Sister Wives' Janelle Brown's Quotes About Life After Kody Split (2024)

Sister Wives' Janelle Brown is learning to stand on her own two feet after splitting from Kody Brown in 2022.Janelle and Kody spiritually wed in 1993, three years after the Wyoming native married first wife Meri Brown. In 1994, Christine Brown joined their family, and Robyn Brown rounded out the plural brood in 2010.Kody legally married Robyn in 2014 after divorcing Meri, with whom he chose to continue a spiritual union. Years later, fractures emerged in Janelle and Kody’s relationship after his marriage to Christine came to an end in 2021.During season 17 of Sister Wives, which was filmed in 2021 and aired in 2022, fans watched as Janelle and Kody butted heads over their kids. The pair share six children: Logan, Maddie, Hunter, Garrison, Gabriel and Savanah.Janelle confirmed in December 2022 that she and Kody had been "separated for several months." Meri, meanwhile, confirmed her own split from Kody the following month.Scroll down to read Janelle’s most empowering and honest quotes about moving forward after her split from Kody:

“I think if we both really sat down, we’d look at each other [and] say, ‘Really?’” Janelle confessed during part 1 of the Sister Wives: One-on-One tell-all episode, which aired in December 2022. “We’ve been separated for several months.”

She later revealed that the tension between her and Kody began in late 2021. “He blew off our last anniversary. He just didn’t call me or anything,” the reality star claimed during the TLC special, revealing that she and Kody “had a big fight right before Christmas” in 2021, which spilled over to their January 2022 anniversary.

It wasn’t until March or April of 2022 that the pair had a real conversation on the phone.

“I’m not waiting for him. I’ve kind of mourned that that part of our life is gone,” the mother of six said on part 3 of the Sister Wives: One-on-One special, which aired in January 2023. “I wasn’t heartbroken.”

Janelle explained that her faith dictates that the door “has to be” open for a reconciliation, but she wasn't sure that was what she wanted. “I’m not interested in having anyone walk through that door,” she said.

The Utah native reflected on her season 17 arguments with Kody — which transpired in 2021 but aired in 2022 — about their six kids during part 3 of the Sister Wives: One-on-One special in January 2023. The former spouses previously butted heads over their children’s holiday plans in 2021 following Gabe and Garrison’s falling out with their dad earlier that year.

“I think that if he had truly been watching out for me and my children, he would have figured out a way to make it work for the whole family,” Janelle explained, referring to Kody’s intense COVID-19 rules. “Instead of having his rules and hanging out with the wife staying where he was respected and obeyed.”

She noted that she was “so mad about what happened with our kids” that she started “losing respect” for Kody.

“I had no idea when I first started taking a little time for myself several years ago the EMPOWERMENT that would come from being stronger,” Janelle wrote via Instagram in January 2023 while showcasing her weight loss transformation. “I work out not just to help me change my body but to be strong in mind and spirit as well.”

The Thrive With Janelle founder explained how her fitness journey has aided her personal growth. “I have proven to myself over and over again that when you know how much you can push yourself there aren’t a lot of limits. If you are brave enough,” she wrote. “I work out — not only to improve my health and change my body but for the EMPOWERMENT it brings. When you are strong you can be strong.”

“First of all, I’m not interested in dating at all. I’m not even interested. I’m not looking,” Janelle said during a November 2023 episode of Sister Wives, which filmed in summer 2022. “I don’t even look at guys or men. It’s just blah. It’s too much work. I don’t want to do that.”

She further explained: “I’m not going to be hanging out where lots of single men are or whatever. Definitely, [I’m] sure as hell not doing that online dating thing. I don’t get the whole swiping thing. I don’t get that.”

Janelle also told Christine during the episode that Kody hadn’t been around for 10 months.

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