Spoiler, Speculation and Social Media

[LilyD]

Meri and Janelle did live together in the past (though Kody was there too) it was an absolute nightmare, so I don’t ever see it happen again. Meri is very house-proud and incredibly inflexible when it comes to cleaning etc. Janelle couldn’t care less.

The more I think about Janelle’s situation, the more I’m puzzled… how did she ever let it get this far? Especially with her professional knowledge re. real estate? Or is she just so incredibly naive and dumb where she keeps on falling for Kody’s fairytales? Jeez how many times does he have to blow all her money before she wakes up?

[ginger90]

Article with clip:

https://www.etonline.com/sister-wives-robyn-and-kody-fear-shes-going-to-die-amid-covid-hospitalization-exclusive-195194

[Libby]

It looks like they had it very bad at Robyn's house.

I don't wish bad on anyone and I'm glad things turned out ok, but I really don't like Kody, Robyn, and their kids.

[toodywoody]

18 hours ago, Libby said:

I get the impression from this clip that Janelle is nicely telling Kody that she won’t do what he says, they are almost done with Savanah, and she's ready to go.

https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/sister-wives-kody-janelle-marriage-is-fundamentally-wrong/

I loved how she says he's her best friend and some other shit and he can't say shit back to her and is at a lose for words and then is too busy wanting to eat before the food gets cold. 

Their communication sucks. Jenelle was talking and it's like he doesn't even know her and doesn't have anything to say so he'd rather sit there and eat. She's wanting to work on it and he's like I don't know. She better run because if my dude sat there and said that to me, I'd be waiter, get me a to go box because I'm done. 

They are at two different places in life. She's about to be an empty nester who wants to go travel and be with her adult kids and he still has obligations and a wife that he won't leave. So she's the other woman except he isn't sleeping with her. Like wake the fuck up Jenelle.

[GeeGolly]

1 hour ago, LilyD said:

Meri and Janelle did live together in the past (though Kody was there too) it was an absolute nightmare, so I don’t ever see it happen again. Meri is very house-proud and incredibly inflexible when it comes to cleaning etc. Janelle couldn’t care less.

The more I think about Janelle’s situation, the more I’m puzzled… how did she ever let it get this far? Especially with her professional knowledge re. real estate? Or is she just so incredibly naive and dumb where she keeps on falling for Kody’s fairytales? Jeez how many times does he have to blow all her money before she wakes up?

Its so sad that neither Meri or Janelle will grow up and act like frigging adults.

Push the restart button, find a fair level of compromise and make it work. It would only be temporary and they likely wouldn't even see each other that much.

[Liddy52]

2 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Article with clip:

https://www.etonline.com/sister-wives-robyn-and-kody-fear-shes-going-to-die-amid-covid-hospitalization-exclusive-195194

I am sorry of course for anyone who is sick. But I have to assume that Robyn was recording herself on her phone there in the hospital.  I think if you are able to even think about recording for a TV show,  then you are certainly not near death. Most of the tests she mentioned seemed fairly standard to me. If she was on oxygen,  she had taken it off to record the video. I think she really thought she was critically ill but I have to wonder if she was that sick compared to many others who had Covid. Disclaimer: I have not personally had Covid so I might be being insensitive.

ETA: I really don't like Robyn and see her as whiny and spoiled and that probably makes me more inclined to judge her negatively.  

Edited December 1, 2022 by Liddy52

[Sweetpea4Utoo]

Maybe they'll check on that neck while she's there...

[mythoughtis]

2 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Article with clip:

https://www.etonline.com/sister-wives-robyn-and-kody-fear-shes-going-to-die-amid-covid-hospitalization-exclusive-195194

Disclaimer— I haven’t watched this clip yet.  I just want to comment that Paedon disclosed earlier this year that Kody was  still not vaccinated. That’s a personal decision for  everyone, but the medical field has told people that you will likely not be as sick if you catch covid after you are fully vaccinated.  Both Kody and  Robin could have  been fully vaccinated at the point in 2021 that this clip happened.  Janelle made a point of saying that several people in the family ( that could be then) were vaccinated. 
 

