Garrison and Gabriel, two of the adult children that Kody Brown and his ex-wife Janelle Brown had together, have reportedly turned down his advances to speak with them.
The Sister Wives actor has 18 children from his partnerships with Robyn Brown, Janelle Brown, Christine Brown, and Meri Brown. However, the family has recently experienced some difficulties. Only Robyn remains in the multiple marriage now that Christine, Janelle, and Meri have all split, and Kody’s connection with his children has suffered greatly.
“I’ve reached out to Garrison and Gabriel,” Kody says in a clip from the October 15 episode of the TLC reality series, posted by EOnline. “I reached out to them just before Christmas, and I reached out to them after. No, they’re blocking me. They’re not interested in talking to me.”
The Brown family patriarch’s COVID-19 safety procedures, which included wearing masks in public, washing and sanitizing hands, and disinfecting groceries and other items, caused friction between Kody and his two adult sons.
When discussing the conflict in the past, Janelle said, “I had to decide between having my boys in my house or having Kody there. The boys would therefore need to leave the house before Kody arrived. He was terrified of catching the infection from them, so I had to spray everything with Lysol and other things.
“So yeah, it became really stressful,” she added. “And then, it slowly evolved as they started to get angrier and angrier with each other.”
In the teaser for the upcoming episode, Garrison shares his perspective on the relationship with his dad. “Since I last talked to Dad, I bought a house, I’ve gotten into school, and I got the car that I wanted, that he told me I should never get,” he tells Christine, adding that Kody “doesn’t care to” know anything.
Janelle also shared her thoughts, saying that Kody “seems to have trouble relating to his older children” and found it easier to be a father when the kids were young “because he was still kind of this important [to them].”
“His opinion mattered to them, his guidance mattered to them and now, because they question a little bit, I think it might be harder for Kody to feel like he’s respected,” she continued.
Sister Wives, Season 18, Sundays, 10 pm et, TLC