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How Sister Wives’ Kody and Janelle cope with Garrison’s death
Meri Brwon, Janelle Brown and Kody Brown.
Frederick M. Brown/Getty ImagesMeri Brown shed some light on how ex-husband Kody Brown and sister wife Janelle Brown dealing with the death of their son Garrison Brown.
“I’ve talked to each of them, and I think there are good days and bad days,” Meri, 53, said of the couple on the Monday, June 10 episode of the “Miss understood with Rachel Uchitel“podcast. “I don’t know how that couldn’t be.”
Meri, who split from Kody, 55, in January 2023 after more than 30 years together, noted that she is also having a hard time coming to terms with Garrison’s death.
“There are still times when I see a photo of Garrison and think, ‘Awww. I don’t like that this happened,” Meri said. “It’s really sad, you know?”
Kody Brown and Janelle Brown shared a lot of love before splitting in 2022, including raising their six children. The Sister Wives stars’ 1993 spiritual wedding marked the beginning of their plural family. Kody was already legally married to Meri Brown when he welcomed Janelle into his life. He got married spiritually […]
Meri explained that she feels “so much” for Janelle, 55, as a mother. “I watched my mother lose two of her own children before she passed away… it’s tragic,” Meri added.
Garrison died by suicide in March at the age of 25 Sister women star was one of six children born to Kody and Janelle.
“Janelle and I are deeply saddened to announce the loss of our beautiful boy Robert Garrison Brown,” Kody shared via Instagram at the time. “He was a light in the lives of everyone who knew him. Our loss will leave such a big hole in our lives that it will take our breath away. We ask that you respect our privacy and join us in honoring his memory.”
Kody and Janelle — who announced their divorce in December 2022 — also share Logan, 30, Maddie, 28, Hunter, 27, Gabriel, 22, and Savanah, 19.
Sister Wives star Kody Brown has his hands full with wife Robyn Brown and his three former partners, Meri Brown, Janelle Brown and Christine Brown. Kody’s family – which has a total of eighteen children – was thrust into the spotlight in September 2010 when Sister Wives premiered. At the time, Kody was courting his fourth wife, Robyn. […]
Kody also shares six children with ex-wife Christine Brownwho left him in November 2021. Kody and Meri share one child, Leon, while he and his fourth wife, Robin Brown, share two children. Kody legally adopted Robyn’s three children from a previous relationship when they tied the knot in 2014.
While the Brown family was divided before Garrison’s death, they came together in March to mourn their loss at a private funeral.
The following month, Meri reflected on how much Garrison meant to the family after finding a photo of him from years past.
“When I saw it, it immediately moved me to tears, a testament to the love I have for him, the pain of losing him,” Meri wrote. April’s Instagram post. “It’s a reminder that grief comes in unexpected waves; memories of the moments with him are all that remain. Four weeks today without him here with us. A lifetime of memories to keep sacred.”
For her part, Janelle revealed in May that she had a “surprisingly emotional” Mother’s Day without Garrison there to celebrate.
Sister Wives Janelle Brown and Kody Brown’s plural marriage was anything but conventional prior to their divorce in 2022. Janelle and Kody’s lives had long been intertwined before they spiritually tied the knot in 1993. Janelle’s late mother, Sheryl Brown, and Kody’s father, William Winn Brown, were married for many years before William’s death in 2013, making the eventual […]
“All weekend I felt the sadness so close to the surface. And it was especially poignant when I made this simple cake,” Janelle wrote via Instagram. “Our strawberry picking excursion, combined with randomly finding rhubarb at the local farmers market, made this pie feel like it was meant to be.”
She chose to make a strawberry rhubarb pie for the holidays because it was a family favorite. “Maybe no one loved it more than Garrison,” Janelle added. “And that made this cake a little bittersweet. I love you darling and miss you every day.”
Even with their shared heartbreak, Meri revealed on Monday’s podcast that she’s still not close to her former sister wives following their respective breakups.
“When I see them, we have cordial conversations, but I don’t seek them out for a relationship,” Meri told the host Rachel Uchitel. “It took me a while to realize and come to terms with the fact that it’s okay. Some people are only in your life for a season. It’s okay to let things go if the relationship isn’t reciprocated and it doesn’t build or build me up, it’s okay.”
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