Brittany Cartwright reveals status of Jax Taylor divorce after breaking silence on fling
Brittany Cartwright has revealed the status of her divorce from Jax Taylor shortly after breaking silence on her fling with a married man.
The 36-year-old TV personality – who initially filed for divorce from Taylor last year in August – discussed the topic with the Daily Mail during the Peaks & The Valley panel held at BravoCon 2025 in Las Vegas on Friday.
‘No real updates. He’s the same,’ the mom-of-one said of her estranged husband.
Cartwright also shared that she is hopeful divorce proceedings will be officially finalized next month in December – after the former couple originally had October in mind.
Both she and Taylor tied the knot in 2019 and welcomed their son Cruz two years later in April 2021.
When it comes to raising her little boy as a single mother, Cartwright admitted that it ‘has its challenges.’
Brittany Cartwright, 36, has revealed the status of her divorce from Jax Taylor shortly after breaking silence on her fling with a married man; seen above on Friday at 2025 BravoCon in Las Vegas
‘No real updates. He’s the same,’ the mom-of-one said of her estranged husband; pictured in December 2019
However, she further expressed that her ‘bond with Cruz is so special and so amazing. I wouldn’t change it for the world, honestly. I’m just doing the best I can, and I’m learning as I go.’
During the panel, Cartwright also got candid about entering the dating scene as a single mom and called it ‘weird.’
The star explained, ‘It’s hard for me to put myself first, because I’m such a people pleaser…
‘But there’s, like, a lot of things that are kind of different for me, and now that I’m a mom, I have to make sure that Cruz is okay first and foremost, no matter what. And he is.’
Cartwright added, ‘I haven’t dated that much. I know it looks like it, but every person I freaking dated was in the news. I’m single as they come. We’ll see what happens.’
The TV personality also stated that she is available and ready to date again amid her bitter divorce from Taylor.
‘I am single, so introduce me,’ Cartwright said
She also clarified the nature of her recent relationship with one Brandon Hanson, after she was beset by rumors accusing her of dating him while he was married.
When it comes to raising her little boy as a single mother, Cartwright admitted that it ‘has its challenges’
Cartwright added, ‘I haven’t dated that much. I know it looks like it, but every person I freaking dated was in the news. I’m single as they come. We’ll see what happens’
She also clarified the nature of her recent relationship with one Brandon Hanson, after she was beset by rumors accusing her of dating him while he was married
Cartwright explained that by the time Hanson became romantically involved with her, he was already separated from his wife.
‘It was like a short lived thing. It got more popular on the internet, like much quicker than it should have. So I would not have went public with that,’ she said, noting that he was ‘separated, just like me, not married. I’m not a homewrecker.’
As for the type of man she wants to date next, Cartwright explained that she wants someone with affection for her son Cruz, four, whom she had with Taylor.
‘Somebody who’s a family man, somebody who eventually would love Cruz. You know, he’s my priority,’ noted Cartwright, who shot to fame with Taylor on Vanderpump Rules before they both started starring on The Valley.
She announced her split from Hanson in mid-October, two months after their relationship went public when they were seen on a romantic getaway to Mexico.
‘We were very good friends before we started dating. It was kind of like a whirlwind relationship. It went into the public way sooner than we ever would have wanted it to,’ she said on her podcast When Reality Hits with Brittany Cartwright.
‘We still care a lot about each other,’ she noted. ‘It ended amicably, but I just could not do the long distance and he’s got a lot of obligations with his three kids and jobs, and we lived three hours away, so it was just too tough to keep it going.’
Cartwright broke her breakup news shortly after undergoing a ‘mommy makeover’ that included a tummy tuck and a breast reduction.
Brittany is pictured with her The Valley co-stars Jason Caperna (left) and Janet Caperna (middle) during the panel discussion at Caesars Forum
Cartwright explained at the panel that by the time Hanson became romantically involved with her, he was already separated from his wife
‘It got more popular on the internet, like much quicker than it should have,’ she said, noting that he was ‘separated, just like me, not married,’ and adding: ‘I’m not a homewrecker’
She confessed on her podcast that her decision to have plastic surgery stemmed partly from the scathing remarks Taylor made about her body during their relationship, such as that she ‘looked like a tree trunk.’
Cartwright explained that she ‘was torn down in my last relationship’ and ‘lost a lot of my confidence, so I really wanted to get my confidence back.’
Over the first two seasons of Cartwright’s current reality show, fans watched the explosive collapse of her marriage to Taylor, who has confessed to cocaine addiction and anger issues and now maintains he is sober.
Cartwright has accused him of violent behavior, including that he once ‘threw’ a coffee table during a fight and struck her knee, which ‘turned black immediately.’
Over the first two seasons of Cartwright’s current reality show, fans watched the explosive collapse of her marriage to Taylor
Taylor announced his departure from The Valley this July, saying he planned to ‘focus’ on ‘my sobriety, my mental health and coparenting relationship’
Cartwright was later seen attending 2025 BravoCon on Saturday and made a statement in a stylish look
She wore a halter-styled white dress with ruched fabric wrapped around her lower waist
The reality star carried a Louis Vuitton purse in her hand and added a few flashy rings to complete her look for the event
She also claimed that he once ‘threw me into the rose bushes’ during one outburst, an accusation Taylor denied.
It prompted her to retort: ‘It’s on my Ring camera doorbell. My close friends up here have seen the videos.’
Taylor announced his departure from The Valley this July, saying he planned to ‘focus’ on ‘my sobriety, my mental health and coparenting relationship.’
He and Cartwright started dating in 2015 and exchanged vows in 2019, but by February 2024 she disclosed on their podcast that they had separated.