Sister Wives’ Christine Brown and Kody Brown’s Ups and Downs

When 5 change into 4. Christine Brown‘s announcement that she and her husband, Kody Brown, break up for good got here as a shock to viewers who’ve adopted the household on Sister Wives since 2010.

The TLC persona introduced the information by way of Instagram in November 2021, shortly earlier than the TLC present’s season 16 premiere. “After greater than 25 years collectively, Kody and I’ve grown aside and I’ve made the tough determination to go away,” she wrote on the time. “We are going to proceed to be a powerful presence in one another’s lives as we father or mother our lovely youngsters and help our fantastic household.”

The duo, who tied the knot in March 1994, share six youngsters: daughters Aspyn (born March 1995), Mykelti (born June 1996), Gwendlyn (born October 2001), Ysabel (born June 2003) and Truely (born April 2010) and son Paedon (born August 1998).

Through the Sister Wives collection premiere in September 2010, Christine, who was raised in a polygamous household, stated she determined at age 19 that she needed to be a part of a plural marriage.

“I truthfully needed sister wives greater than a husband for a very good time of my life,” she stated on the time. “I need the entire household. I didn’t simply need Kody. No, I needed every little thing.”

As quickly as she realized that she needed to be a part of a polygamous household, she additionally knew that she needed to be somebody’s third spouse — not their first or second.

“They really say when you’re having issues, like, when you’ve got two wives … marry a 3rd as a result of they’ll even it out,” she stated throughout one confessional scene. “I by no means needed to be a primary in any respect as a result of I didn’t need to be married to a man on my own. After which I didn’t need to be a second as a result of I felt like they have been a bit of wedge within the relationship, and I didn’t need to be the wedge. I solely ever needed to be the third as a result of it sounded the simplest.”

Although Christine was joyful to be Kody’s third spouse, she initially struggled with the addition of the fourth, Robyn Brown, who wed Kody in Could 2010. He has additionally been married to Meri Brown since April 1990 and to Janelle Brown since January 1993.

“[Robyn] lives, like, 5 hours away,” Christine stated throughout season 1 when Kody was nonetheless courting his future fourth spouse. “There [were] a pair occasions the place I’m like, ‘You actually can’t go. You’ll be able to’t go away me, and you’ll’t go away your loved ones. You’re changing your loved ones with Robyn and her youngsters.’ It was onerous, and on the identical level I noticed that it wanted to occur, but it surely didn’t essentially make it simpler.”

Hold scrolling for look again at Christine and Kody’s ups and downs through the years: