Season 18 of Sister Wives picked up forward of the 2021 vacation season, proper the place season 17 left off. Christine Brown was visiting Janelle Brown in Arizona after beforehand splitting from Kody Brown and shifting to Utah. Whereas on the town, she determined to satisfy up with Kody for lunch to speak about how their daughter, Truely Brown, who was 11 years outdated on the time, would spend the vacations. It was Kody and Christine’s first time reuniting since Christine moved away two months prior.
“I wish to have an amiable divorce and have the ability to discuss to him about stuff,” Christine defined. “I believe it’s good to maintain issues lighthearted and informal as a lot as potential.” Kody wasn’t as optimistic about how issues would go, although. “I’m not feeling like I’m in an incredible place,” he admitted. “I type of really feel like I by no means need to see her once more. I need to spend a while hating her.” Kody was nonetheless pissed off as a result of he was satisfied that Christine talked badly about him to a number of of his youngsters amidst the cut up.
After an ungainly hug whats up, Christine and Kody mentioned vacation plans and when Truely would go to her dad. Kody requested if Christine and Truely can be testing for COVID earlier than Truely got here to his and Robyn Brown’s residence for Christmas. Christine was shocked to listen to that Kody was nonetheless so set on following strict COVID guidelines, particularly since he’d simply had COVID-19 himself. Nonetheless, Kody identified that his and Robyn’s daughter, Aurora, had not gotten sick but, so he wished to guard her.
The dialog then turned to how sick Kody was when he was battling COVID simply weeks prior. Christine chuckled as she recalled how “out of it” Kody was when he referred to as their daughter, Gwendlyn, for her birthday. “Her description of you is what’s humorous,” Christine defined, when she realized that Kody wasn’t laughing together with her. “What are you gonna do? You possibly can both snicker or cry about issues. When you can’t look again with a humorousness…what a waste.”
Kody wasn’t on the identical web page, although. “I’m not laughing. I’m not laughing right here,” he mentioned in a confessional. “I haven’t been laughing together with her leaving. I’ve by no means been laughing about this factor. She requested me to cease staying at her place…wasn’t laughing then. She moved my stuff within the storage…wasn’t laughing then. She left with Truely…wasn’t laughing then.”
Whereas filming her confessionals, Christine couldn’t have cared much less about Kody’s frustrations. “I’m not married to him anymore and it’s so freaking superior!” she declared. In the meantime, all through the episode, Janelle’s frustrations with Kody additionally continued to construct. The 2 went on to separate in the summertime of 2022, and their marital points will play out all through this season.