{"id":173764,"date":"2025-06-10T14:08:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T14:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/10\/janelle-brown-finally-cracks-admits-kody-is-a-narcissist\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T14:08:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T14:08:25","slug":"janelle-brown-finally-cracks-admits-kody-is-a-narcissist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/10\/janelle-brown-finally-cracks-admits-kody-is-a-narcissist\/","title":{"rendered":"Janelle Brown Finally Cracks, Admits: Kody is a Narcissist!"},"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\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Janelle Brown is no longer holding anything back.<\/p>\n<p>The long-time Sister Wives cast member sat down on Sunday night for part three of the show\u2019s one-on-one special, opening up to host Sukanya Krishnan about ex-husband Kody Brown.<\/p>\n<p>Where did their relationship go wrong?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"786\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rs_1024x786-241127105549-Screenshot_2024-11-27_135130.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-527493 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rs_1024x786-241127105549-Screenshot_2024-11-27_135130.avif 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rs_1024x786-241127105549-Screenshot_2024-11-27_135130-300x230.avif 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rs_1024x786-241127105549-Screenshot_2024-11-27_135130-768x590.avif 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rs_1024x786-241127105549-Screenshot_2024-11-27_135130-960x737.avif 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rs_1024x786-241127105549-Screenshot_2024-11-27_135130.avif\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Janelle Brown should be so very happy she\u2019s done with Kody.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI do think that there was a cycle of love bombing,\u201d Janelle explained to Krishnan. \u201cAnd then almost kind of like a wind down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown is saying here that Kody started off their romance by coming on VERY strong, to an almost fake extent. It then fizzled out, likely around the time Kody married <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/stars\/robyn-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robyn Brown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Krishnan went on to press her guest, asking her what the love bombing in question might have looked like.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a narcissist, there\u2019s a cycle where you love bomb and then there\u2019s sort of a waning and then you almost kind of destroy or hurt them,\u201d Janelle detailed. \u201cThen to fix it, you come back in and you love bomb. So there was kind of this cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Janelle just referred to Kody as a <em><strong>narcissist<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" 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\" 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\"\/><\/noscript><img 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>Did she really mean it? Does she really think of her former spiritual spouse in this way?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not qualified to diagnose him, but he \u2014 I guess everybody will have to decide,\u201d Janelle replied to this question on air.<\/p>\n<p>The mother of six previously said she was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/06\/janelle-brown-i-am-so-done-with-kody-and-robyn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">done with both Kody and Robyn<\/a>, saying on part two of this same special:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have any hate or hard feelings or anything. I just don\u2019t really want to know them.\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>Emphasizing she\u2019s not a psychologist or psychiatrist, the 56-year-old continued: \u201cI read pop culture. I have no idea. But it does seem like there\u2019s quite a lot of similarities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it does. It sure does seem as if Kody Brown is consumed by his own interests and nothing else.<\/p>\n<p>We mean, this is someone who recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/05\/kody-brown-just-compared-himself-to-batman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">compared himself to Batman<\/a> because he thinks he started out as a hero and has since been villainized by the public.<\/p>\n<p>(For the official record, if you\u2019re wondering, the American Psychiatry Association reports that narcissistic personality disorder is estimated to impact one to two percent of the population and involves \u201ca pervasive pattern of grandiosity (sense of superiority in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy.\u201d)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/61ff21bdfa4f1f0018263076.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-524919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/61ff21bdfa4f1f0018263076.webp 700w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/61ff21bdfa4f1f0018263076-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/61ff21bdfa4f1f0018263076-480x360.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/61ff21bdfa4f1f0018263076-320x240.webp 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/61ff21bdfa4f1f0018263076.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-524919 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/61ff21bdfa4f1f0018263076.webp 700w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/61ff21bdfa4f1f0018263076-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/61ff21bdfa4f1f0018263076-480x360.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/61ff21bdfa4f1f0018263076-320x240.webp 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/61ff21bdfa4f1f0018263076.webp\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kody Brown has gone from four wives to one.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is not the first time Janelle has looked back harshly at her time with Kody, who she walked away from back in January 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you marry into plural marriage, at least in our faith, you are expected to become more than you are,\u201d Janelle said on the June 1 episode of Sister Wives, blaming Kody for the downfall of their marriage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was expected to make those relationships, all of them, work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Janelle, Meri and Christine <em>all<\/em> left Kody at various points over the last few years, with Janelle saying this month that it was on Kody to \u201cmeet the needs of all the different relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He clearly failed to do so.<\/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\/2024\/12\/janelle-and-kody-brown-sister-wives-120624-f6dd1ee0740e4ce8830eceec6001f330.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-514809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/janelle-and-kody-brown-sister-wives-120624-f6dd1ee0740e4ce8830eceec6001f330.webp 750w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/janelle-and-kody-brown-sister-wives-120624-f6dd1ee0740e4ce8830eceec6001f330-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/janelle-and-kody-brown-sister-wives-120624-f6dd1ee0740e4ce8830eceec6001f330.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-514809 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/janelle-and-kody-brown-sister-wives-120624-f6dd1ee0740e4ce8830eceec6001f330.webp 750w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/janelle-and-kody-brown-sister-wives-120624-f6dd1ee0740e4ce8830eceec6001f330-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/janelle-and-kody-brown-sister-wives-120624-f6dd1ee0740e4ce8830eceec6001f330.webp\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Janelle Brown has made the astute decision to walk away from Kody.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Janelle, it was during the COVID-18 pandemic that Kody began to shirk some of those responsibilities. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he really did \u2014 especially during COVID \u2014 be like, \u2018I\u2019m just going to shrug this off. You guys don\u2019t like each other. I\u2019m tired. You\u2019re going to shorten my life span if I keep doing this,&#8217;\u201d Janelle reflected. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of a sudden, he\u2019s like, \u2018I just don\u2019t want to do it anymore.\u2019 He kind of threw this little temper tantrum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All true, and all Kody\u2019s loss. Thankfully, Janelle appears to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/janelle-brown-im-so-grateful-to-be-on-my-own\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doing quite well these days on her own<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/06\/janelle-brown-finally-cracks-admits-kody-is-a-narcissist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Janelle Brown is no longer holding anything back. The long-time Sister Wives cast member sat down on Sunday night for part three of the show\u2019s one-on-one special, opening up to host Sukanya Krishnan about ex-husband Kody Brown. Where did their relationship go wrong? Janelle Brown should be so very happy she\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-173764","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\/173764","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=173764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}