{"id":167248,"date":"2025-05-09T15:08:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T15:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/09\/janelle-brown-explains-why-she-buried-her-son-in-wyoming\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T15:08:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T15:08:23","slug":"janelle-brown-explains-why-she-buried-her-son-in-wyoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/09\/janelle-brown-explains-why-she-buried-her-son-in-wyoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Janelle Brown Explains Why She Buried Her Son in Wyoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For the second straight Sunday night, Janelle Brown will open up about the unimaginable experience of losing her son to suicide.<\/p>\n<p>On the May 4 episode of Sister Wives, producers spoke to various cast members about the tragedy of Garrison Brown taking his own life in March 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Janelle, for her part, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/05\/janelle-brown-details-heart-shattering-final-days-of-sons-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">delved into her child\u2019s final days<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was truly heart-breaking to watch and to listen to the pain of this mother and what she has gone through over the past year-plus.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sister-wives-janelle-mc-250507-02-a90ee9-1024x619.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-525237 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sister-wives-janelle-mc-250507-02-a90ee9-1024x619.avif 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sister-wives-janelle-mc-250507-02-a90ee9-300x181.avif 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sister-wives-janelle-mc-250507-02-a90ee9-768x464.avif 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sister-wives-janelle-mc-250507-02-a90ee9-960x580.avif 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sister-wives-janelle-mc-250507-02-a90ee9-1080x653.avif 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sister-wives-janelle-mc-250507-02-a90ee9-1200x725.avif 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sister-wives-janelle-mc-250507-02-a90ee9.avif 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sister-wives-janelle-mc-250507-02-a90ee9.avif\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Janelle Brown cries here in response to her son\u2019s passing.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the May 11 installment of this same reality show, Janelle will open up about the circumstances <em>after<\/em> Garrison\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Most notably, her son\u2019s funeral and the decisions she made about his body, which will reside forever in Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Browns have deep roots in Wyoming. Both Kody\u2019s dad and my mom are buried there, and I want to bury Garrison next to my mom,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/tv\/sister-wives-garrison-brown-grave-wyoming-why-rcna205475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Janelle says through tears<\/a> in a clip shared ahead of the episode by TODAY.<\/p>\n<p>The mother of six goes on to explain why Wyoming holds a special place in Garrison\u2019s heart and why it\u2019s the most appropriate place for his burial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was very much shaped by his experiences. You know, going for the summer, working there on the ranch,\u201d she says<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/janelle-and-garrison-brown-030524-7354442e3f5b4e3ab9ffbcfdfdfab78a.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-524801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/janelle-and-garrison-brown-030524-7354442e3f5b4e3ab9ffbcfdfdfab78a.webp 750w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/janelle-and-garrison-brown-030524-7354442e3f5b4e3ab9ffbcfdfdfab78a-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/janelle-and-garrison-brown-030524-7354442e3f5b4e3ab9ffbcfdfdfab78a.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-524801 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/janelle-and-garrison-brown-030524-7354442e3f5b4e3ab9ffbcfdfdfab78a.webp 750w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/janelle-and-garrison-brown-030524-7354442e3f5b4e3ab9ffbcfdfdfab78a-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/janelle-and-garrison-brown-030524-7354442e3f5b4e3ab9ffbcfdfdfab78a.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">We still can\u2019t believe Garrison Brown took his own life. RIP.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Instagram)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/05\/garrison-brown-cause-of-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garrison Brown took his own life<\/a>\u00a0in March 2024 via a self-inflicted gunshot wound.<\/p>\n<p>On the previous Sister Wives episode, Janelle, explained that she texting her son \u201call day long\u201d while she was traveling back to Flagstaff after having relocated to North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was not unusual because he and I talked probably three times a day,\u201d the 55-year old told viewers, continuing as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew he was struggling. I always just picked up the phone and I always make it a point to just talk to him. And it wasn\u2019t really about anything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he needed the connection, and I know he was talking to [and] calling his brothers and stuff too.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/www-youtube-com-watch-v-984251859_0e943c-copy-1024x735.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-522677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/www-youtube-com-watch-v-984251859_0e943c-copy-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/www-youtube-com-watch-v-984251859_0e943c-copy-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/www-youtube-com-watch-v-984251859_0e943c-copy-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/www-youtube-com-watch-v-984251859_0e943c-copy-960x689.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/www-youtube-com-watch-v-984251859_0e943c-copy-1080x775.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/www-youtube-com-watch-v-984251859_0e943c-copy-1200x861.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/www-youtube-com-watch-v-984251859_0e943c-copy.jpg 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/www-youtube-com-watch-v-984251859_0e943c-copy-1024x735.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-522677 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/www-youtube-com-watch-v-984251859_0e943c-copy-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/www-youtube-com-watch-v-984251859_0e943c-copy-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/www-youtube-com-watch-v-984251859_0e943c-copy-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/www-youtube-com-watch-v-984251859_0e943c-copy-960x689.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/www-youtube-com-watch-v-984251859_0e943c-copy-1080x775.