Kody Brownhas just one wife left.
The patriarch from TLC’s beloved reality seriesSister Wivesis no longer part of a plural marriage as three of his wives have left the relationship in the last year.
On Thursday, PEOPLE shared an exclusive clip in whichMeri Brownconfirmed her marriage to Kody was over — and it was his decision to walk away. This comes shortly after Kody andJanelle Brownconfirmedthey were separated, and a year afterChristine Brownand Kodyannounced their splitafter more than 25 years of marriage.
With so many changes to the Brown family in the past year, here’s an up-to-date picture on Kody’s relationship status with each wife as 2022 concludes.
Kody and Meri Brown
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Status: Separated
Year married: 1990
Kids:Leon Brown(27)
PEOPLE’s exclusive look at the Dec. 18Sister Wives: One on Oneepisode confirms that Meri and Kody are no longer married. In a conversation during the episode, Meri explained how she learned their relationship had ended.
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“You know, our first anniversary that we had here in Flagstaff, it was cheers to a new beginning, as opposed to this last anniversary, he’s like, ‘I don’t even know why you called me, Meri.’ He’s like, ‘We’re not married. We’re not acting as married,'” she said.
Meri continued, “I said to him, ‘Then if that’s where we are, don’t you think that we should address that publicly?’ And he said, ‘No I don’t want to address it. I don’t want that to be out there publicly because I don’t want that judgment.'”
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Though the ex-couple confirmed they no longer consider themselves married, Meri said she’s “definitely” open to a reconciliation — though she added, “I don’t think that he’s interested.”
Though Kody has used the words “separated” and “divorced” for his other wives, he did not clarify how he views Meri, even though they’re no longer married.
Kody and Janelle Brown
Janelle and Kody Brown.Gabe Ginsberg/FilmMagic
Year married: 1993
Kids: Madison Brown (27),Logan Brown(28), Garrison Brown (24),Gabriel Brown(21),Hunter Brown(25), Savanah Brown (18)
TheSister Wives: One on Onesteased another split from Kody Brown — this time withJanelle Brown. A PEOPLE exclusive peek into the interview confirmed that Janelle chose to leave her relationship with Kody a few months ago.
“Kody and I have separated,” Janelle shared in the clip.
Janelle has yet to comment on the decision to separate. A recent episode ofSister Wivesshowed a riff within the family, in which Janelle’s son Gabe revealed heno longer talks to his dad.
Gabe recounted that Kody called him to talk about COVID — without realizing the phone call took place on Gabe’s birthday.
“A couple hours after that, he tried to call me back and tell me happy birthday and make up for it. And that’s the last time I ever talked to my dad,” Gabe said in a confessional on the show.
Kody and Christine Brown
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Status: Divorced
Year married: 1994
Kids:Mykelti Brown(26),Paedon Brown(24),Gwendlyn Brown(21),Aspyn Brown(27),Ysabel Brown(19),Truely Brown(12)
Christine Brownwas the first wife to leave her plural marriage to Kody. In November 2021, Christineannounced she was divorcing Kodyin an Instagram statement.
“After more than 25 years together, Kody and I have grown apart and I have made the difficult decision to leave,” she said in the statement. “We will continue to be a strong presence in each other’s lives as we parent our beautiful children and support our wonderful family. At this time, we ask for your grace and kindness as we navigate through this stage within our family.”
Since then, Christine has been vocal aboutbeing happiersince she left the plural marriage. Shortly after announcing their divorce, Christine opened up about co-parenting with Kody.
“We’ve been high-key communicating with each other and stuff. We have good and bad days, don’t get me wrong. But, we have a life still together after this because we have kids to raise and Truley’s 11,” she said. “So we have to be good and amiable and things like that. I think it’s just important to remember that.”
Christine told PEOPLE thefinal straw in leaving Kodycame after he refused to travel for daughter Ysabel’s scoliosis surgery. “He broke my little girl’s heart,” she said. “I really find it hard to stay with a guy who I don’t respect. I understood COVID, and why he couldn’t come, but she didn’t. And she still has a really hard time with it.”
TheCooking with Christinelead also told PEOPLE sheplans to be monogamousfrom now on.
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Status: Married
Year married: 2014
Kids: Dayton Brown (24, with ex husband David Preston Jessop), Aurora Jessop (20, with Jessop), Breanna Jessop (17, with Jessop), Solomon Brown (11),Ariella Mae Brown(6)
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source: people.com
