Brittany Cartwright Said She’s Feeling ‘Stronger’ and ‘Lighter After Mystery Surgery
The Valley’s Brittany Cartwright recently revealed to fans that she underwent surgery and is already feeling the benefits. Though the reality star did not tell her Instagram followers what procedure she had done, many are speculating that she had a tummy tuck or breast implant removal. Cartwright said she’s happy to have finally gotten the surgery after wanting it for years.
Brittany Cartwright revealed she had surgery
On Oct. 5, Cartwright shared a mirror selfie of herself in the bathroom. In the image, her stomach is wrapped in compression bandages, and she has two surgical drains at her hips.
“When they said ‘remove what no longer serves you,’ I took it literally,” she wrote in the caption.
She added that while she’s still recovering, she’s already feeling better.
“In all seriousness, y’all know I always keep it real — and sooo…I did a thing,” she wrote. “Something I’ve wanted to do for years and I finally took the step for me. I couldn’t be happier. Still recovering, but feeling stronger (and lighter) every day. Can’t wait to share more with you soon!”
Her The Valley co-star, Kristen Doute, commented, “My gorgeous girl! Dropping that dead weight and went for the upgrade!!” She also tagged two plastic surgeons.
Brittany Cartwright recently said she was open to breast reduction surgery
Though Cartwright did not reveal the type of surgery she had done, she has spoken about getting her breasts redone in recent months.
“I get comments and stuff about my breasts all the time and it’s so annoying because I had my boobs done, gosh, it’s probably about 10 years ago,” Cartwright said on the When Reality Bites podcast in March (per Us Weekly).
She said that while some people have speculated that she’s already had her breasts redone, any difference in appearance was due to weight fluctuations.
“It’ll be time to get them redone again soon anyway,” she said. “But after I had my son and as I said earlier, my weight, like, fluctuates so bad. So my boobs get really big or they’ll shrink, they’re one of the first places that I gain weight in. And a lot of people will accuse me of having my breasts done again.”
She added that she wanted to reduce the size of her breasts. On Vanderpump Rules, fans watched as her former partner, Jax Taylor, encouraged her to get larger implants than she initially wanted.
“So it’s definitely something I’m looking into for the future,” she said. “I definitely would go smaller. I just still don’t know what my future holds at this moment. So I don’t think I wanna do any more surgeries or anything like that until I know for sure if I’m gonna have more kids.”
She said her former husband frequently insulted her appearance
Cartwright and Taylor separated in 2024. She alleged that he constantly “body-shamed” her.
“I mean, I had your son, and then you body-shamed me for stretch marks,” Cartwright told him on The Valley reunion episode.
A number of their castmates corroborated Cartwright’s claims.
