The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together with Brittany Cartwright

Episode Date: March 18, 2025

Star of "Vanderpump Rules" and "The Valley" Brittany Cartwright is in the thick of her divorce from Jax Taylor and she is letting Amy & TJ in on how she REALLY feels about her ex. She reveals that she is doing the majority of the parenting and that “co-parenting” isn’t going as well as she would like. She talks about handling other women coming into her home and that she is determined to find her sparkle again. Will she marry again and have more kids?? Yes, we’re going there. Email us at: [e-mail] or call us at 844-4-I Do Pod (844-443-6763)Follow I Do, Part 2 on Instagram and TikTokSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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and between the two of us, we have four divorces. So no judgment here. Welcome everybody to the pocket. And really, I think, Robs, we have talked to a lot of people on I do part two, a lot of people who are going to a second marriage or maybe even third or trying to get out there and date again. This is going to be the first time we've talked to somebody who's actually going through it while we're talking to them. And not just going through a divorce. which is hard enough privately, but going through a divorce publicly is a whole other thing. And, well, we know a little bit about that as well. So I was actually just telling our next guest that she is in a very safe space because we...

Can't get a safe with in this one. What are we going to say? While everyone's experience is unique and specific to them, there are some shared experiences when you go through something this traumatic with children with the public watching. There, that is something that I would not wish on anyone. And, uh, it's certainly a rocky road to travel, but I will say when you get to the other side, you learn so much about yourself. You learn what you want. You learn what you don't want. And that is, that's winning actually to, to know where you stand not only internally, but just what is next in life. That's awesome. And with that, folks,

you are now listening to a boy from Arkansas and a girl from Georgia introducing another girl from Kentucky. And with that, everybody, we do want to welcome. Star, much talked about, sensation. Brittany, Cartwright, you know her from Vanderpump Rules. You know her now with the second season of the Valley coming up. How are you doing, sister? Hi, thanks for having me. I'm so excited to be here. Look at that smile. I love, and I love that you said, a girl from Kentucky, because you can hear it right away. And, you know, we are also Southerners. So I love it. We love hearing a Southern drawl. And I love y'all's love. It's so cute. It's so obvious. Oh, okay, that's funny

The way life takes you Where it takes you That Kentucky, Arkansas, Georgia are sitting in a hotel In Los Angeles In Hollywood right now Like don't you all hate That Kentucky basketball is just so much better

Oh, we're gonna start at the beginning I'd prefer to start talking about football Just personally Okay, football, you might got it But Kentucky It's true No, we didn't come to talk about I'm just kidding

Can we ask, look, there's a lot to get to with you, but we want to start with something that, look, Roebuck and I both have gone through recently divorces in a very public way. The first thing we were concerned about was our kids. The first thing we want to make sure they're okay. People saying all kinds of shit about us in public, our priority was that. So can I start with that with you as a mom? All that's going on, the show, whatever social media, this and that and the back and forth, how is Cruz? You're three-year-old who's about to be four, but just tell us how he's doing through what has been upheaval in his life.

He is absolutely amazing. He is thriving, I feel like. He wants to see his mom happy. And I think that, like, actually affects him more to see a happy mom and a happy household and everything than having, you know, negativity around 24-7. He's amazing. He's only three. So, you know, luckily he doesn't really get everything that's going on at this moment. But I just feel like he's so much happier.

I honestly do. I really do. That's real. And I think that is real because kids, no matter how young they are, they sense energy. They know what the energy is in the house. They know. And yes, having parents who are happy, even if that means they're apart, is better than having that negativity in the house.

I really believe that, you know, my therapist when I was struggling with what to do said to me with my daughters, is this the marriage you would want for them? If it's not, then what are you showing them? So I just wanted to give that to you as well. I know we all have mom guilt. dad guilt, you know, you're putting your kids first, and yet you're also trying to navigate your own life. So I think that's brave and admirable that you're doing that. Yeah, I mean, it was definitely hard, but also Cruz is my driving force to like be happier and to be a better person

and to be like in this space where I feel comfortable and I can like be the better mom for him because I feel like I just had so much stress and pressure every day in my life. Like the energy was just so bad and so off in our house. So I just felt like I had to, I had to get out and I had to do it for my son. If I didn't have him, I would probably say with Jacks for the rest of my life. Really? Really? I mean, we're used to hearing the opposite. People want to stay together for the kid. No. Wow. Like I feel like I loved Jack so much and I really was into this life and this marriage with him. I thought he was going to be my forever person. And having crews and seeing how I was treated in front of my son really opened my eyes. And I think for a

lot of women, like you just are so blinded by love that you don't really like realize everything that you're going through. Like I held everything in for so long, so long. And I just think that he just like really like opened me up and was just like, okay, this is not okay. I need to do this for my son. I need to be happy for my son. I'm curious because cameras were rolling. Was there something? What was the epiphany for you? Was it off camera?

