United Kingdom, March 8 -- Brittany Cartwright spent years trying to help Jax Taylor to "get better".

The 45-year-old reality TV star recently described himself as "an addict" and Brittany, his estranged wife, has now revealed that she "tried and tried and tried for years" to help Jex to overcome his troubles.

Brittany - who has Cruz, three, with Jax - said on the 'When Reality Hits' podcast: "No one wants Jax to be better more than I do, let's be real.

"I tried and tried and tried for years to help this man get better and for us to be a happy family, I was deeply and madly in love with him, there's no one that can ever deny that. You know? My love was real.

"And I tried very, very hard to make sure that - especially after we had our ...