Kody Brown‘s relationship with Robyn Brown has been scrutinized since she joined his plural family — and things are no less “awkward” now that she’s his final remaining spouse.
During the Sunday, October 8, episode of Sister Wives, the 54-year-old patriarch opened up about his household’s altering dynamic after his break up from Christine Brown and rigidity with Meri and Janelle Brown.
“It’s really awkward because the only wife I have a relationship with right now is Robyn, but we’ve never been allowed to, essentially, be in love with each other or find solace in each other … and now everybody else is leaving, everybody else is gone,” he stated.
Kody added that the “mess” between him and his different wives hasn’t made his relationship with Robyn, 44, any simpler. “We’re having these struggles with everybody else, but we still don’t feel like we can expose our place of solace, our love for each other in any way,” he stated. “This is not a safe place for us.”
Robyn shared her personal perspective later within the episode, reflecting on what’s “been going down” in Kody’s relationships. “It’s been very frustrating to watch,” she confessed. “It’s all of them doing it. It’s Kody with Christine and Kody with Janelle, and I have no say and I have no influence whatsoever.”
At the time, Robyn famous that Meri, 52, was “still trying to hang on” to her and Kody’s marriage. “I just feel like there’s just so little left and I’m, like, trying to show her that there’s still some hope and Kody is not helping me with that,” she added. “It’s very frustrating and some days it feels like a dealbreaker.”
While discussing the way forward for her B&B enterprise on Sunday, Meri admitted to Kody she had “hope” for his or her relationship regardless of their ups and downs. “I don’t want you to think that I’m walking away,” she advised him.
Meri’s feelings acquired the perfect of her in the course of the dialog, for which Robyn was additionally current. She comforted Meri as she teared up — however the supportive gesture didn’t sit effectively with Kody.
“What I’m seeing here is Robyn being an advocate of me and Meri and our reconciliation … and they’re making me feel very uncomfortable,” he stated in a confessional. “I got one wife that I’ve got a great relationship with and I’m afraid if I abandon these women, that she’ll lose respect for me.”
Meri and Kody confirmed earlier this yr that they’re not collectively, however all through season 18, she’s been attempting to maintain onto what was left of their relationship. Christine, 51, was the primary of Kody’s wives to depart the household in 2021, adopted by Janelle, 54, final yr.
“It’s a weird place to be, where you had this big family and it’s a big thing,” Kody confessed in a September episode of Sister Wives. “And now, we’ve got this small thing going on that’s not unimportant and it is beautiful but it’s not big like this other one. Can I adjust?”
He mirrored on attempting his hand at monogamy, including, “I don’t want to sit and identify as a monogamist [but] if you are what you do, then what are you when you don’t? Can I be a monogamist? Can I manage this? I mean, this is smaller.”
Sister Wives airs on TLC Sundays at 10 p.m. ET.
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