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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 easier.
With a new season of The Valley set to debut on Tuesday evening, viewers may 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 just a little disappointing.
Brittany says Jax continues to be making an attempt to regulate her life
In a latest interview with Us Weekly, Brittany opened up about life after marriage — and it looks like Jax is sort of as a lot of a ache as he was earlier than.
“It’s weird that I still feel like he’s controlling things in my life. He’s super, super controlling in different ways. I feel like I haven’t spoken on how negative things really have been between us,” she advised the outlet.
“The constant, like, ‘Who are you with? Are you talking to anybody? 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 “a lot worse than people think” in upcoming episodes.
“Things are a lot worse than people think. Just the controlling aspect of everything– wanting to know where I’m at, what I’m doing 24/7. You’ll see throughout the season,” she mentioned.
“They’re going to be like, ‘Wow. She went through all of this?’” Brittany continued. “And just because [Jax] is trying to be a better person doesn’t mean that it’s actually better.”
Jax’s battle with substance abuse
Again in March, Jax revealed that he had been battling cocaine habit for a number of years.
For sure, 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 capacity to stay sober.
She says she regrets remaining in a relationship with an abusive addict for therefore lengthy, however she takes delight in the truth that she finally left her poisonous marriage.
“I feel so much stronger for that. I have set so many boundaries and I’m sticking to my guns and I would’ve never done that [in the past],” she mentioned.
“When you watch me on Vanderpump Rules … I was so intimidated and weak and manipulated and everything else,” she continued. “That’s not going to happen to me anymore.”
Brittany says that whereas some issues by no means change, viewers ought to put together to see a really completely different aspect of her on The Valley Season 2:
“I’m still the same Brittany, I’m still loving, I love all my friends, they’re amazing,” she mentioned.
“I hope people still find me sweet and the Kentucky girl that I am, but [also that] I am a lot stronger and I’m putting my foot down in many ways [with Jax] and I’m never going to change that.”
We are able to’t wait to see extra of the brand new and improved Brittany.
