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S2.E1: Separation Anxiety

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Brittany and Jax had separated. At one point, they agreed to try to work on their marriage and possibly reconcile. In the meantime, Jax found some messages his wife had been exchanging with another man, including a “sexy video.” That’s when, according to Brit, “All hell broke loose.” But Jax had been hooking up with other women according to Brittany.

First aired on 4/15/2025.

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snarts

snarts

Bravo's like a broken record. Every damn show now starts by teasing some big dramatic event & uses the season to lead up to it. Yawn. 

Literally, yawn. I was so bored, I flipped over to the end of Coal Miner's Daughter during a commercial & completely forgot what I was watching. 

I wish Janet had stayed with the blond hair, I can't tell her apart from Michelle & the other one. Much like the two short guys who look alike. I just know one's often angry while other tells a lot of Dad jokes. 

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JenE4

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I mean, to be fair, it’s not a tease for a big season finale cliffhanger. It was just “one week earlier,” lol. All this happens with Jax within a week? Or maybe he didn’t stay in rehab very long once he realized he needed to follow rules and, you know, stay sober…and not allow TV cameras due to HIPAA laws…

i kind of forgot everyone’s names… The couple with the “three under three.” The  way the wife can convince her husband to have more children is the bragging rights of being able to say “six under six.” The man lit up even being able to hypothetically say “four under four.” I was kind of hoping he would let up on this, but the man has a catch phrase. He was some type of child star, I think, so I wonder whether he had a show catchphrase, like Urkel. What is he going to do with himself once these kids outgrow the toddler phase? “Three under 12” doesn’t have the same panache. 

Which separated couple is going to have the best storyline? I’m thinking not Jax and Brittany. Again, I forgot names. I kind of love that she’s parading around her boyfriend who she likely was cheating with, and now instead of shunning Kristin because she knows all the wife’s secrets, now they’re both trying to win Kristin over…because she knows all the wife’s secrets. 

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hoodooznoodooz

hoodooznoodooz

I learned some interesting stuff watching the After Show.

Julian would hang out with Jax and the guys and sometimes the whole group, mostly to let someone else pick up the tab.

Lala dated Julian before. Brittany did not immediately tell Lala that Brittany had started dating Julian. Julian love-bombs. He was living with his Baby Mama and their children while dating Brittany. Brittany even met his children.

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Chalby

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I was disgusted that Jax kept referring to the family home as 'HIS home' while Britney was forced to live in rentals or air bnbs. Jax knows his son's needs, yet still managed to put himself ahead of everybody else. He's one of the worst narcissists I've seen.

If Britney had to threaten him with a restraining order that tells me that he's becoming more physically aggressive and intimidating. No child should have to listen to Jax Taylor rage.

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Thumper

Thumper

12 hours ago, Chatty Cake said:

I’m glad the show is back. I always figured Jax was 10 times the douche in real life as he is on the show. I guess Brittany is too. 
How proud Jesse must be to announce that he’s not doing a good job coparenting. 
I still like Danny and Nia but agree they need a bigger place. 
 

Why do you say that about Brittany?  Did I miss something?

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Brittany got a restraining order on Jax according to the previews. The arrogant asshole called the family home "his" house. He refused to leave, so Brittany had to instead. I wonder why she didn't move to a house/condo in the same neighborhood (she is in Sherman Oaks). She is not that great either. She hooked up with a friend of theirs who I have no doubt did it in order to be on the show. The nice girl from Kentucky doesn't exist anymore (if it ever did).

I don't like Janet who is aware of her new (D list) celebrity status (and is a drama queen). One of them said in the previews that Jason, her husband (who is probably the most likeable, and attractive of the cast) removes his ring when he goes out. I'm sure he receives tons of DMs.

I don't particularly like Jessie either. He is arrogant like Jax, and he wants to bother Michelle, his soon to be ex wife (who is not likeable either) in any possible way. He even said their daughter, Isabella looks and acts like him, and this would bother Michelle. He also remained in their family house. He claims that Michelle was cheating during the marriage, but he doesn't seem to be perfect himself either. 

Mia is beautiful, but what is wrong with her? She wants to have another child? The husband is not attractive, and judging by last season (toward the end), he is not as nice as he pretends to be. 

So, Kristen thinks she came up fine although her mother presumably drank/smoked during her pregnancy? Really? Her boyfriend told her it would be better to stop drinking (and smoking- we know she smokes), if she wanted to get pregnant easier. 

