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Adjusting to a new normal. <\/span>Sister Wives<\/span><\/i><\/a> star <\/span>Kody Brown<\/b><\/a> \u201cis embarrassed\u201d that both <\/span>Janelle Brown<\/b><\/a> and <\/span>Christine Brown<\/b><\/a> have left him, cutting his number of wives in half in just a year\u2019s time, an insider tells In Touch<\/em><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s not that shocked,\u201d the source explains, alluding to the foundational cracks between the Brown family patriarch and his two ex-wives, who are close friends. \u201cHe admitted that their <\/span>version of polygamy<\/span><\/a> was dysfunctional.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The insider\u2019s take on Kody\u2019s true feelings comes just days after <\/span>In Touch<\/span><\/i> broke the news that Janelle and the former businessman, 53, had ended their spiritual marriage<\/span><\/a> after 29 years together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cJanelle is a strong independent woman and realized she can do it on her own,\u201d a second source told <\/span>In Touch <\/span><\/i>on December 9, adding that the Plexus ambassador ultimately \u201coutgrew\u201d him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Making the sting of <\/span>Janelle\u2019s newfound independence<\/span><\/a> that much more brutal for the Arizona-based polygamist is his November 2021 split from Christine. The first wife to leave, Christine, 50, <\/span>announced her separation<\/span><\/a> from Kody on Instagram after more than 25 years of spiritual marriage. A prominent storyline in season 17 of <\/span>Sister Wives, <\/span><\/i>Kody even admitted that his breakup with Christine negatively impacted his other relationships.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m struggling so much with this divorce. It\u2019s probably poisoning my relationship with Janelle a little bit and definitely poisoning my relationship with Robyn,\u201d Kody confessed during the November 27 episode. \u201cI think that\u2019s because I haven\u2019t figured out what I am when we\u2019re not this family. I\u2019m out of my frame and I\u2019m out of my purpose. I\u2019m spiritually off course. I\u2019m a mess.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Notably absent from his assessment of the situation was <\/span>Meri Brown<\/b><\/a>, 51, who was Kody\u2019s first legal wife. While the two divorced in 2014 so the patriarch could legally marry <\/span>Robyn Brown<\/b>, 44, and adopt her children from a previous relationship, Kody and Meri have maintained their spiritual marriage despite heartache and scandal. Namely, Meri\u2019s catfishing catastrophe drove a wedge between the inn owner and her husband, yet despite their estrangement, a third source told <\/span>In Touch <\/span><\/i>that<\/span> Kody still \u201chas this unusual hold\u201d on Meri.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s no secret that she\u2019s been to hell and back in that relationship,\u201d the source said of Meri\u2019s marriage to Kody. \u201cIt wouldn\u2019t surprise anyone if she bolted, but for some strange reason she\u2019s still loyal to him. They have the most dysfunctional relationship ever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n