‘Sister Wives’ Robyn Brown: The ‘Idiot That Got Left Behind’ During Season 19

Sister Wives star Robyn Brown appears to be working through some deep issues in the show’s Season 19 trailer. She calls herself the “idiot that got left behind” as Meri, Janelle, and Christine Brown create new lives outside of their polygamist union with Kody Brown. Robyn’s statement proves she’s still resentful of their family’s breakdown, but is she revealing more than she’s letting on?

Robyn Brown calls herself an ‘idiot’ in an emotionally charged confessional

Robyn Brown may have been the last of Kody Brown’s wives. But she became an integral part of the family’s breakdown after joining their polygamist clan. Kody appeared to find favor with her most and spent most of his time with her and her children, neglecting his longstanding relationships with Meri, Janelle, and Christine Brown.

Throughout the series, Robyn has maintained she wanted sister wives. But appeared to do nothing to foster relationships with the other women in Kody’s life. The only woman Robyn stayed close to was Meri, eventually pushing her out as Kody’s legal wife in 2014.

During Season 19, it appears Robyn is peripheral to the drama surrounding the Brown family. However, she does make statements that try to integrate herself front and center as the “family scapegoat,” a term she used to describe herself in 2022.

In the official TLC trailer for Season 19, she confesses, “This is not the way it was supposed to go. I feel like the idiot who got left behind.”

Is Kody and Robyn’s Season 19 relationship drama real or fake?

Kody and Robyn Brown are living in monogamy. Outwardly, they appear to be happy.

However, no one knows what happens behind closed doors. Robyn and Kody added some drama to their relationship and how it has reportedly changed in the new Season 19 trailer.

The couple are filmed outside their home, wearing winter clothing and discussing their relationship. It’s difficult to tell if this conversation contains the truth or is manufactured to create a storyline.

“I’m having a hard time. I’m losing respect for you,” Robyn tells Kody as they stand in the snow. He responds, “Robyn, I can’t even get it straight with you now.”

However, in early 2023, he said during an installment of the Sister Wives: One-on-One episodes that if Robyn wanted him to take another wife, he likely wouldn’t. “No, I wouldn’t be interested. Because I would have to tell that woman, ‘I will never love you as much as I love her.’ Now I know better,” Kody explained. 

Robyn Brown painted herself in a corner as the most hated woman in the Brown family

Although Robyn Brown maintained she wanted herself and her children to remain part of a big, plural family, she never achieved that goal. She was an outsider, she claims, as were her children and became the most hated woman in their clan.

During Season 18, Robyn claimed, “From my perspective, Kody did not choose us. My kids and I wanted to be a part of this family. And wanted to be accepted and loved by everyone.”

She continued, “When we were blending families years ago, there was a lot of trouble. I didn’t feel like I had a lot of support from the other parents to do this blending.”

However, many Brown family members contradicted Robyn’s statements. Gwendlyn Brown, Christine, and Kody Brown’s daughter, shared her thoughts in a YouTube video. Gwendlyn said, “She states that she wants us to be this big happy family, but in my experience, that’s not true.”

Janelle’s son, Garrison Brown, also said in a Season 18 clip that Robyn used “COVID-19 to make Dad exclusive and then turned herself into the victim, saying it’s our fault. Robyn’s mad that she can’t have this effect on our lives anymore because we just don’t care anymore.”

In turn, Kody defended Robyn in the Sister Wives One-on-One episodes. He said, “There is a shift of blame toward Robyn that got to the point where it makes me so angry. That I was getting to the point that if you had a complaint about her, I’d be like, ‘shut up, I will punch you in the mouth.'”

Season 19 of Sister Wives debuts on TLC on September 15 at 10 p.m. EST.