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Meri also used to do Christmas Eve for the family. Also, didn’t the catfish attend one of the Mlm parties? I think yet another reason that Meri got her way with the bigger house was that Kody also owned it because they were legally married at the time.

Kody seems to think the words disagree, disrespect, and disobey are synonyms. They are not. I also think he does not know what the word “gaslighting” means at all. The argument with Janelle showed just how weak Kody is. He can’t man up and talk to his sons directly — he wants Janelle to do his dirty work. He cannot successfully rebut Janelle ‘s statements so he talks over her and finally storms out the door like a child who says “nah, nah, nah, I’m not listening to you!”

People’s site has reported that Leon and Audrey married in a “ secret” courthouse ceremony last October. I figured they had married already because they were both wearing gold bands on their ring fingers. I guess they decided to forgo the TLC -filmed route.

I don't know if there is actual evidence, but Jon said the facility said Colin had been visited only 3 times and it had been very long (can't remember what he said exactly) that Colin had been visited by her--or anyone, for that matter. Sad, really. Many of these places advise family therapy sessions with the parents and the patient--did Kate do any therapy or take the other kids to therapy totally about Colin? Did she just make Colin disappear and give the other kids the same line she told the press--"Colin is where he needs to be"--it doesn't seem as if she made any effort to reintegrate Colin back into the family at all. Kate apparently, according to Hannah, didn't tell the kids what exactly happened to Colin. When Hannah found out, she refused to go home with Kate after a dentist appointment and wanted to go home with Jon. It was reported online that the police were called. I tend to believe Colin, Jon and Hannah's version of events more because there were too many instances on camera where Kate singled Colin out for misbehaving when he was not doing anything particularly egregious. I'm not denying that he had behavior issues and may have been a "difficult" child--just that Kate did not have the personality to deal with him. I'm so hard on Kate because I have a (now grown) daughter who is bi-polar and has struggled with an eating disorder. Believe me, the teenage years were rough (screaming, physical outbursts and threats) I drove her out to Hershey Medical for anorexia treatment, attended family therapy sessions, etc.--but I never gave up on her. Kate gave up on her 11-12 year old and still has no interest in healing her relationship with him.

Kate can miss me with her word salad crap. What excuse does she have for not even visiting her own son during his “treatment”— if said treatment was effective and needed, surely she could have had visitation at the facility. This was years that she abandoned her son— you don’t go no contact with your 12 year old child, period. In her diary that was leaked, Kate writes about how she had spanked Colin so hard she scared herself and how she pulled him up by his hair when he was little. She chose him as the scapegoat because he likely did have behavioral issues and that wasn’t allowed in her controlled world.

Everyone looks like they're having a good time in the pics above. Mykelti looks great and the twins are adorable. I agree that Christine's jumpsuit should have been fitted better, though. I'm glad for Gwen that her father showed up to the wedding. She had said in one of her videos that she invited him to come and hoped that he would (as well as the rest of the Robyn family).

My mother used to say certain people “suck all of the air out of the room.” I think someone like Kody is very draining because he thinks he’s the main character and everyone else is just supporting players or props.

Me, too--the first cup in heated in the microwave, but I put the kettle on the stove for the second cup and drink the first while it comes to a boil. (Yes, odd little routine I have.) Milk and sugar are non-issues because I drink it black (except when I'm sick, then lemon and honey.)

Apparently according to the above Instagram, April is pregnant with the “older” guy’s baby. She’s due in August. I’m aging myself here, but April reminded me of Rachel from MTV’s Real World.

I thought that rock looked more like a butt than a heart, but I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Oh, I by no means think it was a smart financial move on Janelle’s part. I think of her as still believing in the “family” and her marriage to Kody at the time and was really, really trying to get him to pay off the land so that she could build her house. Janelle had argued with Kody about not qualifying for a building loan if she had bought Christine’s house or another house. I could see Kody making campaign promises that she could still qualify for a building loan if she were NOT the sole owner of another home. Now, that may not be true, but Kody, under the guise of his “headship” has been known in the past to convince the OG wives of going with his schemes.

Right— here in PA there are a ton of places, particularly in the Poconos, that have seasonal sites. Some campgrounds will winterize your trailer, too. Many of them not only have hookups, they are communities with fishing lakes, clubhouses, pools, activities etc. Janelle bought her trailer and plopped it on CP as a “put up or shut up” ultimatum to Kody, imo. She did it so that he couldn’t convince her to “think creatively” and buy Christine’s house or another house that he would want his (and probably Robyn’s) name on the deed. Of course he wouldn’t want his name on the mortgage—Janelle would’ve been solely responsible for that. I wouldn’t put it past Kody to use his salesman/religious guilt skills on Janelle to finagle part ownership of any house she could have purchased.

@KeHuy I’ve watched all of Gwen’s reaction videos, and I heard nothing approaching vitriol from her about Robyn’s kids. Ymmv

Exactly—wasn’t that what Robyn basically said about her first marriage to Jessop and subsequent marriage to Kody? The creepy drawing she gave toKody and her statement that she and he “shoulda been together since day one” illustrates that belief. In fundamentalist Mormon sects it is nothing to re-assign wives and children to a new man. As you posted, Christine doesn’t believe in that particular religion anymore, so the point is moot.

