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Sister Wives is a long-running reality show on TLC that chronicles Kody Brown and his four wives as they navigate the problems of being married to more than one person. Over the years, Kody's relationships with his wives have become increasingly strained, leading to three divorces.
In the recent episode of Sister Wives, aired on October 20, 2024, Kody made a controversial statement that brought attention to his avoiding taking responsibility for his failed relationships. During a tense conversation with his first wife, Meri Brown, Kody openly admitted that he felt his wives were responsible for his lack of love for them. He said:
"Don’t blame me for not loving you. I was doing my duty. Blame yourself if I don’t love you, OK?"
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In a confessional, he further stated that if he was in love with a woman, it was "her fault," which was a subtle implication that his wives were responsible for maintaining love and affection.
Kody’s shifting responsibility for love in Sister Wives
Kody's comments in the October 20 episode of Sister Wives are mostly about how he thought his ex-wives, including Meri, were to blame for their breakups. Throughout their discussion about their broken marriage, Kody kept saying that he wasn't willing to take responsibility for his lack of love.
He told Meri that being in love was "her fault" and questioned why he should be blamed when the love ended. While his words seemed like an attempt to make sense of how he felt, they brought out a deep emotional disconnect that had been there throughout all of his marriages.
This moment was particularly notable as Kody expressed frustration with the term “abandonment,” used by their church to describe the end of his marriage with Meri. He claimed that although he had suggested he could “fake through” the relationship, he had no interest in doing so anymore. In response, Meri firmly stated:
"Yeah, I’m not interested in faking a relationship."
The breakdown of Kody and Meri’s relationship in Sister Wives
Kody and Meri's relationship has been tense for years, and the recent episode of Sister Wives showed more about the complicated issues that led to their breakup. Meri shared that Kody had been lying to her for a long time, telling her things would improve when they moved to Flagstaff in 2018. Meri said:
"He made me think that he would work on things."
She was thinking about how Kody's poor communication had caused her to be confused and angry over the years. Even though she sent him mixed messages, Kody's feelings stayed the same. He told her straight out that he wouldn't be courting or dating her anymore, which showed that he was emotionally distant.
Meri, who had hoped for reconciliation at times, finally recognized that they could not move forward together as Kody distanced himself. Their journey, marked by years of estrangement, has reached its final chapter with Meri’s official decision to end their spiritual bond.
By blaming his wives for their relationship breakdowns, Kody avoided taking responsibility for them over the years. As Sister Wives goes on, it's clear that Kody's family has been changed by how he deals with love and relationships.
New episodes of Sister Wives air every Sunday at 10 pm ET on TLC.
