Sister Wives’ Kody Brown Couldn’t Tell Christine ‘Hey Bitch, I’m Ready’

Kody Brown spilled the tea on why he allegedly didn’t break up with her Christine Brown before initiating their split in 2021.

“She called me a coward because I was never willing to break up with her,” Kody, 54, recalls of Christine, 51, in We weekly‘s exclusive sneak peek of the Sunday, December 31st episode of the Sister wives look back: how things are going special. “It’s because, well, that’s not really allowed.”

On the upcoming episode, Kody and Christine revisit their 2021 conversation, in which Christine asked her then-husband, “Will you marry me?” After he asked her the same question, she replied, “No, I don’t want to marry you.”

In the throwback clip, Kody said he was “good at that” and claimed, “No one is a prisoner here.” The couple, who spiritually married in 1994, announced their split in November 2021.

“I’m the prisoner here,” Kody claims in the upcoming episode as he reflects on that fateful moment. “I can’t just say, ‘Hey, bitch, I’m done with you.'”

He further explains, “When a polygamous husband says, ‘Hey, listen, I can’t deal with this woman anymore,’ he goes through the channel of the church authority,” which Kody says would then tell him he’s stuck in that relation. “Once we commit to marrying a woman, the choice is gone,” Kody explains.

Elsewhere in the clip, Kody confesses that he’s “glad” Christine was “brave enough” to end their marriage. “Because, no, I wasn’t in love with her. As much as I tried to love her, it just didn’t always work out,” he reveals.

Christine remembers the 2021 breakup discussion as the moment Kody “agreed I could go,” which she says felt “good” after all their ups and downs. “That’s the day I took over my power,” she adds. “I stopped focusing on him and I started focusing on me and my life and my kids.”

Christine and Kody share six children: Aspyn28, Mykelti27, Peedon25, Gwendlyn22, Ysabel20, and Really and truly13.

Since their divorce, two of Kody’s three other marriages have ended. Janelle Brown announced in December 2022 that she and Kody had separated. Meri Brown confirmed the following month that she was no longer with the patriarch. Kody is still married to Robin Brown.

Sister wives look back: how things are going airs on TLC Sunday, December 31 at 10pm ET.