Kody Browndropped some tough truths on first wifeMeri Brownin this week’sSister Wives.

Kody then suggested that not everyone actually wanted to build a strong family unit. Still, Meri said she didn’t think it was “fair” for him to assume “what everybody thinks or feels.”

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Meri said later in an interview: “It’s interesting hearing him talk about this and the parallels that is happening with him and Christine and me and him. It’s kind of disturbing because some of the things he’s frustrated about with Christine, he did to me. Oh, he wants to work on it with Christine but not me.”

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In a confessional, Kody addressed the disappointing level of support he’s received from the entire family lately.

“I’m exhausted. Who cares,” he said. “If you’re not with me, you’re against me. F off, you know? I’m just, like, that way.”

He even touched on Meri’s own loyalty while sharing a shocking revelation: “Ironically, Meri’s trying to support me and I don’t want to be in a relationship with her anymore.”

In an unexpected twist during a sneak peek at the upcoming Sister Wives: One on One special the end of the episode, Kody revealed he had briefly found himself in the complete opposite headspace regarding his relationship with Meri.

“[I was] in this place where I might reconcile with Meri,” he recalled. But the moment passed quickly because “Christine lost her s— that day.”

For her part, Christine called this claim “a lie,” and Meri said she “never knew about that moment with him.”

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Elsewhere in the episode, Kody and Janelle, 53, butted heads over their differing stances onhis strict COVID-19 rulesand how it impacted the family. Things escalated so severely that Janelle attempted to walk off after Kody angrily shouted at her.

In theOne on Onesneak peek,Kody and Janelle confirmed their separation.

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Sister Wivesairs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET on TLC.

source: people.com