Brittany Cartwright Shares New Details of Blowout Fight With Jax That Led to His Rehab Return as She Says Jax Didn’t Tell “Whole Truth,” Plus Kristen Reacts & Brittany Announces She’s Taking Over Her and Jax’s Podcast

Brittany Cartwright revealed the “whole truth” of the “despicable” incident that led to Jax Taylor’s decision to return to rehab, as their friend Kristen Doute reacted. Around the same time, Brittany shared that she’s taking over her and Jax’s When Reality Hits podcast.

Earlier this month, The Valley star revealed his addiction to cocaine and alcohol. In an interview for the Hot Mic podcast, Jax shared that he chose to return to rehab last year after an incident in a car with Brittany, his estranged wife who’s divorcing him. According to Jax’s account, he lost it on Brittany when their son was present after her car read a text from another guy.

On the When Reality Hits podcast, Brittany and Kristen recalled the events leading to Jax’s stay in rehab.

“I’ve tried and tried for years and years to help this man get better and for us to be a happy family,” said Brittany, via @vanderpodrecaps on Instagram. “I want to start with the very beginning of why he had to go to rehab for the second time … Kristen knows because [she] came over [the next day].”

Krirsten explained, “I was over the next day, and then the day after that is when I recorded [an interview for the] Hot Mic podcast … And I was dragging Jax … He [later] was like, ‘How could you say that? How could you say that?’ And I go, ‘Jax, with what I know from the other day, I would have hit you with my car’ … [In my interview,] I was reacting to the way I felt about [the car incident].”

As for the incident itself, Brittany shared that Jax didn’t reveal “the whole truth.”

“So the night before, I could tell that Jax was out and he was partying, and I knew what that meant. And let’s all remind each other that he had already been in rehab the first time for the full 30 days. And I knew he wasn’t doing better. I felt like I was very vocal about that, that things had not changed,” she said. “And so the night before, Cruz had a doctor’s appointment, and we had to leave the house at 10:30. So I was being nice and I was like, if you want to come to the doctor’s appointment, be at my house by 10:30. Well, then he started sending me a bunch of, like, awful messages and being rude to me the night before. And I said, I can tell you’re out, I can tell you’re partying. Please do not come to my house tomorrow.”

“He shows up anyway the next morning even though I told him not to. And our doctor is in Beverly Hills, like at certain times of day, that can take you over an hour to get there,” she went on. “So I’m like, we have to go, we have to go, we have to be there at a certain time. And I kept being like, are you hungover? And of course he just lies and denies. And, you know, just will never admit what he did the night before even though I can like see telltale signs on his face … So, but he still was like, I can, I’m coming. I’m coming. This is my son. I’m coming.”

“So we finally get to the car and we’re on our way,” she continued. “And before anything happens, he’s just coming down on me about the bar opening, being, like, it’s his bar, like, just screaming at me over all kinds of things.”

“My phone was plugged in to the GPS … and [then] a guy texted me,” she said. “But [Jax] was already in a horrible mood and already fighting with me and making me cry before that ever even happened … He was already at my throat … We almost pulled over so I could get out and call an Uber … So then whenever this guy texts my phone, his name pops up on, you know, the screen in the car, he loses it. He starts trying to grab my phone and Cruz is in the back seat in his car seat.”

Brittany said Jax started “yelling” at her.

“He starts saying the most despicable things you could ever say to your ex. Talking about other girls, talking about how they’re going… I mean, I don’t want to go into too much details,” she said. “Just imagine the worst things a guy could say about being with other girls in front of the girl that they were married for 10 years too, or in a relationship with for 10 years. So he’s doing all this and we finally get to the place. I’m bawling, crying and I’m like, please do not come upstairs. I already knew that I was calling Uber on the way home. There was no doubting that I’m never getting a car with that man again.”

According to Brittany, he also yelled at her in the doctor’s office. She said that, days before, Jax checked himself out of a mental health facility after one day. Then, after the car incident, he returned, but he allegedly stayed for only 17 days.

Brittany also shared that she drug tests Jax every week for “the safety of my son.”

In a March 9 Instagram post, Brittany revealed that she’s rebranding her When Reality Hits podcast, which she started with Jax.

“I’m fully taking it over,” she declared. “[It’s] going to another level, and I am so ready for this.”