Was it on camera where you said, I have to get out. This is not healthy for me or for my child. There was a lot of things off camera that I can speak on because now we've had all these podcasts come out, Alice Baskin, like everything. It's been all over the place. But there was a lot of things that were happening before. before I ever moved out. Like, he admitted that he had a cocaine addiction.

And you knew about that the whole time? I knew about it, but it was like he would never admit that it was a problem. He always acted like this was normal, this was this, this was that, but I knew it was. So after I had my child, obviously things changed. And I started noticing more and more and more and more and more. And once we separated, because I had to leave him after. a bad night. That was like a come down after like a party night. What was a bad night? What did that look like? Just the next morning was so bad. Just like coming into the room, yelling and doing this

and doing that and just made me feel like a, like I lost all my confidence. I lost all my sparkle in that relationship. And after 10 years, I finally started to notice that. You know, it took me a while. But I just felt like I couldn't do it anymore. I couldn't do it anymore. I couldn't do it anymore. So I was like, either you leave or I leave. And he wouldn't leave. So I had to leave. As we sit here, you're a full year plus from when you filed before to four. No, separate.

You've been separated at least a year. In the past year, how close have you been, if at all, to getting back together? I've had, I'm not going to lie. I've had like a couple times where I was like lonely and was like, whoa, what might happen? But we never got back together. and we will never, ever get back together. I just feel like after you're with somebody for 10 years, sometimes there's going to be times where you feel weak,

you know, and you miss them, and you feel lonely. And that's happened to me a lot. But I know I'm worth so much more. And I know that, like, I can do so much better than what he put me through. And that's a confidence that I never had before. So, yeah. That's amazing.

Yeah. Has he tried to get you back? sometimes but not always like I feel like he's done the bare minimum so like it's like what am I supposed to do you know you left right so is he he's still in the house so I moved into rental homes for about seven months and then he finally got a condo after a long time and this was after his rehab say and everything so it was just kind of like I you know I begged him and, like, I even said, I will pay for the rental house, and you can live there, and I can stay at the house with our son.

He still wouldn't do that. So, but now I can probably say, yes, I have my house. It's 100% mine. He's moved out. I am taking over everything. And, like, I feel like that's, like, so empowering for me. Like, I'm so proud of myself that I have that. And me and Cruz are back in our house where we started, where he was born, where he grew up.

You know, I was gone for seven months. I'm back. On my own. I love that. Yeah. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Well, wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit.

Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now hold up, isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and they're the same age. It's even more likely that they're cheating.

He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hello, it's Daniel Fischel. Writer Strong. And Will Ferdell from PodMeets World.

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Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. My name is Ed. Everyone say, hello, Ed. Hello, Ed. I'm from a very rural background myself. My dad is a farmer, and my mom is a cousin. So, like, it's not like... What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? I know it sounds like the start of a bad joke, but that really was my reality nine years ago. I just normally do straight stand-up, but this is a bit different. On stage stood a comedian with a story that no one expected to hear.

Well, 22nd of July 2015, a 23-year-old man had killed his family. And then he came to my house. So what do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? A new podcast called Wisecrack, where stand-up comedy and murder takes center stage. now. Listen to Wisecrack on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Does he need, I don't know Jacks at all, nothing from other than what I've seen on the show. Yeah.

Right. Do you feel like he need, what if he got right? Because we always say there's no way I can be good for somebody else if I'm not good myself first. But talk about his mental health. You talk about his substance abuse issues. If he got right, I mean, does he need to get right before you could possibly consider taking him back or a reconciliation? Or is reconciliation off the table? I won't ask another follow about it. That's hard because I don't think that.

