Robyn Brown is the final of Kody Brown‘s sister wives still standing, but she doesn’t at all times really feel like No. 1 within the household.
During the Sunday, August 27, episode of Sister Wives, Robyn, 44, was left disheartened after unsuccessfully attempting to arrange a Zoom name with Christine Brown and Janelle Brown‘s youngsters to arrange a vacation present trade between the siblings.
“I was pushing for the video chat for the sake of the kids,” Robyn mentioned in a confessional, claiming that she confronted “all this pushback” and felt like giving up. “I just finally went, ‘Why am I trying here?’ … Here it is, just another reaffirmation of all the messages that we’re getting that we’re the outsiders and we’re on the other side [of the family].”
Christine, 51, instructed the cameras that the state of affairs was “blown out of proportion” and introduced up “all these hurt feelings” from the previous a number of years. Janelle, 54, in the meantime, declared her children weren’t “opposed to” the video name however lead busy lives.
“Everybody was trying to deflect, but it just kept spiraling,” Janelle added.
Kody, 54, chimed in along with his personal perspective on the drama, asserting that he didn’t wish to “pick sides one way or the other.” Robyn, for her half, was almost moved to tears as she mirrored on the “horrible day.”
“It’s just another example of them not wanting to be a family with us,” she claimed. “It’s been like this from the beginning. By the time the whole thing was over with, my older kids … did not feel comfortable being involved in the gift exchange anymore.”
Robyn was already the mom of son Dayton and daughters Breanna and Aurora when she started her romance with Kody in 2010. Four years later, Kody ended his authorized union with Meri Brown in an effort to lawfully wed Robyn and undertake her children. He and Robyn later welcomed son Solomon and daughter Ariella.
Kody remained in a religious relationship with Meri, 52, till the pair confirmed earlier this 12 months that they formally known as it quits. Christine and Janelle beforehand introduced their splits from Kody in November 2021 and December 2022, respectively.
The present trade debacle was “heartbreaking” for Robyn and her children, however she mentioned by way of tears that they “refuse to be” on the outskirts of the plural brood.
Kody’s now-exes — and even a few of his children — have been vocal over time about how the dynamic shifted when Robyn joined the household. While Janelle hinted on Sunday’s episode that “maybe there were always cracks” between the wives, Robyn claimed she wasn’t handled pretty on the outset of her relationship with Kody.
“There were some people that were willing to make the adjustments and were welcoming, and then there was a lot that weren’t,” she alleged.
Kody went on to say that “the only people who welcomed [Robyn] warmly” at first had been him and Meri. “The big shakeup wasn’t caused by Robyn,” he continued. “It was caused by the fallout of going public. That decision was made by our family before we met Robyn.”
Sister Wives — which reached a decade-highest season return in rankings on August 20 — airs on TLC Sundays at 10 p.m. ET.
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