Jax Taylor had ‘no idea’ he was a narcissist until he sought treatment at mental health facility amid split from wife Brittany Cartwright

Jax Taylor has revealed he had ‘no idea he was a narcissist’ until he spent 30 days in a psychiatric facility after splitting from wife Brittany Cartwright.

The 45-year-old Vanderpump Rules star spoke candidly about his treatment when he appeared on his show. When reality hits podcast – where he answered questions from fans.

When asked if he considered himself a “typical narcissist,” the owner of Jax’s bar answered “yes” without hesitation.

“I’m a narcissist, yes,” he continued. “I breadcrumb, I like bombs [and also] gaslighting. I’m missing a few, but I do all these things. I had no idea there were terms for these things.’

The father of son Cruz, three, with estranged wife Brittany Cartwright, said he looked up the definitions of several terms but realized they described his behavior perfectly.

The Vanderpump Rules star, 45, appeared on his When Reality Hits podcast, where he answered questions from fans. Pictured here with Brittany Cartwright in 2023

“So yeah, I have to humble myself and say, ‘Do you think you’re a narcissist?’ And I do,” he said. “I don’t know how I became one. [But] I truly believe I am a narcissist.

The reality star said he learned “probably five new terms” that he “had never heard of” before starting treatment in July.

Jax has not been diagnosed as a narcissist, but he has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and PTSD.

“I’m not a doctor, so I can’t say for sure,” he added. “But if I look up the definition, I have to agree.”

He continued, “And I’ve been this person for years and I had no idea. I’ve never been held accountable for my actions for many, many years, until recently — until people had enough.”

The former bartender at SUR said people — including his wife, who he said he took for granted — were “tired of walking on eggshells” around him.

“Brittany has been asking me to do something like this for a long time, but I come from an environment where we don’t really ask for help,” he explains, adding that she’s been begging him for years to do something about his anger issues.

During his stay at the treatment facility, he received intensive therapy seven hours a day, which made him feel insecure about leaving and returning to real life and his own life.

He found solace in the routine of treatment. “I got there, I f***ing hated it and… then I loved it,” he said in a clip from his and Cartwright’s podcast When Reality Hits posted to Instagram.

When asked if he considered himself a “typical narcissist,” the owner of Jax’s bar didn’t hesitate and answered “yes” without hesitation.

“I’m a narcissist, yes,” he continued. “I breadcrumb, I like bombs [and also] gaslighting. I’m missing a few, but I do all these things. I had no idea there were terms for these things’

The father of son Cruz, three, with estranged wife Brittany Cartwright, said he looked up ‘the definition’ of several terms, only to find it described his behavior perfectly

“So yeah, I have to humble myself and say, ‘Do you think you’re a narcissist?’ And I do,” he said. “I don’t know how I became one. [But] I believe I am a narcissist

The reality star said he learned “probably five new terms” that he “had never heard of” before starting treatment in July, seen here in 2024

To be clear, no doctor has diagnosed Jax as a narcissist, but he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and PTSD

After Taylor got used to the place, he said he didn’t want to leave. “I was so sad that I was leaving. I was crying, I was like, ‘I don’t want to leave.'”

“I knew what I was doing. I was reading, I was in that world,” he explained.

His fear of returning to his real life, because he felt like ‘the world was going to come at him like a ton of bricks’.

“And I had to go back to my show and I know everyone is mad at me and they’re going to come at me. And I was like, ‘I’m so scared, I’m so scared.’ And that’s what happened and I’ve had to deal with it, but it’s scary,” he said.