Finding her voice! Sister Wives‘ Janelle Brown is learning to stand on her own two feet after splitting from Kody Brown in 2022.
21.01.2023 - 05:05 / usmagazine.com
Sisters are doing it for themselves! Sister Wives star Gwendlyn Brown opened up about Janelle Brown’s newfound independence — and credited mom Christine Brown with being part of her inspiration.
During her Thursday, January 19, recap of the latest Sister Wives episode — season 17 episode 5, which aired on Sunday, January 15 — a fan asked the 21-year-old her opinion on what sparked Janelle, 53, to be a “more independent” woman following her split from ex Kody Brown.
“I think that she was encouraged by my mom who has also since the first season become a lot more empowered,” Gwendlyn, who is the daughter of Christine, 50, and Kody, 54, replied. “And they just seem to have encouraged each other to be more strong and independent and confident in themselves.”
Christine publicly announced her split from Kody — with whom she shares six children, Gwendlyn, Aspen, 27, Mykelti, 26, Paedon, 24, Ysabel, 19, and Truely, 12 — in November 2021. Janelle, for her part, revealed in December 2022 that she and the Wyoming native had been “separated for months.” (The estranged couple are also proud parents to six kids: Logan, 28, Maddie, 27, Hunter, 25, Garrison, 24, Gabriel, 21 and Savanah, 18.)
“I’m not waiting for him. I’ve kind of mourned that that part of our life is gone,” Janelle said during part 3 of the Sister Wives: One-on-Onespecial, which aired earlier this month. “I wasn’t heartbroken. It wasn’t heartbreaking for me like it was for Christine.”
Christine, meanwhile, supported the real estate’s split from the polygamist, telling viewers at the time:“For Janelle, I think that she’s frustrated, and she’s so hurt. And that man that she was married to — she realizes that he’s totally different. But she’s different too.”
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