Jax Taylor revealed he is “working” on himself in a bid to save his marriage with Brittany Cartwright.
The “Valley” star opened up about working to patch up his relationship with his estranged wife as they attended the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday.
“We’re just trying to figure things out,” hetold “Entertainment Tonight.” “I’ve given you real-time, I don’t know what’s going to happen. I am definitely working on myself right now.”
Taylor, 44, added, “The separation has definitely been good for me, but I do miss her. I miss her a lot. So, I don’t know, we’ll see if she’ll take me back.”
While the “Vanderpump Rules” alum insisted the breakup resulted from a “communication” issue, he believes he’s “on the right track” to fixing things with Cartwright, 35.
Reflecting on the time of their split, he told E! News, “I was going through a lot of personal issues with myself and my mental health that needed a time out.”
“Every week, it’s changing,” Taylor said. “We’re talking. We’re eating dinner, we’re going out for drinks. So, who knows? Do I want to be back together again? Of course I would, but, you know, we gotta see what’s healthy for us and our son.”
Meanwhile, Cartwright isn’t in a rush to reconcile with her estranged husband anytime soon as she told the outlet, “He needs to work on himself … there’s no back together right now.”
The mom of one also made it known that she and Taylor were staying in “different hotel rooms” despite attending the dinner together.
As for Taylor, he alluded there was a possibility that he and Cartwright would be sleeping together if they played their cards right.
“Depends on how much I have to drink tonight, we’ll see who goes to what room,” he quipped. “Well, it depends on how much she has to drink, actually.”
The former couple, who separated in February after nearly five years of marriage, also put up a united front as they attended a White House brunch earlier in the day.
They posed together and separately while on the red carpet, though it’s unclear if they stayed together while inside.
Since calling it quits, the Bravo stars have given fans some insight into their downfall, revealing money and intimacy were the roots of their biggest fights.
During an April 23 appearance on “VPR,” Cartwright told her close friend Scheana Shay that she and Taylor bickered over money when she started making more than him.
“I know whenever me and Jax were going through that where I was making more money for once, I could tell that was a shift for him,” she explained, adding that it “hurt Jax’s ego.”
Last year, Taylor bragged on “House of Villains” that Cartwright made $2 million from her Jenny Craig partnership after losing more than 40 pounds following the birth of their son, per Business Insider.
As for himself, he brought in around $450,000 by sending personalized messages to fans on Cameo.
The two also share several businesses, including their sports bar, Jax’s Studio City, and their “When Reality Hits with Jax and Brittany” podcast. Most recently, they launched their new reality show, “The Valley,” which premiered in March.
Aside from money, sex also played a role in their split as Cartwright admitted on their reality show in March that she only slept with Taylor “twice in the past year.”
Taylor confirmed his ex’s comments in a confessional, explaining, “The romantic spark is just not there right now. … Your sex life and your marriage kind of take a back seat when you have a child.”
