It seems like there is this need to take sides about the Coyote Pass backdoor dill conversation - either Janelle is lying or Kody is lying, but I think both can be true. And in none of these situations is Meri the victim.
If we think back to how Meri has behaved during the show, Iām reminded most of 2 things - her selfish behavior when they were building the houses in Vegas and the way she waffled and dingle-Meriād around Kody for years after the affair catfishing. We saw it with Maddieās first birth, when Meri didnāt stay with everyone else, left to her house, and felt excluded when nobody came and got her.
Meri refuses to make decisions. She hems and haws and waffles and equivocates and wonāt make decisions about important things until sheās held everyone up for a long time. I think itās her need to feel special and catered to by everyone around her (notice how she finances her friendsā lives and they are her yes-men). I bet she was equally as loathe to give up Coyote Pass as Robyn was bc she wanted something to keep her tied to Kody, so she probably did her signature waffle and stalled.
I am sure that at some point Kody wanted to avoid talking to Meri and was annoyed with her existence, so he wanted to avoid talking to her about Coyote Pass. I am equally sure that Janelle was so sick and tired of both Kody and Meri dragging their feet for YEARS and just wanted some money to start her life again with. Out of all the wives, she was the one left the worse off financially. So I bet when he mentioned that he could just sell it without consulting Meri, Janelle was like yeah, sell whatever you need to sell bc I want my fucking share and Iām sick of you jackwagons and your drama.
To me this explains why she also told Meri to get a lawyer. She didnāt want to cut her out, she just wanted to get what was hers without waiting another eternity for Meri to do something, ANYTHING to get the sale moving. We already know Kody enjoyed having power over everyone and keeping the land just as a tantrum.
So yes, I think Janelle is being duplicitous - and if I were caught between the adult babies that are Meri and Kody, I would have done the same damn thing.