Why Brittany Cartwright 'Didn't Care' About Hurting Estranged Husband Jax Taylor's Feelings After Hooking Up with His Friend

Mar. 15, 2025

Brittany Cartwrighthas no regrets when it comes to hooking with her estranged husbandJax Taylor’s friend.

On the Nov. 11 episode ofBravo’s Hot Micpodcast,The Valleystar, 35, clarified that she and her ex didn’t have “a no dating in the friend group policy” followingtheir split in February.

“We never spoke about that because why would we? First off, I didn’t think I was going to hook up with his friend. … It wasn’t planned,” she shared. “I wasn’t trying to go after one of his friends. That’s not how it happened.”

“What we had said was, ‘Nobody around [the couple’s 3-year-old son] Cruz and nobody at our home that we own together that we own together… Please don’t have girls at the house.' Those were the two rules. I don’t know if he had anyone around Cruz but he had people at my house. I caught them both times. … I caught him twice!" she alleged.

PEOPLE has reached out to Cartwright and Taylor’s rep for comment.

Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor on ‘Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen’.Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty ; Charles Sykes/Bravo/Getty

Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty ; Charles Sykes/Bravo/Getty

The reality star then further detailed her decision to hook up with Taylor’s friend, whom she did not name.

“It wasn’t planned, but also it was somebody that I felt like I knew,” she shared. “And in our world, it’s so crazy because, like, how do you trust people? And I was single for the first time in L.A. — it’s another weird thing about my life is that my whole L.A. story has been with Jax and on camera pretty much, so I’ve never lived in L.A. without Jax, so this is also a new thing for me.”

While theVanderpump Rulesalum considered the friend to be “hot,” she also no longer cared what Taylor thought of her decision.

“I was just so mad at Jax so I didn’t care if I hurt his feelings,” she explained. “Why should I care? He never cared about how he hurt my feelings for years. He put me down. He did so much to me. It’s like I’m sorry that you’re so upset about who it is but at the same time, you didn’t give me attention, affection or anything for years.”

“Jax has no leg to stand on,” she added.

Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright at the boohoo.com LA Pop-up Store Launch Party with Galore Magazine on November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.Tommaso Boddi/Getty

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She recalled the early flirtation between her and the friend, saying, “I could tell this guy was flirting with me. I was always flirting with him. He’s very much my type. Just kinda flirting through DMs one time and I was just like, come over. Slide into the DMs.”

When asked if she was back on the dating apps, Cartwright responded, “No, I’ve never been on a dating app before…I don’t think I’m that ready.”

Cartwright cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for their split.

source: people.com