Sister Wives star Kody Brown speaks out about his relationship with two of his adult children, saying they are not interested in talking to him.
Kody Brown is lamenting the apparent souring of his relationship with several of his 18 children.
In an exclusive clip from the Oct. 15 episode of Sister Wives, the TLC show’s patriarch expresses frustration his struggles to communicate with two of his and ex-wife Janelle Brown’s six kids.
“I’ve reached out to Garrison and Gabriel,” Kody said in a confessional. “I reached out to them just before Christmas and I reached out to them after. No, they’re blocking me.”
The reality star, who has also endured breakups with three of his four wives in the last few years, added, “They’re not interested in talking to me.”
However, when it comes to their estrangement, Garrison puts the onus on his dad. In fact, in the preview the 25-year-old reflects on his and his dad’s difficult relationship with several family members—including Kody’s ex Christine Brown.
“Since I last talked to Dad, I bought a house, I’ve gotten into school and I got the car that I wanted, that he told me I should never get,” Garrison told Christine, adding that his father “doesn’t care to” know anything.
In a confessional, Janelle noted how the children’s relationship with their dad changed over the years.
“I can observe that Kody seems to have trouble relating to his older children and he seems to dote on the younger children,” she said, “and when my children were younger, it was very easy for him to be a father, right, because he was still kind of this important. He was important to them. His opinion mattered to them, his guidance mattered to them and now, because they question a little bit, I think it might be harder for Kody to feel like he’s respected.”
Getty ImagesBut Robyn Brown, Kody’s only remaining wife, appeared to place the blame on one person. She said that his relationships with many of his older children were once “really good,” adding, “Christine left and all that changed.”
Christine, who shares six children with Kody, announced their separation in November 2021. This past weekend, she tied the knot with new partner David Woolley.
Sister Wives airs Sundays at 10 p.m. on TLC. For more insight on the love lives of Sister Wives stars, keep scrolling…
shutter stock“She looked like a soccer mom,” Kody Brown once joked on Sister Wives of meeting then-single mom Robyn in 2009. “She had a van, three kids and was divorced. I thought, ‘I didn’t need a van, a divorced woman, and three kids in my life—that’s just trouble.'”
Nearly a decade and a half on, though, they’re still kicking it, the pair adding son Solomon, 11, and daughter Ariella, 7, to the squad. As for bringing on other teammates, it’s not in the game plan. “I really, really struggle with it because it feels, like, ‘Oh, well. Those didn’t work. So, on to [someone] new,'” Robyn said on the December Sister Wives: One on One special of Meri, Janelle and Christine leaving the fold. “That’s hard for me. That’s really, really hard for me. It feels disrespectful.”
InstagramShe got the man and the family. Going official with her and David Woolley‘s romance on Valentine’s Day 2023, Christine Brown shared, “I finally found the love of my life, David. The first time he held me close, it felt like my soul took its first breath. He’s wonderful and kind, incredible with my children and an adorable grandpa. I never dreamed I could find a love like this.”
Two months later he added to the fantasy with a spring proposal. “David treats me like a queen and tells me I’m beautiful everyday,” Christine told People. “I’ve never been in love like this before and the world seems like a brighter place with him in it.”
Tying the knot in Utah Oct. 7, she wrote, “I’m so blessed! I’ve married my best friend.”
InstagramThe first of the 18 Brown children to walk down the aisle, Janelle’s eldest daughter, Madison Brown, now 27, wed Caleb Brush at a 2016 outdoor wedding in Montana captured by TLC’s cameras. Nearly seven years later, the two have multiplied their love with Josephine joining big brother Axel, 6, and big sister Evie, 3, in February.
“One month as a family of 5 and my heart is bursting,” North Carolina-based Maddie wrote on Instagram in March. “I didn’t know this kind of peace amongst chaos could be had.”
InstagramFour years after their engagement aired on the TLC reality show, Meri Brown‘s only child, Leon Brown, has settled in Denver with partner Audrey Kriss. “my sweetest symphony,” Leon, 27, raved of their fiancé. “Life with you truly is so sweet.” Echoed Audrey, “Being your partner and watching your growth and coming into yourself over the years has been an honor and joy.”
InstagramEldest kid Logan Brown, 29, got the gang back together when he married longtime girlfriend Michelle Petty in Arizona this past October. “It was a beautiful day and this mama’s heart was mush the whole time,” Janelle shared on Instagram of her son’s wedding. “You always have such a sense of peace when your children find amazing life partners.”
InstagramMore than six years after her 2016 wedding to Antonio “Tony” Padron, Mykelti Brown joked that they’d already tested the limits of their marriage vows by welcoming twins Archer and Ace into the fold this past November.
“We have 3 kids and 4 moves under our belt,” noted the 27-year-old, also mom to Avalon, 2. “A whole lot of good times and some hard times #surprisetwins But here we are still doing this whole marriage thing.”
InstagramIn the nearly five years since they wed, Christine’s daughter Aspyn Brown, 28, and husband Mitch Thompson have traveled everywhere from Paris to Alaska. But this past December, they put down roots, Mitch sharing on Instagram, “We bought our first home! Just in time for Christmas.”
InstagramBefore hitting their one-year anniversary, Christine’s daughter Gwendlyn Brown and love Beatriz Queiroz went to the happiest place on earth and marked six months together with chocolate fondue. Then came the really sweet part. The 21-year-old shared a glimpse at the candlelit, rose-filled proposal on Instagram in November, writing simply, “i’m engaged!!”
