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David Woolley and Janelle Brown have one thing in frequent.
One thing simply horrible and private and oh so painful in frequent.
As most Sister Wives followers know at this level, Garrison Brown took his personal life in March 2023, a devastating growth that the present targeted on at size on the most recent two episodes.
Not all Sister Wives followers are conscious of the next, nonetheless…
… Woolley’s first spouse additionally dedicated suicide.
“I blame myself,” David advised Christne Brown on the Could 11 installment of the TLC collection… as that they had a heart-to-heart about Janelle and Kody Brown’s son and what occurred with Garrison final yr.
To be clear, Woolley didn’t know Garrison nicely on the time of his passing.
However he is aware of and understands this sense of loss. All too nicely.
“My wife, my kids’ mother, she took her life,” Woolley mentioned on air, referring to his eight youngsters. “One of the hardest things I’ve ever done was to tell my kids that their mother wasn’t coming home.”
Woollley was married for 20 years earlier than his first partner died in 2012 — and he remembered asking his sister, “What do I do?” when he discovered his spouse was gone.
“She’s like, ‘You need to tell them.’ And I told them,” the fact star mentioned earlier than getting choked up on digicam. “It was the hardest thing, crying, realizing that she wasn’t coming back.”
It’s been over a decade, however Woolley admits he looks like he “let my kids down” and because of this he “still” grows “emotional” when the subject comes up.
Janelle has damaged down many occasions over her son, after all. She defined final week why she and Kody determined to bury Garrison in Wyoming.
“Their mom was really special. I’ve seen enough of David’s home videos [to know],” Christine mentioned in a confessional, including:
“She loved her kids and there’s so many happy moments and happy memories. I’m glad they have the home videos of them, so they remember because I think without those, I think they forget because it’s so sad.”
David proposed to Christine in April 2023 after the 2 began relationship within the fall of 2022.
“I was married to their mother for 20 years when depression got a hold of her,” David wrote through Instagram again then sharing images of his eight youngsters and 10 grandchildren.
“So I have been a single dad for 11 years. Yes, I dated since then but never went anywhere. … I’m really excited to be with Christine the future is really bright!!”
At this level, Woolley and Brown appear extraordinarily pleased collectively.
We’ll study extra about him in Christine’s upcoming memoir.
On this emotional episode, Christine may barely maintain it collectively when speaking about Garrison and all she’s going to miss out on transferring ahead.
“I’m never going to be a grandma to his kids. Never,” she mentioned via tears.
Sister Wives airs on TLC Sundays at 10/9c.