I think he's hurt me so much between this, especially after our separation, it's been bad. You were finding like women's thongs. Yes. And DMs, like I'm getting sensitive. DMs from women where I have to read their text threads. And like, could you imagine? That's tough. Like, I don't want to read that. So now, like, there's no way that we could ever be back together. Not that I even wanted that. But like, how could I ever be back with that after reading all these things and knowing everything he said and done? And I just would feel

so dumb if I ever went back with him, honestly. And I feel like I've gained so much more strength and I'm getting into such a better headspace and so much like happier and so much more confidence since I've left him. Like so if I went back into that, I just feel like my piece would be all messed up again, you know? Like it just doesn't, it doesn't fit. You have, you do have a sparkle. Thank you. And, and you are, I can tell the shine and the sparkle are coming from you, not because someone, not from an external source. Isn't that what it's all about to finding yourself and then building back. So from that perspective, I don't know. Are you, how do you get to a place where you can trust who you choose again? Because I had mentioned to you, hey, find your

best friend. Just saying that we've been through a few issues ourselves. And when I finally found my best friend, that's how you want to put it? We've been through a few issues. This is what you want to call. But you said to me, and this was interesting, you said, I thought I had. Yes. So how do you trust the next relationship? How do you trust the next friendship that builds into something more? How do you reconcile that? I think it's going to be hard because I definitely have my guard up. I definitely thought Jackson was my best friend. I said that for years, 10 years. He's my best friend. Anytime people would warn me or

say like, what are you doing or why would you go do this or forgive him for this? I'm like, he's my best friend. He makes me happy. He is my everyday person. So it is very hard to lose that. But I feel like red flags, I, like, will notice them all. You know, like, there is a new, you know, a new thing that I'm looking for in a man, you know. And I'm not, like, ready to date again yet.

It's going to take me a little bit. I want to have fun right now, and I am. I want to have fun and I am. But I think. What do you mean by that, really? me. What do you mean I want to have fun and I am? What does that mean? Just like hanging out with hot guys. You know what? You have not struggled or hesitated on a single word the whole time. This is the first time you paused. You know, just, you know, hanging out. This is the first time

she tripped over word, Rose. What is that right? Yeah, just just hanging out. But yeah, I think the red flags are up like you notice so much more after you've been in a relationship like that like especially with a narcissist like I will never be able to be with a narcissist ever again and I'll think any woman ever should but it you know there's just different things that have happened along the way and I've learned so much I've gotten so much stronger so I just see so many different things I don't know what you were like before no we we didn't get a chance to meet you yeah while you were married while you were going through whatever you're going through didn't know, but you have walked it.

You just have a light to you. I don't know what it was before. And it's an interesting thing with, Broves, that you're the only example I have, but folks in your life, once you start getting divorced or you get out of a relationship, all of a sudden they come out and say, wow, it's good to have you back.

Yeah. What have you, or maybe your friends or family noticing anything about you any different, are they relieved even that you are now out of that relationship? Yeah. I think a lot of my friends, my family especially, they're happy for me. You know,

They want me to succeed. They want me to be happy. They want me to be the best mom I could be and live in the, you know, like just a happier space. Because it's been hard. Not going to lie. It's been a lot. But I think I've, you know, I'm gradually getting better day by day because it's so hard. I'm not going to lie.

I got my sparkle back for sure. But this is not even as sparkly as I could be. I feel like I got a little place to go. You know, I, but that's, you're on the right path. Yes. You know, you weren't on the right path. Now you are. DJ was referring to my mom saying, I feel like I have my Amy back.

Oh, yeah. I feel like I have my daughter back from high school. That exuberant, happy, anything's possible, Amy. Yeah. And it was weird to hear that from a, I don't know if your mom can ever be objective, but from somebody who always has your best interest at heart. Yeah. Saying something like that was really impactful.

And I didn't even realize. that that was the change in me. Have people in your life noticed a change in you? And do you see, whoa, was I a shell of who I was? You don't even realize it's happening while it's happening. Yeah, I mean, Janet is one of my best friends. She's over there shaking her head like, yes. Yeah.

