Sister Wives Mid-Season Trailer: Tensions Rise Over Meri and Robyn Brown’s Fractured Relationship

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Meri Says Kody Gave Her Hope for Their Marriage

insisted he was ready to divide himself from first wife shortly after their 1990 vows. But " he led me to believe that he would work on things by saying, 'Oh Meri, when we move to Flagstaff, this will be a good time to have a new beginning for us,' " Meri shared in the Sept. 15 premiere, referencing their 2018 move. " Like he led me to believe those things. This is what he's done for many, many years. "

Her main gripe, she shared, is " his lack of communication and how he really felt and what he really wanted or what he really didn't want and the story that he's been telling for all these years. "

And while Kody acknowledged that there may have been " mixed messages, " it was only because as he started to work on things, " I'm like, 'Why Бих ли направил това? " " Той изясни той. " I would not court and date her now. "

Either way, Meri's friends were thrilled when she finally pulled the plug in early 2023. 

" They’re like, 'OK, we're here for you, we’re supporting you. And it’s about damn time,' " she confessed. Blinders off, she now feels that he had been trying to get her to walk away for years by insisting he didn’t love her, " Because if he can push me out and I leave, he's not the bad guy because he didn't walk away. "

Kody Wanted to Sell Coyote Pass

Years after the family purchased the 14-acre plot of land they planned to build on in Flagstaff, Ariz., Kody Признат в премиерата на сезона, че е подготвен да остави съня да изсъхне. Unable to build without paying off the full $820,000 price tag (which the family reportedly did in 2023), he told remaining wife, " I’d almost rather scrap it or sell it and then just start again somewhere else. "

As for Robyn, " I can’t talk about that, " she responded. " Това не е там, където съм. "

Дженел напусна Коди затова

Докато втората брачна половинка по -рано сподели Е! News, “We just kind of started to grow apart, ” ultimately it was Kody’s lapses as a parent to some of their kids that pushed her to leave.

" The big spark for me was when his relationship broke down with my children and he didn't seem like he would move heaven and earth to fix it, " explained the mom to,,,, and. " And I thought, OK, that was what was really holding me here. "

Even when Kody broached the idea of reconciling in the Nov. 3 episode, it was a non-negotiable for Janelle. 

" Не знам по какъв начин в миналото бих се примирил с него и го имам да няма връзка с децата си ", сподели тя. " No, I'm going to always choose my kids. "

Kody Feels He's Been " Excommunicated " from His Own Family

That was the explanation Kody gave for not working harder to mend the rifts he was experiencing with several of his adult children.

" I don’t fit in the family anymore, " he griped in the Sept. 15 episode. Noting he was still fully married to Robyn and parenting their five kids together—Dayton Brown, Aurora Brown, Breanna Brown, Solomon Brown and Ariella Brown—he added, " and then I have some relationship with some of the other kids and it's infrequent. And so I'm like, what do I do with all of this? It doesn’t feel like a family. "

Robyn and Kody's Marriage Was on Shaky Ground

Despite being truly monogamous for the first time in their 14-year union, " We’re probably doing the worst we’ve ever done in our marriage, " Robyn confessed in the season 19 premiere. " It’s been tough between us. He doesn’t know who to blame, himself or one of the other wives. Kody’s feeling a lot of rejection and so I think he’s kind of looking at me going, 'Are you going to reject me too?' "

As a result, she revealed, " I’m on my toes. I’m having to consistently make sure that he is not sabotaging our relationship. " The hardest part, she summed up: " There’s no resource to help with the idea that I’m still married to a man who’s going through divorces. "

Kody, meanwhile, was having a crisis of confidence, sharing, " I can’t look myself in the mirror and say, 'Hey, dude. I love you.' "

For Robyn, it was a struggle to watch her former sister wives embrace their new era. " Всички те не престават напред ", означи тя в епизода на 27 октомври. " Чувствам се като глупак, който остана след себе си. "  

Maddie Isn't Speaking to Her Dad

Add Janelle’s eldest daughter Madison to the list of kids Kody doesn’t currently have a relationship with. " Знам, че Мади не е водил диалози с татко си ", изясни Дженел по време на премиерата. " He's not called, she's not called him, and she doesn't have any relationship with Robin. She's pretty much written them both off. "

At issue, said Janelle, is Kody having a half-hearted relationship with Maddie’s kids Axel, Evangalynn and Josephine: " She doesn't really want him to have any contact unless he can commit to it. "

As a result, Janelle shared in the Sept. 22 episode,  Kody " did sort of cut off communication ” with Maddie and her husband Caleb Brush (whose sister was married to Kody’s brother) " when the family started to really dissolve. ”

With Kody not visiting or calling, Maddie " has been Mama Bear to the extreme, " added Janelle. " She has felt like until he can be consistent and show up and not be dramatic that she feels like it's probably better if they don't know about him. "

And while Robyn noted she’s been encouraging Kody to reach out and mend things, she said, " I think the kids should be doing the same thing, too. "

For now, though, Kody doesn’t seem ready to repair the rift, griping that every time he spoke to his daughter, " It was a fish for gossip and I got tired of it. "

Kody Claimed He Never Loved Meri

While spending time together on their 32nd anniversary, " He was alluding to the fact that he never loved me and he felt like he had to marry me, " Meri shared in a chat with her friend Brandi during the Sept. 15 premiere. “And I said to him, I said, 'Kody,' I said, 'I know you loved me.' "

And if he didn't, the mom to said in a confessional, why did he ever propose? 

