‘Sister Wives’ Star Meri Brown Teases ‘There’s So Much More To The Story’ Ahead Of Season 17

The truth is setting in. Kody Brown started to see Christine Brown as her own person as their split became more final on the latest episode of Sister Wives.

for Kody Brown's first wife, Meri Brown. The TLC star stayed mostly quiet as the drama unfolded between her estranged husband and the rest of her sister wives over COVID rules at the beginning of the episode. But about halfway through the episode, Meri was seen in her car rushing to the hospital five hours away. She shares that her mother, Bonnie, had been in the hospital for two days and they realized she was having an extended heart attack.

Kody Brown and his wives on Sunday's The Brown family patriarch was holding firm to his COVID protocols while several of his wives pushed back. Things start off with an update on the relationship between Kody and Christine, who previously told him she wanted a divorce and planned to move to Utah. «I don't wear our wedding rings. I just feel like they're a noose,» Christine tells the camera, holding up her bare fingers. What would have been the former couple's 27th wedding anniversary comes up and Christine says she isn't planning to mark the occasion, shooting down Kody's request to post on social media. «I asked her if we wanted to post anything on social media, in a little way as a test, you know, to protect our kids,» Kody says. «She says no.

Selome Hailu Bruna Papandrea’s production company and Fifth Season, formerly known as Endeavor Content, have acquired the rights to “The Wakes,” Dianne Yarwood’s upcoming debut novel, Variety has learned exclusively. “The Wakes,” which will be published in 2023, is described as heartfelt, funny and uplifting story about two failing marriages, two strangers falling in love, two friends embarking on a catering business — and the funerals that connect them all. This is a book about living. After all, the thing about death is that it makes life important. Hachette will release “The Wakes” in Australia, while Orion Publishing imprint Phoenix Books will publish in the U.K. The book was acquired by Hachette Australia and Orion imprint, Phoenix, in a six-figure two-book deal. Rebecca Saunders, head of fiction at Hachette Australia, struck the deal with Catherine Drayton at InkWell Management, with U.K. and Commonwealth rights, excluding Australia, going to Francesca Main at Phoenix.

Double the moms, double the support! Sister Wives‘ Mykelti Brown gushed over her mom, Christine Brown, and dad Kody Brown’s fourth wife, Robyn Brown, while preparing to give birth to her first child.

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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.

Mariah Carey enlisted the talents of Millie Bobby Brown for a unique social media extravaganza.

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.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Jeanine Mason has joined the cast of “Upload” Season 3 at Amazon, Variety has learned exclusively. Season 2 of “Upload” debuted on Amazon back in March, with the show earning a Season 3 pick up in May. The series takes place in a world where people can “upload” themselves into a digital afterlife. Mason joins a cast that includes Robbie Amell, Andy Allo, Kevin Bigley, Allegra Edwards, Zainab Johnson, Owen Daniels, Josh Banday, and Andrea Rosen. The official Season 2 synopsis says, “Nathan (Amell) is at a crossroads in his (after) life… his ex-girlfriend Ingrid (Edwards) has unexpectedly arrived to Lakeview hoping to strengthen their relationship, but his heart still secretly yearns for his customer service angel Nora (Allo). Meanwhile Nora is off the grid and involved with the anti-tech rebel group ‘The Ludds.'”

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.

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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.

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.