Kody Brown became visibly aggravated on the latest episode of Sister Wives after David Woolley— the husband of Kody’s ex-wife Christine— offered some parenting advice to the father of 18, who remains estranged from most of his children.  

During Sunday’s episode, viewers watched as Kody continued his ex-wife apology tour by sitting down with Christine to make amends for his actions leading up to– and immediately following– their split in 2021. While Kody insisted during his face-to-face with Christine that he wanted to extend an olive branch and allow her to move on, David– whom Kody invited to the dinner out of “respect” for Christine– suggested that Kody should direct his efforts elsewhere. 

“Can I give you a little bit of advice? Just a little bit?” David began. “Start with your kids.”

David, who is a father of eight himself, went on to assure Kody that his three ex-wives “have moved on,” before reiterating that Kody should instead focus on mending the relationships with his children, including the six he shares with Christine. 

“ … your kids still need to heal and that’s the part that you need [to work on],” David explained. “I’m just saying [that] to be honest with ya.” 

Though David seemingly attempted to find common ground with Kody by claiming that he once had to work on the relationships with his own children, Kody confirmed to viewers that he wasn’t open to hearing any unsolicited advice from his ex-wife’s new husband. 

“My whole purpose here is to apologize to Christine, not to David, not to anybody else,” Kody told cameras. “ … I’ve set a boundary with my kids and I’m setting that boundary with David and Christine. 

“I don’t care what you think,” he continued. “I’m here to apologize and I don’t even want to be reminded of that because it will bring me back to an angry place.”

 Kody went on to tell David and Christine that he’s “already making [an effort] and reaching out” to his adult children; however, he also failed (once again) to take sole responsibility for the relationships becoming fractured in the first place. 

“Those deteriorations happened as a party, not as an individual,” Kody said to David. “Do you understand that?” 

After acknowledging that Kody had cut him off during  the conversation, David told viewers he didn’t regret chiming in on the issue because he spends time with Kody’s kids and is privy to their feelings on the matter. 

“ … I am around his kids and I do see them hurt and I’m hoping that he’ll reach out to every one of them,” David said, adding that these relationships should be mended not just on Kody’s terms, but on his children’s terms, too.

Kody went on to further rebuff David’s recommendations, insisting that the issue wasn’t any of David’s concern. 

“Any of his experience with his children and any of his advice for me is something that I’m just not interested in at this point, because it’s like he’s kind of just on the opposite side of this,” Kody told viewers, later claiming that David “really just doesn’t know what’s going on.” 

Despite his defensive reaction to David’s remarks, Kody said he’d continue trying to reconcile with his children. 

“My bad experience with my children and their pain comes from an experience that we were in together, not that they or I did something wrong and offensive,” Kody told Christine and David. “I’m willing to have the conversation. I’m willing to hold space. ‘Dad, you did this, you did this, you did this.’ I’m willing to hold that space.” 

Kody also told Christine and David that while they’re welcome to “advise” his children to communicate with him, he recognizes that he shouldn’t have the two of them “involved” in his relationship with his kids. 

“Yeah, no, I agree,” Christine said. “I agree. It’s your relationship with your kids.” 

New episodes of ‘Sister Wives’ air Sundays on TLC. 

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