" When a single young man meets a single young woman, why would he choose to marry her and just affirm and force love for her when he didn't love her? " - чудеше се тя. " How cruel is that? To pick me out of a crowd and just be like, 'I pick you to try to force myself to love for the next 32 years'? "

Kody's response, he shared in his own confessional: " Oh, Meri has her little accusations now. Fine, she can say whatever she wants. I'm not going to comment on it. "  

Въпреки това, той ще показа, че в никакъв случай не са се радвали на интервал на меден месец. 

" Този брак беше на скалите през целия брак ", настоя той в епизода на 20 октомври. " And how would I know that? Because I had such a better relationship with Janelle, with Christine, with Robyn. "

He admitted he " should have gotten out of the relationship 25 years ago, " but he stayed out of fear, noting, " Leadership will never allow you to marry again if you're discarding wives. "

Janelle Threatened Legal Action Against Kody

Though she was Неопределена дали би желала да надгражда на Coyote Pass или просто да го продаде, Дженел означи, че стъпка първа изплаща парцела в Аризона. And with Kody unwilling to talk to her about the situation, " I think I'm going to have to lawyer up, " she confessed to former sister wife in the Sept. 22 episode. " Because I think that's the only way I'm ever going to get any kind of decision out of him. "

And Janelle acknowledged that without a legal marriage to Kody, " I really have no legal rights to make any kind of claim on Kody’s property. " As she put it, " It's not like I'm just calling a lawyer and saying I need to divorce this person. No, it's really complicated because there's no legal marriage. "

Kody Supposedly Divulged Private Information to His Other Wives

Kody's explanation for not talking with Janelle about their Arizona property is that he no longer trusted her. 

" We will pay off the property when the time comes, " he insisted in a confessional during the Sept. 22 episode, " and I'm not giving you any details about what I'm doing or whatever because I'm tired of disclosing information that goes through the gossip mill of our broken family. "

A bit of a pot calling the kettle black, Janelle said in her own interview. 

" Той изтича като решето ", показа тя. " He told me stuff about his other relationships and his other wives that I was like, 'I don't think you're supposed to be telling me that.' "

Family Money Paid for Robyn's House

Back when the family's love was still multiplying rather than dividing, they used to pool their money into one pot. 

" We would use all the resources to help one person, then we would all rally to support the other person, " Janelle explained on the Sept. 22 episode. " That's how it always worked until the last 10 years or so. And all of a sudden it’s been about my estate and everyone needs their own estate. "  

So when Robyn was in need of a home in Arizona, they all pitched in to buy her $1.65 million five-bedroom spread—which was listed for sale this past August. 

Намерението беше, че това ще бъде преимущество за фамилията, сподели Робин. Но когато Дженел предложи всички да слагат имената си на местността, тя беше отхвърлена. Коди беше „ като„ Не, не, би трябвало да защитим, знаеш, да защитиш имението на Робин “, напомни Дженел. So now that she's extricating herself from the family, continued Janelle, she'd like her portion of the Coyote Pass proceeds " and I'd like to recoup some of the money I put into Robyn’s house. "

But that could be a tough sell. 

" Работихме дружно толкоз дълго ", означи Робин. And with Janelle saying she's owed money from them, Robyn added, " It's like, how do you calculate? How do you figure that out? It’s so confusing. "

Janelle Questioned How Kody Handled the Family Money

Griping about the family’s inability to pay off Coyote Pass, Janelle said Kody claimed to have " all these other debts. " И въпреки всичко, тя го гледа по какъв начин щрака други активи като ремаркета и домакински фон. " Виждам цялото изкуство на стените им ", сподели тя за дома на Робин и Коди. " Виждам всички тези неща. И това е добре, имам пари и също ги похарчих за неща. " (For his part Kody said much of his cash went to buying cars— " Basically had a fleet " —and insurance for the kids.)

And while Janelle acknowledged she wasn’t sure how Kody and Robyn handled their finances, " I used to always be surprised at how nice her backyard was. It was completely finished. And there was always, like, stuff at her house. And I was like, 'Wow. Ами. " "

Долен ред, тя сподели: " Той не дава приоритет на това, от което се нуждая или какво желая. " И този брой в последна сметка я носеше. " I think after a while, I began to see it, and my kids were getting very angry about it, like my adult children. Like, 'What the hell, Mom?' "

Robyn's take, however, was that she was very careful with her budget after her first marriage fell apart. 

„ Преди бях толкоз страховит с пари “, показа тя по време на епизода на 22 септември. " Когато бях млад, имах тежки удари и тогава научих по време на развода си в действителност по какъв начин да се бюджетирам доста, доста добре. " Що се отнася до съпругите си сестри, тя сподели: „ Просто би трябвало да сте имали друг приоритет къде ще отидат парите ви от мен, това &#