As a straight, African American woman in an interracial relationship I started watching the first season because I feel like I’m an open minded person. But at the same time I wanted to see if these women were genuinely happy in their lifestyle with Kody. But him getting a new wife while Christine just had a new baby broke my heart. I could see the hurt on her face. Even though he has other children that’s a super important part of the baby’s life. Idk it made me feel icky.
@@Justscrapping1don't forget the ELEVEN DAY HONEYMOON when Truely was only a few weeks old. He is despicable. And Robyn's despicable for accepting that much time and attention in general but ESPECIALLY when she knows that her sister wife just had a baby. Sorry not sorry.
Right? If the wives were truly living their best lives, I would support them. But from the first episode, it was clear they weren't. I know people who are polyamorous. It can work. Just not like this.
@@Elaan021 Yes! But polyamory only works because people are honest and open with one another. The whole basis of polyamory flies in the face of polygamy. Kody could never do polyamory because he cannot be honest.
We actually just learned from Christine and Janelle this week that Robyn was forced on all of them aside from Meri. None of them including the children and other two wives wanted her in the family at all. They were also told that Robyn’s kids were now their siblings regardless of what they wanted. And that Meri and Kody had been having a ton of issues so she essentially found Robyn and gifted her to Kody to get back in his good graces.
A few thoughts related to your questions: 1. Now that most of the kids are adults they do talk about competing for attention, forgetting bdays, etc. 2. The AUB kicked them out bc of this show, haha 3. All the adult kids who are married have intentionally and vocally rejected polygamy. 5. One of his daughters married a POC. 6. In their book they admit to failing to court a teenager (they waited until she was 18 🙃 7. Your intuition RE Kody is spot on 8. There is def a favorite, and it will be very clear very early on. I would love it if you reacted to more sister wives.
its worse then that you know why Kody left Utah for Arizona? Huntsman was governor he organized wolf hunts against many polygamist cults. Kody's name was on a list of men Huntsman wanted dead because he helped their former leader in the group PPT organize blood killings the other name on that list was Ryner. Jessica got Ryner out but PPT members had their scopes pointed at them and the Escaping Polygamy cameras and when Ethel got out they did it again PPT operated a terrorist training camp in Arizona with Bundy's group Patriot Front and the Oath Keepers these are the same Oath Keepers who stormed the state house and the capital. Right now Cox is the governor he was attorney general under Huntsman but he does not send people to kill bigamist he's not like Huntsman the only people he jailed were The Kingston Brothers, the Blade Leaders, and the Batemans in Colorado City those are the people you go after not independents or people living their religion even if they are bigamist.
I'd add to this great summary that Amanda is completely right, the oldest kids are very parentified. To the point that Logan, the eldest, has made it clear that he and his wife are childfree. I can't help but feel like it has something to do with it (not that that decision isn't valid without the parentification)
This show had me tricked. After watching a couple seasons, I thought, this ain't so bad. Then I started feeling bad for Kody, trying to keep all these people happy and having no time to himself. Now, finally the truth has come out. I like hearing your take. When a narrative gets shoved in your face, sometimes you lose track of the truth.
Kody actually did "court" and almost "marry" an underage girl, Janelle was married to meris brother and her own mom married kodys dad, robyn broke ever fundamentalist "purity standard" with her ex husband (got prego to force him to marry her instead of her sister) and her and kody were constantly kissing before "marriage ceremony " and Christine wasnt even told about robyn till kody was already "inlove" with her 😅 love this crossover of you calling kody out on his bs 🤣🤣
I think you need to be a bit careful when saying he courted an underage girl. A lot of people will assume you mean like the Warren Jeffs FLDS clan where young underage girls from the age of 8 - 14 are married off. Yes kody courted a 17 year old, who was just about to turn 18. It was a short courtship, they almost always are and was called off before the marriage. Don’t get me wrong, I can’t stand kody at all, but his situation of courting a near 18 year old when he was just a few years older is vastly different to the FLDS where prepubescent girls are being married off to men ages 30-70.
@@lisetta5052 underage is underage,and he hid it like warren Jeff so maybe you should read their book. Even Christine reconsidered even marring Kody over his "courting" said 17yr old.
Amanda, you need to do stand up comedy about polygamy because you are so funny explaining things. You always have me laughing through your videos. 😂 I've never watched sister wives and don't think I can now without your commentary 😂😂
I did really enjoy watching this. I am sry that it triggers you so badly. I would like to see more of these. But not at the expense of you getting so triggered. I have followed you for years. I do my best to support you. I am not in patron or have ever sent money or bought anything. I hit your like button always watch till the end. Also try to watch the full commercial. I heard you make money when people watch the full commercial. I am proud of your growth.
