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131: Rest In Peace, Garrison Brown · Reality TV Cringe

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  Hello, and welcome to Reality TV Cringe. I am Delia here with my
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  daughter in law Beatrice. Hi. This is our actual scheduled time to meet,
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  because we were going to do a podcast on Sister Wives season four,
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  episode six, and also Seeking Sister Wives, which just launched last night,
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  and we certainly were prepared to do that. However, we got the news
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  about an hour before we were scheduled to meet that Garrison Brown had passed away
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  from a self inflicted injury. Injury. I don't know he committed suicide.
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  And to say that I am shocked is an understatement. Devastated as a parent,
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  heartbroken, heartbroken because I really love Garrison, like what he was allowed
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  to show us of who he was, especially as he became an adult and
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  bought his own home and tried to make some space for his mom, take
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  care of his family and Gabe, and like I just I think he was
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  turning into such a wonderful person. Yeah, and I am really so unhappy
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  to hear this news. I'm devastated. I mean, I just like I
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  can't imagine what this family is going through right now, what Janelle's going through,
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  what Cody's going through. Like I know we talk mad shit on this
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  podcast because we cover this show and we talk about these characters and all this
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  stuff, but we have to remember that these are real people, and when
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  stuff like this happens, it's like just a wake up call that none of
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  us know what's actually going on in these people's minds and their emotional well being
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  in their real lives, like what we see on TV could be total bullshit,
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  And so it's just really fucking devastating. And like, no matter how
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  much we talk shit about Cody, I feel bad for him because the last
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  we heard was that he had a horrible relationship with the boys, and I
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  just hope that it got rectified before this happened. I pray for Cody and
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  Janelle and the rest of the wives and the family, because I would not
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  wish this on my worst enemy. Like, I don't care if we hate
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  Cody Brown. Nobody deserves this, No parent deserves this. My mom texted
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  me this today because she was the one that told me and that I was
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  texting you like, oh my god, I can't believe this happened. And
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  my Mom's like, this is every parent's worst nightmare, Like every parent's worst
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  nightmare. So I'm just really fucking sad about it. I am too,
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  and because of that, we are not going to be recording our regular podcast.
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  We will be coming back later this week to do VPR and probably seeking
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  Sister Wives. I think we might be holding off a couple of weeks for
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  Sister Wives content because I just need to get my head on right about this
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  what's happening. And in the interim, of course, I think it's really
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  important for us to send good thoughts and prayers and good energy to this family.
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  I was actually up on social media when I heard this from you,
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  because I wasn't on like I didn't know anything about this, and I went
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  to Instagram, which I don't always do, and there were a lot of
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  different people reporting on it, and then there were just commenters saying things that
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  I think are just not appropriate. No matter how much you dislike people on
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  television and your favorite shows, like you, it's just I really feel like
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  we need to be more sensitive and thoughtful, like these are actually real people,
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  and I feel like we've been trying to kind of have this conversation.
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  For example, when we talk about Scandal all and VPR and the actual mental
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  health toll that it took on several of the characters in that show. Of
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  we've talked about the kids, you know, not just in this show,
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  but the kids, the Dugger kids, and we've talked about John and Kate
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  plus Aid and those kids, And there's a conversation I think that really needs
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  to be had. In fact, there's consequences I think actually that need to
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  happen for production companies and TLC that maybe in the future people will start to
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  discuss. It's not for us, a couple of raccoons to have a sophisticated
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  conversation about that. But at the same time, I do believe that you
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  and I were trying to have that conversation. Yeah, as much as we're
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  taking the piss and we're a comedy podcast, like we often advocated for the
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  kids and the women and like what's going on here though, and why are
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  we showing this on television? Like we need to be calling some of that
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  stuff out because there are real people on the other side of that camera,
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  right, But yeah, now it's not the time for that conversation. We
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  just wanted to maybe create a space for all of our listeners and viewers,
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  like if you want to drop a comment and you know, just leave your
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  your thoughts and your good energy and maybe just a wish for this family.
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  You can do so, or if you're feeling this, because I know a
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  lot of people have lost someone in this way, Yeah, you know,
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  if you want to share that. I mean, we just want to open
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  up the space for you and for the love and just for the support of
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  all of us in this moment. But ultimately we're just here to say rest
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  in peace. Garrison. You were a good boy. You were a fine
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  young man, a good brother, a good brother, a good protector.
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  Yeah, you did your very best that you could do in the situation that
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  you were in. And I'm really proud of you and all of the other
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  kids as well. And I just pray for you, truly do. I
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  pray for you. And I pray for Gabe too, who found him.
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  Sorry, I didn't mean to cut you, no, if that's okay,
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  I'm just feeling a lot. I'm just like, that's okay. I absolutely
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  pray, Like I really think we should be praying for Gabe. Yeah,
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  because he's such an empathic, sweet young man. I just I really can't
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  imagine, and I think it's gross, like on social media, how many
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  people are quick to just jump on this train to like talk about these kids
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  as if they knew them, just to get likes and clout because everybody knows.
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  The Sister Wives universe is blowing up right now, like and everybody's freaking
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  out about this news, understandably so, but I feel like we all just
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  need to take a moment to remember our humanity and remember, like we keep
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  saying, these are real people, like these are real lives that are affected
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  by this. We're feeling it emotionally and we don't even know these people.
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  We just watched them on TV and we're we cried about this before even recording
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  this, and I just I don't know. Let's just remember our humanity and
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  be kind on the internet, and we don't need to be talking shit.
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  We don't need to be making any comments about this family. We don't need
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  to be talking about the familiar relationships or any of this other bullshit, like
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  let them mourn, let them deal with it in peace and imprivate, because
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  grief is hard and this is absolutely fucking devastating. So we just felt like
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  the need to say something because we cover this show and we talk about it,
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  and we've been talking about it for two years and we've been involved in
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  this for a long time. But that's why we need a break. Yeah,
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  we need to just not talk about it. Take a breath, Take
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  a breath, and take a break. We love each and every one of
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  you so very much. Thank you for sticking with us, for listening and
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  for watching. We will definitely be back later and we'll get into all the
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  shows because we love those shows. You know. That's it's good vibes.
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  We're just trying to have fun, so we'll be back to do that,
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  but for right now, we felt this was the most appropriate thing to do.
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  Never forget that we've got nothing but love for you, and until next
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  time, pease, Oh bye bye, guys.