Brittany Cartwright blames separation from estranged husband Jax Taylor on his lack of interest in sex

Brittany Cartwright has opened up about why she chose to divorce husband Jax Taylor.

At Thursday night’s premiere party for the new reality series The Valley, the 35-year-old star said Page six: ‘We’ve been together nine years and people stop appreciating and taking you for granted after a while – and that should never happen in a marriage.’

“So that’s what I’m trying to get back,” she added. ‘And if it doesn’t come back, then we won’t get back together.’

Cartwright also explained to the publication that the lack of sex in their relationship negatively affected her self-esteem, before noting that she has learned to look inward to rebuild her confidence.

The mum-of-one stated: ‘I think I just had to say, ‘I’m hot as hell and I’m not going to listen to this bulls**t anymore.”

She added with a laugh: ‘You can rot in hell! I’m sorry,” quoting her famous line from a 2017 season six episode of Vanderpump Rules.

Cartwright, who hails from Kentucky, has been staying in an AirBnb since January.

The Bravolebrity also revealed: ‘I asked (Jax) to do little things – four little things – and going to therapy was one of them. He hasn’t done that yet.’

She continued: ‘So there are little things I’ve asked him to do. We have to see if he does it all, but we also have to see if it changes anything’.

Brittany also noted that her estranged partner is reluctant to see a therapist because of his history with the mental health professionals, saying that he has been ‘burned by therapists’ in the past.

‘So he’s concerned about that, and I certainly understand that. But there are certain things we could work on together,’ she dished.

The media personality made it a point to say: ‘I’m not saying I’m perfect by any means, but of course I had to step out and take care of myself and my son.’

She and Taylor share two-year-old son Cruz, and the proud mum gushed about the tot: ‘He’s fine. He is so happy. I feel like when he’s with mom, he’s so happy, when he’s with dad… he’s fine, he’s great.

‘That’s what matters more than anything else in the whole wide world, it’s him, of course.’

The former VPR star has been candid about wanting another child — something she said she’d do with or without Jax.

It has been another point of tension in their marriage.

“It’s a whole ‘something that you want to see play out throughout the season’ and a whole ‘no reason why we’re where we are now,'” she teased.

She named a sperm donor as an option, referencing former costar Lala Kent, admitting: ‘I would go the Lala route if I had to. I admire her for that. I want more children; I want Cruz to have a sibling. I come from a family of five, so I have three brothers and a sister, and I love the big family dynamic.’