Janelle’s ‘Rejecting’ Me for Christine

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‘Sister Wives’ Recap: Kody Brown Says He’s ‘Begging’ Janelle for a ‘Closer’ Relationship — But She’s ‘Rejecting’ Him for Christine

Putting within the work? Kody Brown claimed that Janelle Brown has been siding with estranged spouse Christine Brown amid their divorce — and he isn’t completely satisfied about it.

“I’ve always wanted my wives to have close relationships,” Kody, 53, mentioned through the Sunday, November 20, episode of Sister Wives.

He then claimed: “I’m begging Janelle for a closer relationship.” The patriarch confessed that following his cut up from Christine, 50, he “feels like [Janelle’s] rejecting that and just choosing to have one with Christine.”

The Wyoming native legally married Meri Brown in 1990. He entered right into a religious union with Janelle, 53, in 1993, and spiritually wed Christine the next yr. Robyn Brown joined the household in 2010.

Four years later, Kody divorced Meri, 51, so he might legally wed Robyn, 43, and undertake her kids from a earlier marriage. Christine shook up the household in November 2021 when she publicly introduced that she and Kody had separated after greater than 25 years collectively.

While Kody remains to be spiritually linked to Meri and Janelle — and legally married to Robyn — his relationships have continued to be examined after Christine uprooted her life and relocated to Utah post-split.

“Now the relationships [have] changed. We’ve said some very harsh things to Kody. Now it’s different,” Janelle instructed Christine on Sunday’s episode, referring to the truth that the 2 girls are bonded past being sister wives. “Now it seems like we focus on the common experience and the kids.”

Christine argued that she thinks “it’s totally different” than what Janelle is describing. “I would consider you one of my best friends,” the Utah native mentioned.

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The Cooking With Just Christine star later instructed the cameras that she doesn’t know “what label” to make use of for her and Janelle’s friendship. “It’s such a weird relationship to navigate,” she defined.

Janelle, for her half, revealed throughout a confessional that she’s being put within the center and struggling to maintain her emotions for Christine separate from Kody’s points along with his former partner.

“I’m damned if I do and damned if I don’t,” the TLC persona mentioned.

Janelle additionally famous that her and Kody’s six kids — Logan, 28, Madison, 27, Hunter, 25, Garrison, 24, Gabriel, 21, and Savannah, 17 — are additionally very shut with Christine regardless of her exit from their plural household.

“Christine, like, all my kids remember all the history,” she instructed Christine on the time. “So, they’re struggling, too, to be in both worlds.” Christine insisted, “No one should be picking sides.”

Kody, then again, instructed the cameras that the drama with Christine shifting and Janelle residing in an RV has brought on much more stress on their relationship.

“I’m in a very vulnerable place and if I cross a line, will she cross another line? And that sort of cynicism comes, I think, from unwinding 20 years in plural marriage and Christine leaving,” he mentioned. “I don’t think Janelle or I are being honest or realistic in this relationship as we communicate with each other about this stuff.”

Sister Wives airs on TLC Sundays at 10 p.m. ET.

Scroll all the way down to see the highlights from Sister Wives season 17, episode 11:

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Janelle Doesn’t Want to Take Sides

“I was a little shocked at Kody’s behavior,” Janelle instructed the cameras after witnessing Kody go off on Christine throughout their household chat featured on the present one week prior. “He’s just angry.”

She confessed: “It’s been deep. He’s been form of agitated and indignant. Unfortunately, all of it form of got here out. The timing appeared bizarre. I believe he reached his [breaking] level.” Christine agreed, saying, “That was a mess. That was a terrible conversation.”

Meri, who was barely on Sunday’s episode, revealed throughout a confessional that she has blended emotions about pursuing a relationship with Christine after she left the household. “Some days I’m really mad at Christine for giving up,” the truth star defined. “I don’t think that she’s a sister wife. I think that you have to be married to the same guy to be considered a sister wife.”

Janelle, in the meantime, admitted that she is having a tough time balancing her friendship with Christine and her relationship with Kody. “I am pulled in both directions,” she mentioned. “I really want to be with Christine and her kids at the holidays.”

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Christine Is ‘Open’ to Remarrying

“I’m open,” the mom of six — who shares son Paedon, 23, and daughters Aspyn, 27, Mykelti, 26, Gwendlyn, 20, Ysabel, 19, and Truely, 12, with Kody — instructed Janelle of whether or not she’d get married to another person after her breakup.

Janelle as soon as once more confirmed how a lot she helps Christine, telling the cameras, “Well, what do you do when you’re 50 and healthy? You just can’t be alone for the rest of your life. … I hope she remarries. It’s a very long time to be alone.”

Christine revealed throughout her personal confessional that it’s “so hard moving on and feeling OK all the time.” She added: “I know I’m changing so much. And I know I’m breaking so many hearts.”

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Robyn Reflects on Her Breakdown

Robyn bought emotional throughout Christine’s closing household pow-wow, which followers noticed on the November 13 episode, after Christine instructed her she wasn’t able to have an actual friendship together with her — particularly now that she was shifting.

“I didn’t mean it like a cut and dry, ‘It’s over.’ That’s how it came across?” Christine requested Janelle on Sunday’s episode after reflecting on her feedback towards Robyn. She later admitted: “I didn’t realize I wasn’t giving Robyn a chance. But I certainly never thought that I was being mean. I was so shocked at his aggression.”

