{"id":13500,"date":"2025-09-13T02:06:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T02:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/09\/13\/brittany-cartwright-shares-how-she-told-son-about-special-forces-excl\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T02:06:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T02:06:06","slug":"brittany-cartwright-shares-how-she-told-son-about-special-forces-excl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/09\/13\/brittany-cartwright-shares-how-she-told-son-about-special-forces-excl\/","title":{"rendered":"Brittany Cartwright Shares How She Told Son About Special Forces (Excl)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/brittany-cartwright\/\"><strong>Brittany Cartwright<\/strong><\/a> found it \u201creally difficult\u201d being away from son Cruz while she completed her <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/special-forces-worlds-toughest-test\/\">Special Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test<\/a> <\/i>training.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI had never left my son that long, and [the show\u2019s] very strict on, like, if you can call somebody,\u201d Brittany, 36, exclusively told <i>Us Weekly <\/i>while promoting season 4 of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/everything-to-know-about-special-forces-season-4\/\"> the Fox competition<\/a><i>. <\/i>\u201cYou\u2019re by yourself there. So, that was really difficult for me because I\u2019ve never, ever been gone from Cruz more than two or three days on a work trip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Brittany shares son Cruz, 4, with estranged husband <strong>Jax Taylor<\/strong>, from whom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/why-brittany-cartwright-is-not-divorced-from-jax-taylor-yet\/\">she filed for divorce<\/a> in 2024. Brittany also has primary custody of Cruz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201c[Filming <i>Special Forces<\/i>] was definitely the longest time I\u2019d ever been away from him. That was really hard,\u201d Brittany told <i>Us. <\/i>\u201cThe best thing ever was coming back home, and with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/brittany-cartwright-and-jax-taylors-son-was-diagnosed-with-autism\/\">Cruz\u2019s autism<\/a>, I just really wanted to make sure he knew that I was coming back and that I was going to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/brittany-cartwright-gives-update-on-son-cruzs-autism-journey-page\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 400 225'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brittany-Cartwright-on-Cruz-and-next-chapter-02-2025.jpg?crop=0px%2C426px%2C1600px%2C904px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" data-srcset=\"\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Brittany Cartwright on Cruz and next chapter\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Brittany-Cartwright-on-Cruz-and-next-chapter-02-2025.jpg?quality=47&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/brittany-cartwright-gives-update-on-son-cruzs-autism-journey-page\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Brittany Cartwright Gives Update on Son Cruz After Autism Diagnosis<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe Valley star Brittany Cartwright\u00a0is giving fans an update on her son, Cruz, following the news that he has been diagnosed with a form of autism. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t a shock whenever we had it, but to finally have that \u2014 it opens a lot of doors,\u201d Cartwright, 36, exclusively told Us Weekly of her 3-year-old [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Brittany, who previously shared in April that Cruz was diagnosed with autism, made sure to video-chat with her son \u201cany chance that [she] got\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/meet-the-special-forces-worlds-toughest-test-season-4-cast\/\">between training tasks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThat was, like, super important for me,\u201d she said. \u201cI brought a photo of him with me, but he was happy to see me when I got back. He\u2019s my little baby even though he\u2019s so big and he\u2019s 4.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium credit-added wp-image-4099847\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1000 660'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-feature-D_00038.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-feature-D_00038\" width=\"1000\" height=\"660\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-feature-D_00038.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-feature-D_00038.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-feature-D_00038.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-feature-D_00038.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-feature-D_00038.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-feature-D_00038.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-feature-D_00038.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-feature-D_00038.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-feature-D_00038.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-feature-D_00038.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-feature-D_00038.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-feature-D_00038.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-feature-D_00038.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-feature-D_00038.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-feature-D_00038.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Pete Dadds\/ Fox<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Cruz was part of Brittany\u2019s motivation for signing up for <i>Special Forces <\/i>in the first place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI just wanted to show him, like, even if things are scary, you can still try,\u201d the <i>Valley <\/i>star said. \u201cIt was just something that I thought I should try to see what I could do and really push myself with everything I\u2019ve been through all the ups and downs in my life lately. I just really wanted to see what it would be like.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/brittany-cartwright-on-coparenting-with-jax-amid-sons-autism-diagnosis\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 400 225'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brittany-Cartwright-Dives-Deep-on-Jax-Taylor-Cocaine-Addiction-on-Podcast-2.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=47&amp;strip=all\" data-srcset=\"\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Brittany Cartwright Dives Deep on Jax Taylor Cocaine Addiction on Podcast\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brittany-Cartwright-Dives-Deep-on-Jax-Taylor-Cocaine-Addiction-on-Podcast-2.jpg?quality=55&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/brittany-cartwright-on-coparenting-with-jax-amid-sons-autism-diagnosis\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Brittany Cartwright Wants to \u2018Regain Trust\u2019 With Jax After Son\u2019s Autism Diagnosis<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tBrittany Cartwright\u2018s priority is her son, which is why she wants to make sure he is in \u201cgood hands\u201d with his father, Jax Taylor. After revealing her 3-year-old son Cruz\u2019s autism diagnosis, Cartwright, 36, recalled weathering her split from Taylor, 45, telling People on Thursday, April 10, \u201cIt got so bad, and he was just [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">She continued, \u201c[In the past], I was told I couldn\u2019t do this or I couldn\u2019t do that \u2026 like, \u2018A woman shouldn\u2019t own a house or take care of the yard.\u2019 I just really wanted to put myself out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the end, Brittany gushed that she felt \u201cempowered\u201d in trying something new and tackling the <i>Special Forces <\/i>course.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.9%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium credit-added wp-image-4099848\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1000 669'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-inline-DSC01078_f.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-inline-DSC01078_f\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-inline-DSC01078_f.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-inline-DSC01078_f.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-inline-DSC01078_f.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-inline-DSC01078_f.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-inline-DSC01078_f.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-inline-DSC01078_f.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-inline-DSC01078_f.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-inline-DSC01078_f.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-inline-DSC01078_f.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-inline-DSC01078_f.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-inline-DSC01078_f.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-inline-DSC01078_f.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-inline-DSC01078_f.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-inline-DSC01078_f.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Brittany-Cartwright-Special-Forces-inline-DSC01078_f.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Pete Dadds\/ Fox<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m in a much better place now,\u201d she teased to <i>Us<\/i>. \u201cIt was a terrifying, crazy experience being on <i>Special Forces<\/i>, but I\u2019m in such a better place than I have been in a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Special Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test<\/i> season 4 premieres on Fox Thursday, September 25, at 9 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/brittany-cartwright-shares-how-she-told-son-about-special-forces-excl\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brittany Cartwright found it \u201creally difficult\u201d being away from son Cruz while she completed her Special Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test training. \u201cI had never left my son that long, and [the show\u2019s] very strict on, like, if you can call somebody,\u201d Brittany, 36, exclusively told Us Weekly while promoting season 4 of the Fox competition. 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