Months before officially filing for divorce from Jax Taylor , Brittany Cartwright exclusively told Us Weekly what would push her to sever marital ties. “We need to have a serious conversation,” Cartwright, 35, shared in an April Us cover story about where she stood at the time with Taylor, 45. “Every time I try to talk to him, it turns into an argument but I’m obviously not going to do this for very long.
” Cartwright — who shares son Cruz, 3, with Taylor — had announced the pair’s separation months before the interview. “Jax and I are taking time apart,” she said during a February episode of the duo’s “When Reality Hits” podcast. During her April talk with Us, Cartwright charged that Taylor hadn’t put in the work to mend their marriage.
“Things are in his hands if he’s going to fix some things in our relationship, so we will see,” she said, adding that she’s “not seeing enough effort” from his side. “He needs to go to therapy,” she explained. “He doesn’t need to be staying out at the bar all the time.
He needs to respect me more and stop taking me for granted. I was the closest person to him and was kind of like his punching bag. He was always giving me jabs.
I can’t deal with that for the rest of my life.” As for the future, Cartwright wasn’t 100 percent certain what was in store for the Vanderpump Rules alums. When asked whether there’s a “chance” they could rekindle their romance, Cartwright admitted, “definitel.