[Absolom]

Kody and Robyn were playing up the drama for all they were worth.  I'm sure Robyn felt rough.  My daughter had COVID and said it was the most fatigue inducing virus she's ever had.  Yes, it made breathing difficult.  If Robyn had been near death, she wouldn't have been filming herself in the ER waiting for a regular bed not an ICU bed.  She probably did need supplemental oxygen.  I'm not trying to belittle that Robyn was sick.  The spinning up the kids that she might die was despicable.  Kody saying hospitals is where people go to die was just panic peddling.  

Edited December 1, 2022 by Absolom

[GeeGolly]

11 minutes ago, Absolom said:

Kody and Robyn were playing up the drama for all they were worth.  I'm sure Robyn felt rough.  My daughter had COVID and said it was the most fatigue inducing virus she's ever had.  Yes, it made breathing difficult.  If Robyn had been near death, she wouldn't have been filming herself in the ER waiting for a regular bed not an ICU bed.  She probably did need supplemental oxygen.  I'm not trying belittle that Robyn was sick.  The spinning up the kids that she might die was despicable.  Kody saying hospitals is where people go to die was just panic peddling.  

If she needed oxygen wouldn't they have slapped that on her right away? Very simple pulse oximeter vital is usually done in triage and she already had an EKG and chest x-ray.

[Natalie68]

On 11/29/2022 at 12:35 PM, Elizzikra said:

Remember that, although the Browns all refer to CP as "the property," it's actually four separate lots. Janelle could sell hers and whoever bought it could build a home there.  When the property was originally on the market, four different buyers could each have purchased one of the lots. 

I can't recall if Janelle's plot is Janelle's alone or if Kody's name is on it, but if it's just Janelle, I don't see why she can't sell it (except I don't know that there are many buyers out there for it). 

I would love for her to sell her property at Coyote Pass!  Or find a way to make R and K buy it from her at market price.  

[toodywoody]

3 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Article with clip:

https://www.etonline.com/sister-wives-robyn-and-kody-fear-shes-going-to-die-amid-covid-hospitalization-exclusive-195194

Jc, these two are really over dramatic. 

Yes I am going to hell. 

If she was having trouble breathing then she shouldn't have been yacking to the camera out of fear of wheezing and not being able to breathe and that's not fun.

Kidney saying he has it and what's the point of him going to the ER. Well the point is to not get everyone else sick, remember when he wouldn't let his kids hug his other kids.  And as far as Robyn withering away, give me a break. Remember the protocols. I guess the nanny is taking care of the kids while he's out in the parking lot, looking like he needs to go to bed. 

Both of them sounded just fine and not like they were withering away. And what I mean by that is, if they couldn't breathe or needed oxygen or anything else, then they wouldn't be on camera.

Then to interview the daughter to get more dramatic.

Kidney just doesn't like anyone to go to the hospital and that's the bottom line. Because he equals it to dying. And he doesn't want anyone there because it's all out of his control.

You would think from all their talking heads that it was something more than covid. Like calm down people go to the hospital all the time. And I'm in no way downplaying covid or anything else. I just think they are all being dramatic. I was thinking she was going to be looking and sounding worse than laying there sounding like herself, yes I know she's supposed to sound like herself. When I'm sick, I sound like an old man and when I'm sick and can't breathe, I sound absolutely horrid and don't want to talk much less have my mug on camera.

And finally he just needs to quit pulling his hair back by his visor or his sunglasses because he really needs to shave his little thing of hair at the front. He looks fucking ridiculous.

[Natalie68]

15 hours ago, gingerella said:

You know,after watching her watch Kodybe an abusive asshkle to Christine. I cannot understand why she's hanging on to this Ramen turd.

For her share of the family money.  I think that is the only reason.

