Kody Brown from Sister Wives claims he loves Meri Brown but can’t “be in love” with her because it isn’t safe. The 54-year-old patriarch was happily married to Meri in the ’90s. However, their relationship changed after they opted for polygamy and added three more wives into the mix. During Sister Wives season 18, Kody and Meri reached the verge of breaking up and stopped caring for each other. They discussed parting ways and even debated dividing their Coyote Pass land. The hopeful Meri finally gave up on reconciling with Kody.
Kody opened up about his feelings for Meri in a Sister Wives season 18 Tell-All preview, courtesy of ET. The father of 18 admitted that he had told Robyn he no longer feels “married to Meri.”
He claimed he would “always love” Meri but can’t “be in love with her.” According to the Brown family patriarch, loving his first wife is too risky and “not safe” for him. Kody also shared he wouldn’t “sit here and drive the bus” over Meri. He added, “This is sad. It’s heartbreaking. It just didn’t work.”
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Kody seemed to be in a tough situation throughout the video. He looked sadder than usual and conveyed how his breakup with Meri impacted Robyn and himself. Kody’s unhappiness is understandable, considering he had spent over 30 years with Meri. While he didn’t feel married to her in the last decade, he still loved her and wouldn’t want to hurt her unnecessarily. Meri crossed a line in the mid-2010’s when she fell for a catfish. Had she been more faithful, Kody may have reconciled with her eventually.
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Unlike on Sister Wives, Kody seemed much more down-to-earth and real during his Tell-All interview. He may have begun regretting some of the decisions he made over the years that led him to lose his three wives. Kody wasn’t respectful to Janelle Brown during the COVID-19 pandemic. He tried to force his rules on her, which led her to fall out of love. Similarly, he never gave Christine Brown the love she deserved, which pushed her to seek happiness in another man. Kody was never a good husband to Meri, which is why she fell for a catfish.
Kody may think falling in love with Meri again is risky, but he’s likely just trying to make himself look like a victim. If he had been a decent partner to Meri, she would still be eager to be with him. Meri was very hopeful about building a future with Kody. However, he picked Robyn above everyone else, which pushed Meri and the other sister wives away. Now Kody claims he wouldn’t drive a bus over Meri. However, the Sister Wives star doesn’t realize he has been running over his wives over the past 10 years.
Source: ET/YouTube
Sister Wives
- Cast:
- Kody Brown, madison Brown, Janelle Brown, Tamron Hall, Aspyn Brown, Robyn Brown, Andrea Canning, Gwendlyn Brown, Meri Brown, Logan Brown, Christine Brown, Sukanya Kirshnan
- Main Genre:
- Reality
- Genres:
- Reality TV, Drama
- Rating:
- TV-PG
- Seasons:
- 16
- Summary:
- Sister Wives follows the brown family, which observes polygamist practices. Headed by Kody Brown as the father, he and his four wives and their 18 children have moved across the United States, from Utah to Nevada and Arizona. Kody and his wives have secret marriages, as polygamy is illegal. Still, the show follows the family as it covers the trials and tribulations of four wives that split their familial duties of themselves amongst one husband and eighteen children. The children themselves are a significant focus of Sister Wives, as it also focuses on the challenges the children face due to their home life.Sister Wives attempts to dispel negative stereotypes around polygamy, as it aired around 2010 when the general public commonly discussed the topic in the United States. The four Brown wives agreed to participate in the show to accomplish this goal, and TLC continues to chronicle the family’s life over a decade later.
- Website:
- https://go.tlc.com/show/sister-wives-tlc
- Cinematographer:
- Doug Monroe, Callan Griffiths, Richard Alexander Walkling, Anthony Derosa, Matthew Thompson, Ray Farmer
- Distributor:
- TLC
- Filming Locations:
- Nevada, Utah, Arizona
- Main Characters:
- Timothy Gibbons, Kirk Streb, Deanie Wilcher, Christopher Poole, Bill Hayes
- Producer:
- Deanie Wilcher
- Production Company:
- Puddle Monkey Productions, Figure 8 Films
- Number of Episodes:
- 167
