If there’s one thing Sister Wives fans know by now, it’s that Meri Brown has been through it. From being Kody Brown’s first wife to becoming the emotional scapegoat of the family, Meri has spent season after season suffering in silence. Or worse, sitting on the reunion couch, nodding politely while Kody rewrote the narrative. But not this time. At the latest Sister Wives Tell-All, Meri showed up with a fresh energy. And honestly? It was the reunion moment we’ve all been waiting for. She denied the asexual label, addressed the intimacy (or lack thereof) in her marriage with Kody, and finally stood up for herself in a way that left fans cheering. Let’s take a look at Meri’s most powerful Tell-All moments and why this version of her might just be the one we’ve been rooting for all along.
Meri Brown and Janelle Brown denied she was asexual during the Sister Wives Tell-All
During the reunion, Meri joked it had been a “very long time since she’s seen any action.” One of the biggest moments of the reunion came when Meri directly addressed a long-standing rumor: that she’s asexual. For years, speculation has swirled online mostly due to the total lack of intimacy between her and Kody and the way their relationship seemed to wither on screen. But in a rare moment of vulnerability (and clarity), Meri shut it all down. She joked, “My friend tells me she’s going to buy me boxes of protection because she’s like, ‘I will buy you items.’ I’m like, ‘I don’t need you to buy for me. Nothing’s happening. Nothing needs to happen.”
Both Janelle Brown and Meri stated that they were not prudes. “Everybody, like, has this idea just because I didn’t want to have assembly line kisses with Kody or whatever, that I was asexual,” Janelle said “I promise you, I’m not asexual.” And there it was: Meri and Janelle both reclaiming their narrative in front of the cameras that had, for over a decade, painted them as the withdrawn, emotionally disconnected wives. For Meri, in particular, it was the kind of statement that needed to be made. Because for too long, Meri’s identity was defined by what Kody wasn’t giving her. Now, she’s defining it for herself.
The Sister Wives Tell-All included Meri’s confessions about sex life with Kody Brown
Meri didn’t just deny the lack of intimacy label; she went even further, opening up about the reality of her physical relationship with Kody. And spoiler alert: it’s been dead for years, but not because she wanted it that way. Kody had a wicked tendency of making it look like the women weren’t interested in having sex with him. But that wasn’t the case. In her own words, Meri expressed that she still had hope for a romantic connection long after Kody had emotionally checked out. She admitted that while she desired intimacy and closeness, Kody no longer did and hadn’t for quite some time.
For Meri, there was a lack of true intimacy. For years, Sister Wives fans watched Meri hang on by a thread while Kody made it painfully clear he was done. He even said once that he no longer considered himself “married” to Meri, and yet she stuck around, hoping for a miracle. That kind of emotional limbo? Brutal. But hearing Meri speak so openly about wanting love and not receiving it really flipped the script. It reminded TLC viewers that Meri wasn’t the cold one, she was just surviving in a one-sided marriage.
Meri Brown is finally standing up for herself
The biggest shift in this Tell-All wasn’t just what Meri said, but it was how she said it. Calm. Clear. Unapologetic. There was no more tiptoeing around Kody’s ego or waiting for the other wives to back her up. Meri spoke for herself, and she didn’t hold back. The mother of one acknowledged the years she spent clinging to a version of the family that no longer existed. She admitted that she stayed too long, hoping for change. And most importantly, she made it clear that she’s done waiting for Kody to validate her worth. For Meri, who has been promoting her Worthy Up business, that’s not just growth; that’s power.
Sister Wives fans have watched Meri be emotionally sidelined for years. She was the first wife, the legal wife, the one who helped build the entire Brown family structure. But somewhere along the way, she became a footnote in her own story. Thankfully, Meri is now reclaiming it and leaving Kody in the dust.
Sister Wives is available to stream on TLC.
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