Brittany Cartwright Accuses Jax Taylor of Ingesting After Rehab As Baby Custody Battle Explodes on The Valley

On Tuesday’s all-new The Valley, tensions between the previous couple as soon as once more got here to a head when Taylor visited Cartwright at her rental property to ascertain some “boundaries” as they navigate their new regular.

However issues did not go precisely as deliberate, with the sit down shortly turning right into a shouting match as Cartwright accused her estranged husband of consuming simply days after he spent a month in a rehab facility — the place he was purported to detox from medicine and alcohol and work on his psychological well being.

“I feel after Jax bought out of the ability, it took him lower than 5 days to return to the bars and begin partying once more,” Brittany mentioned in a confessional. “It is simply so disappointing, like, he didn’t take something severely.”

Cartwright — who accused Taylor of getting others cowl for him by telling them the drinks he was seen having fun with at his bar, Jax’s, had been simply “water” — mentioned she felt the necessity to shield her ex as a result of she did not need him to “get in hassle.”

“If he isn’t saying it, how am I purported to be the one saying it?” Cartwright questioned. “I attempted, and at the very least I do know that. I actually liked that man and I actually tried to make him a greater particular person. Like, how do you proceed to be there for any person who won’t even change for you and your son?”

Cartwright additionally set some boundaries of her personal, particularly the place the couple’s 4-year-old son, Cruz, is concerned, sparking a custody battle between the pair amid their lately filed divorce.

“Cruz isn’t going over to your home anytime quickly,” the truth star burdened. “He is not. As a result of I do not belief that there aren’t nasty girls there, events … it disgusts me.”

“You are so gross,” Cartwright added.

The remark prompted Taylor to stroll off, telling viewers in a confessional that regardless of what Cartwright thinks, he is “attempting” to be a dad to their son.

“I am right here to be a dad, and I am good at it and I get pleasure from it, and it makes me comfortable,” Taylor informed the cameras. “He is really medication for me. He really makes me wish to be a greater particular person, and I do not suppose she ought to maintain her anger over me, utilizing that as a weapon to not see my son. That is simply not honest.”

Along with criticizing Taylor as a father, Cartwright labeled her former husband a “narcissist,” claiming he does not really feel “love,” “ache” or “damage.”

“We’re totally different individuals. I am going by way of much more than what you are going by way of proper now, as a result of I really care,” Cartwright mentioned by way of tears.

“You do not see me,” Taylor fired again. “You do not see what I am going by way of at dwelling. You do not see what I am coping with at my home. It is 10 years of my life. It is a decade. You could possibly throw that away, however I can not.”

Whereas Cartwright mentioned she’s carried out something however, itemizing her makes an attempt at getting Taylor assist earlier than his rehab stint final 12 months, he reiterated that he is doing it now, and requested her to see the nice in that.

“Now could be too late. You have already ruined our household,” Cartwright yelled earlier than as soon as once more making it clear the place they stand on Cruz. “I’ll deal with every part and I’ll ship you a invoice on your half of all of the physician payments.”

“OK, then you do not get full custody,” Taylor replied. “No, I am getting totally custody,” Cartwright insisted.

“That is gonna be your baby help, is you are gonna be paying me for half of Cruz’s stuff,” Cartwright maintained.

“Nicely, you make extra. So then I am going to go after your alimony,” Taylor threatened.

“Half of his medical payments is all I would like. That is not performing an excessive amount of,” Cartwright continued.

The dialog became an argument over baby help as Taylor grew to become enraged, reminding his estranged spouse that California is a 50/50 state, which means a “state that follows a neighborhood property regime, the place marital belongings and money owed are usually divided equally (50/50) between each spouses.”

“So you are going to go after alimony from me and I am gonna must pay for all of Cruz’s payments?” Cartwright requested, prompting Taylor to say she’s attempting to “destroy” the daddy of her son.

“Each time I come over right here, you act so imply to me, you discard me,” Taylor claimed.

“I can’t let Cruz be something such as you,” Cartwright insisted. “And you must really feel the identical approach.”

Whereas Taylor was hopeful the pair could possibly be amicable as they head for divorce, it appears like they’re capable of be something however, as Cartwright mentioned he now not deserves her friendship.

“I like my child greater than something and I am combating for him, however I do not know the way way more of this arguing and this bickering and simply going after one another I can take,” Taylor mentioned in a confessional.

The back-and-forth ended with Cartwright in tears and Taylor leaving in a huff, however even with their huge variations, the Kentucky native mentioned “nobody” desires to see Taylor get higher greater than she does.

“I wish to say I’ve hope for him, however he is let me down repeatedly and once more for years,” Cartwright informed the cameras. “I haven’t got any religion or belief in him anymore, that is gone.”

See all of it go down on The Valley, airing Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET on Bravo.