Britney cartright is breaking her silence over her divorce from Jax Taylor 4 days after news broke that the reality star filed for divorce from her husband after 5 years of marriage Britney now takes the couple's joint podcast when reality hits and explains her decision quote wasn't made lightly okay so it's been a big week I'm sure everyone listening has seen the news online by now that I filed for divorce from Jax I unfortunately can't speak on details because everything has been heavily documented on the show since we happen to be filming right now you will see how everything plays out once the show airs but I will say this this season has been the most difficult season I have ever had to film Britney goes on to note the emotional toll going through something quote so personal and painful while the world watches and while fans of the valley have wondered if Britney and Jackson split was a quote publicity stunt the 35-year-old makes it clear it is not on August 27th E news obtained court documents stating that Britney filed for divorce from Jax after 5 years of marriage in the filing the 35-year-old states she and Jax have been separated since January 24th en list the reason for the split as quote irreconcilable differences she also requests primary legal and physical custody of their 3-year-old son Cruz and for Jack to be granted child visitation Britney has asked to terminate the Court's ability to award spousal support to her or Jack since announcing their separation in February the Von pump rules alums who tied the KN in 2019 have been moving on with their lives and that includes dating other people with Britney telling E news back in June we've said going into this that we could test the waters with other people if we wanted to so I know that seems weird it might be like a little crazy for a lot of people but that's like what we wanted to do um it's obviously hurtful to see things and have to go through this stuff so publicly but at the same time like as you see in the finale I was pushed to this decision I would never never want to do all this and be like have all this going on in my life if it wasn't absolutely necessary