Kody Brown celebrated his 55th birthday on the latest episode of Sister Wives by vowing to repair his relationships with the children from whom he’s estranged.
On Sunday’s episode of the TLC series, the father of 18 reflected on his “interesting life” and the changes that have happened within the Brown family in recent years, before revealing his goal of reuniting with his estranged kids, which he said he hopes to achieve before his next birthday.
Being that this scene was filmed in January and Kody is very much still estranged from many of his kids, he only has two more months to achieve his goal or he will have failed (miserably).
“It’s my 55th birthday today and I’ve had an interesting life,” Kody said on Sunday’s episode. “I remember five years ago on my birthday thinking, ‘OK, I’m halfway through. What do I want to do for the rest of my life? What do I want to be for the rest of my life?’”
Kody went on to tell viewers that he had been up late the night before his birthday having a discussion with his only remaining wife, Robyn Brown, about their “values” and the fact that he has “struggled” with his throughout his multiple divorces. As fans know, Kody and (third wife) Christine Brown confirmed their split in November 2021; Kody and (second wife) Janelle Brown confirmed they had separated in December 2022; and Kody and (first wife) Meri Brown officially ended their marriage in January 2023.
“I lost a sense of direction for my life,” Kody said, regarding the changes in his life. “There’s a struggle that I have had because I had this big picture that got shattered. But I have a safe, kind and sweet place with my wife Robyn. Then I have tons a guilt because I’m not more involved with everybody else that’s out there.”
(And, yes, by “everybody else that’s out there,” Kody means his children.)
As fans of ‘Sister Wives’ know, in addition to his multiple failed marriages, Kody has been estranged from many of his adult children for years– something he has largely blamed on his divorces. On Sunday’s episode, Kody told viewers that his “purpose” used to be his family and children, claiming that he once imagined that his oldest children would live across the street from him in homes with their own spouses and children.
“I mean, this is literally what I imagined,” Kody said. “That fantasy all came out of the affection I felt for my children. To me, it wasn’t a plural-family thing it was just an enjoying-my-family thing.”
Kody added that he hopes the children from whom he’s estranged “will not reject” the idea of a reconciliation, though he acknowledged that some of them won’t even speak to him. Despite having little to no relationship with many of his children, Kody said his goal is to make amends over the next year.
“My new goal will be back to being dad,” Kody said. “ … So, that will be my new thing. This, today, is my 55th birthday and I have, with God, in covenant form, reasserted myself to from here on out, be the loving father and the dad that has always given me purpose in my life.
“Onward and upward with the goals in life and making my family whole again,” he continued. “That’s my desire.”
While Kody set this goal in January, it appears that he has yet to achieve it with at least two of his children, daughters Maddie and Mykelti, both of whom have recently criticized their father’s behavior on the show, as well as some of the comments Kody has made on the current season.
Watch a clip from Sunday’s episode below.
New episodes of ‘Sister Wives’ air Sundays on TLC.
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11 Responses
Baloney
Liar! Too little, too late, loser. Kootie and Sobbyn did the OG 3 + 13 (sadly, now 12) dirty by ignoring and disparaging them for years. I hope they tell you to stick it where the sun don’t shine.
Since Robyns kids are the only kids he is a father to and they arent ever moving out unless it is across the street from him, he may still get his dream of having his kids live across the street from him.
Then Sobyn can have her dream of rocking chairs on the porch…. fucking gag!
Sure hope all the kids can see through his evil intentions and tell him to f off.
Anything to save the show !! No wives now but 1 so he has to work on the Dad angle to try & make up with “the other ones” or “those other ones” however he said it. He’s such a 🤡🤡 and you can see right through his intentions.
I didn’t read the article only the headline and thought the exact same thing as you. I wish they would cancel this show and give Janelle her own show.
This was filmed in Jan 2023, not Jan 2024.
All love 💖
I think you are correct, because he is bemoaning not being told Maddie is “currently’ pregnant -which we now know is baby #3, who as of today is 20-21 months old. This was definitely filmed in ‘23 in my opinion. Her current pregnancy is very new-after Garrison’s passing, so we know that’s not the pregnancy Kodi was referring to.
January 2023 is also when he and Meri ended things-which is covered in that same episode.
He was born in 1968. The 1969 year is an error.