Kody Brown stays devoted to his marriage to spouse Robyn amid growing turmoil in his relationships along with his different three wives.
Although the 53-year-old Sister Wives star's marital challenges with Christine, 49, Janelle, 52, and Meri, 50, have been on show all through the present season of the TLC actuality sequence, his union with Robyn, 43, seems to be going robust.
'He is spending all his time with Robyn,' a supply advised Us Weekly.
'The others are in their very own world, dwelling their very own lives,' the insider continued.
'He spent the vacations with Robyn and her children,' the supply stated. 'He did not even strive planning with the others. '
It was added: 'All of the wives have been very a lot separated for the vacations, spending time with their very own households.'
Meri was the primary of Kody's wives, adopted by Janelle in 1993 and Christine in 1994.
On account of Arizona legal guidelines in opposition to polygamy, Kody's solely authorized marriage was to Meri whereas he has 'non secular unions' with Janelle and Christine.
Nonetheless, Kody and Meri legally divorced in 2014, so Kodi may marry Robyn and provides her three kids from a earlier marriage entry to his insurance coverage and different advantages Kody's 18 different kids have with all 4 of his wives.
Robyn's kids from her earlier marriage embrace son Dayton, 22 and daughters Aurora, 19, and Breanna, 16. She and Kody share son Solomon, 10, and daughter Ariella, six.
The supply advised Us Weekly that Kody's option to spend most of his time with Robyn had additionally impacted his relationship along with his different kids.
The insider stated, 'Kody's stepkids from Robyn's first marriage worship him and are actually near him, not like the others.
'He has actually broken his relationship with the opposite children, and as an alternative, the children are leaning on their mothers and different siblings.'
Janelle and Christine additionally strongly objected to Kody's enforcement of strict COVID-19 protocols, which resulted in additional pressure of their relationships.
In 2020, each Christine and Janelle opted to spend Thanksgiving other than Kody, selecting as an alternative to go to their kids in Utah.
Christine, who shares daughters Aspyn, 26, Mykelti, 25, Gwendlyn, 20, Ysabel, 18, and Truely, 11, and son Paedon, 23, with Kody, introduced that the pair had separated in November 2021.
On final Sunday's episode of the present, Christine packed up Kody's belongings after the household patriarch advised her that he now not 'needed an intimate marriage' together with her anymore.
'I do not need to keep in Flagstaff anymore and I need to go,' Christine advised the cameras throughout the episode.
In the meantime, Janelle, who shares six kids together with sons Logan, 27, Hunter, 24, Garrison, 23, and Gabriel, 21, and daughters Maddie, 26 and Savanah, 17, with Kody expressed her personal doubts about her marriage throughout the Sunday episode.
Janelle admitted that her relationship with Kody was 'fairly strained' and she or he questioned whether or not plural marriage was nonetheless proper for her together with her kids getting older.
'I've needed to actually suppose,' Janelle advised Robyn. 'My kids are nearly grown and there is not an enormous necessity anymore to remain. It was an exquisite strategy to elevate kids.'
Meri and Kody are dad and mom to at least one daughter, Mariah, 26. However as Kody has spent the vast majority of his time with Robyn over the previous two years, Kody's first spouse not too long ago stated that she appears like 'an outsider.'
'No, I do not really feel like I'm a part of the household,' Meri advised Robyn earlier this month. 'It is this bizarre factor, am I a sister spouse when I haven't got a husband? And I've a husband, technically, however do I? It is bizarre.'
