Many Sister Wives fans think that Meri and Kody Brown's split could signal the end of the show. After 17 seasons of Kody juggling the needs of Meri, Janelle, Christine, and Robyn Brown, he seems to have finally pushed most of them away. His fourth wife Robyn has been called his favorite spouse since she joined the family, and soon, she may be his only wife. Kody's tumultuous relationships with his other partners have fans worried that the show will not continue after this season.

The last few seasons, Sister Wives has been criticized because it is so far behind; this means that fans know what is happening in the cast members' lives months before it airs. Kody and Meri still managed to shock fans by announcing their split, even though their relationship has been troubled for years. Kody's former third wife Christine was the first one to leave, and she has been thriving on her own for the past year. Fans wondered why Meri wanted to stay with Kody, as he'd divorced her in order to legally marry Robyn and adopt her kids. It's been a long time since Kody was affectionate with Meri.

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Meri's Decision May End Sister Wives

Despite deciding to move to Flagstaff with Kody, Meri made the shocking claim that she hadn't been intimate with him in a decade. Sister Wives fans supported Christine after she made the decision to leave Kody, since she didn't feel appreciated by the patriarch. The show has managed to continue because it still follows Christine on her journey as a single woman. Cameras also capture the growing tensions back in Flagstaff, with Kody, Meri, Janelle, and Robyn. In a YouTube clip from Entertainment Tonight, Kody went public, saying that he does not consider Meri his wife, and that he would not argue with her if she said that she wanted to marry someone else.

Janelle and Kody also confirmed their separation, which some viewers saw coming after their intense argument about finances. Robyn and Kody are certainly not Sister Wives fan favorites, and viewers would likely stop watching the show if it just featured the two of them. It would be interesting to see Kody and Robyn go on a journey like Seeking Sister Wife, where they would get a new wife to expand their family. Many viewers think it would give Robyn a taste of her own medicine if Kody found a new "favorite wife."

However, other fans of the show think that Sister Wives may end if Kody only has one wife with him. The reason many fans watch the series is to see the dynamics of polygamous relationships, which would be taken away since Christine, Meri and Janelle have split from Kody. Fans have been pushing for Kody's first three wives to leave him on Sister Wives, but now that it has finally happened, it may be the last chapter in their long history on TV. Nothing has been announced about the future of the show yet. Only time will tell whether there is more to the story that needs exploring.

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