All hell breaks loose asChristine Brownofficially leaves the Brown family — and former husbandKody Brown— for good.
In PEOPLE’s exclusive look at the newly-released season 17 supertease, Christine is gearing up to leave the family’s base in Flagstaff, Arizona, and head to Utah. But, she’s nervous about the repercussions her actions may have on everyone around her.
“I just hope they don’t hate me,” Christine, whoannounced the couple’s separationin November 2021, tells the cameras.
“Congratulations, you’re leaving the family,“Meri Brownsarcastically says in a separate confessional. “Like, I don’t know what I’m supposed to say to this.”
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Kody, however, appears to be taking it the worst. At one point, the clip shows him screaming at Christine, 50, for “ruining the [family’s] way [of life] rather than being accountable.”
“You’re like, ‘I’m divorced. I’m leaving. I’m done with you,'” says Kody, 53, as Christine looks distraught.Janelle Brownthen has to comfort her after Kody drives off.
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“I don’t want to see Christine ever again,” Kody says.
Kody’s marriage with Janelle, 53, appears to hit a major rough patch, with the Brown family patriarch pointing out how they’ve “been acting like we weren’t a married couple for most of our marriage.”
Janelle eventually hits a breaking point as she says, “If he can’t handle my independence, I don’t know if this works for me anymore.”
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As for his complicated bond with Meri, Kody says he “doesn’t really consider myself married” to his first wife.
“If she wanted to move on and marry another,” he says, “she wouldn’t get an argument with me.”
Additionally, Kody gets into another explosive argument with Janelle that leads to her walking off.
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source: people.com
