‘Sister Wives’ Star Christine Makes Bold Admission About Marriage to Ex Kody

Sister Wives star Christine Brown was the first of Kody Brown‘s wives to leave him — and she’s still speaking out about the problems in their marriage four years later.

During the April 20 mid-season premiere of the TLC series, Christine, 53, opened up to her now-husband David Woolley about how ex Kody pressured his wives to “always look nice.”

“He liked makeup. It was like, you had to always, always look nice,” Christine said, as reported by People. “We’d go camping and Janelle and I would be sitting there busting our butts getting breakfast made, cleaning up the mess and honestly, Robyn would be doing her makeup forever and doing our kids hair and doing her hair and making sure everybody looked good.”

“And then, Kody would sit there and praise how they looked when we’d been sweating and slaving over the freaking food and cleaning up the campsite,” she continued. “I think it’s probably the reason why I hated camping so bad.”

David expressed sympathy for his wife, calling Kody’s behavior “really shallow.”

Later in the episode, Christine told the cameras about how Kody would “put pressure on me to look good, or to make sure my hair was done, or to make sure my makeup was on.”

“No wonder I was constantly wondering and constantly insecure because, as much as I was comparing, he was also comparing all the time,” she added, going on to point out that Robyn “was up on this pedestal and the rest of us were just lacking.”

Kody’s other wives also weighed in on the issue.

“Kody’s always wanted people around him to look good,” Meri, 54, recalled. “I remember when he and I were first dating, he would take me out and buy outfits because he wanted me to look good. That said, I didn’t ever really feel like that.”

While Janelle, 55, remembered the ill-fated camping trip Christine talked about, it didn’t seem to bother her as much.

“I was just like, yes, it’s irritating, but I’m going to still have fun here,” she said.

Robyn, 46, had a different take on the excursion.

“The one time we went camping, I was six months pregnant and I got sick a lot,” she explained, adding, “I spent the night barfing my guts up outside my tent on my hands and knees. And then, you know, Janelle and Christine were making breakfast and I was just trying to hurry and get ready for the day.”