The Valley stars Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright separated over a year ago. Subsequently, Brit filed for divorce in August 2024, after five years of marriage. Since then, Jax has claimed that his estranged wife asked him to “hook up” with her on various occasions.
During a November 2024 interview, Jax told Alex Baskin on Bravo’s Hot Mic podcast that Brit had asked him for sex since their separation. He then repeated the accusation during the April 15 Season 2 premiere of The Valley.
Admitting to a “couple of weak moments” early on, Brittany adamantly denied that she and Jax had had sex for a long time now. “We did not hook up,” Brittany told Lala Kent. “We did hook up one time, but this was before what he was talking about on Hot Mic.”
Did Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor “hook up” after their separation?
“My main thing was to get to a point where we could be friends, because we have a son together,” Brit added, referring to their son Cruz. “I definitely had a couple of weak moments, but that has not happened [since] the very beginning.”
“I would never do that now,” the former SUR server insisted. “Are you kidding me? No.” Although she claims Jax tried “many, many times” to get her to “hook up with him.”
Even though she knew their marriage was over, Jax allegedly continued to woo her.
“It was really hard for me, because I still loved him,” she admitted. “And Jax is a love-bomber … He knows how to say the right things and … make me think he’s going to change. It’s hard when you love somebody to not hope that that could actually be the truth.”
Anybody who’s ever been through a divorce will understand her sentiments. It’s hard to just turn off your heart when you’ve loved someone for a long time.
“I always knew we weren’t going to … get back together from the moment I moved out,” Brit went on. “I’m not backtracking like that ever again.”
But on The Valley After Show, Jax told Tom Schwartz and Jesse Lally that it was Brit who wanted sexy time, not him. A few weeks earlier, the estranged couple took their son to an aquarium and out to lunch.
“After a couple drinks, she’s like, ‘Hey, maybe we should hook up to see if we still have it,’” Jax claimed. “I was like, ‘Seriously? All the stuff you’ve been saying about me publicly?’ … I was like, ‘No, no, no.’ I think it made her really upset.”
The Valley airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on Bravo and streams on Hayu in the UK and Ireland.
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