Jax Taylor Isn't Going Out of His Way to Prove Anything to Brittany Amid Sobriety
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00:00Season two, I know this is a hard one.
00:02How are you feeling right now?
00:04I'm alright, I'm okay.
00:06I watched the first couple episodes.
00:09Really rough, it was rough.
00:10I don't know who that person is.
00:12I look disgusting, I give myself the ick just looking at it.
00:14Really?
00:15It was just a very shell of a human being.
00:17I was very disgusted with myself, very emotional, very sad.
00:22But again, that was a year ago.
00:23I'm in a very different place now.
00:24Yeah, you seem to be great.
00:26Healthier, put on a little weight, healthy weight.
00:29But I'm really into my fitness and health and trying to take care of my body
00:33and trying to make things right with Brittany and take care of our son.
00:37How are you two doing right now?
00:39I know it's hard, you guys are in the same room right now.
00:41Is that fine?
00:43How are you guys co-parenting?
00:45Yeah, I mean, we talk every day.
00:48We're okay today, but God knows what's going to happen tomorrow.
00:52But yeah, any divorce goes through this.
00:56I don't know who doesn't go.
00:57I mean, 82% of the nation is divorced.
00:59So it happens.
01:01So I don't know.
01:05It's just a tough thing, but we're going to be okay.
01:07One day at a time.
01:08Yeah.
01:08Yeah.
01:09You recently spoke out about Cruz's autism diagnosis.
01:12What were the emotions you were feeling when you finally got that diagnosis?
01:16And how are you guys co-parenting through that?
01:19You know that we've known for a while.
01:20We just didn't know.
01:21Obviously, being a public figure, we have to be very gentle how we do things.
01:24Cruz did not sign up for this life.
01:25He just, you know, unfortunately, and he's literally the best thing that's ever happened to us.
01:30He's a, you know, I get emotional just talking a lot because he's so delicious.
01:34He's so smart.
01:35He's so intelligent.
01:35Yeah, he's lacking a little bit in the verbal, but, you know, he'll get there, you know,
01:39and he's got such a huge support system.
01:41Brittany and I aside, you know, we put our stuff aside.
01:45We just want that little boy to thrive, and that's the most important thing.
01:47It's not about her and I.
01:48It's about him.
01:49And he's in school, and he's in speech, and he's in occupational therapy, and he's in swim.
01:54He's involved in so much.
01:56It's just, you know, it's just taking him a little longer.
01:58But you know what?
01:58If he wants to live with me the rest of his life, that's fine by me.
02:01Why was it important for you two to speak out about that and spread awareness?
02:05Because I feel like there's a lot of parents going through this.
02:07There's a lot of people, and I would love to connect with other families.
02:09I want to be a part of charities.
02:11I want to help raise money, raise awareness.
02:14It's a really big deal in today's society.
02:16So if we can, you know, help kids out and get, you know, understand this a little bit more,
02:22or, you know, help kids get treatment, whatever I can do, I feel like this is what I'm here for,
02:27and I want to help.
02:28So anybody listening to this that's involved in autism awareness, let me know.
02:31I'll be there.
02:32That's so great.
02:33Has it brought you and Brittany closer together?
02:36Yes and no.
02:38Yes and no.
02:38Yes, obviously it has, but I mean, it's not the main reason why we're not getting along.
02:45I don't want people to say that, yeah.
02:46Yeah, okay.
02:48Day by day, is there any update on the divorce, the house, anything like that?
02:51I gave it all to her, so it's just...
02:53It has it all.
02:54I don't really believe in fighting and arguing over things like that.
02:57I don't want Brittany and I to go to war.
02:59I don't want to fight over dishes and things like, just to have it.
03:01And by the way, my son lives there.
03:03I don't want to uproot him, and I want him to be happy, and I want everything to just, you know,
03:06I go to his house to take care of him.
03:08I don't want him to go jumping house to house to house.
03:11I don't want that.
03:12So I want it just to be a very smooth transition.
03:14I'm there.
03:15I'm still there.
03:16I was there yesterday.
03:17You know, we're talking today, so...
03:20That's good.
03:20You know, and we're trying to do this as amicably as possible.
03:23But yeah.
03:25You know, you and I spoke about you opening up about your addiction and becoming sober,
03:29which is amazing, and Brittany has expressed skepticism about this.
03:34What is it going to take to regain her trust?
03:36You know, you're just going to have to watch.
03:38It's about me right now.
03:39I'm going to be selfish.
03:41She's going to have to just see.
03:42I'm not going out of my way to prove to anybody.
03:44I'm proving it to myself and my son.
03:46That's all I care about.
03:46I'm 133 days sober.
03:48I have no interest in drinking again.
03:49I've had no triggers and no issues with it.
03:51The only thing that gives me a little hard time is social situations, because I've always
03:55used drinking alcohol as a buffer, and I don't know really how to be social without it, so
03:59that's a hard thing for me.
04:01Other than that, I'm okay.
04:03I'm okay.
04:03Yeah.
04:04What's your response to viewers and fans who are skeptical about your sober journey?
04:08Everybody's going to be skeptical, and I don't really care what other people think.
04:11I'm doing this for me and my son.
04:12That's it.
04:13So I don't really care.
04:14I mean, I hope to be a success story, you know, because I was literally at the bottom
04:18of the barrel.
04:18What you're about to see is the worst time I've ever had in my life.
04:22So it was scary looking at that person.
04:23It was a shell of a human.
04:25And to see that, to see where I am now, night and day.
04:28And it's what?
04:29A hundred and thirty days?
04:30A hundred and thirty three days.
04:31Yeah.
04:31Amazing.
04:32Yeah.
04:32That's so great.
04:33That's something to be, you know, proud of yourself for.
04:35I appreciate that.
04:35Yeah.