Meri and Kody Brown’s broken marriage takes center stage in the latest episode of “Sister Wives.”
Christine Brown believes Kody Brown has been leading Meri Brown on for years, even though he may not see it that way.
The subject is addressed in the most recent Season 18 episode of “Sister Wives,” which aired on September 17. The episode, titled “When the Going Gets Tough,” follows Meri Brown as she discusses her ambitions to spend more time in Utah – away from her family in Arizona — working on her business enterprises.
“I’m not leaving the family. I’m not leaving Kody. (But) Kody has basically left me already,” she says in a self-filmed video. (For reference, the couple announced the end of their marriage in January 2023.)
During a formal confessional interview, the reality star elaborates on the matter.
“(Kody) and I don’t have a relationship. Christine has left. I don’t know where him and Janelle stand,” she says. In the episode prior, Meri Brown shared she believes Kody regrets their marriage.
At this point, Janelle Brown weighs in on Kody and Meri Brown’s relationship in her own confessional.
“Things are very obviously broken, really broken between Meri and Kody. Meri keeps holding out hope, I think, that something will happen. But Kody doesn’t speak really kindly to her he doesn’t really watch out for her. It’s very sad,” she says.
Christine Brown, who divorced her husband in 2021, suggests that Kody Brown should just decide if he wants to be with Meri Brown or not.
“I saw Kody string Meri along for years, and it was mean and cruel, and I saw that he would’ve done the same thing to me if I’d stayed,” she adds.
When Kody Brown discusses the subject in his own confessional, he uses ambiguous language.
“No matter what the struggle in a marriage is, I’m always hoping that it’s viable, that we can fix it.” Christine has been moaning about multiple marriage for 15 years, but we have yet to resolve the issue. She just walked away. “Meri and I are in a different place where we’ve taken the time to vet whether this is going to work,” he says.
The scene shifts back to Meri Brown, who makes it clear that she knows exactly how her husband is behaving.
“I’m not oblivious to the fact that Kody has had conversations about me and has been pretty direct in his non-interest of healing (our) relationship,” she says. “But he’s never had that conversation with me and I don’t think it’s fair for us to make any decisions about our relationship without the two of us having had that conversation.”
Elsewhere in the episode, Kody offers the following commentary on his marriage with Meri Brown.
“Meri and I have an amicable relationship, but we’re not functioning like a married couple. I visit with her once in a while. I don’t know, I sometimes feel like we’re just better friends than we are a married couple,” he says.
In her own confessional, Christine Brown suggests that Kody Brown isn’t committed to his marriage with Meri Brown.
“I don’t think he cares about Meri,” she says.
While chatting with Robyn Brown, Meri Brown reveals that she once started tracking how much time Kody Brown spent at her house versus with his other wives. She also recalls one Christmas where her husband showered Christine Brown with gifts but seemingly forgot about her.
Kody Brown states in his confessional that he doesn’t recall that story, but Christine Brown remembers, and she discusses it in her own interview.
“I remember asking, ‘Why didn’t you get Meri anything?'” And he says, ‘Well, you have that gift certificate you were giving her.’ ‘That doesn’t mean you don’t get her anything,’ I say. You still need to get something for her. “She’s your wife,” she declares.
Meri Brown muses on how the rest of the family would react as she discusses her plans to spend more time in Utah.
“I don’t know what it’s gonna do within the family. And maybe it won’t do anything. Maybe everybody will be like, ‘Peace out. Sayonara, b——.’ I don’t know. Maybe they’ll be glad. I really don’t know,” she says.