Robyn Brown is worried her monogamous relationship won’t be enough for her husband as he leaves polygamy behind.
The Sister Wives star got candid about her fears over being the last remaining wife of Kody Brown—who is father to 18 kids with Robyn and his three previous polyamorous wives Meri Brown, Janelle Brown and Christine Brown—confessing that she’s concerned monogamy won’t always be a sustainable dynamic for the couple.
“I’ve had some concerns about whether or not having one wife would be enough for him,” Robyn admitted in an E! News exclusive clip from the April 27 episode of the TLC show, “because he has been living and used to this other way for so long.”
Noting that she feels “vulnerable” as Kody’s only partner, the 46-year-old went on to explain what she needs from the patriarch to get some reassurance.
“I kind of need to know if we’re OK I guess,” Robyn said, “and just make sure that this works for us. The question in my head is, ‘Is this it? Or are we going to try to, you know, to live in a polygamous marriage again?'”
The matriarch—who officially married Kody in 2014 and shares five kids with him—was eventually able to come clean about her concerns over dinner, acknowledging that she’s not just nervous about her husband’s attitude toward their situation.
“It’s been a challenge for me,” Robyn confessed during the date night. “This is what I thought I was gonna be doing my whole life.”
However, Kody—who split from ex-wife Christine in November 2021, with Janelle and Meri following her out the door soon after—didn’t have the same anxiety. In fact, the 56-year-old revealed that he feels “slapped by polygamy.”
“It’s hard not to be bitter about the fact that I bought off on it and did it,” Kody told Robyn, “because in the end, in the last moments of it—I felt terrible in the last moments of it.”
As a result, the reality TV star said he has no plans to return to polygamy.
“I don’t want to be flippant with my answer, because we were devoted to this, but I’m not interested in plural marriage anymore,” Kody said. “I don’t want to pursue another woman because I don’t want that headache—the questions, the struggles, the wonder about trust.”
He added, “I’m not in that space.”
For more on the love lives of the Sister Wives stars, keep reading.
Kody Brown & Robyn Brown
“She looked like a soccer mom,” Kody Brown once joked on Sister Wives of meeting then-single mom Robyn in 2009. “She had a van, three kids and was divorced. I thought, ‘I didn’t need a van, a divorced woman, and three kids in my life—that’s just trouble.'”
More than a decade and a half on, though, they’re still kicking it, with the pair adding son Solomon and daughter Ariella to the squad.
As for bringing on other teammates, it’s not in the game plan. “I really, really struggle with it because it feels, like, ‘Oh, well. Those didn’t work. So, on to [someone] new,'” Robyn said on the December 2024 Sister Wives: One on One special of Meri Brown, Janelle Brown and Christine Brown leaving the fold. “That’s hard for me. That’s really, really hard for me. It feels disrespectful.”
Meri Brown
In January 2024, a year after she and Kody announced their breakup, Meri revealed on Instagram that she had begun dating Amos Andrews the previous October. But in February 2024, Meri confirmed on Instagram that they had called it quits.
Christine Brown Woolley
She got the man and the family. Going official with her and David Woolley‘s romance on Valentine’s Day 2023, Christine shared, “I finally found the love of my life, David. The first time he held me close, it felt like my soul took its first breath. He’s wonderful and kind, incredible with my children and an adorable grandpa. I never dreamed I could find a love like this.”
Two months later he added to the fantasy with a spring proposal. “David treats me like a queen and tells me I’m beautiful everyday,” Christine told People. “I’ve never been in love like this before and the world seems like a brighter place with him in it.”
Tying the knot in Utah on Oct. 7, 2023, she wrote, “I’m so blessed! I’ve married my best friend.”
Madison Brown Brush
The first of the 18 Brown children to walk down the aisle, Janelle’s eldest daughter wed Caleb Brush at a 2016 outdoor wedding in Montana captured by TLC’s cameras. Nearly 10 years later, the two have multiplied their love with Emilia joining older siblings Axel, Evie and Josephine in March 2025.
“Our sweet girl took her time, keeping us all in suspense, but when she decided it was time—she didn’t waste a second,” North Carolina-based Maddie wrote on Instagram. “Born on 3/14, she arrived absolutely perfect.”
Leon Brown
Four years after their engagement aired on the TLC reality show, Meri’s only child settled in Denver with Audrey Kriss.
“My sweetest symphony,” Leon raved of their partner in 2022. “Life with you truly is so sweet.” Echoed Audrey, “Being your partner and watching your growth and coming into yourself over the years has been an honor and joy.”
Logan Brown
Eldest Brown kid Logan got the gang back together when he married longtime girlfriend Michelle Petty in Arizona in 2022. “It was a beautiful day and this mama’s heart was mush the whole time,” Janelle shared on Instagram of her son’s wedding. “You always have such a sense of peace when your children find amazing life partners.”
Mykelti Brown
More than six years after her 2016 wedding to Antonio “Tony” Padron, Mykelti joked that they’d already tested the limits of their marriage vows by welcoming twins Archer and Ace into the fold in November 2022.
“We have 3 kids and 4 moves under our belt,” Mykelti, who is also mom to eldest daughter Avalon, wrote on Instagram at the time. “A whole lot of good times and some hard times #surprisetwins But here we are still doing this whole marriage thing.”
Aspyn Brown
Since their 2018 wedding, Christine’s oldest daughter and husband Mitch Thompson have traveled everywhere from Paris to Alaska. But in December 2022, they put down roots, with Mitch sharing on Instagram, “We bought our first home! Just in time for Christmas.”
Aspyn announced her pregnancy with the couple’s first baby in April 2025.
Gwendlyn Brown
Before hitting their one-year anniversary, Christine’s third oldest daughter and love Beatriz Queiroz went to the happiest place on earth and marked six months together with chocolate fondue. Then came the really sweet part, with Gwendlyn sharing a glimpse at the candlelit, rose-filled proposal on Instagram in November 2022, writing simply, “i’m engaged!!”
The couple wed in July 2023, captioning a photo from the ceremony: “Say hello to mrs (x2) queiroz.”
