{"id":208333,"date":"2025-12-01T04:01:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T04:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/sister-wives-ysabel-and-maddie-give-updates-on-relationships-with-kody\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T04:01:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T04:01:38","slug":"sister-wives-ysabel-and-maddie-give-updates-on-relationships-with-kody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/sister-wives-ysabel-and-maddie-give-updates-on-relationships-with-kody\/","title":{"rendered":"Sister Wives\u2019 Ysabel and Maddie Give Updates on Relationships With Kody"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Following Kody Brown<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s breakups with three of his four wives, his relationships with most of his adult children<\/a> have become strained \u2014 including those with daughters Ysabel Brown<\/strong><\/a> and Maddie Brown<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Christine Brown<\/strong><\/a> and Kody\u2019s daughter Ysabel, 22, got real on the Sunday, November 30, episode of Sister Wives<\/em><\/a> about how her stepfather, David Woolley<\/strong><\/a>, has factored into her life amid her rocky dynamic with Kody, 56.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen my mom and David first started dating, it all happened, like, very fast, and I wasn\u2019t used to another man in my mom\u2019s life. So, I was really worried about what kind of role he would take up,\u201d Ysabel said, referring to Christine and David\u2019s whirlwind romance<\/a> before they tied the knot in October 2023. \u201cI was worried mostly that he would take up the role of dad in our family, which, we have a dad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ysabel confessed, \u201cI thought that he might take up too much space,\u201d revealing that David \u201cdoesn\u2019t do that\u201d and he \u201cnever oversteps.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tKody Brown is the father of 18 children, several of whom have spoken out about their tense relationships with their dad over the years. The Sister Wives star shares son Leon with ex Meri Brown; Logan, Madison, Hunter, Robert Garrison, Gabriel and Savannah with ex Janelle Brown; and Paedon, Aspyn, Mykelti, Gwendlyn, Ysabel and Truely [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

She gushed, \u201cHe\u2019s very respectful. He\u2019s very respectful of my dad. He\u2019s very respectful of my mom and her kids and that she is a mom to us and that he is her husband and not our dad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ysabel shared that David\u2019s place in her life \u2014 being hands-on without replacing Kody \u2014 is \u201ca hard thing to balance, especially if your dad isn\u2019t very, like, prevalent in your life.\u201d<\/p>\n

She told the cameras that she and Kody haven\u2019t spent a ton of time together since Christine, 53, left him in November 2021. (Christine and Kody share six children, including Ysabel.)<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy dad and I do not talk very often, no,\u201d Ysabel explained. \u201cMy dad and I aren\u2019t, like, close, close, close, close, close, close. But I mean, he\u2019s still my dad and I love him<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ysabel added that over the past few years she \u201crealized how much of a role my mom has in my life,\u201d calling Christine \u201ctwo people in one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe can be the dad and she can be the mom and she\u2019s perfect at it. And then David\u2019s awesome too,\u201d Ysabel concluded.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the episode, Maddie, 30, who is Kody\u2019s eldest daughter with Janelle Brown<\/strong><\/a>, shared an update on her ongoing rift with her father.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tDuring the latest episode of Sister Wives, Kody Brown put the blame on Christine Brown and Janelle Brown for his issues with their respective kids. \u201cChristine and Janelle have kind [of] banded together with this whole thing,\u201d Kody, 54, claimed in the Sunday, September 17, episode of the TLC series. \u201c[They] basically shattered my whole [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

After Janelle, 56, revealed that Kody reached out to set up a time to visit her in North Carolina following their 2022 split, Maddie said she is hopeful that someday they will all be in a better place.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there could be forgiveness,\u201d Maddie, who is a mother of four<\/a> herself, told her mom.<\/p>\n

Janelle confessed, \u201cIt seems so far out there for him to have a relationship with you guys again,\u201d referring to Maddie and her four remaining siblings. (Janelle and Kody welcomed six children during their marriage. Their son Garrison<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0died by suicide in March 2024 at the age of 25.)<\/p>\n

\u201cI am open to reconciliation and forgiveness and just closure<\/a>,\u201d Maddie explained. \u201cBut if he ever wanted to be let back into our lives, there would need to be a pattern of consistency.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Janelle, for her part, noted that she and Kody are \u201cpretty\u201d good when it comes to working together, noting they\u2019d been in contact a few times since Garrison\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe called to check on me on the anniversary of Garrison\u2019s death. And on his birthday, he called to check on me,\u201d Janelle said. \u201cAnd I actually thought about calling him, but I\u2019m like, \u2018Is that weird?\u2019 But it was fine. Like, it was all fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Sister Wives<\/em> fans know, Kody was married to Meri Brown<\/strong><\/a>, Janelle, Christine and Robyn Brown<\/strong><\/a> before their plural family started to crumble a few years ago. (Kody and Robyn, 47, are still married.)<\/p>\n

When Christine announced her split from Kody in 2021, she revealed that Kody had not been sleeping in her room for some time and said she considered herself a single parent.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tMaddie Brown is opening up about her boundaries with family members and why she has \u201cno contact with some\u201d of them \u2013 including her dad, Kody Brown. \u201cIt\u2019s because of stuff that has happened,\u201d Maddie, 29, shared on the Monday, November 11, episode of her \u201cThe Authentic Society\u201d podcast, later adding of her estranged father, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Janelle, meanwhile, hit a rough patch with Kody prior to their 2022 separation after he butted heads with her sons Garrison and Gabriel<\/strong>, 24, over his rules during the coronavirus pandemic shutdown.<\/p>\n

Meri, 54, confirmed in January 2023 that she and Kody had parted ways. Their one child<\/a>, Leon<\/strong>, 30, recently spoke out about their relationship with Kody after he claimed on Sister Wives<\/em><\/a> earlier this month that he \u201creached out to every one of my children\u201d on multiple occasions to make amends.<\/p>\n

According to Leon, that is not the case<\/a>. \u201cLet me be so f***ing clear: I have not heard from that man since my brother killed himself,\u201d Leon wrote via their Instagram Story on Tuesday, November 25, referring to Garrison\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

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