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/www-youtube-com-watch-v-984251859_0e943c-copy-1200x861.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/www-youtube-com-watch-v-984251859_0e943c-copy.jpg 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/www-youtube-com-watch-v-984251859_0e943c-copy.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Janelle Brown looks very disturbed in this photo.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Garrison had been battling Depression and substance abuse when he died; the police said he had a very high blood-alcohol level at the time of his suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Maddie Brown Brush, the daughter of Janelle and Kody, also will appear on the installment and elaborate on the significance of Wyoming to her family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWyoming is probably the closest place we have to roots. It\u2019s home. We used to go every summer and it was just like, you went to the ranch to learn how to work,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their separation and back-and-forth dynamic, Janelle and Kody agreed in the end that it was the best decision to bury their son\u2019s ashes close to loved ones.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1014\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/janelle-brown-sister-wives-season-18-1014x570-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/janelle-brown-sister-wives-season-18-1014x570-1.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/janelle-brown-sister-wives-season-18-1014x570-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/janelle-brown-sister-wives-season-18-1014x570-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/janelle-brown-sister-wives-season-18-1014x570-1-728x410.jpg 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/janelle-brown-sister-wives-season-18-1014x570-1-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1014\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/janelle-brown-sister-wives-season-18-1014x570-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519598 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/janelle-brown-sister-wives-season-18-1014x570-1.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/janelle-brown-sister-wives-season-18-1014x570-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/janelle-brown-sister-wives-season-18-1014x570-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/janelle-brown-sister-wives-season-18-1014x570-1-728x410.jpg 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/janelle-brown-sister-wives-season-18-1014x570-1-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/janelle-brown-sister-wives-season-18-1014x570-1.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Janelle Brown on Season 18 of Sister Wives.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI remember sitting there with Janelle and I was just going, \u2018Hey, I really just want to take my boy home.\u2019 And so I said, \u2018Let\u2019s take him back to Wyoming and let\u2019s bury him next to grandma Sheryl,\u201d Kody said during a confessional interview. \u201cWe just totally agreed that would be the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former spouses also chose to cremate Garrison, which is what \u201che wanted,\u201d Janelle said, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that way it gives us the opportunity to have the funeral in a better time of year. We want to bury him in Wyoming. It\u2019s where our our family, a lot of our family, is buried. He loved it there, so it felt appropriate. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we can wait \u2018til the summer when everybody can be there and we can really celebrate him properly.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sister-Wives-Janelle-Threatens-to-Lawyer-Up-in-Kody-Season-19-Civil-War-1024x538.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-516420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sister-Wives-Janelle-Threatens-to-Lawyer-Up-in-Kody-Season-19-Civil-War-1024x538.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sister-Wives-Janelle-Threatens-to-Lawyer-Up-in-Kody-Season-19-Civil-War-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sister-Wives-Janelle-Threatens-to-Lawyer-Up-in-Kody-Season-19-Civil-War-768x403.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sister-Wives-Janelle-Threatens-to-Lawyer-Up-in-Kody-Season-19-Civil-War-960x504.webp 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sister-Wives-Janelle-Threatens-to-Lawyer-Up-in-Kody-Season-19-Civil-War-1080x567.webp 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sister-Wives-Janelle-Threatens-to-Lawyer-Up-in-Kody-Season-19-Civil-War.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sister-Wives-Janelle-Threatens-to-Lawyer-Up-in-Kody-Season-19-Civil-War-1024x538.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-516420 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sister-Wives-Janelle-Threatens-to-Lawyer-Up-in-Kody-Season-19-Civil-War-1024x538.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sister-Wives-Janelle-Threatens-to-Lawyer-Up-in-Kody-Season-19-Civil-War-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sister-Wives-Janelle-Threatens-to-Lawyer-Up-in-Kody-Season-19-Civil-War-768x403.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sister-Wives-Janelle-Threatens-to-Lawyer-Up-in-Kody-Season-19-Civil-War-960x504.webp 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sister-Wives-Janelle-Threatens-to-Lawyer-Up-in-Kody-Season-19-Civil-War-1080x567.webp 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sister-Wives-Janelle-Threatens-to-Lawyer-Up-in-Kody-Season-19-Civil-War.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sister-Wives-Janelle-Threatens-to-Lawyer-Up-in-Kody-Season-19-Civil-War.webp\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Janelle Brown made the right call when he walked away from Kody.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elsewhere, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/05\/kody-brown-breaks-down-over-sons-suicide-im-just-sad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kody grew more candid than usual<\/a> on this May 4 episode.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrief comes in waves. It just wasn\u2019t supposed to be this way. You know what I\u2019m saying?\u201d on air, marking the first time the family really addressed Garrison\u2019s death on camera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just heartbreaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/05\/janelle-brown-explains-why-she-buried-her-son-in-wyoming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 4 minutes For the second straight Sunday night, Janelle Brown will open up about the unimaginable experience of losing her son to suicide. On the May 4 episode of Sister Wives, producers spoke to various cast members about the tragedy of Garrison Brown taking his own life in March 2024. Janelle, for her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-167248","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}