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Kody Brown’s relationship with his older children continues to struggle.
In the teaser for the upcoming season ofSister Wives,Janelle BrownandChristine Brownsit with it with some of their kids and discuss their strained relationships with the reality star, 54.
Janelle and Christine look solemn as they sit there and witness their children’s reactions.
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In a later scene, Kody laments the conflict with his former wives, saying. “I worked so hard to do what was right and when you lost that, well, I should just be the devil I think I am now.”
After being the first wife to leave the polygamous arrangement, Christine later revealed that she ultimately left Kody after he declined to accompany their daughterYsabel, now 20, to amajor surgery to correct her scoliosisin September 2020. The surgery took place out of state in New Jersey, and Kody told Christine he didn’t want to travel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I really find it hard to stay with a guy who I don’t respect,” Christinetold PEOPLEin August. “I understood COVID, and why he couldn’t come, but she didn’t. And she still has a really hard time with it.”
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Christine said she needed “more communication” and “more trust” from Kody during their relationship. Kody not coming to the surgery served as “a good wake-up call” to her.
“In the end I would’ve preferred to have him there, of course, because it’s what Ysabel needed,” Christine added. “But I didn’t need him anymore.”
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“Kody and I have separated and I’m happy,really happy,” Janelle told host Sukanya Krishnan onSister Wives: One on Onespecial in January. “I don’t know, things just really became sort of indifferent, like I just didn’t care anymore.”
Janelle also said that she was “not waiting” for a possible reconciliation with Kody. “I’ve kind of mourned that that part of our life is gone,” she shared. “I wasn’t heartbroken. It wasn’t heartbreaking for me like it was for Christine. It was just kind of like, I just mourned that that life was gone…. We had this great run.”
Season 18 ofSister Wivespremieres Aug. 20 at 10 p.m. ET on TLC.
source: people.com
