Sister Wives followers proceed to search for clues previously seasons as to why it seems Kody Brown has turned bitter on the concept of polygamy. After 16 seasons, the Brown household has splintered off into what appears to be two camps. Those who’re for the patriarch’s beliefs relating to how he ought to run his household and people who are towards his concepts. However, some followers imagine one second flipped a swap in Brown’s thoughts relating to plural marriage.
Kody Brown and several other wives have strained relations
During season 16’s the Sister Wives: Tell-All, Brown claimed he and his first spouse Meri would by no means be bodily intimate once more. The pair had a robust relationship till Meri’s 2015 catfishing scandal, during which she entered into an internet relationship with somebody she thought was a person however turned out to be a lady. Since then, the duo has had lingering belief points, and Kody now not lives in Meri’s dwelling.
Janelle, Kody’s second spouse, admitted she struggled with the restrictions the patriarch positioned on their giant brood all through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. However, she maintains that she and Brown have a great relationship. She informed Entertainment Tonight, “I still like him and want him around, so that was nice. We’ve been married almost 30 years!”
Robyn, Kody’s fourth spouse, is his solely authorized partner. A extra important problem among the many wives was Brown’s relationship with Robyn. Season 16 led viewers to imagine Kody provides Robyn preferential remedy and his option to reside solely at their dwelling as an alternative of splitting his time between his different wives.
Christine and Kody Brown cut up in November 2021 after he admitted he now not needed an intimate relationship along with his third spouse. She has since moved to Utah with the couple’s youngest daughter Truley.
This is the second followers imagine Kody Brown soured on polygamy
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In a 2021 episode of Sister Wives, Kody Brown and his then-four wives visited household associates Joe Darger and Alina and real-life sisters Valerie and Vicky, additionally practising polygamists.
During their go to, Kody needed to admit to Darger that he and his wives would by no means reside in a single dwelling once more. There was a definite distinction in how profitable the Dargers had been as polygamists in comparison with the Brown household.
Fans imagine the Brown patriarch’s polygamy superb soured after that journey. They shared their remarks in a Reddit thread.
“Fast forward to Flagstaff. They’re across the four winds, and Kody doesn’t see them daily. They’re too far apart. Kody is a part-time dad and husband who becomes the king of ONE castle: Robyn’s. So he gravitates there, where he’s included, wanted, and needed,” one viewer wrote.
“I agree. The visit with the Darger family twisted something in him, and for me, I quit following the show after that. It became awkward to watch,” a second fan shared.
“Kody is angrier due to his guilt for methodically and intentionally destroying his family so he can live with Robyn full time. He knows he abandoned the rest of the family for his desires and that guilt will live with him forever,” penned a 3rd Sister Wives watcher.
When will ‘Sister Wives’ return to TLC?
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According to Christine and Kody’s son Paedon Brown, the household filmed season 17 earlier this yr. However, there has not been an official begin date introduced by TLC.
Kody, Christine, Robyn, Meri, and Janelle are all scheduled to return to the sequence.
Sister Wives is at present on hiatus.
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