There was a questionable statement from Jax Taylor during the recent episode of The Valley. One of many, perhaps, even two episodes into Season Two, but this one had to do with his estranged wife, Brittany Cartwright. More so, what Jax denied saying to her.
The cast sided with Brittany, with the general consensus being that Jax did not recall the circumstances correctly. And that’s still the feeling among the cast as they interviewed for The Valley After Show. For her part, Brittany revealed how Jax’s treatment of her led to health issues.
Jax Taylor denies ever calling Brittany Cartwright “fat,” but The Valley’s Zack Wickham disagrees
On The Valley Season 2 After Show, Brittany shared her struggles with body image issues as a result of Jax’s taunting of her during their marriage. The Kentucky native gave birth to son Cruz in April 2021. And it was after that Jax allegedly started making negative comments about her appearance.
“[Jax] would talk about my body all the time,” Brittany shared in the clip shared by Bravo’s The Daily Dish. “I’ve got stretch marks from having his son. He would say that I looked like a tree trunk.”
Kristen Doute confirmed, “Literally right after she gave birth to Cruz [he was] calling her fat.” Their co-star Zack Wickham also backed Brittany up, and revealed that he’d seen texts Jax had sent her.
Yet Jax denied saying anything of the sort. “Never, ever in my life have I called her fat,” he insisted.
“He, to me, was horrible,” Brittany recalled in further detail. “He would go out to people and talk about how amazing I was, like in public and stuff, but then he would come home that very same day and tear me to pieces. And then he would cool off for like thirty minutes, an hour. And then come back like nothing ever happened.”
The emotional stress compounded into a major health problem as Brittany started to “hold it in.” She explained, “And it was like really wearing on me. I was breaking out in hives and throwing up all the time. I broke out in hives every day for an entire year. It was because I was holding in everything that he was doing to me. And believing the things that he was saying to me.”
Lala Kent recalled a particularly bad episode that left Brittany in the hospital. “Remember when you broke out in hives and the left side of your body was completely numb and you had to go to the hospital?” she asked The Valley star.
“And they said they couldn’t figure out anything that was wrong other than stress,” Brittany said. “And I don’t do that anymore because I don’t live with him anymore.”
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