Kristen and Brittany are unrecognizable compared to how they looked a few years ago- Bravo was airing more recent seasons again.

It will be a glorious train wreck according to the season previews. Almost no couple is "safe." It seems more footage is added with every new promo. 

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Chalby

Chalby

12 hours ago, Thumper said:

Why do you say that about Brittany?  Did I miss something?

I certainly hope that there's not gonna be an emotional dog pile on Brittany from the fans just because she finally entertained a man other than Jax. Of the ten years she spent with him he cheated every single year and yet the fans are outraged because she slept with someone who lovebombed her.

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Chatty Cake

Chatty Cake

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14 hours ago, Thumper said:

Why do you say that about Brittany?  Did I miss something?

Sexting a married man who’s also a friend of theirs. 
 

1 hour ago, Chalby said:

I certainly hope that there's not gonna be an emotional dog pile on Brittany from the fans just because she finally entertained a man other than Jax. Of the ten years she spent with him he cheated every single year and yet the fans are outraged because she slept with someone who lovebombed her.

I’m not going to pile on. I thinks she’s been through a lot with the abusive asshole that is Jax. I do think she could pick a guy outside of their friend group.

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Kiki777

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I still stand by my opinion that she dated Jax for the ‘fame’ - even though she claimed to not have seen VPR, her mom did and seemed at the time to still approve of their relationship even while knowing the kind of garbage person he is.  Weird family, though at least her dad disapproved.  Jax humiliated her again and again and she’d go right back to him.  I guess she really wanted that Kentucky castle wedding (ew).  Still, she does not deserve all the abuse she has put up with over the years, and it’s sad that she waited this long to leave him, that poor child Cruz has probably seen some scary things 😔 For real, Jax needs to be fired and exiled to obscurity.  Why does Bravo keep giving second (and third, and fourth) chances to problematic men?

11 hours ago, snarts said:

None of these people, sans Kristen maybe, are as interesting as think they are. 

I love Kristin 😂 she’s messy but like a fun messy.  In fact I didn’t even like Ariana much until she and Kristin started getting along and developed a beautifully bizarre friendship that should have gotten a lot more screen time.

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SFoster21

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14 hours ago, Chalby said:

I certainly hope that there's not gonna be an emotional dog pile on Brittany from the fans just because she finally entertained a man other than Jax. Of the ten years she spent with him he cheated every single year and yet the fans are outraged because she slept with someone who lovebombed her.

Every gd week!  Whatchu talking about?  He is total trash!  Shoplifts with impunity, clogs a toilet that six folks are reliant on…

 

feeds his friends food he rubbed on his genitals…

 

I mean… I hesitate to call folks by animal names, but

Britney dumb as a post but sees the main chance.  She was very beautiful in the day.  These girls need to dress their age.

AnnieBananie

AnnieBananie

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22 hours ago, Kiki777 said:

 Jax humiliated her again and again and she’d go right back to him.  I guess she really wanted that Kentucky castle wedding (ew).

Brittany talked about, as a child, always wanting to get married, what the venue would be, and I remember even in a talking head, having a bridal Barbie or something but never picturing the groom. 

She wanted to get married, and Jax happened to be standing at the altar. 

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Kiki777

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3 hours ago, AnnieBananie said:

Brittany talked about, as a child, always wanting to get married, what the venue would be, and I remember even in a talking head, having a bridal Barbie or something but never picturing the groom.

Omg yes I remember that now, and she mentioned the Kentucky castle even then - it was spelled ‘Versailles’ but pronounced Ver-sales 😬 Klassy.

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angelamh66

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On 4/19/2025 at 10:10 PM, Salacious Kitty said:

Same thing happened in my hometown. It was always Ver-sales Ave. 

I live in SW Ohio in a larger city, but right over the border in Indiana are Milan (pronounced My-lan), and Versailles (pronounced Ver-Sales). 

Brittany's aw shucks act always came off as fake to me, and her recent decision making as far as who to date proves she has not learned a thing, but I am rooting for her to get out of this abusive mess with Jax without any further trauma to her or her son. Jax is truly awful and will never change. Sobriety doesn't make you an entirely different person and he is a total narcissist. 

 

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hoodooznoodooz

hoodooznoodooz

On 4/19/2025 at 5:59 PM, AnnieBananie said:

Brittany talked about, as a child, always wanting to get married, what the venue would be, and I remember even in a talking head, having a bridal Barbie or something but never picturing the groom. 

She wanted to get married, and Jax happened to be standing at the altar. 

Unfortunately, I think that this is more common than you’d hope. 

