Papa Promises & Mama Makin' Excuses Are Leaving Kids In Their Wake Of Destruction
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- TLC's Sister Wives has returned for it's 18th season and the hypocrisy, inconsistencies, and out right lights are being exposed.
Throughout the seasons Kody has done some pretty vile things with regard to how he treats his children. We were given yet another example of poor parenting with this week's revelation that Kody refused to speak with his daughter Savannah because he was having a disagreement with her mother and brothers.
In previous episodes Kody incessantly talks about accountability. However, he has failed to take any responsibility for the failures in any of his relationships. Missed opportunities, blunders, to outright abandonment Kody is proving the point that having a lot of children does not mean you are good with children.
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“Your place to see your kids is where your kids are” you nailed it! 💯💯💯
It was great to see Christine fact checking Robyn in Real Time!! 👏👏
I wish Meri would do that as well.
AND, I like that Christine said she would never be friends with Robyn because she couldn’t trust her. 🎯🎯🎯
I had a really hard time watching this episode. It’s crazy to watch Kody and Robyn play victim. Do they really think anyone believes that. It shows how delusional they are.
It was revolting. Talking about how her kids did not have a great Christmas. They deserved more… I don’t care how good of a mother, she is. To her own children. She never once put any child’s needs above. What was best for her and her kids.
Exactly, I had to reshoot this video because the first couple I did were basically me going in on them for being ridiculous people.
I can’t bring myself to watch any of these episodes. I’ll catch some highlights and I listen to James recaps. I literally cannot watch Robyn or Kody. 🥵
Did anyone else re watch Robyn's fake meltdown a few extra times to laugh at it? Or am I petty? Her rant was basically loudly projecting at everyone else and pretending to cry. My 7 year old will graduate high school before Robyn forces out a fake tear 🤣
@@gwendolynmorgan7803 I honestly cannot even watch the whole show anymore I just have to rely on clips and recaps. Did you happen to count the fake tears that you didn’t see?
Kody is holding Janelle responsible for HIS actions. And another thing, Kody is in denial about the fact that Robyn is unlikeable - she came bouncing into the family as Kody’s over confident Trophy wife who replaced their MOTHER’s who were discouraged from even voicing their opinion about the situation because every time they tried to - Robyn would turn on her dry waterworks. They knew damn WELL Robyn was talking smack behind their BACKS to the father of their children. So even though they would once in a while cautiously voice their objections they knew damn well and good they better keep themselves in CHECK while Robyn went UNCHECKED. And Kody wonders WHY the children don’t like his Mistress aka “Trophy”Wife? Really? Get REAL KODY. Your kids DON’T like Robyn! Get over it!
Biggest part of the problem is grown women that think they need a man to keep them in check.
If Kody actually believes in God (which I seriously doubt) he seems to think God doesn’t see all. Yes, kodster. God sees ALL! no matter what BS you lie to the audience with.
Also there is no rule nor law that requires children to like their stepparent. None. And you can’t make people like you if they don’t. Would bet (and we’ve seen) plenty of reasons why they wouldn’t. Would you agree?
They don’t just not like Robyn because they saw her and her children being favorited by their Dad and that hurt their moms…it’s also because Robyn wasn’t nice to THEM. Their Dad was at her house with her or in the office/garage. She had signs up at her house that made them feel unwelcome. Signs on the fridge not to eat her food, hyper reactions to normal sibling behaviors, etc. She made them unwelcome in that house long ago.
@@notnormansmother3617 so FREAKING true. The proverbial wicked step mother. Sister wife? My FOOT!
Its crazy to think Truely is only a year older then Solomon and NEVER had any of Kody’s attention because she was born when he started courting Robyn.
Yes, I think Janelle was near delivery with Truely when Kody and Robyn went on an extended honeymoon🤮
Christine. Kody snuck off from the hospital to see Robin while she was in labor. Unforgivable.
This part is really sad.
@@milankatz9628 Christine is Truely's mother not Janelle
What an ass of a man to do that to a woman when shes so vulnerable and in labour I would have said pick up your things and dont bother coming back and dont let the door hit you on the way out. This was disgusting then as its just as disgusting now
Plus, janelle didn’t even tell anyone her and Kody had an argument. She said so in the kitchen. He’s just such a douche he’s created the narrative in his mind that she rushes home and rags on him to all the kids so technically I think he’s MAD at Savannah too. He’s lumped her in with janelle. He’s pretty unstable honestly
Great point.
