Robyn Brown says marriage to Kody Brown has been hell amid his three divorces
Robyn Brown has Kody Brown all to herself since Christine, Janelle, and Meri left him, however the Sister Wives star says dwelling alone with him hasn’t been all rainbows and butterflies.
Final season on Sister Wives, viewers watched the start of the top of the large, plural household Kody had all the time dreamed of.
Inside a span of 13 months, Kody went from being a husband to 4 wives to being a husband to 1 spouse.
Christine introduced to the household that she was leaving Kody and Flagstaff and transferring again to Utah with their youngest daughter, Truely, throughout Season 17 and, off digicam in 2021, she and Kody formally introduced their break up.
In the course of the Season 17 Inform All, Janelle and Kody dropped a bomb after they introduced their separation, after which earlier this yr, Meri and Kody issued a press release informing Sister Wives followers of their break up.
Not solely was it Kody’s dream to develop previous with 4 wives, however Robyn has all the time envisioned having sister wives by her facet in her golden years too.
Kody lived a polygamous life-style for 33 years, however now that he’s down to 1 spouse, Robyn, they’re getting a style of monogamy.
And in accordance with Robyn, it’s been a rocky street as her husband, Kody, navigates his new regular as a person with just one spouse.
The 44-year-old mother of 5 not too long ago spoke with PEOPLE forward of Sister Wives’ 18th season and dished on her struggling marriage to Kody.
Robyn admits that it’s been ‘hell’ being married to Kody whereas he offers along with his divorces from Christine, Janelle, and Meri
Throughout her interview, Robyn revealed, “No one should be married while they’re going through a divorce.”
The truth is, Robyn added, “It’s been hell,” noting that Kody has “tried to self-sabotage and sabotage us. I’ve had to work hard not to let him.”
“I feel like we failed,” the TLC star stated of her, Kody, Christine, Janelle, and Meri’s once-plural marriage. “The commitment we made — we were all in this together. We screwed it up.”
Whereas Robyn offers with Kody sorting by way of his losses, she has since enrolled herself in remedy. And though issues didn’t final between Kody and Christine, Janelle, or Meri, Robyn continues to be dedicated to the daddy of 18.
Robyn informed PEOPLE, “I never thought I wanted to leave. I know how much I love Kody. He’s doing his best.”
Robyn turned Kody’s solely authorized spouse in 2014, which means his marriages to Meri, Janelle, and Christine had been strictly non secular
Robyn entered the Brown household in 2010, changing into Kody’s fourth spouse. When she met Kody, Robyn was a divorced single mother with three children of her personal: Dayton, Aurora, and Breanna.
After they spiritually wed in 2010, Kody and Robyn welcomed two organic youngsters, Solomon and Ariella. 4 years later, Robyn turned Kody’s sole authorized spouse after Meri legally divorced him in order that he may undertake Robyn’s three eldest youngsters in 2014.
Since Meri, Janelle, and Christine weren’t legally married to Kody on the time of their splits, there have been no authorized divorces concerned. And for the reason that household is now not affiliated with their former non secular religion, there was no want for his or her church’s leaders to grant them a divorce.
As Christine defined throughout an episode of Sister Wives, whereas nonetheless a member of their church, she would have needed to ask church leaders for permission to be granted a divorce.
Paperwork should be stuffed out earlier than the divorce could be accredited, proving that the wedding is damaged. Nevertheless, a non secular marriage means a non secular divorce, so Kody’s ex-wives are all legally permitted to remarry if and after they select — and, as we all know, Christine has already began the method.
Kody acknowledges his abiding bond along with his ex-wives
For his half, Kody acknowledged that he and his ex-wives have a perpetually bond due to the 13 youngsters they share between them.
“It’s been painful, a lot of finger-pointing and blame,” Kody informed PEOPLE. “But you have to hope we still have a friendship in the future. Because we’re bound forever through our kids.”
Season 18 of Sister Wives premieres on Sunday, August 20, at 10/9c on TLC and Discovery+.
