Sister Wives Kody Brown Reveals Daughter Asked Why He Didn’t Like Her

After years of publicized turmoil and separation from three of his wives, Kody Brown is now redirecting his focus—this time toward healing the broken bonds with his children.

Although he remains in a monogamous marriage with Robyn Brown, the Sister Wives patriarch has recently taken intentional steps to rebuild bridges with his kids, particularly those he shares with ex-wives Christine and Janelle.

During the April 27 episode of Sister Wives, Kody revealed that he embarked on a heartfelt trip to Utah to reconnect with some of his older children.

“I made arrangements to go see Christine’s girls in Utah,” he said of the long drive from Flagstaff. To his surprise, several of his children from different mothers were also there. The reunion offered an unexpected but much-needed opportunity for deeper conversations.

A Difficult Conversation With Aspyn

One of the most powerful moments came during a sit-down with Aspyn Thompson, his 30-year-old daughter with Christine. “Aspyn and I had this long discussion,” Kody told Robyn during their Valentine’s Day dinner.

According to him, Aspyn bravely confronted him with a question that cut to the core: “What did I do? Why don’t you like me?”

Kody recalled the moment with emotion. “She confronted me, which for Aspyn meant something’s wrong,” he said. His response was direct: “Sweetheart, I love you. And I have, always have and always will.”

He emphasized that their relationship needed to be seen without the filter of past marital conflicts. “We had a long discussion about us having a relationship not filtered through my view of her mother or her mother’s view of me.”

The talk, he said, was transformative. It brought clarity and a renewed sense of connection. “What I explained to her was just there’s this place of pain that I didn’t feel welcome to reach out to everybody,” he shared.

Though Aspyn insisted she never tried to exclude him, Kody said, “What has happened in my life has made me feel unwelcome.”

Divorce, Distance, and Feeling Alienated

Kody has made it clear that the collapse of his plural marriages deeply impacted his bond with his children. “I got alienated from my children when the divorces happened,” he explained, referencing Christine’s decision to end their marriage in late 2021, followed by separations from Janelle and Meri.

He believes part of the disconnect stemmed from how his exes spoke about him post-breakup. “I have an assumption that the exes just weren’t protecting the privacy of the breakup at all,” he said. “They’re just like, ‘Your dad’s like this, your dad’s like this.’ And so I had all this relationship struggle with all of my kids.” Without daily contact and a shared home, he admits those relationships grew cold. “We haven’t had a lot of connection.”

Now, he wants to rewrite that narrative. “I’m trying to establish this relationship where they’re no longer having me represented to them by my ex-wives,” Kody said, hopeful that direct engagement might change things.

Christine’s Hope for Change

Christine, for her part, has long expressed a desire for Kody to be more involved with their children. In the same episode, she said, “I don’t talk trash on Kody to my kids, ever. I wish Kody would reach out to them more and I wish he had a better relationship with his kids. I’ve done everything that I can to facilitate that relationship.”

In a past interview with E! News, she revealed the advice she gives her kids: “You’ve got to accept him where he’s at. And be open, just be open when he calls, answer the phone.” She remains optimistic that he’ll eventually see what he’s missing.

“I think his kids are some of the best people that I’ve ever met in my life,” she said. “They’re incredible people, and he has a choice to be in their life. And I just don’t think he’s really taking it so he can fully be in their life, and it’s his loss. ‘Cause they’re amazing people.”