I just started watching sister wives I'm currently on season 2 so I still have alot to go but so far it seems like yes robyn kinda played a part in the "changes " but it seems like it was more about coming "out" publically and there being an investigation to the point where they move from their nice big home to all separate homes where the wives and kids really start getting less time with cody
@@opienattyvlogs7930 did you know in reality the state of Utah has said they were not pursuing anyone at that time for polygamy so it is assumed all that storyline about moving to run from the police was fake for the show. The kids even thought it was real. Sad.
I’ve been watching Gwendolyn brown (Cody’s daughter from his 3rd? Marriage) reaction and commentary on her family’s time on TV and it’s sometimes sad knowing she went through some shit cause of his actions. I would highly recommend watching cause she’s very insightful on their family and the whole reality polygamy thing. I just think in general (in both new and old seasons) Cody just seems like an awful dude, polygamy or not. He just seemed insufferable to be around.
I've watched a lot of people review this show and yours is the best because you actually know what you're talking about it. Love this. You're going to especially love discovering how they little by little reveal how much they were lying about.
Janelle used to be married to Meri's brother which is how she had "polygamist friends." Kody is also an LDS convert into the AUB. Robyn' grew up in the AUB but lived in a different state than her dad's other family which is super weird. Meri's grew up AUB but her family were converts. Christine is an Allred, Rulon's granddaughter.
It becomes pretty clear as the show goes on that they were working overtime in season one to put a pretty spin on everything. Kody may have actually not had a favorite at this point just because we now know they were in a tough spot at that point-I’m saying he was probably so frustrated with all of them that none rose to favorite, which fueled him courting his fourth wife who did become the undisputed fave. The more I have learned about the AUB and it’s customs, the more I have to believe that this family as a whole-and Kody specifically-did not fit in to the group well. You hear a lot about AUB men slotting into work with a business owned by an AUB member and basically staying put and knowing their place, and as a result a family ends up sticking to life in one particular AUB enclave. But Kody moved them from state to state every year or two until shortly before this show began. I suspect his narcissism was too much for AUB leaders, he balked at being told what to do/they kept pushing him out of jobs, encouraging his impulses to try a relocation that would put him under another group of church leaders, etc. But the good news is that going public and being cut off by the AUB leads most of these women and their kids to gain perspective and realize what an awful guy Kody is. None of their grown kids are polygamous, the three original wives have left him, at least one of the women and several kids (that we know of) have left the faith…and he’s dropped the jokey mask and just become more and more of an openly narcissistic miserable little troll of a man.
I have watched the entire series. I feel like one of the things the TH-cam-sphere misses when it comes to analysis of this show, is the constant reminder that this is a cult. Which you nailed! I hate that it triggers you and I want you to take care of yourself, but if you're able, I think your perspective would be a great addition to the dialogue. And probably be very popular on your channel. I loved watching and hearing your thoughts! Thank you!
Yes! I would love your perspective, however not at your expense Amanda. And we all know now that even from this first episode it was a lie.. Meri and Kody no longer had a marriage relationship. He was withholding sex from her. And he was repulsed by Christine but she was royalty in the church so he married her for favor in the church.
@@highjinx6519...🙄 Yet it was a 🔪in the kidney & the SACRIFICES he made to "love(?)" Christine 🤨 & he NEVER loved ANY of his OG3....& God is NOT kinky...it was Joseph Smith & his Band of Merry Brothers who were the dogs on heat. There are plenty of cultist fanatics in Man-made religions & it's NEVER about Jesus Christ, it's about 💰💰💰 & control over someone else...
Amanda, I appreciate so much all your REAL commentary on this episode. I almost got sucked into a poly relationship and there were so many doubts and uncomfortable thoughts. Everything you said has given me peace that I am sane for not going along with it, that it would have been so unhealthy.
She does it all with some comedy. I bet she has gone through life laughing instead of crying. I am so glad you will escape that lifestyle. Side note, there is a bit of truth to every joke. There is some real sad truth to her humor. Only the husband benefits, wives and children reap end up with very little from the speed donor.
Your commentary carries so much credibility because of your history. And you're saying all the things we thought were true but they denied or said we just couldn't understand. I especially appreciated your insight of what the kids were experiencing or thinking.
Janelle's polygamist ties are the fact that her mom married Kody's dad so they were step siblings AND she was married to Meri's brother before she married Kody. Her calling Kody and Meri her polygamist friends is hilarious because they were actually her step brother and her double sister in law. I imagine that was left out by TLC to make them seem less weird. It's sad to watch Christine in the first season as she has now said she was actually miserable during this time but was trying to always keep sweet and nice to keep the peace. Also Logan the oldest parentified kid is now married and has basically said he doesn't want kinds because of how parentified he was growing up. Christine's oldest daughter also hasn't had kids and has talked about the parentification.
Growing up in that family has done its damage on all the kids in different degrees! Yes Robyn reminds them all the time that she had many other men to choose from! Please don’t watch the rest of the seasons you couldn’t stand it!
