Sister Wives’ Kody Brown Wants to ‘Move to Europe’ So He’ll No Longer Be ‘Bombarded’ with Family Drama

Kody Brown is considering a big move out of the country. The TLC star and Brown family patriarch opened up about his desire to move to Europe during an all-new episode of Sister Wives on Sunday, Jan. 5. In the scene, Kody sits outside with his wife Robyn as the two have an emotional conversation about the current state of their marriage, as well as Kody’s relationship with his other former wives — Christine Brown, Janelle Brown and Meri Brown — who have since left their plural marriage. “I got an itch to move so bad, just to get away from the energy of it all,” Kody says in a confessional-style clip. Kody and Robyn Brown having an emotional conversation on ‘Sister Wives’. TLC “I got to get out of here because this isn’t going to work for me, because all the memory, all the energy of it, I just don’t know,” he continues. “And here’s the stupid thing. I’ve got kids in college, kids in grade school — but I want to move to Europe.” Kody is father to 18 children between the four women. “I want to get away from this where I can’t see it or be bombarded by it or feel it anymore,” he concludes. Robyn Brown on ‘Sister Wives’. TLC He explains to Robyn how he’s not in a good place with his exes, especially Janelle, who he says, “wants to do things different than what I want to do.” “We’re just not matching up,” he says of his ex, who confirmed their separation in December 2022. In previous Sister Wives episodes, Janelle has been outspoken about needing to “protect herself” and her desire to “lawyer up” after Kody kept her in the dark about the status of their shared Coyote Pass property in Flagstaff, Ariz. Robyn, Meri, Kody, Christine and Janelle Brown.CHRISTINE_BROWNSW/INSTAGRAM Christine was the first to leave the polygamous marriage in November 2021, shocking fans with her announcement that she and Kody had “grown apart” after more than 25 years together. Meri and Kody went public with their split in January 2023. During an exclusive interview with PEOPLE in September 2024, Kody opened up about having “regret” when it came to how he handled the splits with his former wives. “There’s even the regret of the divorce — Meri, Janelle and Christine — those divorces and being angry during those divorces,” he shared at the time. “Sure, I regret that stuff.”