Kody using the excuse that he has been "deprived" of a space to spend time with his children is such BS. So the ONLY place he can get together with his children is the mom's residence? He can't pick them up (for those without a driver's license) and go to a park, restaurant, coffee shop, ice cream parlor, etc., etc.? 🙄
Some have their own homes. So what's Kody and Robin talking about with space to visit his kids. Why did Robin rub Meri face that she wasn't invited like Suzanne to the second Christmas. Cruel and unnecessary
Exactly! My parents divorced when I was 1 and my dad got me all the time! Movies, shows, mall, dinner etc
Poor hen-pecked Kody. Impossible and unfair to take time a way from Robyn and her kids to spend time on his other biological offspring🤮🤮 11:44
Or bring her back to robins house
well God forbid they visit him at Robyn's house!!
Finally a REAL man calling Cody Brown on how he abandoned ALL of the children not birthed by Robin.
Robyn's mask really slipped this episode. That was a nasty, venomous rant she treated us to. She really is as toxic as Kody, isn't she?
He sees the kids as weapons he can use to hurt the moms/his ex wives. She sees the kids as props for her matriarch-of-the-family fantasy. Neither one sees the kids as fully rounded people with their own opinions and agency.
Kody is such a loser! She’s his innocent daughter and he’s the grown up dad….the phone goes both ways….nah, not today!!!!
Furthermore, why was Robin OK with this? If Kody cannot prioritize the family. You are not welcome in mine. Until you figure out how to be there for all the kids. You brought into the world.
Exactly! I had a daughter who chose not to speak to me and you know what? I sent gifts for Christmas and birthdays until she decided she wanted to be with me again. I never stopped trying!
@@colleen1219 Robyn has been strategically manipulating from day one PERIOD. END OF STORY. NO FURTHER THOUGHT NEEDED. CAPS TO EXPRESS HOW MUCH I HATE THAT B!+@#.
💯 I’m tired of hearing him say the phone goes both ways! 😂
Kody wants to be the family leader? Well LEAD by example!!
You can't be the leader of the house when you are just a visitor. I get so mad when he whines Jeanelle & Christine are friends. He should be glad they are friends and continues to coparent after he abdicated his role as a father. Why can't Savannah come to dinner at Casa Robyn? If he can't have his children with Jeanelle, Christine, and Meri come to visit Casa Robyn, get a rental for a weekend and invite them, Robyn would probably like it, she seems sick of having him around all the time. It's quite clear that the division in the family starts at Robyn's doorstep
You can't babysit your kids You're their parent You're so right it's always made me crazy when people say that
Kody could have invited Savannah to the '2nd' Christmas he had with 3 of Christine's kids...surely Mykelti could have picked her up from the vacation rental when she cam from Utah with Ysabel and Truely. All that was required was communication. But Kody can't be bothered to treat his kids right unless they plan and organize every last detail!
Kody only interacts with the OG 3 kids when their mothers facilitate it. Remember in S17 when he couldn’t be bothered to call Christine’s kids a mile away when she was in UT watching the birth of her first Bio-grandchild. I think he really doesn’t know how to parent because the wives have done EVERYTHING so he could show up and play a dad on TV.
Robyn also enjoyed the benefits of the ready made family. She got to enjoy the parties and fun that Christen put together. Christine was the lifeblood of the family. She provided the opportunities for the good memories to be made. Janelle provided the financial stability that made those fun times and good times possible. They also provided the CHILDREN, who without those beautiful children the family would not exist. Robyn and Kody took all of that for granted. They expected the wives who gave all that to just accept Kody’s crumbs and if that wasn’t enough, his harsh disapproval of their reaction to his neglect. For Kody and Robyn the family no longer exists. But the family lives on WITHOUT them.
YES INDEED.😉🌸🫰🏾
And no wonder (at this point) the OG children have no desire to go to the McMansion for Christmas but prefer the rental.
Yes!❤
Kody is such an idiot, period.
Yes. It’s interesting how the one wife leaving has destroyed a whole family according to Kody and Robyn. That says a lot about Robyn and the rest. Christine had all the glue? She was the main spike in that tire. She was the one block holding up the jango? Then how can she be so awful? So vile? If you are that upset even if you never loved her or was attracted to her, then why do you need her to stay. She must have had a lot of value to that family that her leaving would cause the family to completely fall apart. Does not make sense. But then Robyn and Kody never make sense.