On the other hand, I watched all 17 seasons, fast forwarding every time Kody talked. I enjoyed watching the wives and kids begin to understand the ways they had been used and abused. It has been amazing to watch Gwendlyn and Leon come out, to watch Meri fully support her child despite lots of public pushback. And Christine, wearing strapless gowns, traveling with her daughters, and living her best life. 🙂
Janelle met Kody when she married Meri's brother. After they divorced, she & Kody got together. She was raised Mormon & I guess her mom got worried about her getting into a relationship with Kody. When her mom came out to "rescue" Janelle, she met Kody's dad & they married. Shortly afterwards, Janelle & Kody married.
@dianadias4344 your info is a bit wrong. Janelle was raised mainstream Mormon and when she converted to the polygamous fundamentalist LDS church everyone in her family cut ties apart from her mother. Kody’s dad allowed Janelle to camp out on his ranch for a while after the divorce (she really enjoys camping and just wanted a bit of an escape to camp out in nature and clear her head) and then she began sharing a house with kody and Meri. Janelles mother met kody’s father because of janelles relationship with Kody and Meri. Her mom only married his dad after janelle and kody were both adults with a developing relationship. It’s simply not the scandal that you’re making it out to be.
@@lisetta5052I saw somewhere that Kody and Meri were renting a house from Janelle before she came into the family. Have no idea how accurate it is. You ever hear anything of that nature?
I have been watching this show from the very beginning. Your predictions are SPOT ON. Btw, Janelle was married to Meri's brother briefly. That's how she had her polygamist friends
I am not from a polygamist family, but I did grow up with a narcissist father. I tried to watch the Sister Wives show only once, and I was instantly triggered by Cody Brown, too. It did not register with me that he was a narcissist, but I can't help but wonder if you are right. I'm glad you aren't going to waste precious life energy on something that so obviously and profoundly triggers you.
Oh she's accurate af he's completely unhinged his true personality is out in full force and three wives split. He's got a weird relationship with the two daughters of his fourth wife and almost all his kids hate him. In case you don't know I'm filling you in lol sorry if you already know
It is sad for the kids, there is only one that is close to her father, that’s Mykelti, she is married and has three children. I’m not sure about some of the older males, most don’t have a relationship with him. Paedon acts like his father, I can see him being the only one that practices polygamy. Some of the younger ones still have hope that their sperm donor may eventually have relationships with them, it’s sad to watch how hurt these children are. Him and his favourite wife, Sobbin Robin, (three kids from her first marriage and two with him) get all the family information from Mykelti. All three of the longest married wives have left him, Meri, Janelle and Christine. Christine is engaged to be married for the first time, legally. Christine’s family was ROYALTY in this CULT, yet she was the first one to leave. EDIT, Meri has one child, Janelle has six children, and Christine has six children.
The wives you see here left him all in the last year. There was a fourth wife, Robyn, that was definitely his favorite. Meri divorced Cody legally so he could marry her an he could adopt the kids she already had. In the first few episodes they fled Utah because they felt in danger by the laws there. They ended up in Vegas, not in one house, but in four different ones next to each other in a cul-de-sac. They had a pretty happy life there with all the kids close together. Then he wanted to move to Flagstaff. They bought a big piece of land there where he first wanted to build one very large house for all of them, even an apartment for himself. But the wifes were so used to having their own household now, they wanted separate homes on the land. They ended up in different homes, rented and bought, far apart from each other because the homes on the land had to be built yet. Then Covid hit, and Cody had strict rules for every household, so he could visit everyone safely. Janelle's kids still wanted to meet up with friends and Christine still visited family in Utah sometimes so he was angry with them. With Meri he hadn't much of a relationship anymore anyway so he stayed at Robyn's most of the time, because she obeyed by his rules. That set bad blood in the family and one by one they left. The kids still don't have much of a relationship with Cody anymore. And Christine is about to be married again, but not in a plural marriage.
I have listened to TONS of reviews for this show and ur is the best!! The way you are roasting them and freaked out, is exactly how most of us feel!! Cody has proven to be everything u are saying and the kids have done the same! We need more of this!
I love hearing your perspective on this first episode and I’d love to hear even more on subsequent episodes, but not if it’s going to put you in a weird head space. I didn’t grow up in this cult and Kody (and Robyn) trigger me so I can’t even imagine what it’s like for you. Anyway, I just found your channel and love it! I can’t wait to watch more!
Thanks! Kody was a convert, he wasn’t raised polygamist. Janelle was raised LDS and was actually married to Meri’s brother first but divorced him and later married Kody.
And robyn divorced a man that didn't want polygamy, then she conspired against the other wives so she could be the favorite wife. Robyn got kody to divorce Meri and marry her to adopt her children (who already had a father). Kody and robyn are the worst!
yup also if you want the real story ask Leah she will give you a rundown she knows Maddi she knows Kristine, she knows Aspen because she went to camp with them before she got out.
