Although Maddie’s mother Janelle Brown is aware of what sparked the argument, Kody Brown claims not to know.
In the most recent episode of “Sister Wives,” Kody Brown, who has talked a lot about how he is no longer in contact with two of his kids, also discloses that one of his daughters has stopped speaking to him.
The 18-year-old father is asked by one of the producers of the TLC show if he has heard from Maddie Brown Brush, one of his six children with Janelle Brown.
“I do not know what happened. But during the breakup with Christine, Maddie stopped reaching out to me,” Kody Brown says in response. Kody and his third wife Christine Brown announced their split in 2021.
The reality star presents his theory about why his daughter stopped talking to him.
“(It) might have been COVID. Or I have no idea what was going on, but she quit reaching out to me,” he says.
The scene shifts to a confessional with Janelle Brown, who seems to have some clarity on the situation.
Maddie doesn’t give him a call due of his recent actions. “I don’t know what to do with him,” she exclaims. “I’m not familiar with this guy,” the mother of six exclaims. “She needs to think about her kids. She needs to think about how stable their perception of a grandfather is. There are numerous factors involved in this. Not only has Maddie stopped phoning him.
On “Sister Wives,” Season 18, Kody Brown’s tense connection with his kids has been documented. Janelle Brown talks about her boys Gabe and Garrison Brown’s separation from their father in the most recent episode.
“My kids have not talked to their dad. They generally ignore him because they’re like, ‘What’s the point of having a conversation with him?’” she says.
Elsewhere during the episode, Kody Brown also discusses his awkward relationship with Ysabel Brown, his daughter with Christine Brown.
“Ysabel seems to be uncomfortable a lot of the time,” he says.
The teen then reiterates her father’s statement in her own confessional.
“My relationship with my dad, it’s never been like 100% solid. And so with a divorce right now, everything’s rocky because nobody knows what to do in a divorce. And then in a divorce with a polygamist family, even more so, nobody knows what to do.”
While reflecting on his tense relationships with his children, Kody Brown admits that there’s “a lot of pain from divorce and the separation of family.”
“For the goals that I had in my life, this situation is very, very disappointing. My goal from the beginning was that my family would be under one roof,” he says. “I wonder if some of the failures in plural marriage were my part in expecting too much from the family with this one family idea. We might have been more successful had we been in different homes with the kids kind of growing up like they were cousins.”
In spite of the ongoing conflict in the family, Kody Brown revealed earlier in the season that he and Christine Brown’s daughter, Mykelti Padron, has managed to keep a connection going.
“I appreciate that Mykelti is still friendly to our family in spite of all the difficulties we’re facing. She’s interested in dating Robyn. She desires a romantic relationship between us and Avalon,” he revealed in a confessional. “I believe Tony, her spouse, is largely to blame for it. Tony has always had a special bond with Robyn, and she is his love.