Awe James, you know we love it when you go ham on Kody.
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Kody has to be the most vile person in the media. Nobody likes him😂
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Do Robyn and Kody not read the social media about them?! We out here don't buy any of it 😂
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I still want to have Kody listen to James for a few hours!
Me TOO!
“Kody” and “listening” is an oxymoron. The two don’t belong in the same sentence. Unless, of course, he’s listening to his own BS!
Oh my gosh if I could only hear Meri say, when Robin says "what happened???" I want Meri to yell, "You happened, Robin!!! Why do you think the family was functioning until you got here? Who didn't like some of our family traditions and so we stopped them? What didn't you see when you first met us?? It was the 4th wife, you!! You were not here, and now you are!!!???"
Believe me when I say, it’s not about a gift. I found it disgusting. When he said he will just give her a gift whenever. Guarantee at that time he had nothing for her.. Don’t act like you did. Or that it’s no big deal not to be present for her.
Agreed. I'm sure if he did give Savannah a gift, it was too little to late for her. Kids don't stay open forever. Once they get a beat on who a parent is, they can close that door quickly, mostly to protect their own heart. His disregard for his children's feelings will be the deal breaker for the relationships with ALL of his kids. No one to blame but himself.
So selfish of him. I'll get get Christmas eventually... when I feel like it. 😢
@@threadyorknot4423 I know it’s two different things, but it just reminds me so much of what he did with Isabell. Guarantee he’s going to ask Savannah to make it better for him. Just like he did when he felt it was OK to ask. Isabell if she was going to be bitter. It is not on her to make him feel better about his shitty parenting decisions.
@@colleen1219 Exactly, he could have at least called his daughter to wish her a Merry Christmas, and as for Ysabel, his excuse was he couldn't be gone a week or two, well he didn't have too, he could have just been there for the first 2-3 days after her surgery and gone home, he spent 4 days to officiate that wedding.
@@mjc42701 oh my gosh, I could not agree with you more. He did not have to be there for the whole recovery. She one hundred percent would’ve understood. He made something out of nothing to justify his not going.
When he said eventually he'll take Savanah her presents I was too done. Can he even hear himself??? Ridiculous lol
I truly wish the best for Savannah! She deserves NOTHING but the best. I wish Kody would’ve seen that. Of all the moves and whatever situation they’ve been in, Savannah never complained and has always been so sweet. Kody owes her a BIG apology and he needs to do better.
I cannot imagine any scenario in which I would stop being in constant contact with my children. There is not a thing in this world they could do to make me not love them or not want to speak to them. Only cowards and losers don’t see their children.
It’s wild isn’t it? My dad was the same way after my parents divorce. He peaced out. It still hurts to this day 30 years later. I’m am so concerned for Savanah and the other lost children. 😢
I think Robyn very clearly understood from the beginning that she and her children were being given preferential treatment. She just doesn't want the world to understand her game. She really is upset about everyone leaving, though. They take their paychecks with them. And with Kody and Robyn being exposed, it could cut off their future opportunities to remain wealthy.
Kodys behavior is unacceptable. It is tragic that he has no love for his children....heartbreaking. To be bold enough to tell the world on national TV how "dead beat" Dad you are while trying to gaslight the public is unbelievable. Cruel. Thank you James for sharing your thoughts and knowledge.
K can't come back at a later date and gaslight Savanna or any of the other children when he wants them to financially support him in retirement. You get back what you put in
Spot on commentary about the "babysitting" issue. When Kody said it was more cost effective to pay someone $20 to babysit his kids, I cringed. It is not "babysitting" It is spending quality time with your children, getting to know them, building relationships. It is priceless to be able to spend time with your family.
100% It's like his children are a chore like doing dishes or mowing the lawn. Maybe Kody can pay a man to be romantically interested in his wives because his time is more valuable. 🙄
Robyn should have made sure there was a gift for Savannah…
Under the same circumstances… Janelle and Christine would have made sure there was a gift for everyone
You spelled Kody wrong……😂
But I get what you’re saying…..for Savannah’s sake someone should’ve stepped in and whipped a knot on Kody’s head……oops (I mean had a gift delivered for Savannah). Lol!
I think what infuriates me most is….. That’s Kody’s daughter! HE should have called Savannah to set up a time to see her for Christmas. Time spent with her Dad would have been just as good or better than any gift. Kody is simply a self centered POS for doing that to HIS daughter. It’s past time for Kody and men like him to step up and be a real dad to their children and STOP relying on the women to take up the slack. END RANT! Lol!
