Meri Brown is defending her decision to take the high road following her split from husband Kody Brown, insisting this week that some things “deserve to be kept quiet.”
Meri spoke about her post-split treatment of both Kody and his only remaining wife, Robyn Brown, in a Live interview with content creator Grace Lovely, during which the TLC star revealed that she has been “attacked” by Sister Wives fans on social media for allegedly protecting the now-monogamous couple, despite having left her plural marriage in early 2023.
“ … Here’s the thing, I don’t personally think that just because I get a divorce [it] means I hate a person or I need to go tell all the tea or I need to say what really happened,” Meri said. “I don’t believe that. There’s still some things that deserve to be kept quiet.”
As fans of ‘Sister Wives’ know, Meri was the last of Kody’s OG wives to leave him. Christine Brown gave him the boot in late 2021, followed by Janelle Brown in 2022.
Despite Kody and Meri’s marriage being strained for many years leading up to their split, Meri has remained far less outspoken about her feelings towards Kody and Robyn in recent years than Christine and Janelle– something that has presumably contributed to the criticism she claims to receive from some of the show’s fans.
Later on in her interview, Meri agreed that her decision to remain quiet on certain details about Kody and Robyn is not made to protect the couple, but rather to respect them– similar to the decision many divorced couples make to not bad mouth one another in front of their children.
“ … I’m not gonna do it in front of the world because I don’t need to,” Meri added. “ … I don’t need to do that.”
While Meri said she didn’t need to speak badly about Kody and/or Robyn in public, she admitted that there have been times when she’s revealed things either on TV or on social media that she didn’t intend to share at the time.
“Sometimes things just slip out of my mouth on camera and it’s like, ‘Oops, did that just happen?’ But for the most part, I just don’t think that things need to be said,” she explained.
Meri also said that she plans to take this same approach when it comes to dating people, insisting that she won’t partake in any trash talking about Kody with her future partner, nor will she compare her ex-husband to any new man that may come along.
“ … I will use my experiences and what I learned from [my marriage] and be like, ‘OK, I recognize this is how I was treated or this is how things happen,’ but not, ‘Well, [Kody] used to do it this way … ,’” she said. “ … I want my relationship, my future relationship, to be with that person that I’m building a relationship with.
“Now, I can take lessons from the past, but I’m not going to live in the past … ,” she added.
Watch a clip from Meri’s Live below.
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One of the most valuable lessons I have learned in life came from something my mother told me when I was eight years old. She said, “No matter what happened between your father and me, I will always love you kids more than I dislike the situation between us.” She upheld that promise for many decades afterward. As a child who loves both of my parents dearly, I have felt the pain caused by my father openly expressing his thoughts and opinions about my mother, which created a great divide between us—a divide that still affects me even after his passing.
Children, regardless of their age, should not have to witness the people they love hurting one another. That is a situation that can be managed in many ways. Kody will continue to damage his relationships with his children; none of the mothers need to contribute to that. Be a parent who provides safety, loyalty, and respect to your children. Love is just one aspect of being a good parent.
You had a wise mother, thanks for sharing the story.
I like Meri & I think shes thriving since she walked away, do I wish she’d seen the light a lot sooner than she did? Absolutely, but the important thing is she’s there now. As fans we should respect her choice not to spill her guts, thats the path she’s choosing to take & its not about protecting anyone, she’s choosing peace over war & that’s fantastic.
I also like Christine, but I feel she’s a little too eager to talk about Kody & Robyn, I understand they get asked a lot as part of the snow etc but any chance she & David get they jump on it, I think she’ll spi ll a lot in her book, I will absolutely read it I can’t stand Kody or Robyn, but these are 2 very different women with 2 very different ways of handling the situation.
Christine may spill a lot in her upcoming book. I hope she does. Kootie and Sobbyn deserve to be shunned and bad-mouthed.
Meri’s backdoor digs against Christine are grinding my gears. Christine and David talk about Kody because THEY ARE ASKED ABOUT KODY BY CHRISTONE’S EMPLOYER for the purpose of the TELEVISION SHOW… AND BECAUSE KODY IS THE STAR OF THE SHOW. TRUTH: The show is called Sister Wives, but the primary and central character is KODY BROWN.
Meri appears to be attempting to appear reasonable and mature while trashing Christine. You notice she says she won’t do the things Christine is doing (talking alone or with her spouse to a producer or host on camera about Kody)… however, Christine is doing her job as a reality show performer. It’s her JOB to talk about Kody and the “marriage” in the context of now being in a new and legal marriage. Meri has the right to spill or not as she wishes, but she also answers reality show questions about Kody. IF this reflects badly on Christine, it should reflect badly on Meri as well. Frankly, I wish Meri would show respect to the other women as much as she still needs to suck up to the abusive, narcissistic less-than-a-man claims to be over.
I’m not saying this to take a stab at Meri. I think she’s doing great and I’m proud of the independence she’s gained. That said, you could tell by the Q and A sessions at the end of last season that she’s completely clueless that Kody is using her as part of his PR campaign and that he still has zero regard for her, even though he’s pretending to have found some appreciation for her. That’s complete bullshit! He still doesn’t GAF about her, but she ate it up. But no real harm done, I just hated seeing him get away with it.
I don’t necessarily disagree with Meri…. Christine seems a little too eager to spill all of the family history, I can see why Meri would rather let sleeping dogs lie. I think Jenelle does the best job of sharing while keeping it respectful for the sake of her children.
Is there another version or something becauseKody never respected any of those women even on camera knowing that it would be shown to the world so who give a shit about having respect for him??
Personally thinks they can do whatever they feel like doing with their experience and it seems like Christine is the only one that actually wants to undo. The whole polygamy is like a good thing bullshit that they had going on for years
If you’re on a reality show and hiding plot points, you are in breach of contract. I believe Meri, Kody, and Robyn have a fat lot of nerve. Quit the show if you want to hide reality on a reality show. If the topic is germane… spill. If you don’t want to, that’s fine: QUIT.