Kody Brown’s Luau Meltdown in ‘Sister Wives’ Season 10 Showed His True Colors
Kody Brown has cemented his villain status in Sister Wives Season 19.
The latest season of the TLC show chronicles the ongoing breakdown of the polygamist Brown family, with an increasingly hostile Kody at odds with his three ex-wives and many of his children. But as his relationships crumble, Kody has refused to take accountability. Instead, he’s shifted the blame for his marital failures to his former wives, demanding “respect” from his children while refusing to acknowledge that they feel abandoned by him, and generally playing the victim.
Kody’s ugly turn has generated plenty of criticism from the show’s viewers. But looking back on his behavior in the past episodes of Sister Wives, it becomes clear that Kody has long been more focused on his own feelings than those of his large family. Case in point? Kody’s meltdown during a family trip to Hawaii in season 10.
Kody Brown made what should have been a fun family moment all about him
In season 10, the entire Brown family took a vacation to Hawaii. The culmination of the once-in-a-lifetime trip was a luau that their hosts threw in their honor. Everyone was looking forward to the special event — everyone except Kody, that is. The luau revolved around roasting a whole pig, and Kody refused to eat pork because he felt it went against Biblical teachings.
“I’ll just go hungry,” he said in the episode, titled “Hawaiian Vacation Erupts.” An irritable Kody told his then-wife Janelle Brown that maybe someone could teach him how to hula. “As long as I don’t have to eat pork or poi.”
Kody’s son Logan chimed in that he was looking forward to the luau and to eating pork. But Kody was acting like a bratty teenager.
“Can I have an appointment and not be there?” he said. “Yeah, nobody asked my permission about this. Everybody piss off.”
The ‘Sister Wives’ star has a pattern of putting himself first
At the time, Janelle excused Kody’s rude behavior by saying he was just tired from the trip. Meanwhile, Robyn Brown argued that his bad attitude sprang from wanting his family to follow certain religious practices. However, in an interview segment, Kody did admit he should have had a more gracious attitude.
“This isn’t my island. It’s their island. We’re guests here, and they’re welcoming us their way,” he said, adding, “I’m having to check myself.”
In the scheme of Sister Wives drama, Kody’s luau meltdown was a relatively minor incident. But his behavior was an example of what now seems like a pattern of self-centered behavior. Not only did Kody want to dictate how others around him behaved, but he also became sulky when he felt everyone else wasn’t catering to his needs. This attitude has emerged more and more often in recent seasons of Sister Wives. Another poignant example was when his desire to follow strict COVID-19 protocols led him to alienate several of his children, including the late Garrison Brown.
When it came to the luau, Kody was put out when his hosts and family didn’t consult him about the plans. As usual, he wanted to be the one making the rules. The same attitude contributed to the end of three of his four marriages. When Christine Brown finally walked away from their relationship, Kody responded with his infamous “knife in the kidneys” comment — yet another example of him only being able to see things from his perspective. When Robyn urged him to reconcile with his estranged children, he turned the conversation around, focusing on the ways he thought they wronged and “betrayed” him. Once again, Kody showed that what he really wants is to be the boss. When he can’t get what he wants, he throws a tantrum.
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