@@Christi80sLover …me ? I didn’t spell Kody at all…
The episode with anthropology students completely contradict what she just said in this episode that her kids stated they never saw home because he’s with older kids. Also another lie is the episode Truly got sick: Kody had no clue any of the kids schedules in anyone’s house except Robyn’s. He was very explicit and clear of the little kids schedule there and Robyn even humble bragged about it on the sofa talking head convo. Proof he spent all his time there
Meanwhile, he is totally fine with a young daughter babysitting her sick baby sister and even that girl kept trying to get her father to pay attention to how sick Truly was getting and he wasn't the least bit concerned. He is unbelievably selfish and lazy unless it is related to little Miss "hat in hand".
And Robyn saying that some of the kids don't want to cuddle and kiss and him. So that's proof that as soon as those kids don't treat him like a hero, he doesn't have any interest in them.
@@threadyorknot4423exactly, and some people aren't touchy feely types, as a parent you find another way to connect with your kid! Have a relationship with them another way
What you said is SO true, James! My mom left the family when I was 12. My dad had a job where he had to work rotating shifts. He worked 3 weeks on day shift, 3 weeks afternoon shift, and 3 weeks night shift. That meant I only 3 weeks out of every 9 weeks. There were 6 weeks in a row I didn’t get to see my father AT ALL. He was also VERY ANGRY at my mom for the divorce and refused to give her custody of me, even though he only saw me 16/17 weeks out of the year.
It was very hard finding value in myself because both parents were mostly busy living their lives. I was luck though because my dad’s sister stepped in to help when needed and she, her husband and my grandmother made me feel loved and valued with every interaction we had.
I never got over not really being wanted by either parent. I never married and have no relationship with my only sibling. He’s on his 5th wife now, so we were both pretty messed up by our family situation.
I put myself through college with a little help from my mom. My family expected little of me and I proved them wrong. I was in the top 10% of my field, nationally. I focused on proving my worth professionally instead. Now I’m old and alone. I have some good friends that I’ve had for 40+ years, but they have real lives with family.
Had my father ever shown me love, had my mother not chosen whatever man was in her life instead of me, I might have fared better, but I’m not complaining. I had a good life for the most part. I proved my worth in two professions I am very proud of. That said, I needed my dad and my mom to care more than they did.
I'm glad you can look back and see that none of this was your fault. It's horrible that a lack of character in the parent(s) demolishes the safety and self esteem of their children.
Kids are never an afterthought, All he did was treat savannah like one. That can have huge repercussions not only on their relationship. Other relationships she has going forward. When you break someone’s soul. It takes a long time to heal.
I was waiting for someone to call Robyn out on that episode. She knows damn well how much time Kody spent with Solomon. In that period, it also showed Kody washing dishes at Robyn’s and doing stuff around her house. I’ve never seen him doing daily chores at the other women’s houses. I wonder what those anthropology students would say about the family now? Someone should reach out to them.
Great idea! A follow up 10 years later. I’d love to watch that!
Why can’t Kody have his kids at his home with Robyn? The place he calls home. Could it be that Robyn really doesn’t want them around?
Interesting that Kody says that he wouldn’t go to the rental because he has a nice house, and the kid should come there. However, he failed to invite Savannah and the rest of Janelle’s children for that matter to the heart.
I also didn’t see Kody buy Truely and Ysabel those “not very expensive.” mini bikes that he bought Robyn’s kids.
Couldn’t really see what presents the others opened up when they went to their father’s post Christmas but I’m guessing there was a big $$ difference on what was spent on presents for Robyn’s children then for the OG children.
@@JMP829 But the kids that came over will be able to watch this episode and see the different in treatment. He’s not making anything better with his kids just building up more resentment while he strokes his own ego and tells himself what a great father he is for even seeing “those kids”.
Savannah was actually the very first child we see in the whole series. Kody walked in the home and she ran up to him and gave him a great big hug. Sad to see her now.
Savannah can get more understanding of what it’s like to be a good father from your video than from a lifetime with Kody.
I have always wanted to hear the actual observations from the anthropology students, not the sanitized-for-tv version. 🤔
Yes! I would like to have them back to discuss how this has all unfolded!
Now we see why Christine moved Truely out of Flagstaff so fast. She didn't want to give Kody one second more of rejecting Truely in favour of Robyn's kids. Pity Janelle didn't do the same for Savannah. That rejection was a tough watch. Janelle maybe should have moved near Maddie and spared Savannah the pain. I still think they should move as far away from Kody as they can.
You make watching this show bearable, you prove that real men are out there that care about the importance of spouses, women and children. Agree 100% regarding kody
That's what I was thinking too.
Savannah didn't deserve to be totally ignored by her father, especially since she hasn't publicly said anything at all against Kody and even told Garrison and Gabe they weren't being fair to their Mom, whenever they were talking about where to spend Thanksgiving in 2020. There is absolutely nothing Kody can come up with to excuse his actions when it comes to her. He is going to end up old and alone one day, dreaming of the time he had children who loved him, children who want nothing to do with him.
James you hit the nail on the head (again:) The word "rejection". Kody isn't merely ignoring his kids or avoiding them, he is REJECTING them. I bet that's exactly how many (most) of his children feel. They are hurt and that won't go away because Kody lacks the ability to be anything but what he is. Rejectiont is a strongly negative feeling. It is very fortunate that the kids have other parents and even siblings who show them love, compassion, and belonging.
Yes! Kody! You are the PARENT! What a sad excuse for a father, husband and human smh
I dated someone who gave me the “phone goes both ways BS” when I asked him why he hardly saw his daughter. I told him if he wanted to keep dating me then he best right his relationship with his daughter - meaning pick up the damn phone and call your kid. Thankfully, he did and it was a good thing because he passed away not long after that.
What Robyn does is undermine K’s relationship with everyone, including her own kids. It is disgusting.
He's just a bunch of bad excuses for not seeing and caring for his children. He's sick
Kody said to his mom what is hers is mine and what is hers is mine. That says it all.
Kody only wants to be with the little kids because they still love him. One day their eyes will be opened and he will have no one. He alienates the older ones because it’s only about having a large number of kids not about actually being a loving dad.
Yes! I have a friend who raised 8 children. She told me her key advice was to spend 1 on 1 time each day with everyone. Even if it's only to see how they're doing. Kody is a failure.
You had me crying when you talked about the message that Kody is sending to Savannah. Such a powerful point. I'm glad I had a dad like you rather than one like Kody.
Why doesn’t kody ever take responsibility for his actions like he hasn’t done anything wrong .
Everyone deserves a dad like you.
The thumbnail 😂
James always has the best thumbnail - you should talk about it!
Been waiting like a loaded gun on you big brother. Congrats on your numbers steadily climbing. Can't wait for the live sessions!
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I was thinking the same thing…..cannot wait for the live!
This episode reminds me so much of my childrens' father. He and his family circle lived 2 streets away and never acknowledged his children when we split. However every Christmas, Father's day and birthday I bought my children presents for their father to give him. I always said it would make them better people for it and it sure did. They have respect for everyone.
My ex always sent my kids birthday presents two to three months late. One time, I found a blank birthday card while going through papers. I sent it to my ex from the kids. In July. His birthday is April.
PREACH! You did such a good job explaining how Kody is abdicating his responsibilites as a father and how unfair this is to his children. Thanks for your take on this!
Lets face reality. All of these women have ultimately taught their children that they shouldn't expect to be valued by their partner. Christine has taken back her power and shown Truly that if someone doesn't value her she should leave, but all of the rest of Janelle's and Christine's kids saw decades of their mothers being devalued by this man. Some of them will demand more from a partner because they deep down know how wrong it was. Others will allow a partner to treat them like a doormat. Others will treat their partners with the same disrespect that their father did. Notice I didn't make this a gendered thing, because I don't think that we automatically adopt the traits of the parent that is the same gender that we are. We learn these patterns from both of our parents.
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This was difficult to watch. Savanna looked so sad 😞
I think the part you point out about choosing to deal with a multitude of personalities, that’s the piece Kody never processed. I’m not a psychologist and couldn’t diagnose Kody even if I was, but he certainly seems to have some narcissistic traits, and in my personal experience with a narcissist for a dad, they aren’t able to conceive of you as your own person. They like you when you’re a little kid because you don’t think about them critically and you build their ego because they’re you’re hero just as your dad. But then if you grow up and DARE to have your own personality and ideas, that’s a major issue. That’s why I think Robyn and her kids purposefully infantilize themselves all of the time. Narcissists or people with those traits LOVE children and helpless people. They DON’T like people with their own ideas.
Interesting because Robyn acts like a helpless woman but Kody does not realize she is shaping his view of life negatively.
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I am really having a hard time following the logic Kody uses in his relationships with off-spring. It is positively bizarre.
The other thing is where is step mom Robyn on this entire situation. Why didn’t she make sure there were Christmas gifts to ALL of her step-children? She could have sent them all Amazon gift cards and called it a day. Robyn is a mean person.
Exactly! Robyn wanted to be the head wife so badly but she doesn’t do any of the work that comes with the title. It’s Robyn’s responsibility to make sure ALL of Kody’s children feel welcome in their home and that every birthday and every holiday is special. Robyn knows how immature Kody is so she should have fixed the relationship with his wives and boys. She should make the phone calls if Kody won’t. She needs to plan the parties. She can’t sit in the corner and say “she would do ANYTHING to fix the relationships” while actually doing NOTHING!
Do Robyn & Kody have us all
fooled? I seriously don’t understand how two sane people can be this delusional in real life. They really are horrible people. Horrible!
You are by far one of my favorite reactors to this mess. I look forward to seeing your videos each time you upload ❤
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Robyn blaming 7 year olds for their bad relationship with their dad!! 🙄🤦♀️
“The Dynamic Dumbasses!” I have never heard them described as perfectly as that! 👏😂
James, I am close to your age but you remind me so much of my dad. We lost him two years ago. You guys are so much alike, thanks for sharing your wisdom and perspective. ❤
Kody is not a good father, husband or even human.
Profound words, James! I wish Kody & Robyn would watch your videos & hear your words. The two of them are both extremely selfish and unkind (to say the least!) Keep on cookin' those two, especially Kody. He's such a 'man baby'. And I use the word 'man' very loosely.
How can Kody be a leader when he is never there?
❤❤❤! I was so glad that you addressed how father neglect affects children....not feeling valued or encouraged to be their best. My father was like that....though unlike Kody he was a hard worker, but was also physically abusive to our Mother when in a drunken rage. I found years later that my IQ had been 132. I'd done well in school in spite of it all, but had no confidence. I was so emotionally troubled, but as a teenager I met a boy who valued me & actually listened & gave value to my opinions. I married that boy 54 years ago, I found the Lord Jesus & discovered how much God loved & valued me, my husband came to Him 8 years later & God led us to be Pastors of small churches
Thank you!❤
Praise God!
What an awesome testimony! And now you can pass along your wisdom.
If ANYTHING speaks on Kodys example is the fact that NONE of his married kids will mess w POLYGAMY 😂
Kody doesn’t understand that the relationship with a 5 year old is different than a 15 year old. Does he expect Garrison to sit on his lap and squeeze his neck? It doesn’t mean he doesn’t love him if he wants to go to football rather than hang out. Plan something fun with a few of them on Saturday. They all are different and you can’t get butt hurt. The kids will see you trying to connect.
Y’all remember Kody wasn’t really interested in building on Coyote Pass 2 years b4 COVID hit.
He kept marking up the property zones, creating a surprise 5th lot on paper, even though it wasn’t paid off yet.
He already knew Christine wasn’t building there…he was hoping she would fulfill her TLC contract IN FLAGSTAFF.
BUT…she “left early”. from Flagstaff with her chunk of $$ and increased the SW production costs to include Utah
which cuts into everyone’s paycheck. 👉It costs extra to film inside the houses.👈🏼 Kody & Meri filming outside was intentional.
Hilarious 😂
Another point, robyn saying the older kids don't want to spend time with h
Kody- truely and Solomon are very close in age. Truely has never gotten the time and attention that Robyn's kids have.
I had this episode of Sister Wives on while I was cooking dinner. My boyfriend does not watch the show, so he's not very familiar with the cast. Even with the tiny amount of exposure he has with the show, he asked me in reference to Robyn "Why the hell is that woman always crying?" I literally could not stop laughing as I explained to him that everyone who watches the show has been asking the same thing. 😂😂😂
This explanation of Kody's behavior is spot on. He thought he was the reason it worked not the wives. Exactly, well said. I doubt he will ever think otherwise because of his narcissism and Robyn catering to him. She is ineffective as a competent mother Her method is to infantilize the children.
Kody didn’t have relationships with his kids even before Robyn.
And Robyn encourages and enables Kody’s behavior. She believes it’s the Mothers responsibility to facilitate a relationship between Kody and his kids. Robyn is a sick human being and that is one toxic household.
