Kody Brownis pointing fingers at his kid’s supposed betrayal for the turmoil inside his family.
The “Sister Wives” patriarch recently stormed out of a heated discussion along with his fourth and only remaining wife, Robyn Brown, as they tackled the subject of his strained relationships along with his kids.
Tensions have been constructing for some time, especially since Robyn Brown’s daughters, Aurora and Breanna, expressed their feelings of exclusion after joining Kody Brown’s plural family.
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Kody Brown Storms Out After Fiery Argument With Robyn Brown Over Family Tensions
In a tense latest episode of TLC’s “Sister Wives,” the father-of-eighteen expressed his frustrations, revealing the strain in his relationships along with his older children. Kody shed more light in his confessional, saying:
“Robyn is extremely upset that I’m not reaching out more to my children.”
He implied that the problems along with his children are spilling over into his relationship with Robyn. The TV personality suggested that his kid’s actions have led to significant emotional distance or conflict in his life. In his words:
“I’m not gonna sit here and fight with you, have a rift in our relationship attributable to these individuals who have created the largest rift in my life.”
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TooFab reported that though he eventually returned to the home, their conversation quickly turned back to the topic of Kody’s relationships along with his older kids from previous marriages to Christine, Janelle, and Meri.
Robyn pressed Kody to reconnect with them, insisting that he shouldn’t quit on his parental responsibilities. “I’m not gonna do it with a rejection each time. I’m not abandoning my children. They’ve betrayed me,” Kody responded defensively.
Robyn fired back, “But they’re kids!”to which Kody clarified, “No, they’re adults,” emphasizing the necessity for reciprocal relationships in his family.
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Robyn Called Out Kody’s Parenting
Refusing to let her husband get away with excuses, the mother-of-five drew from her own experience with an absent father to emphasise the importance of being a gift figure for his or her large family.
“I’m having a tough time not losing respect for you just a little bit,” she confessed, clearly frustrated with Kody’s approach to parenting. In her confessional, she elaborated, saying:
“If I were him, I can be calling, emailing, texting, possibly showing up, flying on the market, you already know, whatever.“
Kody’s further dismissal didn’t sit well with Robyn, who insisted he needed to take a more proactive stance. Her reasons looked as if it would wear him down seeing as Kody begrudgingly agreed to try “just a little bit.”
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The Family’s Patriarch Faced More Backlash From Janelle
In one other a part of the segment, Kody’s former partner, Janelle, also voiced her deep concerns about his fraught connections with not only his children but in addition his grandchildren.
The mother-of-six highlighted the 55-year-old’s noticeable absence from the lives of her daughter Madison’s three kids—Axel, Evie, and Josephine. While Janelle expressed disappointment, Kody pushed back against the criticism.
The truth TV star insisted, “It’s an unrealistic expectation for grandparents to be of their grandchildren’s lives on a regular basis.” He added that another excuse he couldn’t be present was because Madison’s family resided far-off in North Carolina.
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Robyn’s Daughters Spoke About Family Exclusion
The growing friction inside the Brown family dynamic also forged a shadow over Robyn’s daughters, Aurora and Breanna. Last month, The Blast reported that the sisters openly expressed their feelings of isolation since becoming a part of the plural marriage.
Aurora revealed, “I even have been told directly, inmultiple circumstances, by multiple different those that I used to be not accepted, that I used to be not their sister, that they didn’t consider or see me that way.”
Breanna chimed in, reflecting on the family’s struggles, saying, “The parents could have done a greater job with connecting us as a family, and it never really happened.”
Robyn Revealed ‘Worst Ever’ Marriage Struggles With Kody Brown
Robyn attempted to make clear the situation, asserting that her daughters weren’t searching for to chop ties but reasonably to ascertain healthy boundaries. “It was never anything about, ‘We don’t desire to see you again,'” she emphasized.
Nonetheless, it didn’t stop the 45-year-old from addressing the emotional strain inside her relationship with Kody. Robyn didn’t hold back her thought, admitting, “We’re probably doing the worst we have ever done in our marriage. It has been tough. It has been tough between us.”
Reflecting on the gravity of the situation, Kody confirmed that their relationship was indeed in a “struggling place.”
As tensions mount, it is evident that the impact of the Browns family dynamics extends beyond the adults and can also be affecting the younger generation.
