Jax Taylor is seeking help.
In the midst of separation from wife Brittany Cartwrighta representative for the Vanderpump Rules former student told ET that he is undergoing hospital treatment to address his mental health.
“Jax has always been candid about his mental health struggles, especially over the past few months on his podcast,” Jax’s rep said of the reality star. When reality hits podcast. “He has made the decision to seek hospital treatment. This is a particularly difficult time for him and his family. They ask for privacy and respect until he is ready to speak further on this matter.”
TMZ was the first to report the news.
Jax, 45, and Brittany, 35 — who married in 2019 and share a 3-year-old son, Cruz — made their separation public in February. The months leading up to the separation were difficult for the couple, and everything was captured by cameras for VPRspinoff of, The valley.
When the news of the separation finally broke, The valley took the cameras again to take the consequences. Fans I get it, watch it all happen at the end of the first season of the series.
In a conversation with his friend, Jason Caperna, Jax commented on his and Brittany’s split: “There’s no affairs, there’s no cheating, there’s no abuse, there’s none of that. I’m so nervous. My fuse is this big.”
Brittany agreed with that assessment, telling the cameras, “We were already having issues all summer, but when the cameras stopped rolling, things just seemed to get worse and worse.”
“So about six weeks ago, I split from Jax. I moved into an Airbnb with Cruz because Jax wouldn’t leave the house. I just feel like it shows how selfish Jax is,” she said, revealing that she made her decision after Jax yelled at her for hours. “The fact that I had to move in with Cruz instead of him moving out. Especially being from Kentucky, a man doesn’t do that.”
Brittany added: “I kind of got to this point where I started realizing everything he did to me. It just hit me like a ton of bricks or something. And then I was like, ‘What am I doing? Why am I here?'”
In a confessional, Brittany noted, “I’ve become independent. I make a lot of money. I just feel like I’ve woken up. I feel so much stronger now. I know I’m going to be okay. I know my worth, and I know I don’t deserve to be in a relationship like that. What was I thinking, staying with him for so long?”
As for the current status of their relationship, Jax revealed in May that he and Brittany agreed to see other people amid their separation.
The following month, Jax tweeted in the middle of the night, claiming that Brittany had been sleeping with someone else for four months. He quickly deleted the social media post, however.
The valley is currently in production for season two.
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