Janelle Brown is celebrating a โpretty wonderfulโ chapter in her life.
The โSister Wivesโ star shared a photo with her new beau on her Strive with Janelle Facebook page on Aug. 18. The relationship debut comes about four years after Janelle announced she was splitting from her ex-husband, Kody Brown.
Janelle and Kodyโs marriage played out in the TLC show โSister Wives,โ alongside his marriages to Meri Brown, Christine Brown and Robyn Brown. He is currently only married to Robyn Brown.
Alongside the selfie, which shows the couple beaming, she shared a few words about how this new gent, referred to only as Pete, came into her life.
โSome chapters are meant to unfold quietly before theyโre shared. I wasnโt looking. I certainly wasnโt expecting you. And somehow, you turned out to be exactly what I didnโt know I needed,โ Janelle wrote. โAnd it has been pretty wonderful.โ
Then, she rolled out the red carpet for her new partner: โEveryone please meet Pete.โ
Janelle isnโt the only โsister wifeโ to have found love since leaving Kody. Christine Brown married David Woolley in 2023, months after they met, and the two are going strong.
In a previous interview with TODAY.com in 2023, a year after she announced she was leaving Kody, Janelle said she was embracing her โselfishโ era.
โFor once, I get to live for me,โ Janelle says. โI get to do all those things I knew I was capable of. Now I get to do me and all the potential thatโs there.โ
At the time of the interview, she felt optimistic about what was to come.
โLife has been an unexpected journey. I didnโt expect to be here, reinventing myself at 50. Iโm honored that people still want to see what Iโm doing,โ Janelle said. โBecause Iโm going to pull it off. Iโm going to reinvent myself in a very big way. I hope that is inspiring to people.โ
Since their split, she and Kody have faced a shared tragedy. One of their five children, Garrison, died in 2024. In the show, Garrisonโs parents, siblings and relatives have honored his memory and shed light on his struggle with mental health. Janelle has been open with her grief journey, as well.
Despite โSister Wivesโ showing their relationship hitting moments of turmoil, she said in a 2023 confessional that she didnโt regret marrying Kody.
โI know that I didnโt make a mistake in marrying him. I would do it all over again,โ she said.