Meri Brown from the reality show “Sister Wives” recently shared her thoughts on what caused the demise of her friendship with fellow sister wife Robyn Brown. In an exclusive interview, Meri opened up about how her relationship with their shared husband, Kody Brown, contributed to the falling out. “There’s so many people that are like she was a fraud, she was a liar, she was manipulating,” Meri said of Robyn.
During the conversation, her best friend Jenn Sullivan commented on how Kody’s attention to Robyn affected the dynamics within the plural marriage. Jenn noted, “I don’t think it was like intentional manipulation.” Meri agreed with this sentiment. Jenn continued, “Kody decided that he had this new person that was this new insider with him, and then it just became them against everybody else.” This caused friction, with Robyn sometimes acting friendly and other times ignoring Meri completely, Jenn added.
Meri also addressed rumors about her possibly rejoining polygamy with Kody and Robyn, which she denied outright. She admitted that her once-solid friendship with Robyn began to deteriorate over time. “We were very close.
And then it started, there was a divide,” Meri shared. The last 14 months have seen significant changes in the Brown family’s plural marriage.
Friendship fallout and marital dynamics
Kody’s third wife left the family in November 2021. A year later, in December 2022, he separated from his second wife, followed shortly by a split from his first wife in January. These events left Robyn as Kody’s sole wife.
After Christine and Janelle departed the family, Robyn pleaded with Meri to stay. However, Meri had her doubts about Robyn’s sincerity. “I think that she did want me to stay.
I feel like she was sad. She had this idea, when she came into the family, of this big plural family,” Meri said. Still, inconsistencies in Robyn’s and Kody’s behavior left Meri confused.
“There was a lot of confusion, let’s just say,” she noted. “Sister Wives” returns Sunday, April 20 at 10 p.m. ET on TLC.
