The Sister Wives Conflicts Kody Brown Seemingly Dramatized For TLC

Kody Brown and his first wife, Meri Brown, announced their separation in January 2023 on their respective Instagram accounts. Before calling it quits, they claimed to have worked on their relationship for years, but something always got in the way of their reconciliation. Or did it? According to Meri, she had been trying to get back on good terms with Kody for quite some time, but he kept pushing her away.

"I want to work on the relationship, but Kody has basically said that he doesn't. Does that mean we're just not married anymore? That's not how I consider it. I feel like we're still married," Meri stated in one of the show's episodes, as per Today. In the same segment, Kody revealed he wouldn't object to Meri moving on with another man, as he doesn't feel like the two are a couple anymore. At this point, everything made sense, but not for long.

By the season's end, which was just a couple of months later, the patriarch claimed he was actually considering reuniting with Meri but that Christine Brown, his ex-wife, was the one who blew the whole thing. Robyn Brown, Kody's only remaining wife, confirmed his unexpected allegation. But the thing is, Christine doesn't remember any of it. "That's a lie. That's not me, and I would never do that," she said to TLC's cameras, visibly frustrated (via Entertainment Tonight). As Kody and Meri ultimately broke up, his attempt to reconcile might've been just for show.