Really? I feel like, yeah, I just, God, whenever that energy is in your house every single day, it, like, really brings you down. and I think that my friends and family have really noticed, like, okay, she, you know, she's feeling so much better. She's doing so much better. No. You mentioned Jenna. And this is, what's your name again? Janet. Yeah, she's in the valley too. Okay, Janet, Janet's in the room with us. Maybe she can say the answer better because I'm going to be honest. It's not easy for me to talk about myself like that.

This was not the plan and I apologize. But Janet, can you speak to what she's saying? What did you notice in your friend once, I guess, she decided the relationship was over, I guess, from a year ago to now. What have you noticed? Definitely. I will say the biggest difference is a lot of our conversations went from consoling her and trying to cheer her up to laughing with her and making plans to have fun. That's, I mean, it really went from like, hey, everything's going to be okay to like everything is okay. Yeah. And I see her being absolutely her best, best self now. And I'm so proud of you. I love you. Thank you. Do you feel like you're, I know this sounds maybe a little cheesy, but when you're trying to please someone or you're trying to keep something working

that isn't, you end up not even feeling comfortable being yourself or saying what you really think or what you really feel, but just trying to keep the peace at all costs. Are you now able to be like yourself? Were you ever feeling like you couldn't be? Oh, 100%. Like, after felt like I was never allowed to vent to my friends or talk about what was going on in my relationship, even though we're on a public platform, even just like one-on-one, like dinners with my girls. Like, it was always, you know, a negative thing once I went out with my friends. It was like, what are you talking about? What are you doing? Are you doing this? Are you talking about this? It was, it was bad. So I feel like I've had such a relief in a, like a lift

off my shoulders, like, especially once the divorce was filed. And then, like, once he finally announced his addiction issues, because then I could finally be like, this is what I had to deal with every day. And I hid a lot because he was my husband and I did love him. But it was, it was a lot for me to go through. And, you know, I tried. I tried my best. But I feel like I'm proud of myself for how far I've come, honestly. You said you did love him. Do you still love him? I love him in a weird way.

Okay. Like, I can't stand him. I cannot stand him. I love him as the father of my child, who co-parenting is super hard with somebody that you can't stand. So, I mean, I don't know how better to explain it than that. Like, it's like, I think it's relatable. Is that right?

I missed that in some of the articles I read. Really? You can't stand him? No, I did not love, like, I'm not in love with him anymore. I think that I'm, like, grieving the life I thought we were going to have together. And it's still hard because we were together for 10 years. So it's hard, you know. You're no longer putting the fires out, too.

Yes. I think I see with Jacks, he was kind of always burning bridges with her friends, with people in our friend group. And Brittany was always going behind him and fixing everything and making it all right with everybody and it's like one less job you have to do now and you can really concentrate on being yourself and the best mom and I'm seeing the full best version of you and it's like the most wonderful thing to see truly. Thank you. Is that the version, did your relationship have a better chance if cameras were not in your face? So Jacks and I started off basically on camera. I mean, not the day we met, but as soon as I moved to LA, I was on a TV show. And that was

crazy. That was a whole experience within itself. But everybody kept saying, you are, you're making checks so much better. You're the best thing that's ever happened to him. You're, you know, and I really felt that too for a very long time. We were together for 10 years. It wasn't all terrible, you know, obviously. But yeah, it's been, I feel like our whole relationship was on camera and then it wasn't after Vanderpump rules. And that was a really hard time in our life as well. And then we started the Valley and I thought everything was going to be better and he was going to get like more of his confidence even back at that point.

But I feel like he turned it around and used it against me. Wow. Yeah. Right? Do you write? Do you ever, do you ever look back or even as you're thinking forward and think maybe the TV has hurt versus. helped, or do you think it's the opposite? I think for my growth as a woman, especially this

last season, having the cameras there held me accountable in ways that I don't know if I would be strong enough to do on my own. And I've, yeah, I mean, it's like, it holds a mirror up to yourself. So it's like, oh my gosh, everybody's saying how horrible I was treated. And they're to watch it all season two, how horrible I was treated. Like, it, like, really holds up, like, a mirror to yourself. And, like, you know, I filed for divorce and I did that, you know, and I feel so much better now. And I'm never going back, never going back, ever. They say never, but that's, that sounded pretty convincing. But that's the exception. I was going to say, I think you and I can say never to sometimes.

Yeah, yeah. Actually, I think I've lived enough life, like, actually, I think I've lived enough life to, Absolutely say never. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Oh, wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her.

Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and they're the same age. It's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him?

Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hello, it's Daniel Fischel. writer strong and wilfridel from pod meets world and we're bringing you viva las content that's right we are back in las vegas the city of sin and giving the people what they want a full week of y2k content wait we're back in vegas tell me why well for the backstreet boys residency at sphere of course we sat down with kevin richardson and a j mclean just minutes before they took the stage and our very own wilfridel basically became the newest member of the band. Boy band, please. Plus, the man who has the longest running comedy show on the strip joins us and gets his

props. It's carrot top, baby. And finally, we all L-O-V-E-Her. Ashley Simpson-Ross joins us to talk about her upcoming sold-out Vegas residency. It's a full week of nostalgic interviews you don't want to miss. Listen to PodMeets World on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What would you do if one bad decision forced you to choose between a maximum security prison or the most brutal boot camp designed to be hell on earth? Unfortunately for Mark Lombardo, this was the choice he faced. He said, you are a number, a New York state number, and we own you.

Shock incarceration, also known as boot camps, are short-term, highly regimented correctional programs that mimic military basic training. These programs aimed to provide a shock of prison life, emphasizing strict discipline, physical training, hard labor, and rehabilitation programs. Mark had one chance to complete this program and had no idea of the hell awaiting him the next six months. The first night was so overwhelming and you don't know who's next to you. And we didn't know what to expect in the morning. Nobody tells you anything.

Listen to shock incarceration on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get to. your podcast. My name is Ed. Everyone say, hello Ed. Hello, Ed. I'm from a very rural background myself. My dad is a farmer and my mom is a cousin. So, like, it's not like...

What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? I know it sounds like the start of a bad joke, but that really was my reality nine years ago. I just normally do straight stand-up, but this is a bit different. On stage stood a comedian with a story that no one expected to hear. On 22nd of July 2015, a 23-year-old man had killed his family. And then he came to my house. So what do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club?

A new podcast called Wisecrack, where stand-up comedy and murder takes center stage. Available now. Listen to Wisecrack on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hola, it's Honey German, and my podcast, Grasas Come Again, is back. This season, we're going even deeper

into the world of music and entertainment with raw and honest conversations with some of your favorite Latin artists and celebrities. You didn't have to audition? No, I didn't audition. I haven't audition in, like, over 25 years. Oh, wow. That's a real G-talk right there.

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you know, I'm me. But the whole pretending and code, you know, It takes a toll on you. Listen to the new season of Grasasas Come Again as part of My Cultura Podcast Network on the IHartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Did you get from friends? I'm sitting next to one of yours now, but how do you support a friend through that, right? You don't want to just say, hey, you've got to get out. You want to support, again, I didn't watch enough or seen enough to know if you were giving that advice.

but what does a friend do? Were they telling you to get out? Or they were sitting there, you're holding your hand while you cry. No, a lot of my friends were like, you need to get a lawyer, you need to protect yourself, you need because he's not a normal person.

Like that was like, you need to protect yourself. Normal person. Yeah. I'm sorry. I mean, I'm not telling a lie. What is the day to day with you all now? What's the relationship you have? Of course, you've got a co-parent.

Yeah. It's back and forth. It's back and forth. It's, we don't talk for a while. We talk for a little bit. We don't talk for it. It's a lot. But how does that go with Cruz, your son?

I mean, you have to talk. I'm a great mom. But wait, he says he's a great dad, but it was a bad husband. That was in the clip. Is that accurate? I think that if you're a great dad, you don't harass and talk horribly to the mother of your child. So, you know, I'm not saying that he is a horrible dad, but I'm not saying that he is a horrible dad, but I'm not saying that he is, I'm 95%, he's 5%. Let's just say that. That's an imbalance.

