<p id=”par-1_52″>Janelle Brown might have dumped Kody Brown, but she hasn’t ditched his last name. The <a href=”https://cheatsheet.com/tag/sister-wives”><em>Sister Wives</em></a><em> </em>star says that even though <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/sister-wives-how-long-were-kody-and-janelle-brown-separated-before-they-announced-the-end-of-their-marriage.html/”>her marriage is over</a>, she still considers herself a Brown and that won’t be changing her name anytime soon. Nor is she on the lookout for another husband, she says.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-christine-brown-says-it-s-a-pain-the-butt-to-change-your-name”>Christine Brown says it’s a ‘pain the butt to change your name’</h2>
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<p id=”par-2_66″>Janelle and her fellow ex-sister wife Christine Brown were guests on the <a href=”https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/that-rogue-sister-wives-energy/id1719155638?i=1000684338523″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”><em>Rogue Energy</em></a><em> </em>podcast on Jan. 17. At one point, the conversation turned to the recent changes in their lives, including <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/christine-browns-romance-david-woolley-getting-response-tlc-likely-expected.html/”>Christine’s 2023 marriage to David Woolley</a>. Janelle admitted that she was having trouble adjusting to Christine’s new last name. That prompted Christine to open up on the difficulties of adopting a new last name. </p>
<p id=”par-3_51″>“It is a pain in the butt to change your name when you’re older, by the way. Oh my gosh,” she said. “It’s a pain in the butt … when you’re older it takes so long. There’s still some things I’m Christine Brown in. I’ve got to get it changed over.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-janelle-brown-doesn-t-want-another-husband”>Janelle Brown doesn’t want another husband </h2>
<p id=”par-4_22″>Janelle chimed in to say that she intended to keep her current name, despite the end of her spiritual marriage to Kody. </p>
<p id=”par-5_25″>“I’m going to stay Brown because my kids are Brown,” she said. “I don’t intend to remarry so I think I’ll probably always stay Brown.”</p>
<p id=”par-6_7″>“You’re not going to remarry?” Chrisine asked. </p>
<p id=”par-7_48″>“I’ve been thinking about [it] a lot,” Janelle explained. “I’m not really interested in dating at all … I’m really good right now. It’s kind of nice, because I’m building this new life and I’m thinking about a new house, and I get to make all the decisions.”</p>
<p id=”par-8_27″>Janelle recently moved from Arizona to North Carolina, where she has <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/janelle-brown-launches-business-following-move-north-carolina.html/”>a new flower farm business</a>. She said her past marriage is firmly in her rearview mirror. </p>
<p id=”par-9_18″>“I don’t really interact with Kody,” she said, aside from some limited conversations about the Coyote Pass property. </p>
<p id=”par-10_9″>Kody is also out of Christine’s life for good. </p>
<p id=”par-11_11″>“I haven’t talked to him for a long time,” she said. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-meri-brown-says-changing-her-name-would-be-weird”>Meri Brown says changing her name would be ‘weird’</h2>
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<p id=”par-12_31″>Janelle isn’t the only one of Kody’s ex-wives who plans to remain a Brown. Meri Brown, who married Kody when she was 19, has also said she <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/sister-wives-star-meri-brown-no-plans-stop-using-ex-husband-kody-brown-last-name.html/”>won’t change her name</a>. </p>
<p id=”par-13_60″>“We’ve talked about it a lot. It’s like, okay, I am connected to Kody Brown by having his last name, but at the same time, that’s all anybody knows me as. That’s all I know myself as for the past 34 years,” Meri told <a href=”https://people.com/sister-wives-meri-brown-wont-return-to-using-maiden-name-exclusive-8766443″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>People</a> in a recent interview “I definitely wouldn’t ever change it back to my maiden name.”</p>
<p id=”par-14_31″>“That would be weird for me. I only had [my maiden name] for 19 years,” she added. “This one I’ve had for 34, so it would be weird on that level.”</p>
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