Janelle Brown and Christine Brown.Photo:Janelle Brown/ Instagram; TLC
Janelle Brown/ Instagram; TLC
Janelle Brownis shutting down her sister wifeChristine’s take about her split fromKody Brown.
During part 2 of theSister Wives Talk Backspecial, Christine shared how her life has changed sinceending her marriage to Kodyin November 2021 and encouraged Janelle, 54, to find a new path following hersplitfrom the family patriarch.
“From the day that I asked him to not stay there anymore, I took my life back and I got it back and I became stronger that day…,” explained Christine, 51. “I’m not saying that Janelle has to follow the same path and she has [a] way different situation than mine, but she needs to know it is OK on the other side.”
Kody Brown, Janelle Brown and Christine Brown.Ida Mae Astute/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
Ida Mae Astute/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
Despite Christine’s good intentions, Janelle felt her assessment was unfair, noting in an interview that, “This narrative that Christine talks about all the time frustrates me. I’m fine. Iamseparated from Kody.”
She explained, “Kody and I are no longer going to be together, and she acts like I’m sitting here needing encouragement to leave, I need to be shown that it’s OK — and that’s just bulls— because Ihaveleft. I havethree childrenthat still live in Flagstaff. Sowhy would I not stay here? I like Flagstaff. I have three kids here.”
She continued, “Just because I can’t move away right now because the assets are all scrambled — I can’t take my part of our estate and go somewhere — and the fact that I’m not dating and I’m not trying to move out of state, it’s like I’m not sitting here needing to be told that I have the power to leave. I’ve left, I just didn’t move.”
Janelle Brown, Kody Brown.Janelle Brown/Instagram; Gabe Ginsberg/FilmMagic
Janelle “spiritually” wedKodyin 1993, joining his plural marriage withMeri Brown. Janelle spent 29 years with Kody and welcomedsix childrenwith him before their separation in December 2022.
The final episode of theSister Wives: One on Onespecial earlier this month, Janelle spoke with host Sukanya Krishnan about thepossibility of rekindling her broken marriage.
“I don’t foresee that we will ever reconcile, I don’t,” she shared. “It would be some sort of, like, magic fairy tale where we all transformed into some sort of different people, and that doesn’t happen in real life.”
Janelle Brown, Kody Brown and Christine Brown from Sister Wives arrive at the show RockTellz & CockTails presents Meat Loaf at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on October 3, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Gabe Ginsberg/FilmMagic
Gabe Ginsberg/FilmMagic
But Janelle did, however, see the now-exes becoming friends at some point.“I still have such high regard for him,“she admitted. “I can remember all the good times, but I don’t want to reconcile.”
Despite Kody’s civil ex dynamic with Janelle, he and his first ex-wifeChristinehaven’t managed to remain entirely fond of each other in the wake of their split. (Christine was the first ofKody’s four wivesto leave him back, triggering adomino effectthat resulted in the end of his relationships with Janelle and Meri within 14 months.)
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source: people.com