I hate that this triggers you sweet girl ❤ you have such a tender heart and beautiful spirit. I’m so glad that you got out of the cult! Your commentary on this is by far the best of anyone I’ve heard because you explain things to us that only growing up in a polygamist family would understand. I would watch every episode that you commented on but I understand if it’s too hard for you right now. Perhaps in the future it may be possible. Your instincts are spot on. Don’t apologize for having those feelings towards Kody. There are so many people out there that can see the narcissist that he is and how wrong what he’s doing is. I have just subscribed to your channel and will look into other things that you do as well, best of luck! I pray that you can heal from all the trauma that you have gone through in your life. I am a survivor of much abuse I know it’s a long road to healing but it will come. Take care ❤
I recently saw you on Mormen podcast. I was so impressed with you and your sense of humor! PLEASE, PLEASE continue to do reviews on Sister Wives! I enjoy your insights and feel a bit douped by this show! I have watched it from season 1 and would LOVE to hear your thoughts on the rest of the seasons, especially season 17 & 18!
Excellent episode!! Thanks so much for taking the time to unpack the nuances of a truly psychologically abusive relationship .. you are gifted in this stuff!!..
I also knew Kotty was an AH from the car he drove. I'm not from any cult but a large family. My stepdad always drove a small car with eight kids, ensuring that he never had to take us any where. I'm glad you noticed this!
As least she can see how everything collapses in on him as he’s left monogamous while Robyn is still stuck on living polygamous so she doesn’t have to deal with his sorry ass no more, guess we will have to send Amanda a s*** ton of wine and a punching bag to take out her aggression
When the show first came out, I was thrilled. What I enjoyed most was reading between the lines. It wasnt what they said, but what they werent saying that stood out so much to me.
It's so interesting watching you offer commentary on the very first episode having very little info about what actually happens 17 seasons later. You literally predict everything just from watching this one episode. So sad how they amped this lifestyle up like it was the best thing since sliced bread in the first season, but the truth comes out more & more as the seasons progress. I was even thinking I missed out on a fun and wholesome family structure after watching the first season many years ago. I do think their collective lifestyle did offer really beautifully unique experiences for the kids growing up, but they eventually showed just how much this family structure negatively impacted them once they got older & had more confidence to speak out. So far, not one of the kids continued this lifestyle in their adult lives. That says a lot💔
8:00 she said, "I would bet my left ass cheek" !!!!! Lol!!!! I am dyin 😂😂😂😂😂.... also, please take care of yourself. Don't push your own boundaries for content. You are brave to do this & I appreciate it as a viewer.... but I'm also feeling drawn to sending you lots of loving support while you watch this. Take care & yes humor is such an awesome coping mechanism. I have used it to get through so much in my life..... "left ass cheek"... lol, that just kills me. So freakin funny😂😂😂😂
Amanda you are brilliant at this, and so funny! I grew up in AUB cult and attended the same private school for a short time with Meri & Christine. I would love to watch you doing a live show (or recording, either would be great)on the last season, if you are up for it. I still get triggered from this shit too, but it’s therapeutic to hear you pointing out how fucked up it is. Wine helps too. Anyway thanks for the content and making me laugh.
Hearing your insights was great! Now, you gotta buy a much later season episode where it all falls apart! 😂🤦🏼♀️ My best friend and I watched every season until 3ish years ago. In the much later seasons, he does kinda mention the name of the cult.
I still watch it. Meri, Janelle, and Christine all left. Christine is engaged to be married to a man who looks at her like she's his world. Christine no longer believes in polygamy. Not sure if you knew that... sorry for the spoiler 😕. I was just happy those 3 left.
Amanda, did you watch the test of the season?? Janelle knew them bc she was MARRIED to Meri's brother 😂Kody was her BIL. Edited to add: I will always firmly believe that Kody and Robin were bumping ugly's BEFORE marriage. No one can convince me otherwise
You have really great insight and your sense of humor is so quick witted. I love it. I just discovered you so I can’t wait to watch all your videos. Best wishes and happy holidays 🎄🎄🎄
You’re reaction to this show is actually very refreshing and love your take on it with actually having loved it, would love to see more reactions if you’re up for it!
Omg i just watched both of your reviews about sisterwives and I could freaking watch you review this show all day every day! I think you should do the entire series or at least a few episodes from each season! Maybe let your subscribers vote on their favorite episodes from each season and review the top 3! I would absolutely binge watch the crap out of that 😂 Your perspective on this show is 100% spot on with the rest of the world right now everyone hates Kody Brown but love watching him dig his hole deeper and deeper every week 😂❤
Wow! The first episode was what pulled the wool over our eyes, thinking they were a normal happy family. But you immediately saw through the BS and predicted the dysfunction of the next 16 seasons.
Your perspective is so refreshing. I wish you would watch more because things I didn’t notice, you are seeing right away. But I understand if its a trigger for you to watch.
