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Janelle Brown and Kody Brown confirmed that they’ve been separated for “months” throughout the Jan. 8 episode of Sister Wives, which featured one-on-one interviews with Kody and all 4 girls. “At this point, it’s not love,” Janelle admitted. “It’s duty, it’s commitment, it’s faith that tells you you work it out and stick it out. I think if we both sat down we’d look at each other and say…really? Kody and I have been separated and I’m rhappy, I’m really happy.”
Janelle stated that she started to really feel “indifferent” in her practically 30 12 months marriage to Kody. The pair’s points intensified throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to Kody changing into estranged from two of the kids he shares with Janelle (Gabriel and Garrison). Gabe and Garrison didn’t wish to comply with the strict COVID pointers that Kody had put in place, and Kody was indignant at Janelle for not taking his facet within the state of affairs.
“I think if he had truly been watching out for me and my children, we would have figured out a way to make it work,” Janelle continued. “Instead of having his rules and hanging out with the wife [Robyn Brown] where he was respected and obeyed.” Kody stated that he did wish to work on issues with Janelle, however solely to get to a spot the place he was “respected” by her. “Love doesn’t matter to me — respect matters to me,” he shared. “I want to fix it, yes. But that’s a whole new negotiation.”
Janelle was admittedly relieved to be shifting on from this chapter of her life with Kody. “I’m not waiting for him,” she insisted. “I’ve kind of mourned that that part of our life is gone. I wasn’t heartbroken. It wasn’t heartbreaking for me like it was for Christine [Brown]. I just mourned that that life was gone. We had a great run.”
One factor that did maintain Janelle again, although, was her connection to her faith and religion, which requires you to make a wedding work when you decide to it. “I deeply believe in my faith,” she stated. “But I’ve been so much at peace that I don’t know how to reconcile that. That’s where my debate is all the time. I know I’m happy. I don’t want him to come back, but my faith requires that we are married eternally. The door has to still be open [for that reason], but I’m not interested in having anyone walk through that door.”
Janelle and Kody’s separation follows Christine’s resolution to divorce Kody and transfer away from the household to stay in Utah. During one other a part of the one-on-one particular, Kody additionally confirmed that he doesn’t take into account himself married to Meri Brown anymore, both.