In a future episode that premieres on November 12, the Brown family virtually gets together to find out the gender of Mykelti and Tony Padron’s twins. In the next episode of “Sister Wives,” which airs on November 12, the Brown family experiences both joy and grief as a result of a family Zoom call.
After revealing they are expecting twins, Mykelti and Tony Padron arrange a virtual gender reveal for their close family members. The happy occasion is tainted in part by the ongoing conflict within the family.
“I was really happy that, you know, even though there’s strife and struggle there, (this) is still a family,” Mykelti Padron says in a confessional interview. “We can still try to be a family, which is ultimately always what I’ve wanted, is that even through the separation, that my family is still a family, just different.”
Her husband, Tony Padron, agrees and says, “Yeah, I think it says something that they’re willing to get together for big life stuff. (It) tells you that there’s still something there, which is nice to see.”
Several of Mykelti Padron’s siblings are present on the call and Kody, Robyn and Janelle Brown are as well. Kody and Janelle Brown’s ongoing separation has been a focal point of Season 18 of “Sister Wives,” and the mother of six reflects on the interesting dynamics of the call in a confessional.
“I think it’s great that Robyn and Kody are on this call. They are a couple. I don’t have a problem with seeing them as a couple (or with) them participating in family stuff as a couple. It’s just what it is,” she says.
During the Zoom call, the family speculates on the gender of the twins, then the big reveal shows that Mykelti and Tony Padron are expecting two boys. The couple already have a daughter named Avalon.
In the video, Mykelti Padron states, “We don’t have to worry (about) mixing them up because they’re not identical.”
Kody Brown responds, “I’m just as excited as I would be if they were a pair of girls,” in a confessional. In his private interview, the 18-year-old father, who has been candid about his distance from multiple of his kids, considers the call’s “bittersweet” quality.
Thus, the entire video conversation was mostly nice but also bittersweet. However, I initially felt almost paranoid and anxious about the disdain that has been directed at me,” he says.
Mykelti Padron then acknowledges her family’s troubles in her own confessional.
“It would be absolutely amazing and a dream if my family could completely reconcile and all of us could go back to being one unified family,” she says. “I think that they all need each other. Ultimately, I think that all my siblings need each other. I think that Robyn’s kids need Janelle’s kids and my mom’s kids and Meri’s kids. We all need each other.”
“I think that ultimately we all need our moms, too. As hard as it is, we all need our moms,” she continues.