[Absolom]

35 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

If she needed oxygen wouldn't they have slapped that on her right away? Very simple pulse oximeter vital is usually done in triage and she already had an EKG and chest x-ray.

There I go believing what someone else said.  I read she had oxygen and removed it to film her bit.  If she didn't even need oxygen, how long was she in the hospital, do we know yet?  

When COVID started my doctor told me to buy new batteries for the thermometer and a pulse oximeter if I didn't have one so I'd know if it was time to get medical assistance should I get COVID.  For all the protoculls, did they have the basics?  

[Tuxcat]

Yeah no. One thing I'm not going to do is buy into the "she would have had oxygen" thing. No, not necessarily. COVID affects people in numerous ways and if her doctor told her to go to the hospital, she needed to go to the hospital. People seem to think that unless you are gasping for air, you didn't need evaluation. Not true. With over a million deaths and counting in this country - they weren't all short of breath on arrival. You can look fine one minute and code the next. We of course know she's fine - but I'm not going to question her decision to seek care. Especially in this country, where women traditionally are always accused of "over reacting." I won't contribute to that rhetoric.

I do feel like the storyline itself with the ominous music and the "she might die" interviews is on TLC. They are sensationalizing a topic for views and ratings and I find that to be very poor taste. Is it possible - even probable - that Kody and Robyn are dramatizing the whole thing alongside TLC, yes for sure. But without seeing her chart, I can't know that and so I won't assume. But I do know TLC had the power to not air this storyline.

[Cetacean]

1 hour ago, GeeGolly said:

If she needed oxygen wouldn't they have slapped that on her right away? Very simple pulse oximeter vital is usually done in triage and she already had an EKG and chest x-ray.

Retired ER nurse - anyone with possible difficulty breathing gets a pulse ox reading first thing and oxygen if needed.  As always, they are making a mountain out of a molehill for the high drama.

51 minutes ago, toodywoody said:

Kidney just doesn't like anyone to go to the hospital and that's the bottom line. Because he equals it to dying.

Disagree.  It's more likely because they have no medical insurance as per past storylines.  The "people go to the hospital to die" is for dramatic effect.

And none of the anti-vaxxer rhetoric holds any water anymore so why is he still not vaccinated?  I bet it's because his AK47-toting buddies told him he'd be a sissy to get one.  Real men don't get vaccinated - they just pass the illness to more vulnerable people and kill them off.  Survival of the fittest, after all.

[Absolom]

I'm not questioning Robyn going to the hospital since they said her doctor told her to go.  Kody and Robyn were the ones initially making much of her breathing.  I will fault them for overdramatizing the event.  

[sheshark]

20 minutes ago, Cetacean said:

Retired ER nurse - anyone with possible difficulty breathing gets a pulse ox reading first thing and oxygen if needed.  As always, they are making a mountain out of a molehill for the high drama.

Disagree.  It's more likely because they have no medical insurance as per past storylines.  The "people go to the hospital to die" is for dramatic effect.

And none of the anti-vaxxer rhetoric holds any water anymore so why is he still not vaccinated?  I bet it's because his AK47-toting buddies told him he'd be a sissy to get one.  Real men don't get vaccinated - they just pass the illness to more vulnerable people and kill them off.  Survival of the fittest, after all.

My pulse ox was 86 and they gave me oxygen immediately.  And Kody won’t get vaxxed because he fears (incorrectly) it interferes with reproduction.  Probably same for Sobyn.  Little dark-haired spirit boy and all.

[magemaud]

I remember reports from a while ago that despite his protoculls, Kody had contracted Covid. Was this his second case or didn't they disclose at the time that Robyn had it, too? 

[Kellyee]

I'm glad Robyn is okay and didn't die, and I think she did the correct thing following her doctor's instructions. But did Kody give a shit like this when Janelle had Covid?? It didn't sound like Kody went within 50 miles of Janelle when she had Covid, but he's circling the hospital with his truck refusing to go home when Robyn has it. Does Janelle not see the difference here?? I really hope Christine points it out to her. 

[Celia Rubenstein]

Why is Kody sitting out there in his car whining that he doesn't know what to do?  She's in the hospital, you can't go in the hospital, you got kids at home who are sick, you look like hell yourself ... go home!   But I guess it's more dramatic for him to sit vigil in his truck, lest Death swoop in and snatch away his dark queen.  Whatev, Kody. 

Seriously, though ... I realize Robyn was really sick and I know with Covid things can go south fast.  But her making it sound to Kody like she was left to wither away in a hospital broom closet was a bit much.  They had run a number of tests on her and it looked to me like she was attached to a wall of modern medical equipment that was monitoring her every move.  

She knows how to play him like a fiddle.  

Edited December 1, 2022 by Celia Rubenstein

[GeeGolly]

Covid is real. Covid causes serious illness and death. I'm guessing everyone of us knows someone who was serious ill, not so seriously ill and someone who has died. Covid should not be dramatized for any reason and especially for TV.

My observation is Robyn got checked out and likely discharged. Certainly not knocking her for seeking medical attention, but I will 100% knock for exaggerating it.

And again, Kody just needs to shut the fuck up.

[Adiba]

It looked like Robyn was in the ER, not actually admitted. Was she admitted later? She seemed sick and it was good that she got checked out, but Lord, are they dramatic. “People go in hospitals to die,” — no Kody, they go to get treatment— no wonder the one daughter has anxiety issues.

If Robyn’s oxygen was low, wouldn’t they have put a nose cannula on her? They do triage before putting you in an ER room/ bay, so the fact that she was there so long meant she wasn’t at imminent risk. I don’t mean to downplay Covid, I actually have it right now— severe fatigue, headache, body aches— but, knock wood, no trouble breathing.

[magemaud]

Kody quotes in my news feed today. (How altruistic of Kody!) 

Kody was so concerned about her condition that despite his case not being nearly as severe, he contemplated admitting himself to the hospital to be closer to her. However, Kody ultimately chose not to, knowing he could be taking a bed from someone who needed it more.

"Seems like a waste for me to be going in there and playing sick when there's people who might be dying or Robyn who's passing out," he reveals, before lamenting, "She sounds pretty bad. She says, 'I'm sitting here just wasting away,' ... I think that I was sitting there wondering if she was going to live."

And regarding Robyn: 

Meanwhile, Robyn, 44, was also seen struggling with anxieties of her own about battling the potentially deadly illness in the midst of the pandemic.

"I didn't want to say goodbye to my kids," she tearfully admits of her hesitation to check herself into the hospital. "I didn't want to say goodbye because I didn't want it to be the last time I saw them."

Finally, OK Magazine calls them both out for over dramatizing the situation: 

Meanwhile, as OK! previously reported, a popular social media personality called out the entire Sister Wives storyline, suggesting that either TLC or Kody and Robyn themselves were milking the Covid diagnosis for ratings.

"The facts: Robyn is laying in a bed in an ER. This is evident by the bed size, bench next to the bed and the fact that her jacket and bag are next to the bed," blogger Katie Joy wrote next to a screenshot from the trailer. "Robyn is not in critical condition in this image. She is not receiving oxygen or any life supporting treatments that would make her critical. Robyn is not dying in this image."

[laurakaye]

1 hour ago, magemaud said:

I remember reports from a while ago that despite his protoculls, Kody had contracted Covid. Was this his second case or didn't they disclose at the time that Robyn had it, too? 

They probably had to save her diagnosis for the show because Kody and Robyn will do literally anything to keep the story lines flowing, including pretending that Robyn is on her death bed even though Star has current photographs of The Dark Queen and her Court Jester giggling as they exit Victoria's Secret and head to Applebee's for dinner.

55 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

And again, Kody just needs to shut the fuck up.

Honestly, this cannot be said enough.

[Gramto6]

10 hours ago, LilyD said:

Now I would definitely watch that!! If only to see Robyn’s reactions!

Robyn's head would explode! I'd pay to watch that!!!

[Libby]

More of the Janelle/Kody conversation.

[toodywoody]

50 minutes ago, Libby said:

More of the Janelle/Kody conversation.

Number 1, no one is Robyn and he's the one bringing Robyn into it. 

That's between him and Jenelle and Robyn's name shouldn't be brought up to Jenelle. Like how the fuck would he like it if she was bringing up another man. 

Each wife is different and he needs to respect that and Jenelle is right, he is changing shit up on her now.

What a damn douche. They put Robyn in the crosshairs, but there he was talking about her.

Edited December 1, 2022 by toodywoody

[LilyD]

One thing that really baffled me, was AuROARa’s reaction at the beginning of the clip. Apparently, the kids were under the impression that mom could die. What the heck did they tell those kids? No parent in their right mind tells their kids they’re dying unless they have absolutely no choice! (I mean, even we could tell from a video clip that she was absolutely miserable but nowhere near to dying) Losing a parent is one of the worst traumas a child can face. It’s literally the end of their world, so why put them through such a possibility when it’s not even real (and hopefully never will be)

Sorry for being so fierce about it. We went through this with my husband a year ago (collapsed with multiple embolisms)and there was no way we’d burden our kids with our very real worries at the time. They needed the reassurance and faith that we were doing what was necessary, which helped them to deal with what happened. (And yes, he’s fine now! This just brought back some unpleasant memories)

[Teri313]

I'll say this for her - her eyebrows look better.

[Celia Rubenstein]

4 hours ago, LilyD said:

One thing that really baffled me, was AuROARa’s reaction at the beginning of the clip. Apparently, the kids were under the impression that mom could die. What the heck did they tell those kids? 

Kody's emotional displays are always so overblown. He's always lit up in some way.  And I don't think he feels the slightest inclination to temper his behavior for the benefit of the kids.  He's acknowledged that he knows better (when he was quizzing Mykelti and Tony about Christine) but admits he just can't control himself.

Robyn, I think, works the martyr "scraps" thing for all it's worth and knows how to spin Kody up in order to keep him feeling like he has to defend her.  I'm guessing she played being sick to the hilt and Kody, as usual, turned it up to eleven because that's his style in general.  I pity the kids having to contend with Kody's overblown reaction to Robyn on her death bed!  They must  have been so frightened.

Edited December 2, 2022 by Celia Rubenstein

[Cetacean]

TLC should be ashamed of themselves.  ETOnline should be ashamed of themselves and their creepy, dramatic musid.  The Browns are contemptible.

Covid was and is a real thing.  It killed a million people.  For this to be used as a plot is reprehensible.

I don't doubt that she was sick but I have little sympathy for those who flat our refused vaccinations and then expect everyone to conjure up sympathy for their situation.  These are the kind of people that show up demanding immediate care when they start to cough  GOMERs.

First of all, if she was in any danger at all, she'd have been on oxygen which she clearly is not.  In my 45 years as a nurse with a decade in ER opinion she's not even on a monitor since the cord running to the equipment appears to be just hanging there. If she were attached to it, it would be stretching to the bed.

She's clearly in the ER, not a room.  Dollars to donuts they sent her home which is what happened to a lot of people. If  you were not deathly ill, you were sent home due to lack of beds and staffing.  They probably monitored her, maybe gave her monoclonal antibodies (which they did back then) and booted her ass out the door.

And, guess what, Kootie - you don't decide who gets admitted.  You cannot present yourself to the ER and demand to be admitted because your Dark Queen is in the building.  Doesn't work that way no matter how self important you think you are.

And, as has been said, you don't involve your kids for the sake of film footage.  They are so full of shit.

I have not watched one second of footage of these fools since season one and I am sorry I watched this. My blood pressure went through the roof.

[Absolom]

2 hours ago, Teri313 said:

I'll say this for her - her eyebrows look better.

That's the first thing I noticed.  The second was her hair looked normal with no heavy dark color or weird curls.  

[JayDub1987]

7 hours ago, toodywoody said:

Jc, these two are really over dramatic. 

Yes I am going to hell. 

If she was having trouble breathing then she shouldn't have been yacking to the camera out of fear of wheezing and not being able to breathe and that's not fun.

Kidney saying he has it and what's the point of him going to the ER. Well the point is to not get everyone else sick, remember when he wouldn't let his kids hug his other kids.  And as far as Robyn withering away, give me a break. Remember the protocols. I guess the nanny is taking care of the kids while he's out in the parking lot, looking like he needs to go to bed. 

Both of them sounded just fine and not like they were withering away. And what I mean by that is, if they couldn't breathe or needed oxygen or anything else, then they wouldn't be on camera.

Then to interview the daughter to get more dramatic.

Kidney just doesn't like anyone to go to the hospital and that's the bottom line. Because he equals it to dying. And he doesn't want anyone there because it's all out of his control.

You would think from all their talking heads that it was something more than covid. Like calm down people go to the hospital all the time. And I'm in no way downplaying covid or anything else. I just think they are all being dramatic. I was thinking she was going to be looking and sounding worse than laying there sounding like herself, yes I know she's supposed to sound like herself. When I'm sick, I sound like an old man and when I'm sick and can't breathe, I sound absolutely horrid and don't want to talk much less have my mug on camera.

Thank you for saying everything that I wanted to say. Yes, I know COVID was real. Yes, I'm fully vaccinated by choice. However, these two asshats laying it on so thick was just nauseating. If you think you're dying, you're not recording yourself for a f***ing TV show. If you think your beloved wife is dying, you don't complain about hospitals. 

Kody hates hospitals for two reasons. 1, they come with bills. And he's quickly running out of people who like him and his bitch of a good wife enough to pay their bills. 2, the nurses  are probably primarily female, and they all know more than him. Yes, I know there are male nurses, but I also recognize that the majority of nurses are female. Kotex probably can't handle walking in a room with a bunch of females that are smarter than him and know it. 

[GeeGolly]

1 minute ago, JayDub1987 said:

Kotex probably can't handle walking in a room with a bunch of females that are smarter than him and know it. 

He just best not leave his home then.

[Absolom]

22 hours ago, Libby said:

He want's her to say that she'll do whatever he wants in order to keep him.

He wants her to abandon her adult sons, kiss Robyn's ass, do whatever he says with her money, and dump Christine.

She can't and won't do those things. She doesn't even think that she loves him anymore.

We have moved into watching Janelle and Kody's marriage end. The only question is how long TLC will drag it out.

Robyn's work is done as shown in the preview.  If a wife is not a kiss ass Robyn clone, then Kody wants no part of them.  Janelle needs to figure out how to get her share of the money out of the situation and leave those two tyrants in the dust.  

[Libby]

I really, really hope that Janelle left. This clip is absolutely disgusting.

https://people.com/tv/sister-wives-janelle-brown-says-kody-brown-demand-for-loyalty-frustrates-me-beyond-belief/

[Soup333]

12 minutes ago, Absolom said:

Robyn's work is done as shown in the preview.  If a wife is not a kiss ass Robyn clone, then Kody wants no part of them.  Janelle needs to figure out how to get her share of the money out of the situation and leave those two tyrants in the dust.  

There is no other solution. Janelle has to accept that her marriage is akin to a pyramid scheme. She put in a lot of effort and money for someone else to reap the rewards. 

[Art Of Noiz]

On 11/29/2022 at 12:25 PM, Adiba said:

I don’t know the timing of the THs or the editing, but yes, Kody had wanted to move to St.George at one time, and Christine did not. Robyn’s stepfather’s funeral was in St. George, so maybe that’s where her mother lives.

