There’s a new plot twist in Jax Taylor ’s split from Brittany Cartwright . Taylor, 45, was served divorce papers on camera while filming season 2 of Bravo’s The Valley , a reality spinoff of Vanderpump Rules , Us Weekly has learned. The news, which was first reported by TMZ on Wednesday, August 28, came one day after Cartwright, 35, filed to divorce from Taylor after five years of marriage.
Per court documents obtained by Us on Tuesday, August 27, she listed their official date of separation as January 24. Cartwright cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the split and is seeking primary legal and physical custody of their 3-year-old son, Cruz, with visitation for Taylor. According to TMZ, Cartwright, who stars on The Valley alongside her ex, filmed footage for the show on the day that she filed.
She and Taylor did not film together. Us Weekly has reached out to Taylor’s rep for comment. Hours after filing, Cartwright was photographed going to dinner with The Valley costar Zack Wickham at Taisho, a Japanese restaurant in Sherman Oaks, California.
The estranged pair have yet to directly acknowledge the divorce, though Cartwright has taken to Instagram to share several glam photos with empowering captions. On Tuesday, she captioned a photo of herself sporting a bright pink dress, “Getting my sparkle back.” “Shine on,” former Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay , who is in the middle of her own divorce from Bryan Abasolo , remarked in the comments secti.