For an excellent, comprehensible and easily tragic motive, Kody Brown goes by it in the intervening time.
In early March, the Sister Wives patriarch misplaced son Garrison to a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The actuality star, who was solely 26 years previous on the time, had been estranged from his well-known father for about two years… ever since Kody laid down some very strict pointers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, forbidding anybody in his household from interacting with anybody exterior the household.
From what we’ve been capable of collect, Kody and Garrison weren’t talking on the time the latter dedicated suicide.
Kody has mentioned nothing on his personal within the wake of Garrison’s passing, though a earlier report alleged he made issues awkward at Garrison’s funeral.
“Kody is not okay at all. He’s retreated entirely,” a supply just lately advised The Sun, including of Kody’s psychological state lately:
“He gets into dark places when he gets upset, so he’s just in a very dark place right now.”
We can’t confirm this report and we don’t know precisely what darkish locations refers to or means — however one can’t blame Kody for falling into such a funk, can one?
Long earlier than Garrison took his personal life, Kody had mentioned he was struggling; in that case, as a result of spouses Christine, Meri and Janelle had all left him at varied factors within the current previous.
In November 2021, Christine lastly constructed up the braveness to go away Kody.
Then, in December 2022, Janelle confirmed that she and Kody had separated as properly.
Finally, in January 2023, Meri confirmed her break up from Kody after 32 years of marriage, both as religious husband and spouse or authorized husband and spouse.
This leaves Kody in a authorized marriage with Robyn Brown, however The Sun additionally hints at bother on this romantic horizon.
Amid Kody’s “depression,” a phrase use by the aforementioned insider, the TLC character is “causing problems” in his marriage to Robyn.
“His mental state is affecting his marriage and it’s actually causing problems in his relationship,” the supply defined.
“He sort of put up this wall and is internalizing his feelings. He’s focused more on himself and moving on.”
For her half, Robyn hasn’t mentioned something about Garrison’s demise.
She admitted final 12 months that she was in a unique state of mourning because of the finish of her plural household.
“Kody and I, we’re getting through this and figuring this out, but it does feel like there was a death,” Robyn advised People Magazine in December of her three sister wives all strolling away.
“We’re both going through a death separately.”
Now, in fact, they’re going by an precise demise.
Will it end result within the dissolution of this union?
“I don’t think they will ever divorce unless he continues what he is doing and pushes her out,” the Sun supply concluded a number of days in the past.
“Kody just retreats and when he gets upset, he blames her (for his problems). So right now he’s doing that with her.”
Back on March 5, Kody uttered his solely phrases about Garrison, becoming a member of Janelle to say the next:
“Kody and I are deeply saddened to announce the loss of our beautiful boy Robert Garrison Brown. He was a bright spot in the lives of all who knew him,” they wrote again then.
“His loss will depart such a giant gap in our lives that it takes our breath away.
“We ask that you please respect our privacy and join us in honoring his memory.”