Meri and Kody have emotional ‘farewell conversation’ on Sister Wives: ‘This is goodbye’

In Sunday’s new episode, sister wife, Kody Brown’s His first wife tells him and Robin of her plans to leave Flagstaff and move full time to Parowan, Utah, where he runs an inn.

Her decision also appears to be a formal break with Kody from his polygamy, leaving Robyn alone after Christine leaves him and Janelle decides to move on.

Kody and Meri married in 1990 but divorced in 2014 so Kody could legally marry Robyn. Although she remained mentally married, she had become estranged in recent years. The low point came in 2015 when Meri discovered that what she thought was a man turned out to be a woman, and she admitted that the relationship became something of a catfishing affair. Since then, her marriage to Kody has been fairly platonic.

After he revealed on their 32nd wedding anniversary in April 2022 that there was nothing romantic between them.I never have “So in the last six months since he had that conversation with me, I’ve really had to spend a lot of time figuring out what I need,” Meri said in her new time. Said, “And the fact that there is actually no promise or contract, he has already broken it.”

“Years ago, long before Catfish happened, I feel like I was emotionally abandoned by him,” Meri continued, adding that when she saw the show’s last season air, Kodi said this to him, adding that their relationship further deteriorated. She “didn’t think she was already married to Meri”.

“It was quite insulting and very vulgar for him to just accept that,” Meri said, adding that she believed Robin was the only person who really cared about her when she told him of her decision to quit. Ta.

When Meri met Kody and Robin, she said, “Is now a good time to drop a bomb? I wasn’t planning on talking about this, but it looks like I’m already here.” We started talking. full time. “With everything that’s been going on, what Kodi said to me this year is that he probably won’t renew his lease here,” she added.

Meri says she doesn’t know if it’s a temporary move or not, and Robin begins to cry. “I’m not going to apologize for something that I know in my heart I should do,” Meri said in a confessional, adding, “If it means hurting Robin’s feelings, if it makes Kody jump for joy. , no matter how you feel.” It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks about it. ”

Meri looked Kody straight in the eye and said, “With what you’ve said to me and what you’ve said about me this year, things are going to change.” She also claimed that she had an off-camera conversation with Kody a few days ago that made it seem like her marriage was “not moving forward.” However, according to Meri, Kody wanted to keep their breakup private, while she wanted it public.

“I felt like we decided that we weren’t going to get married and we just had to stay friends. That’s what I thought we literally agreed to,” Kody said in a confessional. Ta. “You want something we can’t have together, and we can always have something else, but that’s no good,” Robin told her before walking away in tears. Ta.

While Kody and Meri speak one-on-one, Kody tells her that he feels “stupid to stay in a marriage bound by obligations” and that it isn’t “fair” to either of them. she stated. Later, when he says it’s hard to accept that “you can’t go back to a place that’s suitable for what you’re looking for,” she pushes back in a confessional, as if he’s putting the blame on her. They say they feel it and don’t take any responsibility for themselves.

When Robin returned to the table, Meri said, “It felt like we had just said goodbye.” Kody also confirmed that this was the ending, saying he was glad the two were still “friends in the breakup part.”

“I’m not going to force someone to be with me if they don’t want to be with me. I’m not going to force someone to do something they don’t want to do,” Meri told him before Kody could say. If that’s what she wants, he’ll be happy to do it.

“I’m willing to pretend to be in love with Meri, fulfill my duties as a husband, and put up with things that get so annoying that I find it hard to be around her.” he confessed. “If you need to, for whatever…I can fake this. I don’t want to. But if you insist, we will.”

Meri was adamant that her decision would not change their relationship over the past few years, telling Robin: “Nothing will change.” She added, “It’s not fair that I’m alone, as I have been for years. And it’s not fair that he feels like he has to fulfill his obligations.” Please continue to be friends with your ex-husband’s wife. ”

Robin was clearly upset about all of this, and Kody explained why in a confessional.

“Robin came to our family specifically with the intention of entering into a plural marriage. This seems to be the end of our plural marriage,” he said. “This is our farewell. It was a long overdue negotiation, but we have now come to an agreement. I hope she finds peace, as I will.”

The hour ended with Robin sitting alone, sobbing.

“I wanted to sit on the porch with my sister wives and sit on this property with my kids and grandkids and Kody run around like he did and have a family,” she said tearfully. He concluded as follows: . ”

Kody and Meri announced in a joint statement in January, just months after this episode was filmed, that they had “permanently ended” their “marital relationship.”