LMAO OMG you had me laughing so hard when you made that lil joke on the fly about seeing Kody’s wife (so sorry I forgot her name 🤦🏻♀️) at the airport and following her home and being in her house… lol all casual with spot-on comedic delivery… you’re awesome. Saw you on C2C and Mormon Stories and I just want to say you are so freaking smart, funny, and resilient, and I’m glad I finally found my way to your channel!
Bless your heart for watching this. I have watched all of it, but I can feel your anxiety by watching this and appreciate your insight. Hopefully you take care of yourself.
I love watching you, you have hit the nail on the head with everything you’ve said. I would love for you to do another one, but I understand it hits home and is triggering to you. I love your content ❤❤❤
I love hearing your thoughts on this! I havent seen anyone else mention Gwendolyn Brown's channel, she has been rewatching old episodes and adding context/commentary from her perspective 😁 i believe her and Paedon are the only two kids publicly speaking about their experience
..I'm actually in her room right now! (...and so much more!) 😂🤣😅 You're funny! AND I'm so glad you were able to leave the cult! So happy for you! Thanks so much for watching this - in spite of your reluctance! Your insights are so valuable! Wishing you all the best!
Take this opinion with a grain of salt, because i haven’t rewatched the full series since it first came out…. His narcissistic tendencies grow throughout the series (not so evident at first), but also the wives’s sense of independence grow throughout the series too. All family the dynamics completely changed after Robin joined, and also with each move. If you ever have the emotional space to continue watching and reviewing the series, you might find it really interesting to see that evolution.
Amanda if you are having triggers watching episode one…wait to you watch all the others. There are no words … I do appreciate you sharing your life experiences with us.
I think when Christine talks about evening out the family by adding a third wife it means whenever one of the waves is out with the Husband now and there’s two of them sitting at home so they have each other instead of the one wife sitting at home by herself imagining everything that’s going on with her sister, wife and her husband
My dad was the first generation out of polygamy and I was raised in conservative evangelicalism with a bunch of weird abuse instead lol, but this reminds me of how i watch documentaries about evangelicalism. 😂 It can be really triggering because you hear and see SO much of the subtext. Like holy heck. I would be so interested to see what you think about Robyn. It's widely believed that her relationship to Kody is what eventually broke up the marriage. I totally get not being able to watch for your own triggers though, so take care of yourself. 💜
I just found you from someone over at Andrew Gold's. I subbed ya. 🙂 When I was younger and I used to see pictures of kids in families like the Kingstons, I always wished I could have been one of the members of those families. It looked like so much fun to have that many sisters and brothers, and you were all so adorable, and you always looked happy. But now as I'm getting older, I'm waking up, and my inner child is as well. Now I've seen the light. I am a fellow truth seeker, you see. Now, I'm always rooting for everybody to get out of those families if they need to (not out of the Browns) but like when I watch Escaping Polygamy. I'm sorry to have to say it, but I'm pretty sure most people reading this understand.
I am so mad at me for falling for their story in the beginning.. it’s apparent to me now how foolish I was to believe this mess was working for them in the beginning episodes.
The complete differences in the way Kody talked about polygamy and the way he talks about it now. He went from I fell in love and I fell in love again and again, to “I never loved any of them but Robyn.
Amanda, the only one that knew about the addition of Robin was Meri. Meri and Kody kept it from everybody else. Sobbin Robin approached Kody, some say she pursued him due to her wanting to be on tv. Janelle and Christine found out at the same time as the children did. This comes out in later episodes and causes a lot of tension. Meri was a typical first wife, she was mean with Janelle and Christine, she was also mean with their twelve children. Some of the older children claimed that Meri not only mentally abused them, some say they were physically assaulted by her too.
Janelle was married to Mary’s brother before Cody. Janelle’s mom married Cody’s dad as a 3rd wife around the same time that Janelle and Cody got married. Awesome video as always!
I'd love to know what your cousin Kollene has to say about the Browns after being on the show and meeting them! Especially in 2023 now that the family has completely fallen apart (spoiler).
Amanda, if you get triggered by this episode…. Don’t watch the last season!!!!! It’s awful how he talks to all the wives except Robyn! All so the older kids! In my opinion you are spot on about Kody!! ❤❤ Keep up the good fight!! Love you!!!❤❤
I would love to see you react to more episodes. However, if it’s not good for you, then don’t. It’s just nice to see your perspective since you’ve lived it♥️
As a straight, African American woman in an interracial relationship I started watching the first season because I feel like I’m an open minded person. But at the same time I wanted to see if these women were genuinely happy in their lifestyle with Kody. But him getting a new wife while Christine just had a new baby broke my heart. I could see the hurt on her face. Even though he has other children that’s a super important part of the baby’s life. Idk it made me feel icky.
He behaved despicably when she was in labor too. Plus he spent most of her pregnancy driving to “court” Robyn.
