When 5 change into 4. Christine Brown‘s announcement that she and her husband, Kody Brown, cut up for good got here as a shock to viewers who’ve adopted the household on Sister Wives since 2010.
The TLC character introduced the information through Instagram in November 2021, shortly earlier than the TLC present’s season 16 premiere. “After greater than 25 years collectively, Kody and I’ve grown aside and I’ve made the troublesome resolution to go away,” she wrote on the time. “We are going to proceed to be a powerful presence in one another’s lives as we guardian our stunning youngsters and help our fantastic household.”
The duo, who tied the knot in March 1994, share six youngsters: daughters Aspyn (born March 1995), Mykelti (born June 1996), Gwendlyn (born October 2001), Ysabel (born June 2003) and Truely (born April 2010) and son Paedon (born August 1998).
Throughout the Sister Wives collection premiere in September 2010, Christine, who was raised in a polygamous household, stated she determined at age 19 that she needed to be a part of a plural marriage.
“I actually needed sister wives greater than a husband for a superb time of my life,” she stated on the time. “I would like the entire household. I didn’t simply need Kody. No, I needed all the pieces.”
As quickly as she realized that she needed to be a part of a polygamous household, she additionally knew that she needed to be somebody’s third spouse — not their first or second.
“They really say in the event you’re having issues, like, when you have got two wives … marry a 3rd as a result of they’ll even it out,” she stated throughout one confessional scene. “I by no means needed to be a primary in any respect as a result of I didn’t need to be married to a man on my own. After which I didn’t need to be a second as a result of I felt like they had been a bit wedge within the relationship, and I didn’t need to be the wedge. I solely ever needed to be the third as a result of it sounded the simplest.”
Although Christine was glad to be Kody’s third spouse, she initially struggled with the addition of the fourth, Robyn Brown, who wed Kody in Might 2010. He has additionally been married to Meri Brown since April 1990 and to Janelle Brown since January 1993.
“[Robyn] lives, like, 5 hours away,” Christine stated throughout season 1 when Kody was nonetheless courting his future fourth spouse. “There [were] a pair occasions the place I’m like, ‘You actually can’t go. You’ll be able to’t depart me, and you may’t depart your loved ones. You might be changing your loved ones with Robyn and her children.’ It was exhausting, and on the identical level I spotted that it wanted to occur, however it didn’t essentially make it simpler.”
Hold scrolling for look again at Christine and Kody’s ups and downs through the years:
