Sister Wives returns to TLC May 8, and judging by the network’s sneak peek of the new season below, it’s going to be an intense ride.
At this point, it’s been all over the tabloids, so you don’t have to watch Sister Wives online to know the pretext for the coming season.
Long story short: Meri Brown had some sort of emotional affair with a person online who was actually running catfish game on her.
While the Browns have gone into damage control mode, questions remain – both about what happened and what it means for them.
They claim that the affair was only through texts and emails, but the catfisher maintains that the relationship was real in every sense.
Everybody is pretty shaken up by it, too, he/she claims … while divulging that Meri told him Kody Brown is only banging Robyn of late.
Meri Brown, for her part, has played the victim, and played it well. Which makes sense, as she is the victim to a degree in this situation.
However, no therapy session, as seen in the above clip, can mask the fact that she had an affair because of trouble on the home front.
“From an outside perspective, I see the manipulation all over it,” Janelle Brown says, though it’s unclear who she blames for all this.
Noting that the incident indeed caused a rift with the wives, Christine Brown adds, “Robyn’s mad because she feels betrayed. I’m sure.”
Clearly, as the family prepares to celebrate with Maddie Brown over a special announcement, Meri’s actions have cast a pall over it.
Mariah also distances herself from her mother, who seems to have nobody else in the large, polygamous family to look to for support.
At one point in therapy, things get particularly heated.
“There were times I was angry at you, Kody,” Meri tells her husband, point blank and in tears. I’m not going to lie. I was angry at you.”
The resentment and tension are undoubtedly clear.
Less clear? Whether the Browns are playing this up for ratings after the fact, or whether Kody is getting dumped by three wives imminently.