‘Sister Wives’: Fans Wonder Why the Brown Wives Seemed To Reject Meri Brown’s Offer – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

MeriBrown of TLCs Sister Wives has been estranged from the rest of the polygamistBrown family in recent years. Troubles with her husband KodyBrown left Meri at a standstill with her sister wives as well, as Meri and Kodyconsidered divorce and stopped spending the night together.

On the Feb. 23 episode of Sister Wives, Doubting Polygamy, the division between Meri and the rest of the Brown family became all the more apparent. Meris sister wives, Janelle, Christine, and Robyn Brown, seemed to subtly reject her offer to host family gatherings at her house. Fans spoke out about the awkward moment on Twitter as the episode aired.

On the latest episode, Kodysfourth wife Robyn broke the bad news that she would have to move yet againto a new rental home in the Browns new hometown of Flagstaff, Arizona. Theowners of her rental decided to sell the house. Since their move from Las Vegasto Flagstaff, Kodys wives had had to move several times, leaving themphysically and emotionally exhausted.

This is super, super bad news, Robyn lamented.I am beside myself, and I dont really know what to do here.

One of the most frustrating aspects of the news,Kodys third wife Christine pointed out, was that the Browns often used Robynsrental for family gatherings (including their many children), like holidays andspecial occasions.

Wait a minute, can we just sit here for aminute? Christine said, distraught. Thats a serious family place for usright now.

I know, Robyn agreed. I just need prayers,and I need space for all the kids. Of course Im gonna be looking for placeswhere the family can gather, just cause thats a big deal.

Meri offered to have the family gather at herown very large rental. I need you to know, you are welcome to gather at myhouse, the SisterWives star told her family.

Your place is great, Robyn replied noncommittally.In an interview with producers, Kodys second wife Janelle said carefully, Maybewell use Meris. I dont know.

Ive got a lot of space that goes unused,Meri continued. So if anybody is ever interested, Im just saying.

Kody and his other three wives were silent inresponse, until Robyn cleared her throat and seemed to move on with an awkward anyway.

TLC producers picked up on the family dynamic and questioned Meri about her offer. Do you want to comment any more on that? a Sister Wives producer asked Meri in a one-on-one interview. She looked sad as she answered simply, No.

This wasnt the first time that Meri has seemedto feel left out of the Brown family.

While Meri and Kody have said their maritalissues began long ago, their struggles were exacerbated when Meri became anempty nester. Due to infertility issues, Meri only had one child, her daughter MariahBrown, with Kody. When Mariah went off to college at Westminster College inUtah, Kodys first wife began to feel isolated from her sister wives, who allhave at least five biological children.

Whats more, Merilegally divorced Kody around the same time in order to allow him to adoptRobyns three children from a previous marriage. While the Browns religiondoesnt recognize legal divorce as legitimate, Meri still struggled with losingthe states recognition of her marriage to Kody.

Meri was also tempted by an emotional affair with a catfish in 2015. Jackie Overton, a well-known alleged internet scammer, reportedly posed as a man in order to flirt with Meri. When the online fling was exposed, Meri and Kodys marriage seemed to fall apart. Meri has also spoken about feeling rejected by her sister wives in the wake of her problems with Kody.

As the episode aired, some SisterWives fans took to Twitter toexpress their frustration with Meris familys lackluster response to her offerof hosting family gatherings at her rental home.

Many viewers were confused about why no one seemed to respondpositively, or at all, to Meris offer. I cant understand why everyone was sorude when @MeriBrown1 offered herhouse, oneTwitter user wrote. I felt really bad for her.

Another Sister Wives viewer agreed, writing inresponse, Me either and it honestly irked me. That was terribly rude ofall of them IMO. She was offering at the least a temporary solution so theydhave a roof over their heads in the event they didnt have a home by the timeRobyn had to vacate. Not very plural family at all.

One Twitter user wrote to Kodydirectly to ask why Meri appeared to have been so soundly rejected by thefamily. Meri made a VERY generous offer and not one of you acknowledged it!Why? they asked.

What is really going on with them treating Meri like this,anotherbaffled fan wondered.

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