I have he feeling that Kody thinks all of the show money is “ his” money— that the family pot belongs to him because he is the head of the family (and the “star” of the show in his own mind). If the budget for the show is fixed, he likely sees any money going to other’s contracts as somehow being taken from him.

Not only is it sad that Kody doesn’t at least check in on Gwen, it seems that she is not allowed to see her siblings, either. Gwen is an adult, as are Robyn’s oldest—why can’t they get together for lunch or a picnic at a park (assuming Robyn doesn’t trust Gwen with the youngest, one of the older daughters can go so that it is “safe”). Gwen said that Kody, Robyn and crew are all invited to her wedding and that she hopes they come, but they didn’t come to her engagement party, although they were invited. Kody really is a piece of 💩 father.

I hope it works out for Christine, she seems very happy. I think she may have met this man long before they started dating—maybe talking as friends? I do agree that, in my view, it is pretty quick to get engaged, but in Christine’s culture it is not. Even mainstream LDS do not generally have long courtships or engagements. Kody treated Christine badly for years. Once Robyn came into the picture, she saw her husband fall in love with another woman. It must have been soul-crushing for Christine to realize that Kody actually was romantic and thoughtful, just not with her. Kody then legally married Robyn and started to prioritize Robyn’s children over hers to the point of not going to Ysabel’s surgery. It was evident that Kody used Covid as an excuse to avoid do anything he did not want to do. So I really can’t blame love and affection- starved Christine for wanting this relationship to progress. I wouldn’t do it, but maybe it’s the right thing for her?

I get that some children are a LOT, and shall we say, “naturally exuberant,” but with three adults supervising two kids, Ari should have been corrected well before falling into a water feature. Paedon mentioned in one of his videos that Ari, Sol, and Breanna can do no wrong in their parents’ eyes, and I think that is the main issue here.

Did Kody change the LLC because the OG wives each now have separate deals with TLC ? I would think that Christine and Meri would insist on their own contracts to do the show. I’m not sure about Janelle, because she’s only “separated” from Kody and may still have tangled finances with him.

Yes, it wasn’t filmed as I recall, but K and R did take a Hawaii trip after their legal union. —The legal ceremony that Meri was supposed to have included in, but they snuck off without her —The legal ceremony that they were going to keep secret but were outed online —The legal ceremony that wasn’t supposed to change anything but let Kody adopt Robyn’s kids Kody and Robyn are shady as hell.

I watched Gwen’s latest reaction video on YouTube, and even though she must have cut out the part about bruising and throwing her in the air, it was still sad. Her somewhat sad and wistful face when she watched the part where Robyn’s kids come home from school and Kody acts exited and wants to know how their day went broke my heart. Gwen did have the grace to say that she was happy for Sol and Ari to get that from their father, but she just wished she’d had it, too. When Gwen got to the “knife in the kidneys” rant by Kody, she said it wasn’t unusual for him to yell like that. Gwen said Kody had yelled at her like that and even Bea (fiancé) said that she didn’t like how Kody speaks to Gwen sometimes.

Just finished watching this, and I personally found it informative because I really did not know much about the Murdaugh case, except that he's (Alex) been charged with murder of his wife and son. I also had known very little about the boating accident except for the news blurbs. I liked that the series included some background and interviews with the teens who had been on the boat when it crashed. Paul's ex-girlfriend added some insight as to Murdaugh family dynamics and the relationship Paul had with the housekeeper/babysitter. I would recommend this to anyone like me who would like a primer on the Murdaugh case, although I agree that there is likely much more information that could have been included and more to be uncovered.

I think if something bad happened or one was defrauded, the NDA would not be enforceable. Besides, does anyone really think that Meri would spend the money and time to sue someone and the endure the backlash from fans if an attendee said something? Especially if that person was not wealthy and did not have the money to pay a judgment?

Re bolded— one can only hope! I don’t really need to see every aspect of Christine’s new relationship, but I do feel happy for her, because she so desperately wanted intimacy and romance in her life. Now, if she had chosen to remain unpartnered, that would be fine, too if that’s what she wanted. Same for Janelle and even Meri—they should do whatever makes them happy. I am enjoying the fact that asshole Kody has to face the fact that Christine is lovable and has found someone else.

I agree with others here that Christine has at least now this new man for awhile, perhaps even being friends with him before the official announcement of her split from Kody. I think that Kody knew or had an inkling that someone may have been waiting in the wings and that was one of the reasons he went so nuts about Christine leaving— just my speculation, of course. Christine’s post about her BF was a little OTT and a bit cringey but she’s still in the “honeymoon phase” of the relationship. Also, Christine tended to be OTT and cringey in the past— so it’s just who she is. At any rate, I hope this guy is sincere and Christine is finally having a bit of fun and romance.