At the time of Robyn's stepdad's death, her parents owned a house together in a suburb of Las Vegas.

[toodywoody]

HOLY HELL!!! Kidney is so condescending in just how he talks. 

First he says about communication. Didn't he just let one wife go because he was told by people that she wasn't happy and he just never talked to her about it and then when they did, he tells her nope, no more sex for you and then has the audacity to be shocked she fucking left.

Now he is wanting to work on his relationship with Jenelle and says all this shit about Precious and how she is so loyal to him. Bitch had three wives before Precious that were loyal. Then he says that she's been living as a single woman. Yes she has because you let her. There are 2 sides and he's let Jenelle all these years without a word about him not getting what he needed or wanted from Jenelle, so she thought he was fine with it. 

This mf is something else. Jenelle just needs to tell him to fuck off and have him buy her out of Coyote Pass. This mf wants nothing to do with any of them except his loyal Precious.

And the silence means more than what he is saying when she asked if it was reversed. So much silence from him 

[mythoughtis]

Kody obviously doesn’t have a clue who Janelle is and has been since probably the day he met her.  You don’t  raise six children  who turned out as well as hers who only saw their dad once or twice a week and just for supper unless you are independent.   Kody has never been there for Janelle.  Watching him try to make her become a wife who kisses her headship’s  rear end just proves how much he’s having a mid life meltdown.  Loyalty / ha.

I hope she left him immediately after that supper conversation.  I did notice that she did not cry during this disgusting display of utter stupidity by Kody. 

Edited December 2, 2022 by mythoughtis

[Adiba]

18 minutes ago, Art Of Noiz said:

At the time of Robyn's stepdad's death, her parents owned a house together in a suburb of Las Vegas.

Ok, when I saw that they had the funeral service in Utah, I assumed they lived there.

[coconspirator]

4 hours ago, LilyD said:

One thing that really baffled me, was AuROARa’s reaction at the beginning of the clip. Apparently, the kids were under the impression that mom could die. What the heck did they tell those kids? No parent in their right mind tells their kids they’re dying unless they have absolutely no choice! (I mean, even we could tell from a video clip that she was absolutely miserable but nowhere near to dying) Losing a parent is one of the worst traumas a child can face. It’s literally the end of their world, so why put them through such a possibility when it’s not even real (and hopefully never will be)

Sorry for being so fierce about it. We went through this with my husband a year ago (collapsed with multiple embolisms)and there was no way we’d burden our kids with our very real worries at the time. They needed the reassurance and faith that we were doing what was necessary, which helped them to deal with what happened. (And yes, he’s fine now! This just brought back some unpleasant memories)

Robyn dramatizes things to her kids and transfers her anxieties and fears on them, hence Aurora and Breanna both having anxiety attacks. It's Robyn's fault for not getting a handle on her own issues and for not having the common sense to be more thoughtful in how she discusses problems with her children. 

[Elizzikra]

Quote

Kidney just doesn't like anyone to go to the hospital and that's the bottom line. Because he equals it to dying.

Agree with everyone who says that Kody doesn't like hospitals because they don't have insurance and he doesn't want to (and probably can't) pay the bills.

[Art Of Noiz]

2 hours ago, Adiba said:

Ok, when I saw that they had the funeral service in Utah, I assumed they lived there.

I think he grew up in St George. 

[the-grey-lady]

8 hours ago, LilyD said:

Sorry for being so fierce about it. We went through this with my husband a year ago (collapsed with multiple embolisms)and there was no way we’d burden our kids with our very real worries at the time. They needed the reassurance and faith that we were doing what was necessary, which helped them to deal with what happened. (And yes, he’s fine now! This just brought back some unpleasant memories)

I'm so glad your husband recovered!

I hate the way Kody and Robyn parent.

Also, I hate the way they...well, do almost everything.

