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TLC heavily featured Kody Brown and Christine Brown’s marital problems on season 16 of Sister Wives. Fans have long suspected the distance in their marriage was present for far longer than either Christine or Kody were willing to admit, though. Some of Christine’s supporters theorize that the trouble in the couple’s marriage could be traced back to around the time Kody married his fourth wife, Robyn Brown. Now, Kody is flipping the script. In the much-anticipated third installment of the show’s tell-all episode, the divisive polygamist appears to reveal that Christine was unhappy with her lifestyle before TLC’s cameras and before Robyn Brown.

Kody Brown insists Christine Brown has hated plural marriage for a long time in ‘Sister Wives’ tell-all episode

Sister Wives fans spent months trying to decipher exactly when things went bad for Christine and Kody. Many viewers have theorized that Robyn’s addition to the family was the beginning of the end. According to Kody, that wasn’t the case. 

TLC posted a clip of the third installment of the Sister Wives tell-all episode to Instagram and Twitter that reveals when things went bad. In the clip, Kody said that Christine admitted to “hating” plural marriage before Robyn ever joined the family. He claims Christine expressed feelings of resentment while still living in a basement apartment in Lehi, Utah.

Kody’s words seem to align with what Christine’s aunt, Kristyn Decker, has long suggested. Decker, who has fallen out of touch with the Brown family in recent years, once theorized that Christine was unhappy from “day one.” Decker is a vocal critic of polygamy after leaving her own plural marriage. 

Where is Christine Brown now? 

Christine Brown didn’t just separate from her husband ahead of season 16 of Sister Wives. She opted to put hundreds of miles between them. After splitting from her spiritual husband, Christine sold her home in Flagstaff, Arizona, and moved to Utah, where several of her adult children are based. 

Meri Brown, Janelle Brown, Kody Brown, Christine Brown and Robyn Brown speak duinrg the 'Sister Wives' panel during the Discovery Communications portion of the 2010 Summer TCA press tour
Meri Brown, Janelle Brown, Kody Brown, Christine Brown and Robyn Brown | Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images
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Based on social media activity, she’s happy with her decision and so are her children. Several of her adult children appear to be taking her side in the separation. Paedon Brown, Christine’s only son, has taken to TikTok to prove he is on Christine’s team. 

Paedon appears to have less than positive feelings about his father and his father’s fourth and legal wife, as well. Several other Brown children have implied the same. Janelle Brown, Kody’s second wife, suggested Kody isn’t speaking to at least a few of his adult children. 

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