According to Janelle Brown, Kody Brown is now a monogamist because his multiple marriages to his prior three wives have come to an end, allowing him and his current wife Robyn Brown to enjoy their own connection. Her confession is revealed in the trailer for Sister Wives’ upcoming episode on October 22.
“I mean, it really feels like he slipped into the role of monogamy, and I think maybe he did it a while ago and was just trying to maintain his responsibilities with his plural family,” 54-year-old Janelle said in a confessional, referring to Christine Brown, Meri Brown, and herself, who were all former sister wives.
“If I cared, it would bother me, but I don’t care. I really don’t. They can have each other,” Janelle continued about Kody, 54, and Robyn, 45.
The conversation came about after Christine, 51, asked Janelle if she would be open to being part of another polygamist family after her marriage with Kody ended. “You have to know, I would consider a plural marriage again,” the certified health coach explained, adding, “I like it. I like plural marriage.”
Even though her marriage with Kody failed, Janelle said she still believed in the “faith” part of it and enjoyed the independence she had being with a man with multiple wives. “So just because this relationship hasn’t worked out — that’s how most marriages are,” she confided in Christine.
“When I saw Kody, there was definitely a spiritual, like, ‘Oh my gosh, you know this guy,’ right?” Janelle continued. “So if something like that happened, sure.”
In Touch exclusively revealed that the former real estate broker called it quits with Kody for good in December 2022 after almost three decades together, but the family patriarch revealed they had split several times before that.
“We’ve been separated probably two or three times in the past,” Kody said during a confessional on the September 24 episode. “[It] always felt like that was because she couldn’t manage the relationship with her sister wives. I never felt like that was over.”
Kody later admitted that it was because of his incredible romance with Robyn that he held on to his other wives. “I’ve got one wife that I’ve got a great relationship with and I’m afraid if I abandon these women that she’ll lose respect for me,” Kody said during the October 8 episode of Sister Wives.
Christine was the first of the 18 siblings to divorce their father. After more than 25 years of marriage, she announced their breakup on Instagram in November 2021, writing, “After more than 25 years together, Kody and I have grown apart and I have made the difficult decision to leave.” After a brief courtship, the mother of six wed David Woolley on October 7 in Moab, Utah.
On January 10, Kody and Meri, both 52, announced their separation in a joint statement that said, “After more than a decade of working on our relationship in our own unique ways, we have made the decision to permanently terminate our marriage relationship.”
Robyn was the final sister wife to enter the multiple marriage, and Christine, Meri, and Janelle frequently accused the reality star of preferring her. He was charged with providing Robyn a longer honeymoon and assisting her in choosing her wedding attire after the two had their spiritual wedding in May 2010. 2014 saw Kody and Meri’s divorce, allowing him to officially marry Robyn and adopt her three children from a prior union. Solomon and Ariella were the couple’s two biological children after that.