In the case of the “big shakeup” within the Brown household, Kody Brown locations the blame on going public with their polygamous way of life.
The times of Kody touting, “Love should be multiplied, not divided,” are lengthy gone.
When Sister Wives debuted in 2010, the Browns have been taking a danger by televising their plural household.
On the time, they have been nonetheless residing in Utah, the place polygamy was unlawful (it’s since been decriminalized), and police have been intently following the household’s each transfer.
Kody determined to relocate his household to Las Vegas in a state of exile after some shut encounters with police, together with officers even coming to their entrance door and threatening to place him in jail.
Earlier than shifting to Vegas, issues appeared to be working effectively for Kody and his then-four wives, Meri, Janelle, Christine, and Robyn, and their kids.
However their transfer to Nevada proved to be the start of the top of their dream of residing fortunately ever after as polygamists. Every of Kody’s wives constructed their very own houses slightly than residing beneath the identical roof as they did in Utah.
This meant Kody needed to work more durable to separate his time between his wives and kids, his wives grew to like their newfound independence, and the household slowly grew farther aside.
Kody Brown’s once-plural household is extra separate than ever
Quick ahead 13 years, and Kody is left with one spouse, Robyn. In the meantime, Christine has left and moved again to Utah and gotten engaged to David Woolley, Janelle and Kody cut up after an explosive argument earlier than the vacations, and Kody and Meri introduced their marriage termination earlier this yr.
On high of that, lots of Kody’s 18 kids aren’t on good phrases with him, and he doesn’t even communicate to Garrison or Gabriel.
However when you ask Kody, it’s not his habits that brought about the household’s upheaval; it was going public with their way of life.
Throughout Sister Wives Season 18, Episode 2, Christine confessed that issues had been accumulating for years and eventually reached a breaking level, insinuating that Robyn performed a serious half in it.
However Kody had a distinct rationalization throughout a confessional of his personal.
Kody says the Brown household’s shakeup was because of ‘going public’
“The big shakeup wasn’t caused by Robyn,” Kody confessed. “It was caused by the fallout of going public.”
“And that decision was made by our family before we met Robyn,” Kody added.
Nevertheless, Kody hinted that not dealing with his household correctly was additionally a purpose for the shakeup, admitting, “We’re not working like a family. We’re not a family. We’re acting like enemies.”
Many Sister Wives followers would argue that Kody and Robyn are solely chargeable for the household splitting aside. In spite of everything, issues appeared to be working effectively for the Browns till Robyn got here alongside.
On high of that, Kody denied his wives intimacy as a type of punishment for his or her habits towards him and uncared for their emotional and bodily wants.
Kody’s wives have been understandably jealous of one another, however he didn’t assist issues by taking part in favorites… with none apart from Robyn, no much less.
In the course of the early seasons of Sister Wives, Kody might have duped viewers into believing that he was able to holding 4 girls completely satisfied concurrently, however he’s since confirmed that he bit off far more than he might chew.
Going public with their way of life was definitely a danger for the Browns. There’s a long-believed curse amongst actuality tv {couples} who’ve cut up after sharing their private lives with TV audiences, and apparently, the Browns weren’t exempt.
Sister Wives airs on Sundays at 10/9c on TLC.
