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 determine 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 alleged to detox from medication and alcohol and work on his psychological well being.

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

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” — stated 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 alleged to be the one saying it?” Cartwright questioned. “I attempted, and a minimum of I do know that. I actually liked 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 lately filed divorce.

“Cruz isn’t going over to your own home anytime quickly,” the truth star careworn. “He is not. As a result of I do not belief that there aren’t nasty ladies 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 advised the cameras. “He is really medication for me. He really makes me wish to be a greater individual, 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 would not really feel “love,” “ache” or “harm.”

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

“You do not see me,” Taylor fired again. “You do not see what I am going via 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 may throw that away, however I can not.”

Whereas Cartwright stated 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 all the pieces and I’ll ship you a invoice on 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 assist, is you are gonna be paying me for half of Cruz’s stuff,” Cartwright maintained.

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

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

The dialog became an argument over little one assist 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 need to 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 not let Cruz be something such as you,” Cartwright insisted. “And you need to really feel the identical means.”

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

“I like my child greater than something and I am preventing 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 stated 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 stated “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 advised 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.