Kody Brown is being criticized for giving his 18-year-old daughter Savanah “nothing” for Christmas
Savanah, mother Janelle and Christine all speak out against Kody’s behavior as he defends himself – saying he didn’t “have the emotional strength to approach some of his children.”
Another one of Kody Brown’s 18 children expressed their disappointment, frustration and “anger” towards him in the final episode of “18.” Sister wives.
The polygamist father, who has nearly 20 children with four wives Robyn, Meri, Janelle and Christine Brown, was called out by daughter Savanah and Janelle and Christine over his behavior over the holidays.
The family dynamic really splintered after Kody placed restrictions on the family during the Covid lockdown. He felt that some of the children – particularly his sons with Janelle – did not respect his orders and put their social lives above safety; However, they felt that he prioritized his family with wife Robyn over everyone else. This led to an argument between Kody and Janellebefore celebrating the holiday alone with her children, separated from Meri, Kody, Robyn and the latter couple’s children with each other.
In Sunday’s new episode, filmed in mid-January 2023, Kody and Janelle’s daughter Savanah said she hasn’t spoken to her father since her birthday – December 7th. While Kody had issues with her brothers Garrison and Gabriel, Janelle said Savanah was adamant “did nothing” to her father, leaving Savanah, Janelle and Christine all confused about their estrangement. What made it even more confusing was the fact that Kody was there did Join the daughters he shares with ex-Christine – Mykelti, Truely and Ysabel – for a belated holiday celebration.
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“Most of the time I’m mad at him,” Savanah told her mother and Christine when the three met at Janelle’s apartment. “I was really sad, it’s my dad. Now I’m just mad at him. No gifts, nothing.”
“Nothing for Christmas, that’s what blew me away the most,” Janelle said in a confessional. “I understand you’re busy or whatever, but it’s Christmas. He didn’t even send a gift with Truely, Ysabel and Mykelti back to the vacation rental for Savanah. Nothing.”
Christine added in her own confessional: “I am so upset and angry about this whole situation. I don’t think he understands how easy it would be to fix this. He just needs to see his kids.”
Christine was pretty upset about the whole situation and went on to say that she “wouldn’t have as much control” over her words if Savanah wasn’t there. “I am so frustrated and so angry. I don’t care if he’s angry. When you’re a father, you’re a father, then you step up,” she continued, before saying that Kody behaved towards Janelle and her children just like he was with her before she decided to break up with him for good .
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“My children felt neglected for years. It just happens all over again,” she added, asking, “Is he going to leave everyone but Robyn?”
In his own confessional — apologies, but this show was almost entirely made up of them — Kody defended himself, saying he believed Christine and Janelle had “ganged up” against him.
“I am in a place where I am separated from my children because they kicked me out of my home. I didn’t have the emotional strength to come forward,” he continued. “The phone goes both ways. The children can call me at any time. I will reach Savannah and bring her Christmas. It will be late, but it will happen eventually.”
No word on whether this happened in real life, but his issues with his children will continue to play out as the new season progresses.
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While Janelle, Christine and Savanah spoke, Janelle revealed that if her daughter wasn’t still in school in Flagstaff, she would consider moving to Utah to live near Christine. Since she and Kody were all but broken up, she said she wasn’t sure if she was “at all interested” in rekindling things with him.
“I know I won’t go back to what we had before. “I kind of pushed aside a lot of things that were problematic for me,” she explained in a confessional. “My children feel like there was so much favoritism and so much inequality, time and resources towards Robyn. I agreed to that. Well, I wouldn’t do that. I would want to feel like we were truly more of a couple.”
She added that her religious beliefs make it difficult for her to completely leave Kody and find someone else. However, she noted that deep down she knew it was “over” between them because she didn’t think she could be “a better sister wife” to Robyn, which Kody had “hinted” she needed to be.
“He’s basically saying because you’re not the best sister wife to Robyn, I’m not interested in having a relationship with you,” said Christine, who went on to point out that Meri always treated Robyn well and he still doesn’t was attracted to her in the long run. “He’s full of shit,” Christine concluded.
A preview for next week shows Janelle telling Kody she wants to stay apart.
We’ll see how that conversation goes when new episodes of Sister Wives air Sundays on TLC, MAX and Discovery+
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