@@Justscrapping1don't forget the ELEVEN DAY HONEYMOON when Truely was only a few weeks old. He is despicable. And Robyn's despicable for accepting that much time and attention in general but ESPECIALLY when she knows that her sister wife just had a baby. Sorry not sorry.
I did not like Kody from day one. And I also did not like how the wives would lie especially about their feelings.
Right? If the wives were truly living their best lives, I would support them. But from the first episode, it was clear they weren't. I know people who are polyamorous. It can work. Just not like this.
@@Elaan021 Yes! But polyamory only works because people are honest and open with one another. The whole basis of polyamory flies in the face of polygamy. Kody could never do polyamory because he cannot be honest.
We actually just learned from Christine and Janelle this week that Robyn was forced on all of them aside from Meri. None of them including the children and other two wives wanted her in the family at all. They were also told that Robyn’s kids were now their siblings regardless of what they wanted. And that Meri and Kody had been having a ton of issues so she essentially found Robyn and gifted her to Kody to get back in his good graces.
😦😦😦
It didn't work out too well for Meri. She never gained favor.
Where did u hear this? What interview?
“Why is god so kinky” had me DYING!!!😂😂😂😂😂
Same! 😂😂
God be a dirty old man 😂
A few thoughts related to your questions:
1. Now that most of the kids are adults they do talk about competing for attention, forgetting bdays, etc.
2. The AUB kicked them out bc of this show, haha
3. All the adult kids who are married have intentionally and vocally rejected polygamy.
5. One of his daughters married a POC.
6. In their book they admit to failing to court a teenager (they waited until she was 18 🙃
7. Your intuition RE Kody is spot on
8. There is def a favorite, and it will be very clear very early on.
I would love it if you reacted to more sister wives.
We watch him forget a kid's birthday in Season 17.
its worse then that you know why Kody left Utah for Arizona? Huntsman was governor he organized wolf hunts against many polygamist cults. Kody's name was on a list of men Huntsman wanted dead because he helped their former leader in the group PPT organize blood killings the other name on that list was Ryner. Jessica got Ryner out but PPT members had their scopes pointed at them and the Escaping Polygamy cameras and when Ethel got out they did it again PPT operated a terrorist training camp in Arizona with Bundy's group Patriot Front and the Oath Keepers these are the same Oath Keepers who stormed the state house and the capital. Right now Cox is the governor he was attorney general under Huntsman but he does not send people to kill bigamist he's not like Huntsman the only people he jailed were The Kingston Brothers, the Blade Leaders, and the Batemans in Colorado City those are the people you go after not independents or people living their religion even if they are bigamist.
Which daughter married a POC? I’ve seen every season and don’t remember that?
@@highjinx6519 IIRC Tony is Hispanic
I'd add to this great summary that Amanda is completely right, the oldest kids are very parentified. To the point that Logan, the eldest, has made it clear that he and his wife are childfree. I can't help but feel like it has something to do with it (not that that decision isn't valid without the parentification)
Kody had time to make the rounds, yet Logan had to cook breakfast and get his siblings ready for school after his Mom went to work!
This show had me tricked. After watching a couple seasons, I thought, this ain't so bad. Then I started feeling bad for Kody, trying to keep all these people happy and having no time to himself.
Now, finally the truth has come out.
I like hearing your take. When a narrative gets shoved in your face, sometimes you lose track of the truth.
Kody actually did "court" and almost "marry" an underage girl, Janelle was married to meris brother and her own mom married kodys dad, robyn broke ever fundamentalist "purity standard" with her ex husband (got prego to force him to marry her instead of her sister) and her and kody were constantly kissing before "marriage ceremony " and Christine wasnt even told about robyn till kody was already "inlove" with her 😅 love this crossover of you calling kody out on his bs 🤣🤣
I think you need to be a bit careful when saying he courted an underage girl. A lot of people will assume you mean like the Warren Jeffs FLDS clan where young underage girls from the age of 8 - 14 are married off. Yes kody courted a 17 year old, who was just about to turn 18. It was a short courtship, they almost always are and was called off before the marriage. Don’t get me wrong, I can’t stand kody at all, but his situation of courting a near 18 year old when he was just a few years older is vastly different to the FLDS where prepubescent girls are being married off to men ages 30-70.
@@lisetta5052 underage is underage,and he hid it like warren Jeff so maybe you should read their book. Even Christine reconsidered even marring Kody over his "courting" said 17yr old.
Amanda, you need to do stand up comedy about polygamy because you are so funny explaining things. You always have me laughing through your videos. 😂 I've never watched sister wives and don't think I can now without your commentary 😂😂
Yes! Her and Moses storm could go on tour together! He’s amazing! His special trash white is so good. The cult he came from is wild!
Merri gets crushed by the changes after the fourth wife comes in. It’s sad. This is the best we see her.
I feel so sorry for her and her danged stubborness that kept her there. Girl, just leave already and find happiness.
