Jax Taylor Says There Is One Thing Keeping Him and Brittany Cartwright Together (Besides Their Son)

Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright are “separated” right now, but business keeps them tied together.

The couple, who got married in June 2019 and share a 2-year-old son, Cruz, both return to Bravo in the new series ema href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-valley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"The Valley/a,/em which offers an inside look at their lives as parents in Los Angeles./span/span/span/span/span/span/p pIn a recent interview withemThe Daily Dish,/emJax spoke about the show, his current relationship with Brittany, and and more/p h2Jax Taylor Talks Brittany Cartwright Split/h2 pspanspanspanspanspanspanThe former ema href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/show/vanderpump-rules"Vanderpump Rules/a/em star and a href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/shop-jax-taylor-vanderpump-rules-number-one-guy-merch"“number one guy in the group”/a wanted to keep discussion about his separation from Brittany to a minimum./span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspan“We’re separated,” Jax told emThe Daily Dish/em. “That’s pretty much all I just want to say. I don’t really want to talk about my relationship, again, because a href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/what-caused-jax-taylor-and-brittany-cartwright-split"it’s not a publicity stunt/a so if I talk about it, then it looks like a publicity stunt in my eyes, so you know it’s something personal.”/span/span/span/p pstrongHere's what you missed on Bravo:/strong/p pstronga data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/what-happened-kristen-doute-childhood-photos" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/what-happened-kristen-doute-childhood-photos" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/what-happened-kristen-doute-childhood-photos" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Rare Childhood Photos Shed New Light on Kristen Doute's Past/a/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/brittany-cartwright-discusses-jax-taylors-cheating-scandal" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/brittany-cartwright-discusses-jax-taylors-cheating-scandal" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/brittany-cartwright-discusses-jax-taylors-cheating-scandal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Brittany Opens Up About How Jax's Past "Infidelity" Left Her "Embarrassed"/a/strong/p pspanspanspanThe only difference between their separation from what others go through is being in the public eye, according to Jax./span/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="1b0350ec-e137-4d6a-8be9-0c3a3dca4bb4" 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/2024/02/the_valley_season_1_-113.jpg?itok=kcCUUyXE" width="862" height="575" alt="Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor on a grass lawn together" typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor's The Valley Season 1 press portrait. /span span class="media__credit"Photo: Felix Kunze/Bravo /span /div /div /div /div pspanspanspan“I just hope people that can respect that and just understand that, you know, I’m like anybody else,” Jax said. “Marriage is tough. It can be tough at times, and you know, I’m working on myself."/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanAmid their split, Brittany a href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/what-caused-jax-taylor-and-brittany-cartwright-split"previously told/a emPage Six/em she moved into an Airbnb in January with Cruz. /span/span/span/p pspanspanspan“I feel like I’m always a kind of a work in progress,” Jax said. “It’s just kind of who I am and I’m very aware of that and I’m … doing everything I can to better myself, but you know we’ll see what happens.”/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspanIn addition to their shared adoration for their son, Cruz, they have another “baby” keeping them busy and in each other’s lives … a data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/brittany-cartwright-mom-sherri-jax-taylor-bar-breakup-reason" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/brittany-cartwright-mom-sherri-jax-taylor-bar-breakup-reason" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/brittany-cartwright-mom-sherri-jax-taylor-bar-breakup-reason" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"their bar, Jax’s Studio City. /a/span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspan“It’s actually the one thing that’s been really great in Brittany and I’s life right now,” Jax said about the Los Angeles bar. “It’s the one thing that’s keeping us really strong.”/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanJax also disagrees with those who say the bar may have had a negative impact on their relationship./span/span/span/p pspanspanspan“No, it’s actually the thing that keeping us together,” Jax said. “We both have a great time with it. We both love it. It’s our baby. Everyone loves coming to the bar.”/span/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="1287946e-91ed-41f5-9eea-588d6e33aec5" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:708px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.bravotv.com/sites/bravo/files/styles/scale_600/public/2024/03/the-valley-jax-bar2.jpg?itok=kv51AioC" width="708" height="600" alt="A 'Jax's Bar' sign on the exterior of the bar" typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" Screenshots of Jax's Bar's exterior via Instagram. /span span class="media__credit"Photo: Brittany Cartwright/Jax Taylor/Instagram /span /div /div /div /div pspanspanspanJax thinks his bar is “way more laid back” than a href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/who-is-tom-sandoval"the Toms/a' Schwartz Sandys. (Check out the menu a href="https://www.jaxsbar.com/full-menu"here/a.)/span/span/span/p pspanspanspan“It’s a lot friendlier on the wallet,” Jax said of his bar, later adding: “It’s just a really cool bar and that’s every guy’s dream to own a bar … It’s like hitting the lottery.”/span/span/span/p h2spanspanspanbspanspanspanspanWill Jax Taylor be onemThe Traitors/em?/span/span/span/span/b/span/span/span/h2 pspanspanspanJax boasts the bar offers “a little bit of everything” with shuffleboard, darts, and karaoke and trivia nights. Plus, there’s the possibility of an occasional Bravoleb sighting for viewers stopping by. The bar plays host to watch parties for shows like emVanderpump Rules/emand ema data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/house-of-villains-how-far-did-jax-taylor-vanderpump-make-it" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/house-of-villains-how-far-did-jax-taylor-vanderpump-make-it" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/house-of-villains-how-far-did-jax-taylor-vanderpump-make-it" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"House of Villains/a /emas well. Jax competed in the latter show’s first season./span/span/span/p pspanspanspan“I didn’t listen to my manager, publicist at all when I went intoemHouse of Villains,/em” Jax said, explaining they encouraged him to watch shows like emThe Challenge /emorem Big Brother/em to prepare. “I tried to muscle my way through it and that’s the thing you don’t do on these types of shows.”/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanIt was Jax’s first experience on a competition show like that./span/span/span/p pspanspanspan“I thought, you know what, I’m a strong, athletic guy,” Jax said. “I’m gonna bully my way through it. Obviously, that didn’t work, actually worked against me.”/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanJax would be open to joining a future season of Peacock’sem a data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/franchise/the-traitors" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/franchise/the-traitors" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/franchise/the-traitors" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"The Traitors/a, /emthough, he toldem The Daily Dish./em/span/span/span/p pspanspanspan“I’m open to anything really, you know, I love doing all this,” Jax said of his reality TV experiences. “I’m just so excited to be back. I’m so humbled and honored that NBC and Bravo are giving me another chance at life and I’m just so grateful and I just — it’s a blessing and so whatever anybody wants me to do I’m open. I consider this like my extended family, so whatever they need, I’m there."/span/span/span/p pema href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-valley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"The Valley/a/emairs Tuesdays at 9/8c onbBravo/b./p pstrongRELATED: /stronga data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/shop-jax-taylor-vanderpump-rules-number-one-guy-merch" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/shop-jax-taylor-vanderpump-rules-number-one-guy-merch" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/shop-jax-taylor-vanderpump-rules-number-one-guy-merch" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"This Vanderpumps Rules Merch Gives Jax Taylor's "Number One Guy" Title to Someone New/a/p