Janelle Fed Up After Kody Brown Explodes On Her In Sister Wives Combat Over Covid Security

Along with ex-wife Christine leaving him this season on “Sister Wives,” tensions have additionally been brewing between Kody, his different three wives and his 18 kids, a few of whom felt they have been being iced out in favor of latest spouse Robyn and their kids collectively all through the pandemic. A number of in his household believed Robyn was behind his strict COVID guidelines, which have been applied post-vaccine, in late 2021. It is all led to main friction, particularly as all of them tried planning for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

“You are appearing such as you’re not even culpable on this state of affairs. Culpable for not having any respect for me concerning the COVID guidelines,” he exclaims at Janelle in a preview clip from Sunday’s new episode (by way of PEOPLE). “You by no means even bolstered the foundations … you truly belittled the stuff I used to be doing!”

“Kody, you have been asking me to decide on between my kids and also you … you didn’t even give us the foundations till two weeks earlier than Thanksgiving,” she hit again, as the 2 argue in entrance of each Robyn and Meri. “For March till Thanksgiving, I had no guidelines.”

He continues to get much more upset, saying she’s telling “blatant” lies.

“I am mad as hell as a result of all people put this s— on me. After I lastly get sick from COVID, that was a death-like expertise. I understand that you simply simply cannot run from it by now,” he says, getting very fired up, after he and Robyn battled the virus in October 2021. “I used to be simply making an attempt to guard my household. What if one in all my little ones had been the place I used to be, the place she was?! I can not imagine that I’ve finished all this to avoid wasting you!”

He continues to say his strict guidelines have been to guard the youngsters, however solely led to “criticism from [Janelle] and from my boys,” probably referring to 2 of their sons collectively, Gabe and Garrison. Kody provides that he felt he bought “zero respect” from them — earlier than exclaiming, “I’ve gone 18 months for being persecuted by my family for making an attempt to guard them. My coronary heart is damaged. Christine left due to this!”

Robyn tries to calm issues down, however neither Kody nor Janelle hear her. As a substitute, Janelle will get emotional as she says the rift is “not all my fault.” She provides that she felt caught between her kids and her husband, all whereas following CDC tips.

“Kody’s appearing like I used to be a COVID-denier,” she says in a confessional, earlier than pushing again on that label. “I adopted all of the CDC guidelines. I wore a masks. I washed my palms. I used to be cautious. I am vaccinated for crying out loud.”

“This is similar previous argument. I do not have to be overwhelmed into submission, made to kowtow. I am simply not. I simply do not want this,” she then says. “Within the final 18 months, I’ve realized that I am fairly good. I am impartial, and I am not going to face right here and be yelled at. I simply do not want it. I do not deserve it and I do not want it.”

Whereas the preview clip ends there, a promo for the total episode reveals her storming away from the dialog — as Kody yells at her, “Janelle, this can be a actually dangerous thought so that you can stroll off on this one!”

“Sister Wives” airs Sundays on TLC.