Sister Wives

"Sister Wives" stars Meri and Kody Brown are calling it quits after 32 years together; 24 of which they were legally married. People obtained a sneak peek ...

Meri adds of a possible reconciliation, “I would. Meri goes on, “I said to him, ‘Then if that’s where we are, don’t you think that we should address that publicly?’ And he said, ‘No I don’t want to address it. We’re not acting as married.'” READ MORE: Meri responds, “It just doesn’t make sense to me that he would be so frustrated with Christine [Brown] and be like, ‘She just made this decision. Meri watched on during her chat with host Sukanya Krishnan.

"Sister Wives" star Kody Brown broke up with Meri Brown after 32 years together – 24 of which they were legally married – in a polygamous relationship.

“I said to him, ‘Then if that’s where we are, don’t you think that we should address that publicly?’ And he said, ‘No I don’t want to address it. We’re not acting as married,'” she claimed he told her. “Kody and I have grown apart and I have made the difficult decision to leave,” Christine [announced that she and Kody had “been separated for several months”](https://pagesix.com/2022/12/12/sister-wives-stars-kody-and-janelle-brown-break-up/) earlier this week. However, Meri also said that she “definitely would” like to make their relationship work, “but I don’t think that he’s interested.” [her sister-wife Christine Brown left Kody, 53, last year](https://pagesix.com/2021/11/02/sister-wives-stars-kody-brown-and-christine-brown-break-up/), Kody was “frustrated” that she “made the decision” without him, but he seemingly did the same to her.

A resurfaced video of Kody Brown shows the Sister Wives star almost directly quoting Shania Twain's song 'Any Man of Mine' while discussing his issues with ...

With three wives no longer married to the TLC star, that leaves just [Robyn Brown](https://people.com/tv/sister-wives-robyn-brown-at-a-loss-over-marriage-to-kody-brown/) — [Kody's "favorite" wife](https://people.com/tv/sister-wives-star-christine-brown-calls-out-kody-brown-for-having-a-favorite-wife/) in the eyes of the others — who is still married to him. [Christine Brown](https://people.com/tv/sister-wives-christine-brown-reveals-final-straw-that-made-her-leave-kody/) also announced her decision to [leave her plural marriage](https://people.com/tv/sister-wives-christine-kody-brown-split-after-25-years/) to Kody. [Janelle Brown](https://people.com/tv/janelle-brown-wonders-if-sister-wives-family-can-hold-it-together-as-they-face-the-ultimate-test/) [announced her separation](https://people.com/tv/sister-wives-stars-janelle-brown-kody-brown-split/) from Kody ahead of [Sister Wives: One on One](https://people.com/tag/sister-wives/). [Kody ended their marriage](https://people.com/tv/sister-wives-meri-brown-confirms-kody-split/) for good — though she's still open to reconciliation. [Kody Brown](https://people.com/tv/sister-wives-kody-brown-says-janelle-brown-is-betraying-him/) was trying to be the perfect man — at least for [Shania Twain](https://people.com/tag/shania-twain/). [Sister Wives](https://people.com/tag/sister-wives/) family officially disbands, there's TikTok to thank for bringing back one of the reality star's funniest moments.

Marriage with more than one individual is outlawed across the U.S. However, Kody Brown has called his relationships with Meri, Christine and Janelle Brown “ ...

Jinger Duggar Vuolo thanks TLC after ‘Counting On’ gets the ax. During the TLC interview with host Sukanya Krishnan, Meri Brown is shown a clip of Kody Brown in which he says, “I don’t consider myself married to Meri. However, even after Christine Brown left the family last year, she [loves and respects](https://twitter.com/farahkhishqa/status/1603527787691839488)” her, while another said she “ [deserves better](https://twitter.com/TAINTEDLUVV/status/1603462873476317184).” She is the most recent partner to leave Kody. [Danielle Gra](https://twitter.com/ImDanielleEGray/status/1601673425269186560) [y](https://twitter.com/ImDanielleEGray/status/1601673425269186560) calling him “an awful human being” who was “very controlling” and “cruel” toward his wives. Marriage with more than one individual is outlawed across the U.S. [another viewer](https://twitter.com/fromkm/status/1603442422654328834). [tweeted](https://twitter.com/JamiDeniseO/status/1603482765906702336). Behind the scenes, it was ‘life and death’](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-11-30/jessica-willis-fisher-memoir-sexual-abuse-tlc-reality-show) [confirmed](https://people.com/tv/sister-wives-stars-janelle-brown-kody-brown-split/) to People she had separated from Kody Brown. [People](https://people.com/tv/sister-wives-meri-brown-confirms-kody-split/), which on Thursday teased a look at a “ [Sister Wives: One ](https://www.tlc.com/shows/sister-wives/episodes/one-on-one-part-1) [on ](https://www.tlc.com/shows/sister-wives/episodes/one-on-one-part-1) [One](https://www.tlc.com/shows/sister-wives/episodes/one-on-one-part-1)” interview special, which will air on TLC on Sunday.

