During a confessional on Sunday's new episode of TLC's "Sister Wives," Kody Brown admits he's had the urge to "change my name, disappear, and be somebody else" amid his split from his ex Christine Brown and his estrangement from his second wife, Janelle Brown.
The father of 18 said that his extreme thoughts even included leaving his fourth wife, Robyn Brown, and their two youngest biological children, even though they are "the only thing that loves me still," as he told a friend on the episode.
In a separate confessional on the episode, Robyn admits it would be devastating if Kody left her.
Parts of "Sister Wives" season 18 were filmed as far back as late 2021. So, what does Robyn's life look like today, and what's the status of her relationship with Kody?
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Are Kody and Robyn Brown still married?
Robyn, who was once Kody's fourth "spiritual" wife, is currently his only legal wife — and as the last few seasons of "Sister Wives" have shown, she has been the only one he's felt romantic toward for years.
As seen on the show, Kody's first wife Meri Brown was his only legal wife until September 2014, when they legally divorced so Kody could legally marry Robyn and adopt her three kids from a previous marriage.
Kody and Meri later admitted that their relationship became estranged in 2015 when Meri was at the center of a catfishing scandal.
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He was presumably romantically involved with three of his four wives — Christine, Janelle, and Robyn — until about 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. At that point, Kody's strict safety rules caused an estrangement between him and his second and third wives, Janelle and Christine.
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Christine announced her split from Kody in November 2021 and Janelle confirmed to People that she no longer considered herself married in August 2023. Meri announced she was leaving the family in January 2023.
So, not only are Kody and Robyn still married today, but as she told People, Kody's nickname for her is "the wife left standing."
The couple shares two biological children: Ariella, 7, and Solomon, 11. Kody is also the legal father of Robyn's older kids from a previous marriage: Breanna Brown, 18, Aurora Brown, 21, and David Preston "Dayton" Brown, 23.
Where does Robyn Brown live today?
As seen on previous episodes of "Sister Wives," Robyn and Kody Brown currently live with their youngest children and two older daughters in a house in Flagstaff, Arizona. Dayton can be seen on the latest "Sister Wives" episode, which TLC confirmed to Insider was filmed in late 2021, but it's unclear where Dayton lives today.
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Per Arizona public property records viewed by Insider, Robyn and Kody purchased the house for $890,000 in July 2019. They also still own a plot of land in Arizona called Coyote Pass, but it's unclear what they plan to do with it in the aftermath of Kody's splits from three of his wives.
What does Robyn Brown do for a living?
As seen on previous episodes of "Sister Wives," Robyn led the charge to start a jewelry and clothing line called "My Sisterwife's Closet" early in her marriage to Kody. The business launched during the early seasons of the show in the 2010s and caused tension between Robyn and the rest of the family.
It doesn't appear to be active as of 2023, though the bio for Robyn's (not particularly active) Instagram still lists her as a "business owner" and includes a link to the My Sisterwife's Closet website. The last posts on the company's website and its Facebook and Instagram accounts are from 2019.
It's unclear if Robyn makes an income outside of reality TV today.
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In a January 2023 interview with blogger John Yates, Christine and Kody's son Paedon Brown claimed that "Robyn is a stay-at-home married mother with a husband who is a stay-at-home father and stay-at-home husband, and both of them film every other week."
"Sister Wives" episodes air Sundays at 10 p.m. on TLC.
