‘Sister Wives’ Season 17 Preview: Kody and Robyn Argue After Christine Kicks Him Out, Refuses to Do the ‘Walk of Shame’

Kody Brown‘s older kids have had enough when it comes to his COVID restrictions. Coming off the highest season premiere in six years, Sunday’s episode of TLC’s “Sister Wives” didn’t tone down the drama. In it, the patriarch of the Brown family is at odds with some of his older children who accuse him of favoring his youngest wife, Robyn Brown, amid the pandemic.

Kody Brown's older kids have had enough when it comes to his COVID restrictions. Coming off the highest season premiere in six years, Sunday's episode of TLC's  didn't tone down the drama.

A change is coming! The Brown family geared up for a major shift in their dynamic in the newest episode of Sister Wives as Christine Brown prepared to move away for good.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer TLC’s “Sister Wives” returned Sunday, drawing the show’s highest-rated season premiere in six years with the first episode of Season 11. Per Nielsen data, the reality show’s 11th season premiere averaged 2.2 million total viewers and a 1.42 rating among women ages 18-49, the advertiser-coveted demographic for the cable channel. That demo rating was the highest for a “Sister Wives” premiere in six years. Additionally, Episode 1 of Season 11 drew a 1.91 rating among women ages 25-54, another key market for the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned TLC. According to TLC, on the “Sister Wives” Season 11 premiere night Sunday, “tweet volume saw triple digit growth compared to the previous premiere,” growing 192%). It was also the top primetime cable reality program on Facebook, No. 3 on Instagram and No. 4 on Twitter for social interactions.

Sharing her side. Christine Brown is finally breaking down why she chose to leave Kody Brown amid her struggles with plural marriage — and isn’t happy about it.

No longer holding back. As Christine Brown and Kody Brown faced the issues in their relationship, cameras were rolling to capture their split for season 17 of Sister Wives.

The new season of “Sister Wives” has started, and there’s no shortage of friction.

Christine Brown is airing all of her grievances in season 17 of. The TLC reality series following the lives of polygamist Kody Brown and his four wives returned on Sunday with an explosive episode, which mostly consisted of Christine and Kody facing off over her decision to leave their 25-year marriage. Christine said in an aside interview that she and Kody had a conversation «months ago» in which she claims he told her «he wasn't attracted to me anymore and we were not going to have an intimate marriage anymore.» That conversation led to Christine telling Kody not to sleep in her room anymore, which led her to move his things into the garage. Kody decided to try to talk to Christine about the status of their marriage, but rejected the notion of staying on the couch, despite his wife, Robyn's, urging. Once Kody and Christine come face-to-face, it's clear that they are on completely different pages. Despite Christine's claims, Kody told her he didn't say that he'd never be intimate with her again. «I just shrugged my shoulders.

season 17 premiering this Sunday following more than 10 years on TV, fans might think they know the Brown family. Kody Brown is in a «spiritual marriage» with his first wife, Meri Brown, second wife, Janelle Brown, and fourth wife, Robyn Brown.

Meri Brown is excited to share more of her story with the world. The 51-year-old first wife of Kody Brown took to Instagram over the weekend several times to share some teases with her followers ahead of season 17 of “Sister Wives”.

Christine Brown is done with her estranged husband, Kody, in this exclusive new sneak peek clip from ' upcoming season 17. Christine, who officially announced her intention to divorce Kody in November 2021, admitted in the clip to getting «jealous» of Kody's other wives whom she felt were in stronger marriages than her own. She also called Kody out for not spending more time with her and their kids even before the pandemic put further strain on their relationship. «I don't have time to play like she has time to play. I've got a lot of work to do and a lot of responsibilities,» Kody explains in the clip. «I don't get this, 'You don't show up here,' and stuff like that.

Meri Brown is excited to share more of her story with the world. The 51-year-old first wife of Kody Brown took to Instagram over the weekend several times to share some teases with her followers ahead of season 17 of . «There's so much more to the story… #Ready,» Meri captioned one photo of herself holding up a leather-bound journal in front of her face and tagging her location in Utah. She followed this photo up with another pic of herself on Monday, writing, «Just watch this… #Ready.»A post shared by Meri Brown (@therealmeribrown)A post shared by Meri Brown (@therealmeribrown)Meri and her family are gearing up for the new season of the TLC reality series, which will follow the breakdown in Kody's marriage to his former wife Christine Brown, who chose to leave the marriage in 2021. «I felt like Christine was more than a sister wife.

Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia are reaching the end of their journey. At the end of Monday’s episode of “The Bachelorette”, fans got a peek at the remainder of the season, and it’ll be tumultuous, to say the least.

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Christine Brown spoke up about her continuing friendship with fellow star Janelle this week, revealing to that Janelle was the only wife to remain supportive during Christine's divorce from their shared husband. «Janelle and I are really good friends,» Christine said. «She's been supportive from the get-go.»Christine was in a 26-year plural marriage with her husband, Kody Brown, and his three other wives, Meri, Janelle, and Robyn. She announced her divorce from Kody in November 2021 but told this week that her marriage was strained long before that. «I needed more communication, more trust, and I realized we didn't really have a partnership,» she said.Her relationship with the wives was also further differentiated after the divorce. «I hadn't been that close to Robyn, I hadn't been that close to Meri, for years.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, Music Two years of the COVID pandemic have yielded some silver linings. For Virginia songwriter and independent artist Anees, it led to a fortuitous meeting — and eventual collaboration — with Scooter Braun.    The music mogul is no stranger to the creative process, and has been credited as a songwriter and producer on tracks by his longtime clients Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, as well as Ed Sheeran, and on the latest album by Demi Lovato, “Holy Fvck,” for which he served as EP and is credited as a producer on five songs alongside Warren “Oak” Felder. But Anees’ song “Leave Me” marks a public acknowledgment of Braun’s work as a co-writer, contributing lyrics that are clearly drawing from his own recent experience of splitting from his wife of seven years. Anees shared a snippet of the song via Instagram on Aug. 21, writing, “The universe has sent me a million signs that this song will absolutely shake ground. … This song has blessed me beyond my wildest dreams and it’s not even released yet. Especially as an independent artist, some of these blessings feel too good to be true … like the fact that I got to write this song with my brotha @scooterbraun. Truly a special experience.” 

Ready to move on? Christine Brown hinted that she’s open to finding love again after her split from Kody Brown — but she won’t date just anyone.