Sister Wives: Kody's 'Resistant' to Meri's Divorce Request Through Church, Doesn't Want to Be 'Involved' in the 'BS'

Mar. 15, 2025

(L-R) Meri Brown; Kody Brown.Photo:Meri Brown/Instagram, TLC

Meri Brown/Instagram, TLC

MeriandKody Brownhave differing opinions on how to best navigate their separation.

During the Sunday, Sept. 22 episode ofSister Wives, Kody shared a big update in the aftermath of his breakup with Meri.

“About eight weeks ago, Meri told me that she was going to go to Utah, meet with our church leaders and basically request a divorce,” Kody, 55, told the cameras. “It’s called a release in our church.”

Because all four of Kody’s wives wed him through their church" (a.k.a. the Apostolic United Brethren) and created what they called a “covenant,” Meri said she believes “it’s best to terminate that because we’re not moving forward with any marriage.”

“I don’t want to be, like, sealed to him for eternity if he doesn’t want me,” Meri, 53, continued. “I’m at a place that like, let’s just separate this completely.”

(L-R) Kody Brown and Meri Brown.Meri Brown/Instagram

Meri then noted in her confessional that when she was “asking Kody how he felt about moving forward with the release, he was kind of resistant to it.” The businesswoman added that her ex-husband “didn’t want to acknowledge the authority of the church leaders.”

However, from Kody’s perspective, “the damage was done so badly that we’re not going to reconcile no matter what.”

“However we are made accountable to God, I don’t want to be accountable to this church and all their BS,” Kody added. “So I’m going to let Meri go and do her thing because if I’m angry at her, it becomes a fight. I needed her just to go away because it just took forever for her to finally realize it’s been done and over for years.”

Aware that she has “been living in limbo in this relationship for nearly a decade,” Meri is “just not going to keep doing that.”

“I’m moving forward with this,” she concluded.

Meri Brown is pictured.Meri Brown/ Instagram

Meri Brown/ Instagram

Meri and Kody had been together for over 32 years before confirming their separation publicly in January 2023. She went on to havea brief relationship with Amos Andrews.

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Sister Wivesairs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET on TLC.

source: people.com