Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright went from the Valley to the Capitol after they hit the White House Correspondents Dinner red carpet on Saturday, April 27.
Cartwright, 35, looked glamorous in a black, corseted strapless gown with matching full-length gloves, but she didn’t have her estranged husband on her arm. She and Taylor, 44, each walked the red carpet solo, just hours after they each attended the White House Correspondents’ Garden Brunch in Washington, D.C.
While they didn’t take photos together, they did sit next to one another. Taylor, who wore a black State and Liberty Clothing Co. suit, showed Cartwright via his Instagram Story and vice versa. They were guests of the Each day Mail.
The separated couple’s appearance comes one 12 months after Ariana Madix made her post-Sandoval red carpet debut at the identical event. She attended alongside Lisa Vanderpump and Lala Kent last 12 months as guests of the Each day Mail. Taylor and Cartwright’s activate the carpet comes amid their highly publicized split.
Before Taylor and Cartwright joined Bravo’s The Valley, which debuted earlier this 12 months, they were first introduced to audiences on Vanderpump Rules. Their 2019 wedding was filmed for the show one 12 months before the duo announced their departure. They went on to expand their family with son Cruz, whom they welcomed in 2021.
Amid their small screen return, Taylor and Cartwright surprised fans after they announced their separation in February. Nonetheless, Cartwright has made it clear that Taylor could win her back — if he makes changes.
“There’s definitely a probability,” she revealed in her Us Weekly cover story earlier this month. “But I won’t waste my time and get back right into a toxic situation. Now the veil has been lifted and I see how much I used to be at all times cleansing up Jax’s messes. I’m thrown in the midst of all these fights and continuously forced to apologize for him within the media and to friends. It’s hard.”
When asked what exactly he must do, Cartwright said there’s a lengthy list. “There are a number of things, and I’m not seeing enough effort from his side,” she explained to Us. “He must go to therapy. He doesn’t should be staying out on the bar on a regular basis. He must respect me more and stop taking me without any consideration. I used to be the closest person to him and was type of like his punching bag. He was at all times giving me jabs. I can’t take care of that for the remaining of my life.”
While Taylor has apologized for various things — from publicly embarrassing her to criticizing on her looks — his wife desires to see actual progress.
“He acknowledged it but then he’s at all times like, ‘I said sorry.’ He likes to think that just saying, ‘I’m sorry,’ shall be positive and we must always move on. … I can’t do this now, this is simply too serious. And if things don’t change, then we will’t be together because we’re gonna be unhappy for the remaining of our lives. I don’t wish to be unhappy for the remaining of my life. I don’t wish to be in a sexless marriage for the remaining of my life. I don’t wish to be arguing with my husband for the remaining of my life.”
She even moved out due to the bickering, opting to live in an Airbnb until they work out their next move.
“The fighting has to stop,” Cartwright said. “We were just continuously digging at one another. We got to that time, which I believe a number of marriages undergo, where every thing that the opposite person does is getting in your nerves. That’s a horrible feeling and a horrible strategy to live. That’s one in every of the principal reasons I knew that we would have liked space from one another.”
Whether Taylor can fix their marriage stays to be seen, but either way, she’s blissful that she took control of her life. “I feel good,” she said. “I feel strong, and I’m pleased with myself for doing what’s right for my mental health and my family.”