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Sister Wives star Kody says one of his kids will never speak to him again: ‘You brainwashed and manipulated me’

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Kody’s relationships with his older kids are growing more distant. Pic credit: TLC

Kody Brown is losing touch with his children.

In Sunday night’s episode of Sister Wives, How the Mighty Have Fallen, the father of 18 revealed that one of his children had cut him off for good.

Kody and his wife, Robyn, had a heart-to-heart outside their Flagstaff home. They discussed his broken relationship with most of his adult children.

Robyn urged Kody to continue trying to make amends with them by not giving up on calling and texting.

However, according to Kody’s version of events, he has tried to mend his relationships with his kids, but most of them aren’t willing to reciprocate the effort.

In fact, one of his children has cut him off completely.

One of Kody Brown’s 18 children will never speak to him again

During a confessional, Kody shared, “I’ve had one of my kids just [say], ‘You’re an a**hole. I’m never talking to you again. You manipulated me, and you brainwashed me.”

The 55-year-old former polygamist didn’t reveal which child he was referring to.

We know that his relationships with Garrison and Gabriel were the most talked about in recent seasons.

Kody’s strict pandemic rules caused contention among his family, especially Garrison and Gabriel, who refused to abide by them.

Things got so intense that Kody even suggested that Janelle kick Garrison out of her house.

Admittedly, Kody told Sister Wives viewers during a previous season’s Tell All that he and his boys needed therapy.

At the time, Kody revealed that he was not on speaking terms with Garrison or Gabriel.

It’s unclear whether they were ever able to mend their father-son relationships.

We do know, however, that Kody regrets not taking advantage of the time he had with Garrison before his passing.

Six months after Garrison’s untimely death earlier this year, Kody told PEOPLE that his and Garrison’s relationship “certainly could have been better.”

“We could have been talking more. I’d get texts, stuff like that, and we could have, retrospectively, we could have done so much more,” Kody admitted.

Kody isn’t willing to reach out to his kids forever

In Sunday night’s episode, Kody also revealed that his and Janelle’s daughter, Madison, didn’t even tell him she was pregnant with her daughter, Joey.

But in Kody’s eyes, he shouldn’t be the only one trying to reconcile with his kids.

As he confessed, “Some people think that parental-child relationships don’t have to be reciprocal, but when they’re adults, yeah, they do.”

Kody said he would not continue to reach out to his kids forever. Although he said he would make the effort, he expects his kids to do the same.

He said, “I’m not going to camp out on somebody’s doorstep.”

Season 19 of Sister Wives airs on Sundays at 10/9c on TLC.

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GA Peach
GA Peach
1 month ago

Here’s what I saw:
Scripted or not, Robyn FINALLY found her voice and told Kody to “Daddy up” and be the adult.
Kody did his usual “I’m the victim” response, not owning his tyrannical “icing on the cake” demands for 18+ people, living separately, to follow his INSANE, over the top COVID rules or be banished from his “kingdom” even as he didn’t follow his own demands. (Sounds like current politicians) and losing all respect from pretty much the whole clan. I can’t muster any sympathy for him and didn’t see that interaction between him and Robyn as an argument. It was a discussion. All healthy married couples can have them. I don’t foresee Kody ever owning his part in the disintegration of their “family arrangement” bc that’s not how narcissists operate. Everyone else is ALWAYS to blame for every single thing, no matter what. The narcissist is eternally innocent.
I could not be happier that the other “wives” in his circle have finally seen the light and left. I don’t have a problem with polygamists living their lifestyle as long as everyone feels genuinely good about their situation. From what I have seen,
these women were not ok with it (FINALLY) and ran screaming from the dysfunction. Not being familiar with their lifestyle, it looks to me like he was the king (in his mind) and everyone else was subservient in HIS domain. If that works for them, it’s ok with me. Most normal humans really aren’t OK with his behavior, which explains why the moms and the kids have distanced themselves from Kody. Not sure he will ever change.

MICHELLE
MICHELLE
1 month ago
Reply to  GA Peach

YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY HEAD LOL. I NEVER COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY SAW IN HIM – ESPECIALLY MARY. YA SHE SCREWED UP, BUT FOR HIM TO DANGLE HER ALONG AS LONG AS HE DID AND THEN MAKE IT OUT LIKE SHE WAS GAGA OVER HIM AND HE NEVER RECIPROCATED. HE GAVE HER FALSE HOPES ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS OVER THE YEARS – I JUST WANTED TO REACH THRU THE TV AT HER LOL. I DON’T KNOW WHAT ROBIN SEES IN HIM OR WHY SHE’S GONNA STICK WITH HIM EITHER. BUT THEN AGAIN,, I DO BELIEVE THAT ONCE HE MET AND MARRIED ROBIN, THE OTHERS WERE DOOMED