In a new Sister Wives preview, Meri Brown said partner Kody Brown, who is also separated from Christine Brown and Janelle Brown, "made the decision" to end ...

Their relationship hit a bump in 2015 when it was revealed that Meri [had been catfished](https://www.eonline.com/news/1175981/basketball-wives-evelyn-lozada-reveals-shes-been-catfished-more-than-once) by a woman posing as a man, with Kody and Meri eventually living separate lives. I don't want that to be out there publicly because I don't want that judgment.'" "Even since being in Flagstaff, he has led me to believe that he was trying," she recalled. The revelation came after Meri was shown footage of Kody saying he doesn't consider himself "married" to her, prompting the 51-year-old to point out the differences between their separation and how sister wife [Christine Brown](https://www.eonline.com/news/1343610/is-sister-wives-christine-brown-done-with-polygamy-after-kody-brown-split-she-says), who [announced her split from Kody in 2021](https://www.eonline.com/news/1308122/sister-wives-christine-and-kody-brown-break-up-after-more-than-25-years-together), ended things. "It just doesn't make sense to me that he would be so frustrated with Christine and be like, 'She just made this decision. I've never heard him say that to me." "You know, our first anniversary that we had here in Flagstaff, it was, 'Cheers to a new beginning!' As opposed to this last anniversary, he's like, 'I don't even know why you called me Meri. "Like, he just made the decision. "Kody and I have separated," she said, while Kody confirmed that he's "separated from Janelle" and "divorced from Christine." [Leon](https://www.eonline.com/news/1336162/sister-wives-kody-browns-child-leon-brown-comes-out-as-transgender) together, [divorced in 2014](https://www.eonline.com/news/621231/sister-wives-kody-brown-divorces-one-woman-to-marry-another) so that Kody could legally marry his fourth wife, [Robyn Brown](https://www.eonline.com/news/1346960/sister-wives-robyn-brown-says-husband-kody-was-an-angry-man-during-christine-split), while still remaining in a spiritual matrimony with Meri. As she explained, "He said, 'No I don't want to address it. However, Meri noted that she "definitely would" be open to reconciling with Kody, though "I don't think that he's interested."

The separation of Janelle Brown from Kody Brown is another twist in the long-running TV series. The appeal of watching messed up families onscreen remains ...

Robyn, however, has indicated that the unravelling of their wider unit has affected her because Kody is always angry and that she did not actually sign up for a monogamous marriage (that, selfishly, she is miffed because Christine leaving has upended her life). What is clear is how much this messed-up family — even if you take the polygamy out of it — is messed up in the way of so many families. Christine already has stated — in a revealing podcast interview recently on “Reality Life With Kate Casey” — that her kids have no interest in plural marriage themselves. Now quadruple that in the case of a plural marriage, one that is being filmed, in which viewers feel they have a stake. Folks feel that Meri (who has remained sort of Switzerland, until recently) was being manipulated by Robyn, with some speculating that it was safe for Robyn to have Meri around as she wasn’t competition for Kody. and I can’t wait to see Connie Britton get an Emmy for a Hulu show based on the first five episodes of the 17th season of ‘Sister Wives.’” Christine, meanwhile, told him that she had already moved on and was planning to relocate to Salt Lake City (the rest of the Browns now live in Nevada). If nothing else, the “Sister Wives” audience has certainly been ignited — notable for a series so long in the tooth. She fully confirmed the split in a sneak of the upcoming “Sister Wives: One on One” special. Kody expressed his interest in 50/50 custody of their 11-year-old, Truly (though what does 50/50 custody mean in a plural marriage?). Bottom line: whatever fissures may have been forming in the wider “Sister Wives” eco-system all along — during all the births, the weddings, the milestones — the show, increasingly, showed how COVID had exacerbated the cracks, with Kody becoming increasingly hardline, even paranoid, about the virus (putting him at odds with some of his wives and his kids). A solemn, serene, truth-bomber who mirrors the complexities of relationships that so many have had to confront since 2020.