Kody Brown cemented that he felt betrayed by his spiritual spouse, Christine Brown, leaving him without any warning in Sister Wives season 16, but fans think Kody isn't being truthful about his knowledge of Christine's departure. During the season 16 tell-all special, Kody confessed that he was blindsided by Christine telling the other wives she planned to exit the plural marriage, but viewers have pointed out signs that Kody was savvier to Christine's split than he let on. From his claims that Christine was pulling away to his handful of contradictory comments, here's why Sister Wives fans think Kody Brown knew Christine would leave him.
While Kody asserts that he should've been informed of Christine's decision to leave him, fans think the end of Kody and Christine's marriage has been apparent for years. Christine joined Kody's burgeoning polygamous family after he was already spiritually married to Janelle and legally wed to his first wife, Meri. After tying the knot with Christine, Kody took a break from expanding his plural marriage for almost 20 years. After those couple of decades were spent, however, Kody found a new wife that fans believe replaced Christine's spot in the patriarch's heart. Kody pulled away from Christine until he ended their intimate relationship in season 16. With their history in mind, Sister Wives fans think Kody Brown knew Christine would leave him.
After the climactic Sister Wives season 16 finale, it's no shock that the tell-all special held plenty of fascinating admissions from the Brown family members. For one, Kody shared his anger at Christine for not telling him that she was leaving after letting the other wives know that she planned on abandoning the polygamists' Arizona property. Kody slammed Christine for betraying him, but fans aren't so sure the patriarch had no idea his third sister wife was leaving him. For years, Christine has expressed her disdain for the state of her marriage and Kody has pulled away from her for it. Fans think Kody's contradicted his actions by arguing that he had no idea Christine was preparing to leave him. A Reddit user highlighted, "[Kody] didn't know Christine told others she wanted to leave. Then he states the reason he withheld intimacy was because... she wanted to leave."
Fans believe that Kody Brown has demonstrated he's all too aware of Christine's intention to leave him in Sister Wives but is trying to make his former spiritual spouse look bad by slamming her exit as an act of betrayal. While it's been obvious for anyone paying attention that Christine was gearing up to leave the unpopular polygamist, viewers also pointed out specific instances that Kody referenced knowing Christine's plan to quit his plural marriage. One fan recalled that Kody has discussed his wives threatening to leave him in Sister Wives, sharing, "[Kody's] such a liar and can’t keep his story straight. Does he forget he had the last 10+ years filmed?" Another theory among fans is that Kody was trying to confuse viewers by spreading conflicting takes. A commenter assessed, "This narcissist is trying to confuse people with his word salad."
Kody assured viewers that Christine Brown's departure was a great act of deception, but Sister Wives fans think Kody's the liar of the tell-all special. From Christine's evident discontent in her marriage to Kody discussing his ex-wife's plans to abandon him on camera, fans think Kody Brown knew Christine would leave him. Unfortunately for Kody, Sister Wives fans are more inclined to trust Christine than the controversial patriarch.
Sources: quinquin03/Reddit, Big-Sea9642/Reddit, soyyocrispy/Reddit