Sister Wives star Kody Brown made a devastating confession after his son Garrison Brown‘s death in the latest episode of the TLC series.
On Sunday, May 4, Sister Wives finally addressed the death of Kody andJanelle Brown‘s son. Garrison died by s*icide at age 25 in March 2024 at his Flagstaff, Ariz., home. In the years leading up to Garrison’s sudden death, a rift formed between him and his father for several reasons. Kody reflected on these hurdles in their relationship in the wake of Garrison’s tragic passing.
“It wasn’t supposed to be this way, you know what I’m saying?” an emotional Kody told his wife, Robyn, in the May 4 episode. “It’s just heartbreaking, and I don’t…Robyn, I didn’t get a chance to really just make things right. Just not being able to say goodbye.”
“I just don’t know what to do with his death. Because it’s like I’ve got to do something different because I could have had more time with him, and I thought there would be more time.”
Later in the episode, Kody spoke about his grief in the wake of Garrison’s death.
“So many people have told me, ‘Don’t get caught in the what-if train.’ I’m like, ‘I’m going to because that’s part of the process for me,'” he explained. “I’m going to what if, what if, what if to death. What if I’d called him? What if I’d have been in touch more? What if we’d have gone and done more?”
The bereaved father added that it “makes me feel connected to him to do the what-ifs.”
As Kody further discussed his late son with Robyn, he wondered aloud, “How am I going to do this? How do I do the rest of my life? With every holiday and every birthday?”
He then made a heart-wrenching confession, telling his wife, “All of the frustration I had over the stuff with COVID and everything like that, all of a sudden, that’s just like, it was so unimportant. I’m just sad. Sad about what would have been.”
If you or someone you know is contemplating s*icide or struggling with s*icidal thoughts, help is available 24 hours a day through the S*icide and Crisis Lifeline at 988.
Catch new episodes of Sister Wives at 9 p.m. ET on Sundays on TLC and the next day on Max.