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Chatty Cake

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There’s an old season of VPR on today. Jax was torturing Stassi back then. 
I have to say if any of Brittany’s family had seen any of his antics, they should have stopped her from marrying the idiot. I don’t see how she’s going to coparent with this nut job. He won’t leave her life unless the show ends. Best thing for her son would be for his mom to go solo or to get a great stepdad in the future.

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princelina

princelina

On 4/16/2025 at 9:28 PM, hoodooznoodooz said:

He was living with his Baby Mama and their children while dating Brittany. Brittany even met his children.

And here's why Brittany is the dirtball - she knows what it's like to be cheated on.

On 4/18/2025 at 7:43 AM, Chatty Cake said:

I do think she could pick a guy outside of their friend group.

But then she might not get to be on tv!

On 4/21/2025 at 1:26 PM, angelamh66 said:

Brittany's aw shucks act always came off as fake to me, and her recent decision making as far as who to date proves she has not learned a thing, but I am rooting for her to get out of this abusive mess with Jax without any further trauma to her or her son. Jax is truly awful and will never change. Sobriety doesn't make you an entirely different person and he is a total narcissist. 

Looks like she's more worried about having a tv-ready boyfriend than trauma to her son.

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Chalby

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On 4/25/2025 at 11:40 AM, princelina said:

And here's why Brittany is the dirtball - she knows what it's like to be cheated on.

But then she might not get to be on tv!

Looks like she's more worried about having a tv-ready boyfriend than trauma to her son.

I responded to this post only because someone in it it wrote that Brittany knew her just-for-a-moment man lived with his baby mama and kids because she was introduced to them when she went over there, etc. 

I have read almost everything online, and heard many of the podcasts regarding Brittany, and not once did anyone say that she was aware this man was living with the mother of his children. Nowhere does anyone also say that she met his kids while she was visiting this woman in her home.

Once again, there seems a desperation for the woman to be in the wrong. Britney's not done "anything" wrong.

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princelina

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On 5/4/2025 at 11:11 PM, Chalby said:

I responded to this post only because someone in it it wrote that Brittany knew her just-for-a-moment man lived with his baby mama and kids because she was introduced to them when she went over there, etc. 

I have read almost everything online, and heard many of the podcasts regarding Brittany, and not once did anyone say that she was aware this man was living with the mother of his children. Nowhere does anyone also say that she met his kids while she was visiting this woman in her home.

Once again, there seems a desperation for the woman to be in the wrong. Britney's not done "anything" wrong.

Thanks - good to know.  The only things I know about anyone's SM is what I see here.  Now here's why I think they are all wrong - Brittany, Jax, Jesse and Michelle:  get your lives, and your child's life, in order before worrying about getting another boyfriend or girlfriend!  Jesse said something like, "I'm working so hard to keep my professional, and parenting, and personal life on track."  Take a break!  Keep your professional life on track to pay your bills, and your parenting to take care of your child.  Boyfriends and girlfriends will come around again one day, but these people have no sense of priorities.  (And I see the same in people I know who aren't on tv - they've got to get that divorce and find someone new NOW and just assume the kids will be alright.  I think it's ridiculous.)

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Chalby

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21 hours ago, princelina said:

(And I see the same in people I know who aren't on tv - they've got to get that divorce and find someone new NOW and just assume the kids will be alright.  I think it's ridiculous.)

Exactly! And I am still disgusted with Jax's flip out on Brittany months after the fact, and almost a year into their separation. No child should ever see behavior like that. Even when Jax's doing his talking heads, Brittany is blamed for everything that went wrong in their marriage.

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Chalby

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On 4/25/2025 at 11:40 AM, princelina said:

And here's why Brittany is the dirtball - she knows what it's like to be cheated on.

But then she might not get to be on tv!

Looks like she's more worried about having a tv-ready boyfriend than trauma to her son.

These are the comments I find frustrating because anyone who's watched the show longterm, recognizes that Britney was head over heels in love with Jax and moved to California just to be with him.

She was so shy and awkward in the beginning of filming, that I felt bad for her. But at no time did I ever think she was only with Jax for television... She has always been loyal to and supportive of him.

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2 hours ago, Chalby said:

These are the comments I find frustrating because anyone who's watched the show longterm, recognizes that Britney was head over heels in love with Jax and moved to California just to be with him.

She was so shy and awkward in the beginning of filming, that I felt bad for her. But at no time did I ever think she was only with Jax for television... She has always been loyal to and supportive of him.