[Kellyee]

Has there ever been an episode where they say what Robyn has done to make everyone hate her so much? Or is it just that she's passive and Kody's ass-kissing favorite? Janelle alluded to problems with Robyn, and Christine (sort of) admitted she didn't treat Robyn very well, but I never remember an episode where we were shown what exactly was going on. A few seasons ago, Meri was the problem and appeared to be the only major problem. Robyn was even allowed to sit in when Maddie gave birth to Axel. Either things were going on that they didn't tell us about (likely), or they're rewriting history a bit. 

[TurtlePower]

12 hours ago, Cetacean said:

TLC should be ashamed of themselves.  ETOnline should be ashamed of themselves and their creepy, dramatic musid.  The Browns are contemptible.

Covid was and is a real thing.  It killed a million people.  For this to be used as a plot is reprehensible.

I don't doubt that she was sick but I have little sympathy for those who flat our refused vaccinations and then expect everyone to conjure up sympathy for their situation.  These are the kind of people that show up demanding immediate care when they start to cough  GOMERs.

First of all, if she was in any danger at all, she'd have been on oxygen which she clearly is not.  In my 45 years as a nurse with a decade in ER opinion she's not even on a monitor since the cord running to the equipment appears to be just hanging there. If she were attached to it, it would be stretching to the bed.

She's clearly in the ER, not a room.  Dollars to donuts they sent her home which is what happened to a lot of people. If  you were not deathly ill, you were sent home due to lack of beds and staffing.  They probably monitored her, maybe gave her monoclonal antibodies (which they did back then) and booted her ass out the door.

And, guess what, Kootie - you don't decide who gets admitted.  You cannot present yourself to the ER and demand to be admitted because your Dark Queen is in the building.  Doesn't work that way no matter how self important you think you are.

And, as has been said, you don't involve your kids for the sake of film footage.  They are so full of shit.

I have not watched one second of footage of these fools since season one and I am sorry I watched this. My blood pressure went through the roof.

All. Of. This. My first thought was “Why isn’t Robyn on O2?” Because, drama. I’m so mad about it. They’re sitting there with Kody contemplating abusing the system whilst many people are dying.

I hate those two. I hope they’re left all alone, with Janelle and even Meri leaving so they can’t get any of her income. I hope they wind up broke and renting a shit apartment somewhere, completely forgotten while the others thrive. Even Meri. 

[GeeGolly]

1 hour ago, Kellyee said:

Has there ever been an episode where they say what Robyn has done to make everyone hate her so much? Or is it just that she's passive and Kody's ass-kissing favorite? Janelle alluded to problems with Robyn, and Christine (sort of) admitted she didn't treat Robyn very well, but I never remember an episode where we were shown what exactly was going on. A few seasons ago, Meri was the problem and appeared to be the only major problem. Robyn was even allowed to sit in when Maddie gave birth to Axel. Either things were going on that they didn't tell us about (likely), or they're rewriting history a bit. 

I don't know if anything has been directly addressed, but what I see, which could be wrong is...

I see Robyn as the Meri replacement. Both in status and manipulation. Kody appears to need a home base and confidant wife, which of course exacerbates jealously among the other wives. I also think any new wife brought into the family after ten years would be a target, but Robyn's personality made it worse. Robyn thinks she's the Queen of making peace through communication, yet it seems to me she thinks she should be facilitating all conversations because she is the only one who does it right. Also, Robyn is manipulating Kody much like Meri used to and he thinks she bows to him, when he really is her puppet.

Janelle and Christine have never been the home base wife - ever - and when Robyn came onboard they found out they never would be. IMO, Robyn is part of the problem and so is Kody, but in truth, polygamy is to blame.

TL;DR - Kody's an idiot, Robyn is a manipulative bitch, but polygamy is an even bigger manipulative bitch.

Edited December 2, 2022 by GeeGolly

[ginger90]

I think a recent clip of Janelle saying something like, Robyn, the perfect wife, says something. But I believe jealousy was the first contributing factor.