Sister Wives star Kody Brown SPLITS from Christine Brown after more than 25 years together as polygamist reality TV family falls apart following years of turmoil
- Sister Wives star Kody Brown has split from Christine Brown after more than 25 years together
- Christine announced she had 'made the difficult decision to leave' in a statement posted Tuesday
- On Twitter, Kody said 'Christine's decision to leave comes with a great deal of sadness'
- Kody and his four wives Meri, Janelle, Christine, and Robyn starred in the hit TLC series Sister Wives
Sister Wives star Cody Brown has separated from Christine Brown after 'more than 25 years together' amid turmoil in the polygamist reality TV family.
Christine, 49, announced she had 'made the difficult decision to leave' in a statement posted to her Instagram account on Tuesday.
'After more than 25 years together, Kody and I have grown apart and I have made the difficult decision to leave. We will continue to be a strong presence in each other's lives as we parent our beautiful children and support our wonderful family.
'At this time, we ask for your grace and kindness as we navigate through this stage within our family. With Love, Christine Brown.'
Called it quits: Sister Wives star Cody Brown has separated from Christine Brown after 27 years of marriage
Kody addressed the split with a statement of his own on Twitter.
'Christine's decision to leave comes with a great deal of sadness,' he posted. 'We enjoyed many years together and I have a large amount of respect and admiration for her. Although we are moving forward on different paths, we will always remain committed parents.'
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Kody and his four wives Meri, Janelle, Christine, and Robyn starred in the hit TLC series Sister Wives.
Christine became Kody's third wife after the couple spiritually married in 1994. They share daughters Aspyn, 26, Mykelti, 25, Gwendlyn, 20, Ysabel, 18, Truely, 11, and son Paedon, 23.
TLC hit: Kody and his four wives - Christine, Robyn, Meri, and Janelle - starred on the TLC series Sister Wives
Christine announced she had 'made the difficult decision to leave' in a statement posted to her Instagram account on Tuesday
Meri was the first of Kody's wives, followed by Janelle in 1993, Christine, and then Robyn in 2010.
Kody and Meri were legally divorced in 2014, so Kodi could marry Robyn and give her three children from a previous marriage access to his insurance and other benefits Kody's 18 other children have with all four of his wives.
While Kody and Robyn's marriage is the only one considered to be a 'legal' union, Kody has said he still considers himself 'spiritually' married to the other three.
While the couple have been together for almost three decades, cracks in the relationship were evident in a teaser for the upcoming 16 season of Sister Wives.
Separating: Kody addressed the split with a statement of his own on Twitter
Kody's four wives are seen together (pictured from left to right): Meri Brown, Christine Brown, Janelle Brown, Robyn Brown
Starting to break: While the couple have been together for almost three decades, cracks in the relationship were evident in a teaser for the upcoming 16 season of Sister Wives
In the teaser, Christine discusses her desire to move back to Utah from Arizona as the family struggle over being separated amid the pandemic.
'Covid has brought out how much we want to be a family. We're not,' she said in a confessional.
'The best I could give today is pretend. I don’t want to move on the property. I want to move back to Utah,' she later says.
Christine and Kody also have a one-on-one conversation in one scene, where she tells him: 'I would move to Utah in a heartbeat, are you kidding me?
Hashing it out: In the teaser, Christine discusses her desire to move back to Utah from Arizona as the family struggle over being separated amid the pandemic
'Covid has brought out how much we want to be a family. We're not,' she said in a confessional
'Is it on the table still?' she wonders before Kody firmly dismisses the possibility in a confessional.
She's then seen walking away from the conversation, saying: 'I'm not going to talk to you.'
Christine reflects on their situation with producers, asking: 'Why would I want to live on the same property with a dysfunctional marriage where right over there, he's got a full-functioning marriage.'
At odds: The family struggled under lockdown
Not one big happy family: The Browns were strained in a new teaser for the upcoming season
'Who would ever want to live like that?' she says as the clip closes.
The couple landed at the center of split rumors last year when Kody sold Christine the Arizona home they had both bought together, according to The Sun.
The $520,000 home in Flagstaff was sold to Christine for $10, according to the Warranty Deed obtained by the site.
Last month, Christine sold the home for $700,000, according to The Sun.
'It would cramp my style': Christine previously told Us Weekly she enjoyed the freedom that came with being in a plural marriage and insisted she wasn't a 'monogamous person'; pictured 2015
Christine previously told Us Weekly she enjoyed the freedom that came with being in a plural marriage and insisted she wasn't a 'monogamous person.'
'I've never been a monogamous [person], never. So, I mean, it's so out there and beyond my understanding to have a guy around every night.
'I felt, like, it would cramp my style a lot because I've never had that as soon as Kody and I married. I was the third wife. And so, I really liked the independence that I have and I love the freedom that I have. I love that I can just have those evenings where I’m wearing the grossest most comfortable clothes ever and I'm just, you know, curled up on the couch with the girls, eating popcorn and playing games or something. … I feel bad whenever I say things like that — really bad.'
The upcoming season of Sister Wives will premiere on November 21st at 10pm on TLC.
Coming soon: The upcoming season of Sister Wives will premiere on November 21st at 10pm on TLC
