Sister Wives’ Janelle Brown Delivered to Tears Over Humane Society Tribute to Garrison After Suicide

Garrison, the son of Sister Wives star Kody Brown and ex-wife Janelle, was discovered lifeless at his Flagstaff, Arizona house by brother Gabriel on March 5, 2024. He died by suicide. Following his loss of life, followers began donating to the Excessive Nation Humane Middle in Garrison’s title, as he was an avid cat lover who adopted his personal cats from the group.

On Sunday’s new hour of Sister Wives — filmed just some weeks after her son’s loss of life — Janelle reacted with shock in regards to the donations, saying, “there have been so many who poured in, it was loopy.”

“The entire humane societies in Flagstaff acquired donations from all around the world. It was wonderful,” she shared with viewers. “I additionally heard that individuals have been making donations at their native humane societies in his behalf. The outpouring was overwhelming.”

Talking about her son’s affinity for felines, Janelle mentioned that Garrison had come house from an area pet adoption occasion with a brand new cat simply weeks earlier than his loss of life. Since his passing, she defined that relations have taken his pets into their very own properties.

The episode additionally adopted Janelle and daughter Savanah as they visited Excessive Nation Humane Middle, to see the plaque that had been arrange for Garrison and the cat adoption room they renamed in his honor. The room is the place potential adoptees will meet with cats and kittens, giving them an opportunity to play with them, earlier than making any choices.

As they walked into the room and Janelle noticed the plaque — which confirmed a photograph of Garrison along with his pets and skim, “In Loving Reminiscence” — she started to cry. “That is superior,” she mentioned, choking again tears.

The supervisor then knowledgeable the 2 that since Garrison’s passing, $25,000 had been raised for Excessive Nation Humane alone. With that cash, they have been in a position to waive adoption charges for the month in Garrison’s title, resulting in the adoption of 36 cats — a 20% improve for the group. She defined they shared Garrison’s story within the bios for all of the kittens, calling it a “actually particular month.”

“He can be so … clearly if he was right here, we’d not be having this dialog, however he would get a kick out of this,” Janelle mentioned. “I feel, as a result of his cats have been like his, they have been type of like his grounding factor. They’re what stored him in a superb place.”

“What an amazing, touching legacy,” she added.

In his personal confessional, Garrison’s brother Gabriel added that it was “actually touching to see folks come collectively like that and honor somebody.” Getting choked up himself, he added, “That was actually particular.”

Janelle ended the episode saying that “the feelings are advanced” within the wake of her son’s loss of life. She defined that whereas she was “actually current” on the Humane Society and was “simply enthusiastic about all the great that has come from this,” she’s additionally reminded why she’s there.

“I do not know easy methods to clarify it. It’s extremely confused … it is a mixture of feelings,” she concluded.

Sister Wives airs Sundays on TLC.

Should you or somebody you already know is fighting despair or has had ideas of harming themselves or taking their very own life, get assist. The Nationwide Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255) supplies 24/7, free, confidential assist for folks in misery.