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Sister Wives Returns for Season 21 Without Kody and Robyn
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In Short: Sister Wives is set to return for its 21st season on TLC this fall, but the show will feature a significant change: the absence of Kody and Robyn Brown, the original patriarch and his sole remaining wife.
Sister Wives is set to return for its 21st season on TLC this fall, but the show will feature a significant change: the absence of Kody and Robyn Brown, the original patriarch and his sole remaining wife.
The season premiere is scheduled for Sunday, October 4, at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. For those without cable or satellite, the show can be streamed through various streaming services that carry TLC, including Philo, DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV, and Sling.
Philo offers a seven-day free trial, while DirecTV and Hulu + Live TV have shorter trial offers for eligible customers. Philo's Essential plan, which includes TLC, costs $25 per month plus applicable taxes.
Meri Brown, who separated from Kody in 2022, expressed surprise at the news that Kody and Robyn were not returning to the show. She noted, 'I was actually surprised when I was told that Kody and Robyn weren't coming back to the show.'
Janelle Brown, who also separated from Kody in 2021, described the news as 'flabbergasting.' Christine Brown, who is celebrating her third anniversary with David Woolley, acknowledged, 'I didn't know how to process it all.'
The Browns' children have also been vocal about their splits from Kody. Mykelti Padron, Christine's daughter, has maintained a connection with both Kody and Robyn but noted, 'We're not talking, but we're not not talking.'
Mykelti added, 'You gotta treat my whole family nice, you gotta treat my kids nice. You gotta talk to all of us, you can't just have me.' She expressed concern that her relationship with her father is slowly deteriorating.
What this adds
The show's absence of Kody and Robyn marks a significant shift in the dynamics of the series, focusing on the remaining OG spouses.
Background
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Sister Wives is an American reality television series broadcast on TLC that premiered on September 26, 2010. The show documented the life of a polygamist family affiliated with the Apostolic United Brethren, a fundamentalist Mormon sect.
What's confirmed
- Sister Wives is set to return for its 21st season on TLC this fall, but the show will feature a significant change: the absence of Kody and Robyn Brown, the original patriarch and his sole remaining wife.
- The season premiere is scheduled for Sunday, October 4, at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. For those without cable or satellite, the show can be streamed through various streaming services that carry TLC, including Philo, DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV, and Sling.
- Philo offers a seven-day free trial, while DirecTV and Hulu + Live TV have shorter trial offers for eligible customers. Philo's Essential plan, which includes TLC, costs $25 per month plus applicable taxes.
- Mykelti added, 'You gotta treat my whole family nice, you gotta treat my kids nice. You gotta talk to all of us, you can't just have me.' She expressed concern that her relationship with her father is slowly deteriorating.
What's still developing
- While he remains close to Robyn's eldest Dayton, Aurora and Breanna (plus younger siblings Solomon, 14, and Ariella, 10) Janelle has estimated that Kody is " alienated from 90 to 95 percent " of his children.
- Though she said the Special Forces star had been reaching out, "It's hard because with me, I'm a package deal," she continued.
- "I'm going to ask him, 'Hey what's going on with you and Truely. What's going on with you and Ysabel. What's going on with you and Savannah?'" Mykelti noted.
- "He wants to figure out each relationship individually as they go," said Mykelti, "and I want to be like, 'Well why can't we all just get together be happy and love each other?'" The answer depends on which of her siblings you speak with.
- Initially at odds over Kody's intense COVID restrictions, they continued to keep their distance even as stay home orders began to lift.
- But, he noted to Janelle, "I told Dad that if he doesn't change and he can't take accountability, then I just won't ever see him again. And I'm perfectly OK with that."
- "He comes off as a very present dad with his children, so I mean, how lovely would that be, right?" she noted.
- Safe to say Kody Brown 's brood is officially divided.
- But, "right now, we don't have a very deep relationship," the mother of three acknowledged during a November appearance on the Pop Psych YouTube series.
- "And he's going to be like, 'I want to have a relationship with you right now. My relationship with them is separate."
- "that my dad and the chance of having a really close relationship with my dad is slowly going away."
- "My dad and I aren't like, close, close, close, close, close, close."