Yeah. So that's the visitation or that's the custody situation? That's just our life. Like, it's, it's every day. You know, we're still working on everything through the divorce. So custody is not like in order yet. So I'm still doing everything. Yeah. We know how that process can get drawn out. Do you have a timeline about when your divorce will be finalized? It's a great day when that does happen when you're going through it. Yeah. I don't have a, I don't have a timeline just yet, but it is moving forward for sure. It is moving forward. And I'm like, please, come on. Like, I'm ready. Sorry to say, but from our experience, this will not be quick. Sorry, sorry to have to tell you. And I know you're obviously getting through that first and foremost.

not doing anything serious in terms of dating, but I know at one point on the show you mentioned that you definitely wanted to have more kids. Is that factoring into your timeline about how you're living your life and how intentional you're being in terms of maybe trying to find that next person? I think that I thought that Jackson and I were aligned on that. We had said both of us that we were going to have another child and that was my husband. I thought that was going to happen. And now we're going through divorce and everything else. It's like, listen, I love kids so much. Of course, I would love for Cruz to have a brother or sister. But if that's not my future anymore, it's not my future anymore. I'm not like pressuring that.

I'm not, I just want to be happy, you know. And Cruz makes me happy. And if I ever find somebody else that like makes me happy, great. If we fall in love and want to have kids, great. I've got time, a little bit of time. Not too much, but a little. little bit. So it's not out of the picture, but it's not something that I'm like, yes, I have to do that for my future, you know? I'm very satisfied and I love my son. So I feel very lucky that I have him, you know? Yes, we do. And am I the one that has to ask this question about this whole mess? How about you hooking out with somebody in the friend group? Okay, because there's a difference of opinion on you two side, whether or not you all said that was against the rules

or not. So have you all settled this? So was it against the rules for you to hook up with someone who was a friend of his, essentially in your friend group? Okay, so I will tell you that he still brings him up to me almost every single day. Like he can not get over it. I have not talked to that man for months and months and months. But no, like, no, what our rules were, and I said this on the show and on the podcast, was don't bring girls. into our marital home and don't have anybody around Cruz.

And how is he done with those rules? Well, as far as I know, nobody's been around my son. But I found many women in my house before I took it over. I mentioned the thong. Yeah, the thong, the thong. And I get DMs all the time.

So it's just like, oh, I had to read it. Somebody sent me a screenshot of them in my bed with my son's photo behind them. Yeah. Yes. Why would they do that? Because they don't, they don't care.

They just want, like, I don't know what they wanted, but I don't know what they thought. Attention or, wow. But send it to me, and, like, how heartbreaking for me. That was, like, it was awful. Wait, to rub it in or say, I'm sorry, I had no idea. I mean, it was to poke at you. It's been a lot of different things. It's been, oh, he love bombs and then throws them away, and then they come to me.

And I'm like, well, am I supposed to be a therapist now? Like, what the hell? What the hell do you think I'm going to do? I hate to say his castaways, but that's kind of what you're saying, or coming to you to seek solace or to like say, I understand.

I mean, yeah. Yeah. I mean, they're being like, I don't know what else to do. He, you know, it's just crazy. Wow. Yeah. All right.

I want to ask you this after everything you've been through, do you still believe in love? Always. And would you like to get married again someday? I'll always believe in love. I think that. like, you know, I was the girl that was like, oh, I'm going to get married in the castle and this

and that, you know, that was like how I've always been. Yes. Yeah. I love all of that. Do I think I will ever get married again? I don't know. I would have, you know, all the things set up before. Like a pre-in-up?

Yes. Yeah. I mean, I just like, after going through this divorce with Jacks, it's. It's like, my goodness. So, you know, I hate that because I never wanted that before. I was like, no, you don't need a pre-knit up. You're in love. You don't need any of that.

And now I'm like, hell yeah, you need that. Like, are you kidding me? Like, this is like crazy. Like, you need to protect yourself because if they get mad, they come after everything. And it's ridiculous. So, but I never felt that way before. But I still believe in love and I still want to be in love. And I'm a relationship person.

Like, I'm not, you know, I would rather be in a relationship than be, like, single and lonely and doing, you know, this and that. Oh, my God. So. Well, we're going to go party tonight. We're going to introduce you to some people tonight. Yes, please. No, I don't want that responsibility. Wingman for me.

Wingman for me. I don't. You already said it. But, well, you can catch, of course, you can see Brittany at all the crew on the new season of the Valley, April 15th on Bravo. We want you to know if you're navigating the next chapter of your life, or. divorce, need some guidance when it comes to dating again. We are here to help as much as we can. You can call, email, follow us on our socials. All the information will be on the show. Notes, make sure to rate and review the podcast. It's Ido Part 2 at IHeart Radio podcast.

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