This is where Kodi Brown stands with all four wives after Meri’s split and Kristen’s divorce
Kody Brown has only one wife.
The patriarch from the beloved TLC reality series sister wives He is no longer part of a polygamous marriage as three of his wives left this relationship in the last year.
On Thursday, PEOPLE shared an EXCLUSIVE clip in which Merry Brown confirmed that her marriage to Cody was over — and it was his decision to walk away. This comes shortly after Kodi and Janelle Brown confirmed their split, and a year after Kristen Brown and Kodi announced their split after more than 25 years of marriage.
With so many changes for the Brown family in the past year, here’s an updated on the status of Kodi’s relationship with each wife as 2022 ends.
Cody and Merry Brown
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Status: detached
Year of marriage: 1990
Children: Leon Brown (27)
People’s exclusive look on December 18th Sister’s wives: one on one The episode confirms that Merry and Cody are no longer married. In a conversation during the episode, Merry explained how she knew their relationship was over.
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“You know, our first anniversary here in Flagstaff, it was a tribute to a new beginning, unlike this last anniversary, he was like, ‘I don’t even know why you called me, Merry.'” She said: “We are not married. We don’t act like we’re married.”
Merry continued, “I said to him: If this is where we are, don’t you think we should address that publicly?” And he said, “No, I don’t want to talk about it. I don’t want it to come out publicly because I don’t want this ruling.”
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Although the former couple confirmed they were no longer married, Merry said she was “definitely” open to a reconciliation — though she added, “I don’t think he’s interested.”
Related: sister wivesMeri Brown confirms the end of her marriage to Cody of 32 years: He made the decision
This breakup comes years after Merry and Cody entered into a platonic relationship, rather than a romantic marriage. Although they had been happily married for some time, the scandal of Miri in 2015—in which Miri was murdered by someone pretending to be a woman—changed the nature of their relationship.
Although Cody used the words “separated” and “divorced” to his other wives, he did not make it clear how he viewed Merry, even though they were no longer married.
Cody and Janelle Brown
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Status: detached
Year of marriage: 1993
Children: Madison Brown (27), Logan Brown (28), Garrison Brown (24), Gabrielle Brown (21), Hunter Brown (25), Savannah Brown (18)
the Sister’s wives: one on one Another split from Kody Brown – this time with Janelle Brown. PEOPLE’s exclusive sneak peek at the interview confirmed that Janelle chose to leave her relationship with Kody a few months ago.
“Cody and I broke up,” Janelle shared in the clip.
Janelle has not yet commented on the decision to separate. The last episode of sister wives Showing fervor within the family, Janelle’s son Gabe revealed that he no longer speaks to his father.
Gabe recounted that Cody called him to talk about COVID – not realizing that the phone call happened on Gabe’s birthday.
“Two hours after that, he tried to call me and tell me happy birthday and make it up to him,” Gabe said in a confession on the show. “And that’s the last time I ever spoke to my dad.”
Cody and Kristen Brown
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Year of marriage: 1994
Children: Mykelti Brown (26), Biddon Brown (24), Gwenden Brown (21), Aspen Brown (27), Isabelle Brown (19), Truly Brown (12)
Kristen Brown was the first wife to leave her group marriage to Kodi. In November 2021, Kristen announced that she was divorcing Cody in a statement on Instagram.
“After more than 25 years together, Cody and I parted ways and I made the difficult decision to leave,” she said in the statement. “We will continue to be a strong presence in each other’s lives as we raise our beautiful children and support our wonderful family. At this time, we ask for your mercy and kindness as we go through this phase within our family.”
Since then, Kristen has been vocal about being happier since leaving the polygamous marriage. Shortly after announcing their divorce, Kristen opened up about co-parenting with Cody.
“We’ve been very connected to each other and stuff. We have good days and bad, don’t get me wrong. But, we still have a life together after that because we have kids to raise and Truley’s 11,” she said. “So we have to be good and friendly and things like that. I think it’s important to remember that.”
Kristen told PEOPLE that the final straw for Cody’s departure came after he refused to travel for her daughter Ysabel’s scoliosis surgery. “It broke my little girl’s heart,” she said. “I find it really hard to be with a guy I don’t respect. She understood COVID, why he couldn’t come, but she didn’t. And she still has a hard time with it.”
the Cooking with Christine Lead also told People that she plans to be monogamous from now on.
Cody and Robyn Brown
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Status: Married
Year of marriage: 2014
Children: Dayton Brown (24 years old, with ex-husband David Preston Jessup), Aurora Jessup (20 years old, with Jessup), Brenna Jessup (17 years old, with Jessup), Solomon Brown (11 years old), Ariella Mae Brown (6)
Kody Brown is still married to Robyn Brown, the only woman he’s legally married to.
Robyn was the latest wife to join the plural marriage in 2014. For the two to marry, Cody Merry was legally divorced at the time (although they remained spiritually married until this year).
Cody’s ex-wives have referred to Robyn as his “favorite” wife. “I think he has a favorite wife and that’s why it feels like that,” Christine said. sister wives of her decision to leave. “And apparently, I’m not treating her well enough.”
However, Robyn sees things differently. In a preview of One on Ones, she said that Cody had turned her in to his other wives. “They handed him over to me and said we didn’t want to spend time with him in the first place,” she said.
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