Yeah, Kody definitely has no idea how to have a relationship with his kids without the assistance of the mothers. I don't even think this issue is specific to his situation. I think this happens a lot in regular co-parenting situations. After my son turned 18 and graduated from high school I stepped back from that role with him and his dad. He was forced to have to navigate a relationship with our son on his own. He got off to a horrible start, but he's slowly getting better. Kody just has to start. I really enjoy your takes, James!
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“That’s because you fired your party planner!!!”
Omg I love this so much.
My God, my God, heartbreaking! How he spoke about Savannah & his excuse 4 Christmas is just hurtf! This was actually triggering 4 me, i had trouble watching. I had 2 pause at times. Savannah sweetie u r in my prayers. U can rise above this ! Ur Father in heaven will never leave nor forsake u! Pls know that & that he loves u always!
Thank u James 4 ur wisdom, ur warm words of strength & care. I can see how u actually hurt 4 these children. Thank u , ur in my prayers as well.
He has an embarrassment of riches in all those children and doesn't seem to deserve any of them. My ex expected me to continue to "fix" and manage his relationship with our kids. He would also get very angry if I took them to visit his family. We all just gave up on any of it because he was such an insecure pos.
That first sentence is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
James. I love that you called Christine the party planner. You fire the party planner guess what you get for Christmas dinner. Fake crepes made with tortillas. That’s why robins kids cried when they heard the family wasn’t coming. They were going to miss Christine’s food and fun. They were going to have to settle for robins cooking.
Kody probably wanted Savannah to call and beg to see them, while trashing her mother, and to arrive with armloads of gifts, in recognition of the whole family’s erroneous behavior.
Kody 100% deserves to be dragged for his behavior but I respect your choice to take the higher ground here, James. You're right, there is absolutely no excuse for a father ignoring his child on a major holiday and continuing to pretend she doesn't exist for weeks after because he isn't willing to apologize for being a jerk. Savannah is fortunate to have two older brothers (Logan and Hunter) who have always stepped in to replace Kody and do the stuff a loving and supportive dad would do. I'm pretty sure that girl will do just fine without her noodle-head father in her life.
Wow James, maybe your best post ever, so many good points. I've heard it said that woman marry their dads when they choose a mate. I hope Savannah goes past that, it worries me. Savannah seems like a nice person, she's not in trouble with the law or anything. She's the child who's acting like the adult and Kody is the adult acting like a child. Kudos for bring up the students that studied the family years ago. I'd love to hear from those same students today. That was probably the best impartial look at the family and here's Robyn flying cover for Kody even back then. I think Kody is emotionally lazy. He has all these kids and doesn't want to do the HARD WORK to be a father to ALL of them. He didn't stop to think of the future when he was getting his pencil wet. Just forgetting about them is easy and lazy, he's a deadbeat.
Explain's Suzanna coldness at her graduation six months later .😢
@tamijones992 Her name is Savannah.
Poor Truely has been ignored from the second she was born and Robyn is making excuses to those students. You can't tell me all of the younger kids didnt want time with their dad. I remember Gwen saying she would have loved to have had time with her dad when she was younger. Kody and Robyn have been lying to and manipulating the family from the jump.
100% agree with your points, Kody's kids didn't ask to exist, Kody made that happen, he owes them effort, not excuses, they don't owe him anything, therefore he should be the one to call them. Ahh, every freaking time I hear Robyn talking about the rest of the kids like they're whole ass adults yet talks about her kids like they're toddlers, it makes me sick. Only 2 of Christine's kids are older than Dayton and only 3 of Janelle's kids are older than Dayton, Dayton was a preteen when Robyn married Kody, Aurora is only 1.5-2 years younger than Dayton. Her kids are the same damn age, 7 out of 13 kids were younger than her oldest child! Then we see clips from season 4-5 where Robyn tells Maddie (16-17 at the time) that if she doesn't sign their family "mission statement" that she'll have to "move out" who tf does she think she is, that's not her choice, she doesn't contribute a damn dime to the family, she doesn't get to decide what Janelle does with her own daughter. MEANWHILE, she's got a 24 year old, a 22 year old and a 19 year old still at home. We saw her singling out Hunter and Garrison, trying to say they were "bad" for not getting excited that she was pregnant and trying to say they "bully" her kids. Rob's got a 7 year old on a pacifier so that she can feel like she has babies still and it probably makes her feel younger, she's got a grown adult daughter who acts like a 13 year old getting excited about getting her ears pieced, she's trapping a grown man son in an RV in her yard because she can't let her "baby" go, neither of her daughter's seem to be doing anything with their lives besides being locked away in the Mcmansion yet she treated the rest of the kids like she didn't want them around, like she'd kick them out if she could, her "babies" can't lose a single minute with the man she forced to adopt them. Smdh.