Christine additional revealed that it was “really hard” telling Robyn that she wasn’t prepared for a friendship amid her divorce from Kody.

“I’ve asked her if she wants to have a relationship with me … and she said that she doesn’t want to have a relationship,” Robyn mentioned throughout a confessional. “I am coming to terms with that.”

The mom of 5, who shares Solomon, 11, and Ariella, 6, with Kody, and has three kids from a previous marriage, famous that when she requested Christine in regards to the future, she was asking for herself and for her kids.

“That’s devastating. When I realized it [was also about her kids] when it was over, what I had said [was rough]. I don’t know how to fix that,” Christine mentioned in a confessional.

Even after their uncomfortable interplay, Robyn instructed the cameras, “I am open and interested in a relationship with any of the kids or wives that want one. It’s what I’ve always wanted.”

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Mykelti Has Heart to Heart With Kody

Ahead of her mother’s transfer to Utah, Mykelti got here to Arizona to assist pack and go to her dad and Robyn, with whom she may be very shut. “Even though I know that I have 100 percent support from Mykelti, I also know she supports Robyn 100 percent,” Christine instructed the cameras.

Robyn, in the meantime, was “so glad” that Mykelti made time to see her and Kody whereas on the town. “I want to make sure that — no matter what’s happening there — that we’re good,” she mentioned earlier than Mykelti reassured her that they had been all good.

“It feels like everything’s affected my relationship with everybody, though,” Kody confessed to his daughter, who didn’t disagree.

The actuality star later defined that he seems like he’s “always the bad cop” relating to parenting. “I know that I can’t s—t talk Christine to my kids. I don’t want to s—t talk her at all. Even though that’s my natural urge. That’s not fair,” Kody mentioned. “In my brokenhearted state, the anger is just flowing here.”

While Kody tried to determine how lengthy Mykelti knew about Christine’s plans to go away him, she continued to aspect step the query. “I think the situation around it … it’s sad. It’s sad anytime any kind of family breaks up or separates,” Mykelti instructed Robyn and Kody.

The pregnant star, who’s anticipating child No. 2 with husband Antonio Padron, later defined that regardless of her dad’s questioning, she has by no means felt like she was being pressured to choose sides. “You’re my kids. I love you guys to pieces,” Robyn instructed Mykelti and Tony earlier than they left for Christine’s home.

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Packing Up and Moving On

“Guess when we’re moving? In a week,” Christine instructed her and Kody’s youngest daughter, Truely, to which the preteen mentioned, “I’m fine, I just didn’t expect it to go this fast.” Despite some hesitation from Truely, Christine continued to pack up her Arizona home and prepare to go away the state behind for good.

In addition to Mykelti coming to assist, her daughter Gwendlyn came to visit to help. “When my mom told me that she and [my] dad were divorcing, I was a little bit relieved to find out that she was finally getting out because it wasn’t a good relationship for her,” the faculty scholar mentioned in a confessional. “Not to be a terrible child or anything, but I kind of felt like they should separate for a while. Like, even before we moved to Las Vegas.”

Christine’s women managed to distract her from a few of the feelings that got here up whereas saying goodbye to her longtime residence. “Her leaving this house is a really big door closing on a massive chapter of her life,” Mykelti defined, earlier than making her mother return via the home once more to completely embrace what was occurring.

“It’s bittersweet. The whole future is unknown. It’s hard to say goodbye to a house,” Christine instructed her daughters. “It’s a little scary. Very excited for my new adventure.”

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The Final Farewell

At Mykelti’s request, a lot of the household came to visit to Christine’s place the night time earlier than she was set to go away city for a final goodbye. While it was uncomfortable — and Meri wasn’t there — it helped her children have some closure.

“I’m not in a good place here. This is such an awkward moment,” Kody mentioned of the second. “There is such a strike to all of my feelings, all the work that I’ve done for our family. It is way off course for me. It feels so demeaning. Bless Mykelti’s heart. I’m in this sort of weird place, where I’m, like, thinking I don’t want to see Christine ever again. I don’t want to think about her. I don’t want to be in this place again. I don’t want to deal with this at all.”

Janelle’s son Gabe was additionally there to assist field up the home and famous how unusual the goodbye felt for the household. “I’m not really sad about [my] dad and Christine breaking up. I’m really sad that Christine is moving,” he confessed. “I’m not going to sit here and blame her for doing it. If I was in her shoes, I would do the same.”

Meri, for her half, instructed the cameras, “The real reason why I was not there … I was out of town. And also, I don’t know how weird it would have been. Why be there and do some big goodbye?”

Kody, who got here with Robyn and their children, couldn’t conceal his anger. “In my state of bitterness, I’m trying to box Christine in. I think she’s doing something wrong. She could’ve stayed here,” he mentioned. “I’m in a really bad state of mind. I feel out of control.”

“At the end of this all, we are still a family. There’s no one to blame for any of this,” Mykelti instructed the group. “We should all be grateful that even through this we can remain a family.”

Christine, nevertheless, instructed the cameras that “none of us want to be here” however broke down earlier than the group left her property. “I wouldn’t have asked for this. It was important for Mykelti. I certainly didn’t need it,” she mentioned on the finish of the episode. “It was worse than I thought it would’ve been. I think this was the worst goodbye that I’ve ever witnessed.”