On the newest Sister Wives episode, Kody Brown took possession — no less than partly — for the unraveling of his household after his break up from Christine Brown.
“I made the mistake of not managing my family properly and Christine has left,” Kody, 54, mentioned on the Sunday, August 27, episode, referring to his November 2021 breakup with Christine, 51.
Kody mirrored on his household’s ups and downs whereas celebrating Thanksgiving with Meri Brown and Robyn Brown together with Robyn’s 5 kids. Christine and Janelle Brown opted to share the vacation with their very own children — at separate properties.
“Janelle has decided, because we’re not in the greatest place, that she’d rather hang out with Christine,” Kody advised the cameras, confessing, “We’re not working like a family. We’re not a family. We’re acting like enemies.”
Janelle, 54, argued in her personal confessional that there was a “huge looming problem” surrounding Kody and their six children — primarily sons Garrison, 25, and Gabe, 21, — that saved her from being on the large Thanksgiving feast. (Viewers beforehand noticed Janelle and Kody feud over Gabe and Garrison’s alleged disrespect towards Kody and Robyn, 44, on season 17 of Sister Wives after that they had differing opinions about their dad’s COVID guidelines.)
“I basically told the kids what their dad was requiring of them to come to Thanksgiving. I delivered the facts. I delivered what he said,” Janelle quipped, talking about Kody’s want for an apology from his and Janelle’s boys earlier than the vacation season. “He needs to do something here. He’s the head of the family. He wants to be the patriarch. This is part of that role.”
Christine, in the meantime, advised the cameras that her break up from Kody was a very long time coming. She insisted that her option to forgo the household dinner was a consequence of years of points. “Our family has been hurting for a long time. We’ve done our best to be as OK as possible. But there’s still hurt feelings from 12 years ago,” she mentioned. “It’s at a breaking point. Sorry, it’s just at a breaking point.”
While Kody claimed that the “big shakeup wasn’t caused by Robyn” becoming a member of the household, the stress between all of the wives seemingly began when he legally married her in 2014. He argued “going public” began the drama.
Robyn expressed disappointment over Christine and Janelle splitting off from the group for the second yr in a row. “We’re all separated. My three older kids when I told them we’re going to be separated at Thanksgiving again, they dealt with feelings of rejection,” she revealed.
Kody felt equally. “There’s been a lot of offense, a lot of struggle, a lot of heartache. I don’t know what to do about it,” he mentioned in a confessional. “I hope I can get these things straightened out and just find peace and love with my family. Everything’s changing.”
Despite being pissed off by their Thanksgiving plans, Kody mentioned he was “at peace” with the group he ate with. “I’m surrounded by people who are not offended by me,” he joked.
Meri, 52, additionally weighed in on the separate vacation celebrations, saying, “I’m just sad about it. Our holidays are not a big family function like they used to be.”
After filming the Thanksgiving episode in November 2022, Janelle and Meri introduced their respective splits from Kody. Janelle confirmed in December 2022 that she and Kody had been “separated” for a number of months. Meri, in the meantime, launched a joint assertion with Kody in January stating they determined to “permanently terminate” their marriage.
Sister Wives — which reached a decade-highest season return in scores on August 20 — airs on TLC Sundays at 10 p.m. ET.
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