Janelle Brown revealed when she knew she couldn’t keep married to Kody Brown through the latest Sister Wives: Discuss Again episode.
“Actually, for me, it actually got here right down to the youngsters,” Janelle, 54, mentioned throughout half 1 of the TLC particular, which aired on Friday, December 22, whereas rewatching the season 18 premiere.
After a fan requested Janelle whether or not she wished she’d “left sooner,” she mentioned that she is blissful along with her timeline. The previous couple had been spiritually married for practically 30 years earlier than Janelle introduced their separation in December 2022.
“I might’ve stayed if Kody had stayed the daddy that he was for my youngsters for a lot of, a few years,” she defined. “However when the connection with the youngsters broke down, that price was now not an element.”
Kody, 54, and Janelle share six youngsters — Logan, 29, Maddie, 27, Hunter, 26, Garrison, 25, Gabriel, 21, and Savanah, 18. Forward of their cut up, the twosome butted heads over Kody’s therapy of their sons Gabe and Garrison after the youngsters allegedly disregarded Kody’s strict COVID-19 guidelines in 2020. In consequence, Janelle and her youngsters didn’t spend the 2021 vacation season with Kody and the remainder of the household.
In Sunday’s particular, Janelle and her fellow Sister Wives costars reacted to varied moments from the season 18 premiere, one in all which was Janelle telling Christine Brown that Kody nonetheless needed an “apology” from their boys, claiming that’s why they had been doing “separate” Christmas occasions.
“Janelle desires to be separate. She’s attempting to place all of it on me. Janelle doesn’t wish to have Christmas with Meri [Brown] and with Robyn [Brown] and with me. She’d fairly have a Christmas with Christine,” Kody alleged on Sunday’s episode as he watched the scene alongside fourth spouse Robyn, 45. “So she’s making this excuse concerning the boys.”
Robyn requested her husband if that’s what Janelle mentioned, to which he replied, “No. That’s my interpretation.” Kody defined, “As I’ve sat right here and watched our episodes, what I’ve seen from Janelle is that Janelle is punching a button particularly to make me look unhealthy with the household.”
He claimed that Janelle was “telling the boys” that he needed to do Christmas individually to “get them on her facet.” Kody additional alleged, “She’s specifically attempting to destroy my character with my household. F–okay sister wives!”
Janelle solely advised Us Weekly in November that “there’s nonetheless not numerous motion” relating to Kody repairing his relationship with Gabe and Garrison. “My youngest, Savanah, does see her dad, however we dwell proper there in Flagstaff, [Arizona],” she mentioned, including, “I’m hoping, once more, that point heals.”
Sister Wives: Discuss Again half 2 airs on TLC Friday, December 29, at 9 p.m. ET.