Christine Brown is extraordinarily conscious of how skewed her relationship with ex Kody Brown was now that she’s in a “supportive” marriage with David Woolley.
“I really feel stronger, extra impartial now than I ever did earlier than since you’re so supportive. There’s no 50/50,” Christine, 53, mentioned within the Sunday, April 20, episode of Sister Wives.
David, who married Christine in October 2023, mentioned it’s best to “by no means, ever preserve rating in a wedding,” confirming that of their relationship they each give “100%.”
David, nevertheless, famous that in polygamy, “They do preserve rating and it’s unhappy.” Christine agreed, confessing that’s precisely what she did whereas married to Kody, 56. (Christine and Kody split in November 2021 after greater than 20 years in a non secular marriage.)
“I felt like Robyn [Brown] had a greater sofa. I felt like she had higher dishes and better decorations and like so many issues,” Christine mentioned throughout a confessional, referring to Kody’s fourth spouse, Robyn, whom he legally wed in 2014.
Christine recalled feeling like, “Why am I left with all these scraps on a regular basis? Scraps of time, scraps of stuff,” when Robyn allegedly received extra from Kody.
“When a relationship is united, you don’t are likely to preserve scores a lot since you’ve received a cloak of charity to place over this individual that you just love,” Kody mentioned in his confessional, seemingly defending his actions.
Robyn Brown and Kody Brown. TLC/YouTube
Robyn, 46, additionally questioned why Christine had an ongoing tally with the other wives. “Should you’re sitting there continuously utilizing that scoreboard towards one another, what are you enemies?” Robyn requested.
Christine continued to element her aspect of plural marriage whereas driving with David to North Carolina the place they have been serving to her sister spouse Janelle Brown transfer. (Janelle, 55, confirmed her separation from Kody in December 2022.)
“There have been so many instances in my marriage with Kody the place he was, he favored make-up. It was such as you needed to at all times, at all times look good. It mattered to him a lot,” Christine claimed. “We’d go tenting and Janelle and I’d be sitting there busting our butts getting breakfast made, cleansing up the mess and truthfully Robyn can be doing her make-up perpetually.”
Christine alleged that Kody would then “reward how they seemed” when she and Janelle have been “sweating and slaving” over all of the duties on the campsite.
Janelle, for her half, didn’t care concerning the make-up concern, confessing it was “irritating,” however she nonetheless selected to “have enjoyable” on the journey.
Robyn, who’s the one lady nonetheless married to Kody, remembered the tenting incident in another way. “The one time we went tenting, I used to be six months pregnant, and I received sick quite a bit,” she shared. “I spent the night time barfing my guts up exterior my tent on my arms and knees. After which, you realize, Janelle and Christine have been making breakfast, and I used to be simply attempting to rush and prepare for the day.”
Meri Brown, who was Kody’s first spouse earlier than their January 2023 split, revealed she was conscious that Kody “at all times wished folks round him to look good.”
Meri, nevertheless, mentioned she by no means felt “stress” from her ex-husband to “look good” or have her hair and make-up executed.
Christine, in the meantime, revealed that Kody’s alleged obsession with make-up made her much more self-conscious. “No surprise I used to be continuously questioning and continuously insecure as a result of as a lot as I used to be evaluating, he was additionally evaluating on a regular basis,” she claimed.
Christine alleged, “Robyn was up on this pedestal and the remainder of us have been simply missing. I felt like I used to be missing within the relationship.”
Kody weighed in on the thought of comparability, telling the cameras that along with his first three wives they’d “hunker down and get alongside sufficient to outlive.” He claimed, “It didn’t ever really feel like I used to be not within the doghouse with any individual,” hinting that was not the case with Robyn.
“I felt like when the household was collectively, there was unfair combating that was occurring, for certain,” Robyn mentioned, claiming the group would hit “under the belt” and resort to “identify calling” after “jumping to conclusions.”
She concluded, “That may be a large a part of the household falling aside. Was [that] there’s simply so little belief with one another.”
Sister Wives airs on TLC Sundays at 10 p.m. ET.