Janelle Brown: I Was STUNNED by My Son’s Suicide

Janelle Brown has opened up astir the astir idiosyncratic and achy taxable 1 could ever imagine.

On March 4, Janelle and Kody Brown’s son, Garrison, took his ain beingness via a self-inflicted gunshot shot astatine the precise young property of 25.

Speaking to People Magazine this week, Janelle delved into the horrible time she learned Garrison was gone… on with each helium was going done up until this atrocious moment.

Janelle Brown gets heavy successful this country from Sister Wives. (Image Credit: TLC)

“We conscionable had nary thought that helium was successful that place,” Janelle told People, adding that “substance abuse” apt played a relation successful his authorities of caput anterior to his death. “But helium didn’t ever explicit immoderate benignant of utmost bittersweet feelings.”

According to the authoritative autopsy report, Garrison had a VERY precocious blood-alcohol level upon committing suicide.

His roommates besides told section constabulary that helium had been drinking heavy astir this time.

In a substance connection the nighttime earlier helium died, Garrison did admit to suicidal tendencies… which prompted Janelle to inquire lad Gabe to spell cheque connected his brother.

Gabe did so, and came crossed his body.

Garrison Brown is pictured present connected an occurrence of Sister Wives. (TLC)

“h”He was precise funny, precise upbeat,” Janelle besides told People of wherever her lad appeared to beryllium astatine conscionable earlier his death. “He had a vocation way that helium was excited about. He had a life, helium had friends.”

Officials person labeled Garrison’s passing arsenic a “suicide,” proving 1 tin ne'er truly beryllium definite what is going connected successful different person’s universe.

Janelle said to People that she and her household members “never had immoderate thought that it would spell this way,” noting that determination weren’t immoderate wide informing signs.

Towards the extremity of his life, she says Garrison checked successful with his relatives, had adopted a feline and was “really excited” astir his vocation prospects.

Janelle Brown appears connected a 2022 occurrence of Sister Wives. (Image Credit: TLC)

“We really were having conversations. He had each the resources that helium could person needed,” the Sister Wives prima present says. “This was conscionable specified a shock. We conscionable ne'er expected this.”

Added Brown:

“I truly really had benignant of thought like, ‘Okay, possibly he’s yet starting to get his momentum.’ It’s hard successful your twenties to find your path. And I was truly excited, truthful it was specified a shock… due to the fact that determination was conscionable nary denotation astatine all.”

Kody Brown hasn’t said overmuch astatine each astir his son’s death, portion determination was reportedly an incident astatine his funeral that stirred up hostility wrong the family.

Janelle Brown has thing to accidental successful this Season 18 confessional. (TLC)

In the end, Janelle is evidently crushed.

But she doesn’t cognize what she could person done to debar this tragedy, either.

“It conscionable wasn’t for deficiency of emotion oregon deficiency of anything,” she says.

“And each I tin bash is think… we ever inquire ourselves could we person done thing more, but I don’t know,” she adds. “I deliberation that’s a grief trap due to the fact that I think, ultimately, everybody is liable for their ain actions and their ain decisions. But we did everything.

“We truly did everything that we could person done. And unfortunately, sometimes [that] inactive isn’t enough.”

Sister Wives Season 19 returns Sunday, September 15 astatine 10/9c connected TLC.