{"id":13803,"date":"2026-10-12T08:11:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/?p=13803"},"modified":"2026-10-12T08:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:11:21","slug":"janelle-brown-shares-date-night-photo-with-new-boyfriend-pete-after-their-hard-launch-left-sister-wives-fans-shocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/?p=13803","title":{"rendered":"Janelle Brown Shares Date Night Photo with New Boyfriend Pete After Their Hard Launch Left\u00a0Sister Wives\u00a0Fans Shocked"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"loc article-header\">\n<div id=\"people-article-header_1-0\" class=\"comp people-article-header mntl-article-header\">\n<h1 class=\"article-heading text-headline-400\">Janelle Brown Shares Date Night Photo with New Boyfriend Pete After Their Hard Launch Left<em>\u00a0Sister Wives\u00a0<\/em>Fans Shocked<\/h1>\n<p class=\"article-subheading text-utility-300\">\u201cI wasn\u2019t looking. I certainly wasn\u2019t expecting you,\u201d the TLC star previously wrote online while introducing her new man<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-article-meta-dynamic_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-article-meta-dynamic mntl-article-meta mntl-block pre-content\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div id=\"bylines_1-0\" class=\"comp bylines people-bylines mntl-bylines text-utility-200\">\n<div id=\"mntl-bylines__group_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-bylines__group mntl-block mntl-bylines__group--author\">\n<div id=\"mntl-bylines__item_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-bylines__item mntl-attribution__item mntl-attribution__item--has-date\"><span class=\"mntl-attribution__item-descriptor\">By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mntl-dynamic-tooltip--trigger\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Bailey Richards is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and interned with the brand in 2022. Her work has previously appeared in&lt;em&gt; PAPER Magazine&lt;\/em&gt;, TV Insider and other digital publications.\" data-inline-tooltip=\"true\" data-tooltip-position-x=\"left\" data-tooltip-position-y=\"bottom\">Bailey Richards<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mntl-attribution__item-date\">Published on August 30, 2026 01:51PM EDT<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mntl-comment-counter\"><span class=\"comment-counter__number-wrap\"><span class=\"comment-counter__number\">15<\/span><\/span><span class=\"comment-counter__text\">Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"loc article-content\">\n<div id=\"article__primary-video-container_1-0\" class=\"comp article__primary-video-container mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"figure-article_1-0\" class=\"comp figure-article mntl-universal-primary-image right-rail__offset text-utility-100 figure-landscape primary-image\">\n<div class=\"primary-image__media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"primary-image__image mntl-primary-image--blurry loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/8CSPfrLAxh9G8683BBwOGCnAWnQ=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2):format(webp)\/janelle-brown-date-night-pete-083026-9dbbdf4a1e354610a696394f6ced7506.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 750px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/7lNNkfOean54S14YKG1TQy5Hpno=\/750x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2):format(webp)\/janelle-brown-date-night-pete-083026-9dbbdf4a1e354610a696394f6ced7506.jpg 750w\" alt=\"Janelle Brown Has a Date Night with Her New Boyfriend Pete\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1001\" data-alcp_ajhbdcgf_prev-pointer-events=\"\" data-alcp_ajhbdcgf_mark=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"primary-image__figcap_1-0\" class=\"comp primary-image__figcap mntl-figure-caption figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Janelle Brown with boyfriend Pete.<\/span><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Credit :\u00a0<\/span>janellebrown117\/Instagram<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"article-content_1-0\" class=\"comp article-content mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-page mntl-block structured-content\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"90\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"24\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"4\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1550, 1950, 2350, 2750, 3150, 3550, 3950]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-needtoknow alc_unlock-pseudo-after\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__heading\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<div class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body\">\n<ul>\n<li>Janelle Brown shared a romantic date night photo with her new boyfriend, Pete, on Aug. 30<\/li>\n<li>She introduced Pete on social media two weeks prior, four years after splitting from ex Kody Brown<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<em>Sister Wives<\/em>\u00a0star previously said she was not interested in dating following her breakup with Kody<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Janelle Brown\u00a0is sharing glimpses of her budding romance.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The former reality star, 57, shared an\u00a0Instagram post\u00a0on Sunday, Aug. 30, documenting a date night between herself and her new boyfriend, whom she has identified only by his first name, Pete.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cA beautiful evening by the water (this may be becoming a theme for us \ud83d\ude03),\u201d the\u00a0<em>Sister Wives<\/em>\u00a0star wrote in the caption of her post. \u201cHad dinner while we watched the boats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The photo shared showed the couple backdropped by sailboats. Pete\u2019s arm could be seen wrapped around Janelle.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-portrait figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/hsp0IGZyNUN867ivCZM0ueOrMU0=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(799x0:801x2):format(webp)\/janelle-brown-boyfriend-pete-081826-1-a39bc728780d46cd8c2fed4e0018efe2.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/hsp0IGZyNUN867ivCZM0ueOrMU0=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(799x0:801x2):format(webp)\/janelle-brown-boyfriend-pete-081826-1-a39bc728780d46cd8c2fed4e0018efe2.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"Janelle Brown and boyfriend Pete.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/hsp0IGZyNUN867ivCZM0ueOrMU0=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(799x0:801x2):format(webp)\/janelle-brown-boyfriend-pete-081826-1-a39bc728780d46cd8c2fed4e0018efe2.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/hsp0IGZyNUN867ivCZM0ueOrMU0=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(799x0:801x2):format(webp)\/janelle-brown-boyfriend-pete-081826-1-a39bc728780d46cd8c2fed4e0018efe2.