I did really enjoy watching this. I am sry that it triggers you so badly. I would like to see more of these. But not at the expense of you getting so triggered. I have followed you for years. I do my best to support you. I am not in patron or have ever sent money or bought anything. I hit your like button always watch till the end. Also try to watch the full commercial. I heard you make money when people watch the full commercial. I am proud of your growth.
I just started watching sister wives I'm currently on season 2 so I still have alot to go but so far it seems like yes robyn kinda played a part in the "changes " but it seems like it was more about coming "out" publically and there being an investigation to the point where they move from their nice big home to all separate homes where the wives and kids really start getting less time with cody
@@opienattyvlogs7930 did you know in reality the state of Utah has said they were not pursuing anyone at that time for polygamy so it is assumed all that storyline about moving to run from the police was fake for the show. The kids even thought it was real. Sad.
@@TheTennesseeMom thats sad and I did not know that either way I feel like it all boils down to the show and coming "out" not really Robyns fault
I’ve been watching Gwendolyn brown (Cody’s daughter from his 3rd? Marriage) reaction and commentary on her family’s time on TV and it’s sometimes sad knowing she went through some shit cause of his actions. I would highly recommend watching cause she’s very insightful on their family and the whole reality polygamy thing.
I just think in general (in both new and old seasons) Cody just seems like an awful dude, polygamy or not. He just seemed insufferable to be around.
Yes Gwen is from #3 Christine. She is child #4 of Christine's.
I'm loving Gwen's channel. ❤
I’d love to see Amanda react to Gwen’s videos instead of the whole episodes.
@staceeyoshizumi7700 Yeah, that's a good idea!
Can’t wait till you find out who was really conspiring in this whole thing….
I've watched a lot of people review this show and yours is the best because you actually know what you're talking about it. Love this. You're going to especially love discovering how they little by little reveal how much they were lying about.
They do talk about their modesty rules. This will also evolve over 17 seasons.
Paedon suggested this year that Meri hit?/abused? some of the kids.
Your instincts about Kody are correct. Trust your gut!
Janelle used to be married to Meri's brother which is how she had "polygamist friends." Kody is also an LDS convert into the AUB. Robyn' grew up in the AUB but lived in a different state than her dad's other family which is super weird. Meri's grew up AUB but her family were converts. Christine is an Allred, Rulon's granddaughter.
Agree! So appreciate Amanda ❤
It becomes pretty clear as the show goes on that they were working overtime in season one to put a pretty spin on everything. Kody may have actually not had a favorite at this point just because we now know they were in a tough spot at that point-I’m saying he was probably so frustrated with all of them that none rose to favorite, which fueled him courting his fourth wife who did become the undisputed fave.
The more I have learned about the AUB and it’s customs, the more I have to believe that this family as a whole-and Kody specifically-did not fit in to the group well. You hear a lot about AUB men slotting into work with a business owned by an AUB member and basically staying put and knowing their place, and as a result a family ends up sticking to life in one particular AUB enclave. But Kody moved them from state to state every year or two until shortly before this show began. I suspect his narcissism was too much for AUB leaders, he balked at being told what to do/they kept pushing him out of jobs, encouraging his impulses to try a relocation that would put him under another group of church leaders, etc.
But the good news is that going public and being cut off by the AUB leads most of these women and their kids to gain perspective and realize what an awful guy Kody is. None of their grown kids are polygamous, the three original wives have left him, at least one of the women and several kids (that we know of) have left the faith…and he’s dropped the jokey mask and just become more and more of an openly narcissistic miserable little troll of a man.
I have watched the entire series. I feel like one of the things the TH-cam-sphere misses when it comes to analysis of this show, is the constant reminder that this is a cult. Which you nailed! I hate that it triggers you and I want you to take care of yourself, but if you're able, I think your perspective would be a great addition to the dialogue. And probably be very popular on your channel.
I loved watching and hearing your thoughts! Thank you!
Yes! I would love your perspective, however not at your expense Amanda.
And we all know now that even from this first episode it was a lie.. Meri and Kody no longer had a marriage relationship. He was withholding sex from her. And he was repulsed by Christine but she was royalty in the church so he married her for favor in the church.
Oh and Robyn is letting him do her in the azz and the other wives won't so that's why she ends up being the favorite!! Serious!
@@JustWatchMeDoThisbut he believed in marrying for love 😂
@@highjinx6519...🙄 Yet it was a 🔪in the kidney & the SACRIFICES he made to "love(?)" Christine 🤨 & he NEVER loved ANY of his OG3....& God is NOT kinky...it was Joseph Smith & his Band of Merry Brothers who were the dogs on heat. There are plenty of cultist fanatics in Man-made religions & it's NEVER about Jesus Christ, it's about 💰💰💰 & control over someone else...
Amanda, I appreciate so much all your REAL commentary on this episode. I almost got sucked into a poly relationship and there were so many doubts and uncomfortable thoughts. Everything you said has given me peace that I am sane for not going along with it, that it would have been so unhealthy.
