In a sneak preview for the Sunday, September 24, episode of Sister Wives, Kody Brown discussed the highs and lows of his marriage to Janelle.
Kody confesses in a confessional that he’s “sort of surprised” that Janelle feels that way after she informs the patriarch of the Brown family that she would prefer if they stayed apart rather than trying to get back together.
“We’ve been separated probably two or three times in the past,” he explains of their prior struggles. “[It] always felt like that was because she couldn’t manage the relationship with her sister wives. I never felt like that was over.”
Later in the clip, he confesses that he doesn’t want his marriage with Janelle to end up like it did with his third wife, Christine, who announced their split in November 2021.
“I don’t want to be in a place where we’re just acting like nothing has happened,” he clarifies. “I think in some ways, that’s what was happening with Christina and I.”
“When I would have conversations with her about our relationship, it was too uncomfortable for us,” he adds. “Yet, she left with me sort of holding the bag, never knowing that she was going to leave. She was making plans and having a discussion with people about leaving.”
Janelle shares that she’s “shocked” that Kody is acting like he never saw the end of his more than 25-year marriage with Christine coming.
He’s been saying to me for years that Christine wasn’t his type of person. She admits to the cameras that their marriage was having problems. “The first time he said that to me, I would have left his a–.”
As previously reported by OK!, Janelle revealed in a Sister Wives: One-on-One special that aired in December 2022 that she was divorcing the father of 18 children.
“No, it’s not [love] right now. You work it out and stick it out because it’s your responsibility, your commitment, and your religion, according to which… We’ve been apart for a while now. I’m content. really content. At the moment, she replied, “I don’t know. “Things just sort of devolved into indifference. Like I simply stopped caring.
Following her confession, a source spilled that Janelle is a “strong independent woman and realized she can do it on her own.
Watch the new episode of Sister Wives on Sunday, September 24, on TLC.