Via People:

Kristin Cavallari gave fans a peek at her marital ups and downs with estranged husband Jay Cutler on Very Cavallari, but sources say things were much more contentious behind the scenes.

“He would make her cry all the time during production. He talked down to her and belittled her,” a Cavallari friend tells PEOPLE. “She couldn’t take it anymore.”

Another source close to Cavallari, 33, says the exes have been “struggling” for “at least three years,” and that the Uncommon James founder has long been unhappy.

“He belittles Kristin and makes her cry in front of other people,” the source says. “He flies off the handle at the littlest thing and would make Kristin absolutely miserable.”

A lawyer for Cutler, 37, has not responded to multiple requests for comment from PEOPLE.

Here’s a video:

Insiders have told PEOPLE Cavallari and Cutler held off on officially splitting because of their three children: sons Camden, 7, and Jaxon, 5, and daughter Saylor, 4.

Of course this could be just a smear campaign, but Cutty apparently can be a dick. 

Shocker.  

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