<p id=”par-1_103″>Janelle Brown and Meri Brown previously admitted they didn’t have a close relationship during their lengthy plural marriages to Kody Brown. The <em><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/sister-wives/”>Sister Wives</a> </em>stars had a contentious relationship during their early marriage and a distant and icy relationship once they moved on from a shared living space. Still, Janelle has plenty of insight into what went on between Meri Brown and their shared husband. In the most recent episode of <em>Sister Wives</em>, everyone<a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/sister-wives-christine-brown-says-robyn-brown-planted-the-seed-to-become-kody-browns-legal-wife-early-on-robyn-denies-it.html/”> reflected on the legal divorce </a>that seemed to change the plural family’s trajectory. A decade after everything went down, Janelle Brown still doesn’t believe the divorce was Meri’s idea.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-janelle-brown-doesn-t-think-the-divorce-was-meri-brown-s-idea”>Janelle Brown doesn’t think the divorce was Meri Brown’s idea</h2>
<p id=”par-2_66″>The topic of Meri Brown’s legal divorce from Kody Brown has come up multiple times over the years. <em>Sister Wives</em> revisited the topic once again in season 19. It has been particularly interesting to see how much tea the original wives are now willing to spill since leaving Kody behind. Their thoughts and stories on Kody and Meri’s legal divorce have changed significantly over the years.</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high” width=”1200″ height=”780″ src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Janelle-Brown-season-15.jpg?strip=all&quality=89″ alt=”Janelle Brown sits for an interview during an episode of ‘Sister Wives'” class=”wp-image-3560999″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Janelle Brown | TLC/YouTube</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-3_87″>In a recent episode, Janelle reflected on the situation and insisted she remembered thinking that the legal divorce wasn’t Meri’s idea. She said she always assumed the legal marriage was essential to Meri and didn’t envision her choosing to end that union. She went on to say that she was already suspicious of the bond Kody had formed with Robyn Brown, noting that he was already favoring his fourth wife. Janelle implied that Kody and Robyn may have pestered Meri Brown into agreeing to <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/sister-wives-meri-brown-regrets-1-thing-legal-divorce-kody-brown.html/”>a legal divorce.</a></p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-meri-brown-pretty-much-confirms-janelle-brown-s-suspicions”>Meri Brown pretty much confirms Janelle Brown’s suspicions</h2>
<p id=”par-4_81″>Meri has made it clear over the years that the legal divorce did take a toll on her emotionally. Fans watched it play out on <em>Sister Wives</em>, too. Still, it felt like Meri never told the whole truth while married to Kody Brown. Now that she’s left her marriage to <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/sister-wives-insides-kody-browns-daddy-issues-kodys-brothers-detail-father-winn-browns-extremely-abusive-behavior.html/”>the Brown family patriarch </a>behind, she’s getting more honest about her feelings and emotions. While Meri didn’t outright confirm what Janelle was thinking, it’s easy enough to read between the lines.</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-2″><img decoding=”async” width=”1200″ height=”720″ src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Robyn-Brown-and-her-sister-wives.jpg?strip=all&quality=89″ alt=”Robyn Brown with Janelle Brown, Meri Brown, and Christine Brown on her wedding day in 2010; the sister wives have gone their separate ways” class=”wp-image-3573724″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Robyn Brown with Janelle Brown, Meri Brown, and Christine Brown | TLC/YouTube</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-5_102″>During her confessional, Meri admitted that she and Kody had talked about a legal divorce multiple times. She said she put it off, hoping to get to a better place in her relationship with Kody before making the move. Once it was clear that it was unlikely to happen, she decided to “pull the band-aid off” and initiate the process. While Meri began the process, her words made it very clear that the idea wasn’t hers. Kody likely pushed her repeatedly to take the step. The admission further fuels fan theories that Kody spent years manipulating Meri Brown and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/sister-wives-meri-brown-reveals-exactly-how-kody-brown-cruelly-strung-her-along-for-years-was-it-for-money.html/”>stringing her along.</a></p>