Janelle Brown is spilling the tea on fellow Sister Wives star Meri Brown’s disconnect from the household. The reality TV star dished on how Meri Brown had drifted additional other than the household after she turned an empty nester after her son’s departure from residence.
On the November 5, 2024, episode of the Reality Life with Kate Casey podcast, Janelle Brown was requested about Meri Brown’s disconnect from the bigger household. Janelle Brown revealed how Meri Brown was at all times fairly distant from the get-go. Nonetheless, she famous that Meri Brown and Robyn Brown — Kody Brown’s solely remaining spouse — have at all times shared a detailed relationship. Janelle Brown additionally shared how Meri Brown was an empty nester earlier than the remainder of them, referring to how the latter’s son Leon Brown had moved out, leaving her with time to develop pursuits outdoors the household. Janelle Brown additional spilled her two cents on Meri Brown’s relationship with ex-husband Kody Brown within the following phrases:
“I imply, she and Kody had been estranged for a lot of, a few years.”
The Sister Wives household has been falling aside like a pile of Jenga, with Christine Brown being the primary to go away her plural marriage to Kody Brown in 2021. A mere yr later, the patriarch referred to as it quits with Janelle Brown in December 2022. And nearly a month later, he and Meri Brown parted methods in January 2023. Robyn Brown stays the final spouse standing within the Sister Wives household.
Janelle Brown Termed Her Marriage to Meri Brown’s Brother a Starter Union
In the identical episode of the podcast, Janelle Brown revealed how she doesn’t rely her transient marriage to Meri Brown’s brother, Adam Barber, as the actual factor. The Sister Wives star tied the knot with Barber again in 1988, however their marriage was short-lived.
Host Kate Casey cracked a joke stating that they’ve all had “starter marriages,” to which Janelle Brown agreed incredulously, noting that her marriage to Barber would qualify as simply that. Janelle Brown mirrored on how her marriage to Barber “didn’t take,” contemplating the truth that they divorced in 1990 after merely two years of marriage. Janelle Brown offered additional perception on her transient marriage to Barber within the following phrases:
“I believe we’d have lived collectively bodily, truly lived collectively for, like, six months.”
Apparently, the identical yr that Janelle Brown and Adam Barber divorced was the yr Meri married Kody Brown as she turned his first spouse. Janelle Brown revealed how, on the time, she had maintained her relationship along with her former sister-in-law and her husband, which finally led her to be intrigued by the “religion” and idea of polygamy. Janelle Brown confessed that her relationship with Kody Brown hadn’t blossomed in a single day. She’d initially recognized the duo as her cool and “distinctive pals,” and the religion finally pulled her towards Kody Brown.
Sister Wives Season 19 airs Sundays at 10 PM EDT on TLC. The episodes, together with all earlier seasons, can be found to stream on Hulu.
