pspanspan“It was just not a happy feeling, and I was like, losing my sparkle a little bit,” Brittany added. “I started to notice that, and I think after I had my son, I woke up a little bit and it made me realize like he can’t grow up in this environment.”/span/span/p pspanspanKristen offered her support to Brittany, saying everyone’s “proud” of her — and that Brittany also deserves a happy environment for herself./span/span/p pstrongspanspanHere's what you missed on Bravo:/span/span/strong/p pstronga data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/what-caused-jax-taylor-and-brittany-cartwright-split" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/what-caused-jax-taylor-and-brittany-cartwright-split" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/what-caused-jax-taylor-and-brittany-cartwright-split" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Brittany Reveals Jax Did Something "That Should Never Happen in a Marriage"/a/strong/p pstronga data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/jax-taylor-says-bar-keeps-him-and-brittany-together" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/jax-taylor-says-bar-keeps-him-and-brittany-together" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/jax-taylor-says-bar-keeps-him-and-brittany-together" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Jax Taylor Says There Is One Thing Keeping Him and Brittany Cartwright Together (Besides Their Son)/a/strong/p pstronga data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/brittany-jax-son-cruz-reaction-filming-the-valley" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/brittany-jax-son-cruz-reaction-filming-the-valley" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/brittany-jax-son-cruz-reaction-filming-the-valley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Brittany Cartwright Admits Her Son Cruz Was “Overwhelmed” When He First Filmed The Valley/a/strong/p pspanspan“I always say … Stella got her groove back … Brittany’s getting her sparkle back,” Kristen said. /span/span/p div class="blog-post__faq" div class="faq--question" h2Why did Brittany Cartwright break up with Jax Taylor?/h2 /div div class="faq--answer" pBrittany likened their situation to living with a “roommate” she’s constantly fighting with./p p“It just wore on me after nine years of dealing with a personality like that,” Brittany said. “We’re very different in a lot of ways and he has grown in many ways as well.”/p /div /div pspanspanJax is an amazing father to their son Cruz, according to Brittany. She's just not happy with him as a husband./span/span/p div data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embed" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="93c23649-7412-46b3-85a1-824510ae2582" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:862px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.bravotv.com/sites/bravo/files/styles/scale_862/public/2020-02/vpr-season-8-joint-bachelorette-weekend-15.jpg?itok=OyP_gWa_" width="862" height="575" alt="Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor laughing at a dining table." typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" What made Brittany and Jax crack up like this? /span span class="media__credit"Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Bravo /span /div /div /div /div pspanspan“He’s just not the best partner right now and if, you know, if he works on some things, maybe in the future, we could get back together," Brittany said. "I’m not really sure about that situation yet, but for right now, the space is much needed for both of us. I’m just glad that I had the strength to finally take myself out of that situation ‘cause I didn’t think I would ever, ever, ever leave him.”/span/span/p pspanspanStay tuned to see more inside Jax and Brittany’s relationship with ema data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-valley/season-1/episode-1/welcome-to-the-valley" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-valley/season-1/episode-1/welcome-to-the-valley" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-valley/season-1/episode-1/welcome-to-the-valley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"The Valley/a/emi /iairing Tuesdays at 9/8c on strongBravo/strong./span/span/p