Brittany "met" Jax on Instagram. She sent him DMs and agreed to meet him in Las Vegas. I don't doubt she DMed many other "celebrities" to see who was interested (this is common). She moved in with him immediately- Jax said he did this with every woman. She wanted to be on tv, and it's obvious she still does. She could be shy in the beginning because she was not used to filming like the rest of the cast who had acting, singing, and modeling experience. 

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princelina

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18 hours ago, Chalby said:

These are the comments I find frustrating because anyone who's watched the show longterm, recognizes that Britney was head over heels in love with Jax and moved to California just to be with him.

She was so shy and awkward in the beginning of filming, that I felt bad for her. But at no time did I ever think she was only with Jax for television... She has always been loyal to and supportive of him.

I'll never believe this in a million years.  She knew who he was from tv (including his cheating, abusive "ways", as she calls them), went to Vegas and had sex with him and then rolled on out and "changed mah whole life" in CA.  When he claimed he was moving to Florida she was having none of it!  And when she arrived and found out he had been flirting with "Lala" she responded with, "I"ll have to talk to her about this" like a reality tv pro 😂. She was always excited to think that Jax "changed for me", and then in tears when it turned out he hadn't.  She was in love with the idea of being on tv and changing the ways of a bad boy; too bad Mamaw and her 4xmarried mom couldn't have given her better advice!

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RealHousewife

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I think Brittany must be a genuinely nice girl because she's well liked by everyone off camera. I also don't think she did anything to deserve Jax's abuse, but I didn't get why she married Jax in the first place. Between hitting on other women when Brittany was moving to be with him, cheating on her, putting her down, everyone warning her about him, it was red flag, red flag, red flag. 

You have a one-night stand with Jax Taylor, you do not marry Jax Taylor. 

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princelina

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6 hours ago, RealHousewife said:

I think Brittany must be a genuinely nice girl because she's well liked by everyone off-camera. I also don't think she did anything to deserve Jax's abuse, but I didn't get why she married Jax in the first place. Between hitting on other women when Brittany was moving to be with him, cheating on her, putting her down, everyone warning her about him, it was red flag, red flag, red flag. 

You have a one-night stand with Jax Taylor, you do not marry Jax Taylor. 

Right - I'm not saying she "deserves" it, but she chose it with her eyes wide open so my pity for her is limited.

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lasu

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I've honestly never understood that attitude (though I'm definitely not trying to call you out personally). To me, while I think you've have to be pretty dumb to get with Jax, it doesn't mean I have less sympathy for her. To have less sympathy,  I think you *do* have to believe that being stupid means you deserve the abuse, or at least you are also somewhat culpable for the abuse you receive. The ONLY person responsible for abuse is the abuser. Hard stop. To me, saying Brittany should have known better is no different than saying a woman should have known better than to get drunk while wearing a slutty dress at a frat party. Brittany may not be a perfect victim, but that doesn't change the fact she indeed is a victim. 

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princelina

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Brittany left her home to move in with a guy she and everyone else knew was an abuser because she wanted to "change" him.  And he repeatedly showed her that he was not going to be "changed".  Every time he cheated she took him back, and then made a big deal about how he had to make her sandwiches and do what she wanted to make up for it.  And he'd do some of it while continuing to verbally abuse her, and then cheat again.  I'm glad if her eyes are being opened but she is reaping bad consequences for bad decisions.  And in this day and age, young women who go out drinking should stay with their friends and not go off with strangers.  Do they "deserve" to have something bad happen to them?  No.  But they have a responsibility to look out for themselves.

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lasu

lasu

There's nothing you can say that would make me think Brittany deserves or "deserves" to be abused, or that women are responsible for keeping themselves safe. Is it wise? Sure, it's wise to not get drunk at a frat party or get involved with losers, but that doesn't make subsequent abuse in ANY way their own faults. Abuse is 100%, not 99.9%, the fault of the abuser. No one else. Jax is the ONLY person responsible for the abuse Brittany received.  To say anything less than that...well, it sounds like Jax himself (who absolute agrees Brittany is responsible for his abuse, he also agrees she should have left earlier if it was so bad).

Yes, obviously we should all try to protect ourselves. But when we fail (through dumb decisions or pure bad luck), it doesn't make it our fault someone else becomes abusive. To make victims partially to blame is literally the definition of victim blaming. When I look at someone who has been raped or abused, I don't try to find out how much they could have prevented so I make sure I'm not TOO sympathetic if they don't "deserve" it. 

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