Sister Wives Kody Brown has proven that though he plays the doting husband, he’s always been heartless with his ex wives Christine, Janelle, & Meri.
Wives of Sisters Despite calling Robyn Brown the love of his life, Kody Brown has demonstrated his callousness toward Meri Brown, Janelle Brown, and Christine Brown. The course of the Brown family was altered by Kody and Robyn’s 2014 marriage, and it became increasingly apparent that Kody’s sentiments for his previous spouses were not quite as intense. Over the past ten years, Kody has cultivated artificial relationships with Meri, Janelle, and Christine that bear little resemblance to the marriages he shared with them before Robyn joined the family. Kody’s prior relationships took a bad turn after he fell in love with Robyn.
The union of Kody and Robyn has served as a study in the distinctions between marriages based on love and convenience. Though it’s evident that Kody harbored romantic feelings for Christine, Janelle, and Meri, none of them match to Robyn. While it’s unfortunate that Kody’s first wife had to witness his happiness with someone else, it’s also obvious that he has been lying and hiding his true emotions from them for a long time. Knowing that Kody has suppressed his emotions for years makes it clear how callous he was to his first wives.
8. Kody Brown Wanted Meri Brown To Live In A Barn
In a recent episode of Sister Wives season 18, Kody shared that he would be redoing the barn on his and Robyn’s property. Meri, who had just shared with Kody that she was selling her house in Flagstaff, had explained that she was planning on moving her business to Utah. Kody’s solution to Meri wanting to find a new place to live was to offer the soon-to-be renovated barn, which he called a “barndominimum”, up for Meri. While the gesture was kind in theory, the idea of Kody asking Meri to live in a barn while his other wife, Robyn, lives in a nearly $1 million home is cold.
7. Kody Brown Said That Janelle Had “Assets” (He’s Downplaying Her Money Woes)
Throughout the early episodes of Sister Wives season 18, Janelle and Kody’s relationship took a tumultuous turn as their issues finally bubbled up to the surface, causing chaos in their marriage. Janelle, who has been open about the fact that her financial situation isn’t great, fought with Kody about their family’s holiday plans but it stemmed from a much larger issue of Kody’s nature as an absentee husband and father. Kody, who’s been unsupportive of Janelle in the past, made the choice to downplay her financial issues despite Janelle’s genuine stress over her situation, explaining that she has “assets” she can dip into while providing no help to her.
6. Kody Brown’s Angry At Christine For Leaving Him (He Had It Coming)
Christine’s choice to leave Kody was documented throughout Sister Wives season 17, but it was clear that she was contemplating making a move away from the patriarch of the Brown family for years beforehand. Kody’s actions toward Christine, especially before she decided to leave, have been difficult for Sister Wives viewers to watch. Throughout their marriage, Kody has strung Christine’s jealousy toward Robyn along and made it clear that he felt she was less-than his other wives. Still, he would vie for Christine’s affections whenever he could, sending some confusing messages to his wife. Rather than dealing with his mixed messages, Christine decided to choose her independence.
When Christine told Kody she was leaving, his initial reaction was disbelief. He refused to see that his life with Christine had been a struggle for her, or that she didn’t want to live inside their marriage anymore. While Christine took Kody’s reaction in stride, it was clear she wasn’t happy that he didn’t respect her decision. Kody’s anger about Christine’s decision to leave was palpable in his relationships, and he took his feelings out on everyone regardless of whether they had a hand in Christine’s life. Sadly for Kody, Christine’s betrayal was on him for treating her poorly throughout their relationship.
5. Kody Brown Yelled At Janelle Before Fleeing Her Apartment
An fight that Kody and Janelle had in Sister Wives season 18 episode 3 would turn into a turning point in their relationship. Janelle and Kody got into a heated fight about their vacation plans, and at one point, she swore at him and begged him to listen to her. Janelle tried to continue the conversation, but Kody couldn’t stand the way she was speaking and got upset when she raised her voice. He yelled back at her and slammed the door as he left the flat.
4. He Never Forgave Meri For The Catfishing Scandal
In 2015, it was revealed that Meri had been carrying on an emotional affair with someone she’d met online, who she thought was a man named Sam. It was uncovered that Meri had actually been keeping up with a woman pretending to be an affluent businessman, and their affair had crossed over into something more serious. Meri had trashed Kody in her messages, trying to contemplate ways to leave him and accompanying the messages with hypersexual photos. When the scandal was exposed, Meri was embarrassed and tried to apologize to Kody. Though he appeared to forgive her in the moment, he never got over or forgave her for the indiscretion.
3. Kody Brown Wouldn’t Sleep With Meri, Christine Or Janelle
Although Kody was involved in marriages with Meri, Janelle, and Christine, he refused to get physical with them in recent years. While it’s unclear what’s happening intimately between Kody and Robyn, Kody’s physical relationships with his other wives fell to the wayside after he stopped putting effort into his marriages. Kody’s behavior with Meri, Janelle, and Christine was markedly different than it was with Robyn, and the fact that he refused to engage with them physically was a huge shift for his relationships.
2. Kody Brown’s Plural Monogamy Chatter Was Used To Brainwash Janelle
Although Kody has always supported several marriages, he started talking about multiple monogamy when his relationships started to change. While making it apparent that there was an alternative, Kody clarified that he was aware that Janelle wasn’t interested in rekindling her relationships with Robyn or Meri. Kody proposed the concept of “plural monogamy,” which is basically many marriages without merging families, and he presented it as if it were any different from what he had been doing for a very long time with his wives. Kody pretended to be offering an alternative, but in reality, he was attempting to coerce Janelle into continuing to be in an unfavorable scenario.
1. Kody Promised Robyn Monogamy & Then Said He Wanted To Reconcile With Janelle
While Robyn originally didn’t seem interested in monogamy, and instead wanted to keep the plural family together, once Kody’s wives started leaving she began to sing a different tune. Robyn shared that she actually did want to be monogamous with her husband, who had been chasing that answer for months. While Kody and Robyn have both admitted they want to be monogamous, Kody took painstaking steps to reconcile with Janelle, sharing that he wanted to be with her again on Sister Wives. Kody isn’t keeping his word to anyone, but his heartless behavior shows his true colors.