Sister Wives star Janelle Brown launched her own retail business in Flagstaff, Arizona, in the fall of 2021. This is around the same time as Sister Wives Season 17, when all of her and Kody Brown’s relationship problems started coming to a head. Is this a step for Janelle to become financially independent with the intent to leave her plural marriage to Kody?

Janelle and Kody’s relationship on the rocks in ‘Sister Wives’ Season 17
In Sister Wives Season 17, Kody is dealing with the fallout of his divorce from his second wife, Christine Brown, and the estrangement of many of his adult children. Now he’s questioning Janelle’s loyalty, and she’s questioning her love for him. He doesn’t think he’s been acting married to him as she stopped relying on him to approve decisions for her life.