Once again you hit the nail on the head James ! So disgusted with Kody and Robyn’s behaviour I was gonna quit watching the show but I want to support Janelle and Christine and Meri so I’ll keep watching for them . Those ladies need to make a living I think ur kids are blessed to have you James ❤❤❤❤
what kody said to his mother says it all he said to his mom what is mine is mine and what is hers is mine . That say everything I need to know about him.
Where did Robyn have room to give Kody an office in her Vegas house?
Wasn't she using the office for Sister Wives Closet? She needed to make room in Solomon's bedroom for Ariella.
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Kody and Robyn will never validate or hear anyone’s feelings. Not the children’s. Not any of the wives. No one’s. It’s all deny and deflect and that’s why they will never have meaningful relationships with anyone else
I have been waiting on this!
I came so close to NOT watching the whole episode! I just cant with Kody and Robyn always playing the victim!
I felt my blood pressure going up. I took a break to finish watching.
If anyone needed a B slapped, its those 2!
They will never get it!
Could we at least see the highlight reel of the cooking up kody episode? 👨🍳 😃
I ranted about Robyn for like 30 minutes after the last episode. I need to share that blame around 😅
I think the saddest part for me was that Savanna actually expects so little from him. You can see it in her face. I don’t think he has even come through for her 😢
I wish Kody would watch this and take it to heart.
Also, I am 34 yrs old. If I went three weeks without calling my dad or answering his calls, it wouldn’t even last a week. He’d be knocking on my door and calling the cops to make sure I was okay lol. I live 3.5hrs away from my dad. I once went three weeks with refusing his calls and texting him that I didn’t want to hear bad talk about my mother anymore. He’s never done it again, and we talk almost everyday. I see a lot of my Dad in Kody.
Notice when Robyn is making excuses for Kody (around the 20 minutes mark or so), she does not make ANY eye contact with the anthropology student whatsoever. She looks up to the ceiling, as if searching for an answer. Deceptive body language right there. She full well and good knows exactly what they're both doing. The right thing would have been to have just been honest with the other women from the moment they decided they wanted monogamy. Kody has always been a dirt bag to his kids, even before Robyn (at least on screen) so she's not at fault completely in that regard, however she could have used her position as "the loyal wife", to encourage Kody to fix his relationships with his children, instead of hoarding him for hers and only hers. Women have our limits, a good woman will tolerate ALOT of crap from a man if even a crumb of feelings are still there, but a good MOTHER? The second you become a problem or threat to those little cubs of hers, you're gonna see claws, and that's when she's DONE. That's why Janelle and Christine are done with his sorry butt, and why they left. I think more so Janelle than Christine, Christine had personal reasons too, not just for her kids sakes, which who could blame her? No one wants to be in a loveless marriage. I think Janelle was still willing to fight for it, because she believes her faith as she does (which I respect. Might not agree, but I respect her conviction regardless) but making her babies hurt was her red line and now she's just angry mama. Good for both of these ladies. I hope they have a beautiful life post Kotex and Sobbin
Great commentary as always, James. Totally agree. If he’s going to blab about patriarchy 24/7, he needs to act like a man and be a dad, not an overgrown toddler
As Robyn was answering to the anthropologist,…notice how her eyes are all over the place. This is body language liar 101. I’ve studied Physical Linguistics since the 1980’s and Robyn is very deceptive in approx 90% of her couch interviews. And Kody 70%. What a pair! These two have teamed up together from the beginning and they want the three OG’s to each stand alone to be taken down easily. They don’t know what to do If Janelle and Christine team up together with truth and become victorious.
Savannah luckily has 4 big brothers and an older sister as well as Janelle, Christine and her kids... She sees Kodi for the monster he is...thru her relationship and the relationship of her brothers.
Right! It’s the kids that will remember this treatment. Kody shouldn’t let his feelings towards the mother mess up his relationship with the kids. I can only imagine how that must hurt. To have to watch this season and see Kody treat Robyn’s kids so great, still breaking all his rules he forced on the other wives kids. How does he not see how that is furthering the divide?
This was good James, but I wish you had cooked him. I always love a weenie roast.