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 rapidly turning right into a shouting match as Cartwright accused her estranged husband of ingesting simply days after he spent a month in a rehab facility — the place he was presupposed to detox from medication and alcohol and work on his psychological well being.

“I believe 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 significantly.”

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 bother.”

“If he is not saying it, how am I presupposed to be the one saying it?” Cartwright questioned. “I attempted, and a minimum of I do know that. I actually cherished that man and I actually tried to make him a greater individual. Like, how do you proceed to be there for someone who is not going to 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 not too long ago filed divorce.

“Cruz is just not going over to your home anytime quickly,” the truth star confused. “He isn’t. 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 “making an attempt” 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 drugs for me. He really makes me wish to be a greater individual, and I do not assume 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 completely different individuals. I am going via much more than what you are going via proper now, as a result of I really care,” Cartwright mentioned via tears.

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

Whereas Cartwright mentioned she’s finished 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 great 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 all the things and I’ll ship you a invoice in your half of all of the physician payments.”

“OK, then you aren’t getting full custody,” Taylor replied. “No, I am getting totally custody,” Cartwright insisted.

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

“Nicely, you make extra. So then I will 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 become an argument over little one help as Taylor turned enraged, reminding his estranged spouse that California is a 50/50 state, which means a “state that follows a group property regime, the place marital property 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 making an attempt 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 it is best to really feel the identical means.”

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 really like my child greater than something and I am combating for him, however I do not understand how far 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 large variations, the Kentucky native mentioned “nobody” needs to see Taylor get higher greater than she does.

“I wish to say I’ve hope for him, however he is let me down time and again 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.