Janelle Brown Breaks Her Silence Since Split From Kody
Janelle Brown is ready to take on the new year as a single woman, after splitting from Sister Wives patriarch, Kody Brown. Janelle and Kody confirmed their separation in a preview clip of the upcoming Sister Wives: One on One special, which aired Sunday.
Janelle took to Instagram to share her excitement, writing Monday—“I’m ready for you 2023!”
Janelle posted a series of snaps and one video, inviting her followers along on her “health journey.”
“This health journey I’ve been on has been incredible,” she wrote alongside a photo of herself against a wall printed with the word “PIVOTAL.”
The TLC star added—“It’s all about slow and steady that wins the race💪🏼. 2023 is my year!”
Janelle concluded—”I’m coming for you 2023!”
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Kody and Janelle both addressed the separation during the preview clip of the upcoming special.
“I am separated from Janelle,” said Kody, 53. “And I’m divorced from Christine [Brown].”
“Kody and I have separated,” Janelle confirmed.
The regular season of Sister Wives ended with Kody and Janelle in a blowout fight over how to navigate family relationships in the wake of Kody’s split from third wife, Christine Brown. Janelle admitted that she wasn’t sure if she wanted to participate.
“To be honest with you, I really don’t know if I want to do the work,” she said. “It feels like I’m being forced to choose between my children and this group. I don’t feel like my children are welcome.”
Two of Kody and Janelle’s sons have been locked in a feud with their father over his strict COVID-19 protocols. Janelle pointed out that their other children also had issues with their father’s absence from their day-to-day lives. The pair share six children, Logan, 28, Madison, 27, Hunter, 25, Garrison, 24, Gabriel, 21, and Savanah, 18.
“You’re not seeing all the input. You just are like, ‘They should respect me.’ There’s a lot more pieces to [that] than just telling them that,” she said. “At the end of the day, I think I’d rather be with my kids.”
Janelle told cameras that she wasn’t sure if the family would be able to bounce back.
“I just think we’ve never had divides this deep,” Janelle said. “And now, Christine has left and that’s obviously a very, very big departure from what our family has looked like for many years. This is like the ultimate test of our family. Can we hold it together with all of this?”
A separate episode featured the pair questioning whether they still worked as a couple.
“I never thought that I would ever be in a place where I would be questioning my relationship, but the last few years, I began to wonder if we’re compatible anymore,” Janelle said in a confessional. “Maybe this doesn’t work anymore for me. I don’t know.”
Kody remains in a platonic spiritual marriage with his first wife, Meri, and in a legal marriage with his fourth wife, Robyn.
The Sister Wives: One on One special kicks off Sunday at 10 pm, ET, on TLC.
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