<p id=”par-1_56″>For years, <em><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/sister-wives/”>Sister Wives</a></em> Robyn Brown was on board with Kody Brown’s idea that their plural family should live in one home. She was always envious of the experience Meri, Janelle, and Christine had in Lehi, Utah. However, Robyn made the opposite intentions clear years prior, stating <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/one-time-robyn-brown-held-back-tears-sister-wives.html/?swcfpc=1″>she was “desperate</a> to avoid” this type of situation.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-robyn-brown-caught-in-yet-another-lie”>Robyn Brown caught in yet another lie</h2>
<p id=”par-2_35″>In season 14, Kody presented the idea of living in one house to Meri, Christine, Janelle, and Robyn Brown. He believed this concept would strengthen their bond as a family after years of living separately.</p>
<p id=”par-3_31″>Christine was dead against the idea, while Meri withheld her opinion until she knew how the others felt. Janelle was okay with the family cohabitating while Robyn wholeheartedly supported Kody’s idea.</p>
<p id=”par-4_38″>However, years earlier, Robyn sang a different tune. In the family’s first and only published book <em>Becoming Sister Wives: The Story of an Unconventional Marriage</em>, Robyn shared a very different opinion of living together with her sister wives. </p>
<p id=”par-5_42″>“When Kody and I got engaged, we didn’t have enough money to get married or help me move from Southern Utah to Lehi,” Robyn explained. “Janelle offered to let me move in with her, but I was desperate to avoid this situation.”</p>
<p id=”par-6_25″>The passage continued, “I needed time to explore my relationship with Kody. This would have been impossible living under the same roof as another wife.”</p>
<p id=”par-7_46″>“It wouldn’t have been easy on anyone. I don’t believe Kody would have been able to be as emotionally involved in our relationship had I been living with Janelle; nor would that situation have been fair for their marriage. So I stayed put in St. George.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-kody-brown-s-three-other-wives-had-to-live-together-after-they-married”>Kody Brown’s three other wives had to live together after they married</h2>
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<p id=”par-8_28″>Robyn Brown was a child of polygamy. Therefore, she knew that in some plural families, all the wives lived together in one home with their children. </p>
<p id=”par-9_51″>However, Meri, Janelle, and Christine Brown, who previously lived in one home, grew to enjoy autonomy and didn’t want that experience again. The women spoke openly about the difficulties in bringing in new wives and how challenging it was to know Kody was with another wife, while they were left alone.</p>
<p id=”par-10_45″>Robyn’s mother Alice Sullivan, also lived plural marriage. Robyn has spoken about growing up in a polygamous family, and that her mother was a second wife. This background influenced Robyn’s beliefs and her decision to enter a plural marriage with Kody Brown on <em>Sister Wives</em>.</p>
<p id=”par-11_13″>But Alice didn’t live with her husband Paul. He lived in another state.</p>
<p id=”par-12_32″>Robyn also didn’t live a plural lifestyle in her first marriage to David Jessop, while Meri, Janelle, and Christine had to deal with Kody sharing his time and attention with others. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-robyn-brown-s-manipulation-of-kody-brown-caused-the-family-s-demise”>Robyn Brown’s manipulation of Kody Brown caused the family’s demise</h2>
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<p id=”par-13_39″>Robyn Brown’s <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/sister-wives-robyn-brown-kody-brown-rescue-hot-seat-good-dad.html/?swcfpc=1″>manipulation of Kody Brown</a> was the driving force behind the collapse of the Brown family on <em>Sister Wives</em>. From the moment she entered the family, Robyn positioned herself as Kody’s favorite, gradually leading him toward monogamy. </p>
<p id=”par-14_52″>While <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/robyn-brown-quietly-quitting-sister-wives.html/?swcfpc=1″>claiming to support</a> polygamy, Robyn’s actions tell a different story—isolating Kody from his other wives, influencing major family decisions, and ultimately fueling resentment from Meri, Janelle, and Christine. As Kody prioritized Robyn and their children, the cracks in the family deepened, leading to the departure of his three other wives. </p>
<p id=”par-15_20″><em>Sister Wives</em> viewers typically catch Robyn Brown rewriting history at will. She changes her story to suit an on-camera narrative.</p>
<p id=”par-16_17″><em>Sister Wives</em> is currently on hiatus after airing its <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/sister-wives-shocker-mid-season-finale-twists-timeline-catch-up.html/?swcfpc=1″>midseason finale</a>. The show returns in Spring 2025.</p>