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It’s been six months since Brittany Cartwright filed for divorce from Jax Taylor.
However plainly life for the troubled former couple hasn’t gotten a lot less complicated.
With a new season of The Valley set to debut on Tuesday night time, viewers would possibly discover themselves questioning if Jax and Brittany have managed to work out some kind of amicable co-parenting relationship in latest months.
The reply to that query — although unsurprising — is greater than a bit of disappointing.
Brittany says Jax remains to be attempting to regulate her life
In a latest interview with Us Weekly, Brittany opened up about life after marriage — and it looks as if Jax is sort of as a lot of a ache as he was earlier than.
“It’s bizarre that I nonetheless really feel like he’s controlling issues in my life. He’s tremendous, tremendous controlling in numerous methods. I really feel like I haven’t spoken on how adverse issues actually have been between us,” she informed the outlet.
“The fixed, like, ‘Who’re you with? Are you speaking to anyone? Are you this? Are you that?’”
And whereas she and Jax didn’t half methods till after filming wrapped on The Valley Season 2, Brittany revealed that viewers will witness most of the issues that led to the demise of their marriage.
She even warned that their marital state of affairs will get “rather a lot worse than individuals suppose” in upcoming episodes.
“Issues are rather a lot worse than individuals suppose. Simply the controlling side of the whole lot– eager to know the place I’m at, what I’m doing 24/7. You’ll see all through the season,” she mentioned.
“They’re going to be like, ‘Wow. She went by way of all of this?’” Brittany continued. “And simply because [Jax] is attempting to be a greater individual doesn’t imply that it’s truly higher.”
Jax’s battle with substance abuse
Again in March, Jax revealed that he had been battling cocaine addiction for a number of years.
Evidently, that revelation didn’t come as a lot of a shock to anybody who had been observing his conduct on Vanderpump Guidelines or The Valley.
Jax says he’s now been drug-free for a number of months, although understandably, Brittany is skeptical of his ability to remain sober.
She says she regrets remaining in a relationship with an abusive addict for therefore lengthy, however she takes pleasure in the truth that she finally left her poisonous marriage.
“I really feel a lot stronger for that. I’ve set so many boundaries and I’m sticking to my weapons and I’d’ve by no means executed that [in the past],” she mentioned.
“While you watch me on Vanderpump Guidelines … I used to be so intimidated and weak and manipulated and the whole lot else,” she continued. “That’s not going to occur to me anymore.”
Brittany says that whereas some issues by no means change, viewers ought to put together to see a really completely different facet of her on The Valley Season 2:
“I’m nonetheless the identical Brittany, I’m nonetheless loving, I really like all my mates, they’re wonderful,” she mentioned.
“I hope individuals nonetheless discover me candy and the Kentucky woman that I’m, however [also that] I’m rather a lot stronger and I’m placing my foot down in some ways [with Jax] and I’m by no means going to alter that.”
We are able to’t wait to see extra of the brand new and improved Brittany.