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" data-img-lightbox-variant=\"\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Janelle Brown and boyfriend Pete.<\/span>Janelle Brown\/Instagram<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The look at the couple\u2019s romantic waterside dinner comes less than two weeks after Janelle\u00a0hard-launched her new relationship, shocking fans of the TLC reality series.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Janelle first revealed her new relationship with Pete on Instagram on Tuesday, Aug. 18, four years after announcing her split from husband\u00a0Kody Brown.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cSome chapters are meant to unfold quietly before they\u2019re shared,\u201d Janelle captioned a smiley selfie with her new boyfriend. \u201cI wasn\u2019t looking. I certainly wasn\u2019t expecting you. And somehow, you turned out to be exactly what I didn\u2019t know I needed. And it has been pretty wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cEveryone please meet Pete,\u201d she concluded the caption.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Janelle and Kody, 57, were spiritually married in 1993 and share\u00a0six children: Logan, 30,\u00a0Madison, 30, Hunter, 28, Gabriel, 23, Savannah, 20, and Garrison, who\u00a0died by suicide\u00a0in 2024 at age 25.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Janelle was Kody\u2019s second wife after\u00a0Meri Brown. Following\u00a0Christine Brown\u2018s decision to leave Kody in 2021, Janelle followed suit in 2022, announcing the end of their nearly 30-year marriage.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">After the split, Janelle relocated to North Carolina to be close to daughter Madison and her grandchildren.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_2-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/A0CEhVsiu-a8KN-Bc0OLowaHP2A=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(704x279:706x281):format(webp)\/Janelle-and-Kody-e32bff6be6fd44d1a76e6f1545d34f49.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/A0CEhVsiu-a8KN-Bc0OLowaHP2A=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(704x279:706x281):format(webp)\/Janelle-and-Kody-e32bff6be6fd44d1a76e6f1545d34f49.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"Television personalities Janelle Brown, Kody Brown and Christine Brown from &quot;Sister Wives&quot; arrive at the show &quot;RockTellz &amp; CockTails presents Meat Loaf&quot; at Planet Hollywood Resort &amp; Casino on October 3, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/A0CEhVsiu-a8KN-Bc0OLowaHP2A=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(704x279:706x281):format(webp)\/Janelle-and-Kody-e32bff6be6fd44d1a76e6f1545d34f49.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/A0CEhVsiu-a8KN-Bc0OLowaHP2A=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(704x279:706x281):format(webp)\/Janelle-and-Kody-e32bff6be6fd44d1a76e6f1545d34f49.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" data-img-lightbox-variant=\"\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Janelle Brown and Kody Brown in 2013.<\/span><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Gabe Ginsberg\/FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">During a reunion episode of the show released the following year, Janelle expressed her inner turmoil regarding her views on her union with Kody.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cI deeply believe in my faith,\u201d Janelle said at the time. \u201cI have been so much at peace that I don\u2019t know how to reconcile that. So that\u2019s where my debate with myself is all the time because I know I\u2019m happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cI don\u2019t want him to come back, but my faith requires that we are married eternally,\u201d added the star, who is a member of a church called Apostolic United Brethren.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cBecause we never were legally married, I can\u2019t really say I\u2019m divorced,\u201d Janelle later echoed in a 2024 interview with PEOPLE. \u201cI just say \u2018I\u2019m no longer with\u2019 [him] when I explain it to outside people. I\u2019m like, \u2018I\u2019m no longer with my partner.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_36-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-featuredlink--people-app-promo mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"people-app-promo__text_1-0\" class=\"comp people-app-promo__text mntl-text-block\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_38-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">She continued to\u00a0shut down the idea\u00a0of opening herself back up to love, including stating that she\u2019s \u201cnot really interested\u201d in dating during a 2025 appearance on the\u00a0<em>Sibling Revelry<\/em>\u00a0podcast.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_40-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cMy marriage is over. I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m gonna do,\u201d the\u00a0<em>Sister Wives<\/em>\u00a0alum said on the podcast. \u201cI\u2019m not really interested in getting married again or even really dating at this stage. So I\u2019m not even thinking about, like, \u2018Oh, what do I need to do?\u2019 Because I\u2019m just like, I am over [it].\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_42-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-generic\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body\">\n<p>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE\u2019s free daily newsletter\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_43-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Earlier this year, however, Janelle revealed that she was granted a \u201cspiritual release\u201d from the marriage by her church. \u201cI am free,\u201d she said at the time.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_45-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In addition to Christine and Janelle\u2019s splits from Kody, his first wife, Meri, also ended their marriage in 2023.\u00a0Robyn Brown, whom he legally married in 2014, remains Kody\u2019s only wife.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Janelle Brown Shares Date Night Photo with New Boyfriend Pete After Their Hard Launch Left\u00a0Sister Wives\u00a0Fans Shocked \u201cI wasn\u2019t looking. I certainly wasn\u2019t expecting you,\u201d the TLC star previously wrote online while introducing her new man By Bailey Richards Published on August 30, 2026 01:51PM EDT 15Comments Janelle Brown with boyfriend Pete.Credit :\u00a0janellebrown117\/Instagram NEED TO &#8230; <a title=\"Janelle Brown Shares Date Night Photo with New Boyfriend Pete After Their Hard Launch Left\u00a0Sister Wives\u00a0Fans Shocked\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/?p=13803\" aria-label=\"Read more about Janelle Brown Shares Date Night Photo with New Boyfriend Pete After Their Hard Launch Left\u00a0Sister Wives\u00a0Fans Shocked\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sisterwives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}