Sister Wives’ Kody Brown is making money moves. Or, trying to save what he can.
Christine Brown, a star of Sister Wives, wed David Woolley on Saturday, October 7, in a charming Utah ceremony. Christine is now someone’s official first (and only) wife after more than 25 years as Kody Brown’s “spiritual” third wife.
Kody, who was not there at the wedding, commemorated the joyous occasion by closing the Brown family company. Officially ending on October 8, 2023 was Kody Brown Family Entertainment, LLC, which listed Kody, Meri Brown, Janelle Brown, Christine, and Robyn Brown as business managers.
Despite the dissolution of the family business in Nevada, the company license remains active in Arizona, where Kody and Robyn live. The US Sun has all the messy details.
Sister Wives star Kody Brown is feeling the heat
In November 2021, Christine and their youngest kid Truely left Kody and sped back to Utah. She had long desired to be near her six children, several of whom resided there.
Christine and David connected on a dating app sometime in 2022, and in April 2023 they made official plans to get married. 300 guests attended their wedding at Red Cliffs Lodge in Moab, Utah. According to rumors, TLC cameras were there to record the wedding for a future Sister Wives show or a possible spinoff. While Janelle, who is still a close friend, wasn’t on the guest list, neither Kody, Robyn, nor Meri were there.
Christine can certainly look forward to those big family Christmases she’s always loved. In addition to her six children and Janelle’s six, David has eight children. They should be able to gather a nice crowd around the Christmas tree, mirroring happier days in the Brown clan.
And then there was one
Following Christine’s example, second wife Janelle also departed the Brown family in December 2022. Meri wasn’t far behind, as she left her husband of 32 years in January 2023.
Fans are aware that Meri, Kody’s first wife, was the one who initially convinced him to follow The Principle (plural marriage). She consented to his divorce in 2014 so that he could legally wed Robyn, his fourth wife, and adopt her three kids from her prior union. Meri could not afford the emotional toll of the divorce, and her relationship with Kody never fully healed.
The COVID-19 pandemic sounded the death knell for the Brown family. A rift formed when Kody holed up with Robyn and their now five children. He refused to socialize with the rest of his wives and children unless they followed his ultra-strict Covid rules (which included sterilizing mail). Most of his adult children were alienated by his apparent preference for one wife and her family, and they remain estranged to this day.
Kody remains legally married to Robyn, with whom he has been living since the start of the pandemic.
Sister Wives airs Sundays at 10/9c on TLC.