Meri Brown Establishes Her Post-Divorce Dynamic With Kody Brown: ‘You Don’t Need to Worry About Me’

Meri Brown and Kody Brown’s divorce was official many months ago, but Sister Wives fans are just now seeing the couple dissolve their partnership during season 19 of the series. While Meri Brown held on to the spiritual marriage for years longer than she should have, she’s the one who seems determined to cut ties with her ex-husband completely. In a clip for an upcoming episode, Meri Brown made it clear exactly where she and Kody Brown stand.

Meri Brown makes her current feelings about Kody Brown known

In a clip for the upcoming episode obtained by People, Meri Brown and Kody Brown hash out where they stand now that they have publicly split. During the conversation, Kody Brown tells his former wife that he doesn’t know how to categorize their current “bond.” While Kody didn’t know how to explain their dynamic, Meri had given a fair bit of thought to it.

In a moment of bravado, Meri made it abundantly clear that she and Kody no longer mean anything to each other. The small business owner told her ex, with more confidence than we have ever seen from the often beleaguered Meri, that they are just “exes.” She told Kody that he no longer needed to worry about her. Kody appeared entirely perplexed by the sentiment.

Kody Brown and Meri Brown’s relationship timeline explained

Kody Brown and Meri Brown met in 1989 and were married just six months later, in 1990. The first three years of their marriage were monogamous. They never planned to keep it that way, though. In their memoir Becoming Sister Wives, the Brown family explained they always intended to live a polygamous lifestyle. Second wife, Janelle Brown, joined the family in 1993. Christine Brown married Kody the following year, and Robyn Brown entered the family in 2010.

In season 19 of Sister Wives, Kody claimed his relationship with Meri fell apart sometime in 2016. Meri disagrees. She insists Kody didn’t “like” her for many years before that. It’s impossible to confidently pinpoint when they stopped behaving as a married couple.

While the last several years of their relationship have been somewhat complicated, the couple officially announced their split in January 2023. Meri has since left Arizona and is currently living in Utah. She owns a small bed and breakfast in the state. In a recent interview, Meri revealed she has almost no contact with her former family. Instead of connecting with her ex-husband and former sister wives, she’s focused her energy on developing friendships far away from her former family. She seems better off for it.