'Sister Wives' Spoilers: How did Covid-19 affect Kody Brown and his four wives? 'Normal life has ceased for us'
The pandemic hasn't been easy on anyone, and the Brown family isn't an exception. The Brown family members shown on TLC's hit reality series 'Sister Wives' already had a whole host of issues plaguing their family even before the pandemic brought the whole world to a standstill.
It looks like the pandemic only made things worse for Kody Brown and his four wives -- Meri, Janelle, Christine and Robyn Brown. The recently aired episode featured the family learning about the virus and the lockdown. We see the Brown family bracing themselves for the lockdown, while they continue to debate over whether all of them should stay under the same roof or not. Thanks to social distancing, Kody was forced to scrap his plans of moving all his wives under one roof. But this might have made things worse between his wives and him.
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We got to see snippets of how the family handles the pandemic in the preview clip for the upcoming episode. Robyn can be seen expressing her fears about the whole situation when she learns that a person tested positive for coronavirus in Flagstaff, Arizona. Later, the Brown can be seen pondering over how to keep things working between themselves in the face of social distancing. Considering all four wives live separately, the only option on the table for them is for Kody to keep moving between his wives.
But Kody's second wife Janelle isn't on board with the idea, and understandably so. The second sister wife is suffering from cancer, and doesn't want to put herself or other family members at risk, with constant exposure to Kody as he shuttles between the four homes. His first wife, Meri, wonders about the future of their marriage while questioning how they are expected to make their relationship work without even being able to meet each other. Clearly, the pandemic seems to have wreaked havoc on their already chaotic life.
In an interview with Us Weekly, Kody revealed how his family handles the quarantine situation. "Normal life has ceased for me, my wives and our family. We’re all working from home, however, some of us are not able to do necessary travel for work, and some of our entire industries are shut down. Two of my wives run an online business so they are still working remotely but they aren’t able to do some of the in-person tasks they normally do. Overall there have been some setbacks and some things have slowed down significantly," he explained.
“We’re still in contact and talking a lot, but because nothing is going on in our lives, life has gotten a bit boring. There’s not much to discuss other than checking in on the kids, who are doing school from home. There’s no new news within our family but obviously we’re keeping updated about the news of the world. Instead of talking about the weather we’re talking about coronavirus. The discussions have shifted to obsession!” he admitted. “We’ve been asking each other, ‘Do you have any friends or know anybody who has it?’ Other than that, there’s not much else to talk about," he added.
'Sister Wives' airs every Sunday at 10/9c on TLC.