Brittany Cartwright’s response comes for weeks after Bravo’s reality star revealed that she and Jax TaylorThe 3 -year -old son, Cruz, received a diagnosis of autism.
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Brittany Cartwright slaps Robert F. Kennedy for comments on autistic children
On April 16, the secretary of health and social services of President Trump, Kennedy, spoke of the “environmental toxin” causing autism during a press conference.
He discussed the rates that children are diagnosed and how they could face challenges as they age.
In his speech, according to NPRHe told the media that there were autistic children who can never “pay taxes” or “playing baseball”.
“They will never write a poem, they will never go out to an appointment,” he continued.
However, Cartwright, who recently revealed Her 3 -year -old son received a diagnosis of autism, dismissed on the politician on his podcast, “when reality strikes”.
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Brittany Cartwright admits that Kennedy’s comments rubbed it in the wrong direction
“But it’s not everyone,” Cartwright said In the April 18 episode of his podcast.
She continued: “It rubbed me a little in the wrong direction. It made me somehow sad because it is such a public platform, and disinformation is a big problem.”
In April 2025, a few days before season 2 of “The Valley” broadcast on Bravo, Cartwright revealed in a previous interview that his son, who is mostly non -verbal, was diagnosed with autism.
“It can be difficult because I have never heard him say:” I love you “, but he is so loving, and he shows me that he loves me every day,” she said. “He’s a boy of such mom.”
She continued by saying that even if her son can face “difficult times”, he will always experience a happy, healthy and complete life.
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“What I really want people to understand on autism is that he sees the world so much more dynamic and incredible than we never do.
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Cartwright reveals why she chose to open up to Cruz
Later, on her podcast, Cartwright explained why she had decided to contact her son’s diagnosis.
“I just had the impression that it was time to talk about Cruz because with the showing show and everything, I knew that people would notice that he was always non-verbal and everything,” she said. “I felt like it was up to me.”
Cartwright explained that she hopes her family can be positive defenders for other families who live something similar.
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Brittany Cartwright still learns
In a previous interview, Cartwright, who joined the family Bravo in 2015, admitted that she and her family still learned to support Cruz best after her diagnosis.
“The world does not know,” she said about the education of an autistic child. “There are so many people [who] think they are doctors in the commentary[s] Section… who think they know everything that is going on. I say to myself, “No, you don’t do it. Because even I don’t know. »»
The 36 -year -old said that she and Taylor “learned as they go” and if they could help others, it would be a “dream come true”.
Taylor focuses on himself and his son
In the midst of all this, Cartwright crossed a disorderly divorce from his ex-husband soon, Taylor.
Before the first of the second season of “The Valley’s”, Taylor, 45, said that he had been sober for more than 100 days, and that his son was part of his reason to continue a sober lifestyle.
“It was very difficult to get out, but it was something I had to do,” said Taylor. “It was a lifted weight of my shoulders. I just needed to do it for me, and I needed to do it for my son.”
He continued: “Everyone says,” You should do it for you first “. I did this for my son first, then I did it for myself. “”
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Taylor explained that his greatest hope is that his son one day recognizes the work he put to live a healthy life.
“One day I want my son to say to himself:” My father … There was something that was wrong with him, and he repaired himself; This is why he is here today, “he said.
