(L-R) Christine Brown, Kody Brown and Janelle Brown are pictured.Photo: Christine Brown/Instagram; TLC; Janelle Brown/Instagram
When it comes to further cementing his separation fromJanelle Brown,Kody Brownbelieves his ex-wifeChristine Brownis to blame.
“I’ve got these other situations at different levels of discord,” he told the cameras. “It’s hard to reconcile and [we] just got all this angst in our lives.
Kody noted that things with first wifeMeri Brown— from whom he’s since announced his split as the show depicts the lead-up to that point —are “amiable” but “distant.“The reality star noted he doesn’t “know what to do with a marriage that’s supposed to be eternal but doesn’t have any fire.”
As for how things are going with Janelle, Kody said: “She doesn’t want to reconcile.”
“We see each other once in a while. We talk on the phone once in a while,” he continued. “I do believe we could reconcile. I do believe that it would require Christine and Janelle to sort of [be] like, ‘It’s been nice hanging out a lot.'”
Kody added: “Christine has so much influence over Janelle, I just think it’s pathetic.”
(L-R) Janelle and Kody Brown are pictured.Gabe Ginsberg/FilmMagic
Despite Kody’s belief, he admittedly doesn’t feel comfortable expressing this concern with Janelle. “I don’t want to say anything to Janelle because I’m afraid Christine will find out about it or if the kids will find out about it. It’s like, I just don’t want to talk about me,” he said.
Kody, additionally, doesn’t understand “why Janelle can’t be married with me.”
Janelle, 54, also had a lot to say about her relationship with Kody in Sunday’s episode. Toward the episode’s end, she had a candid conversation with Christine about her marriage’s downfall and what was next for her.
As she began changing, Janelle realized that she needed “something different from a relationship” and that her current dynamic with Kody “just doesn’t seem to fit the parameters anymore” of what they once had. She also feels as if they have been “friends with benefits for years,” which Christine noted to the cameras was “not a marriage.”
(L-R) Janelle Brown and Christine Brown are pictured at Logan Brown’s wedding in October 2022.Christine Brown/ Instagram
Christine Brown/ Instagram
“I would consider a plural marriage again,” Janelle told Christine. “Like, I really like it. I like plural marriage.”
However, Janelle also admitted that she “would” stay with Kody if he “changed,” adding that he would have to “fully engage with me as a marriage partner again” and “give me what I needed in a relationship.”
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