Kody and Robyn Brown. TLC
- Kody Brown says he was never “allowed” to fall in love with Robyn Brown.
- He calls his estrangements or separations from three of his wives a “quasi-plural chaos.”
- “This is not a safe place for us,” he said.
On Sunday’s episode of TLC’s “Sister Wives,” Kody Brown appears to admit that he has been committed to being monogamous with his wife Robyn Brown for many years.
As he reflects on a scene in which his then-estranged wife Meri Brown tells him she’s downsizing their Arizona home and spending more time in Utah to run her business, Kody explains why it seems strange to him to share Being with Robyn when other women are around.
“It’s really embarrassing because the only woman I’m in a relationship with right now is Robyn,” he tells the cameras. “But we were never allowed to truly love or find comfort in each other because of this quasi-plural marriage mess that’s going on.”
Robyn Brown, Meri Brown, Kody Brown, Christine Brown and Janelle Brown from Sister Wives. Ethan Miller/Getty Images
The scene he is commenting on was probably filmed in early 2022. At this point in their lives, Kody and Meri had been estranged for many years, but Meri had expressed that she would have been interested in pursuing a romance if he had desired it.
Kody had also been estranged from his wife, Janelle Brown (who confirmed that she was no longer married in an August 2023 interview with People). His ex Christine Brown had already publicly announced in November 2021 that she and Kody were divorced.
In Sunday’s episode, Kody tells the cameras that even though he felt like all of his other women were gone, he and Robyn “still don’t feel like we can reveal our place of comfort, our love for each other in any way.” .”
“This is not a safe place for us,” he continues, apparently referring to either Meri’s house or the larger Brown family as a whole.
Kody and Robyn kissed before their wedding on Sister Wives. TLC
The father of 18 children has always shown favoritism and affection towards Robyn that he has not been able to express so easily towards other women.
On an early season of “Sister Wives,” Kody told cameras during a confessional interview with all the women in attendance that he went wedding dress shopping with Robyn. His confession upset Christine because he didn’t do the same with any of his other wives.
Kody also kissed Robyn on camera before they got married. According to their beliefs, he had shown physical affection to some or all of his other wives only after they had married. When the kiss was filmed, Christine and her youngest child, Truely Brown, were in labor.
Robyn Brown. TLC
Although Kody seems upset that he is not “allowed” to show Robyn’s affection in front of Meri, it is a boundary that has existed in the family for many years, as seen in the series. In contrast, Robyn is not concerned with monogamy. In a previous episode of Season 18 of “Sister Wives,” she said she preferred polygamy and felt “tricked” into being Kody’s only romantic wife.
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