She does it all with some comedy. I bet she has gone through life laughing instead of crying. I am so glad you will escape that lifestyle.
Side note, there is a bit of truth to every joke. There is some real sad truth to her humor. Only the husband benefits, wives and children reap end up with very little from the speed donor.
Your commentary carries so much credibility because of your history. And you're saying all the things we thought were true but they denied or said we just couldn't understand. I especially appreciated your insight of what the kids were experiencing or thinking.
Janelle's polygamist ties are the fact that her mom married Kody's dad so they were step siblings AND she was married to Meri's brother before she married Kody. Her calling Kody and Meri her polygamist friends is hilarious because they were actually her step brother and her double sister in law. I imagine that was left out by TLC to make them seem less weird. It's sad to watch Christine in the first season as she has now said she was actually miserable during this time but was trying to always keep sweet and nice to keep the peace. Also Logan the oldest parentified kid is now married and has basically said he doesn't want kinds because of how parentified he was growing up. Christine's oldest daughter also hasn't had kids and has talked about the parentification.
Growing up in that family has done its damage on all the kids in different degrees!
Yes Robyn reminds them all the time that she had many other men to choose from! Please don’t watch the rest of the seasons you couldn’t stand it!
On the other hand, I watched all 17 seasons, fast forwarding every time Kody talked. I enjoyed watching the wives and kids begin to understand the ways they had been used and abused. It has been amazing to watch Gwendlyn and Leon come out, to watch Meri fully support her child despite lots of public pushback. And Christine, wearing strapless gowns, traveling with her daughters, and living her best life. 🙂
Janelle met Kody when she married Meri's brother. After they divorced, she & Kody got together. She was raised Mormon & I guess her mom got worried about her getting into a relationship with Kody. When her mom came out to "rescue" Janelle, she met Kody's dad & they married. Shortly afterwards, Janelle & Kody married.
@dianadias4344 your info is a bit wrong. Janelle was raised mainstream Mormon and when she converted to the polygamous fundamentalist LDS church everyone in her family cut ties apart from her mother. Kody’s dad allowed Janelle to camp out on his ranch for a while after the divorce (she really enjoys camping and just wanted a bit of an escape to camp out in nature and clear her head) and then she began sharing a house with kody and Meri. Janelles mother met kody’s father because of janelles relationship with Kody and Meri. Her mom only married his dad after janelle and kody were both adults with a developing relationship. It’s simply not the scandal that you’re making it out to be.
@@lisetta5052I saw somewhere that Kody and Meri were renting a house from Janelle before she came into the family. Have no idea how accurate it is. You ever hear anything of that nature?
I have been watching this show from the very beginning. Your predictions are SPOT ON.
Btw, Janelle was married to Meri's brother briefly. That's how she had her polygamist friends
This is truly great content. As a fan of the show and this channel this brings amazing perspective.
I am not from a polygamist family, but I did grow up with a narcissist father. I tried to watch the Sister Wives show only once, and I was instantly triggered by Cody Brown, too. It did not register with me that he was a narcissist, but I can't help but wonder if you are right. I'm glad you aren't going to waste precious life energy on something that so obviously and profoundly triggers you.
He is a narcissist. He admitted that, said his wives panted for him and said "pick me".
@@CLWettstein22 yep! He’s a terrible person. Like, truly a trash human being.
One thing all cults have in common is they have all been started by a narcissist
Having a narcissist close to you a d Learning about you see it e everywhere. I know did
Oh she's accurate af he's completely unhinged his true personality is out in full force and three wives split. He's got a weird relationship with the two daughters of his fourth wife and almost all his kids hate him. In case you don't know I'm filling you in lol sorry if you already know
Ironically, Cody is a monogomist with his 4th wife, Robin now. Meri, Christine, and Janelle have all left him. The outcome is sad for the kids😢
It is sad for the kids, there is only one that is close to her father, that’s Mykelti, she is married and has three children. I’m not sure about some of the older males, most don’t have a relationship with him. Paedon acts like his father, I can see him being the only one that practices polygamy. Some of the younger ones still have hope that their sperm donor may eventually have relationships with them, it’s sad to watch how hurt these children are. Him and his favourite wife, Sobbin Robin, (three kids from her first marriage and two with him) get all the family information from Mykelti. All three of the longest married wives have left him, Meri, Janelle and Christine. Christine is engaged to be married for the first time, legally. Christine’s family was ROYALTY in this CULT, yet she was the first one to leave.
EDIT, Meri has one child, Janelle has six children, and Christine has six children.
There's an episode of season 17 where Gabriel is crying because his dad didn't remember his birthday and it killed me to watch :/
@janshe3597 Christine was treated like hell too.
Those kids will be better off not living that vile lifestyle
You're so right about Cody. He's a horrible narcissist.
This is the first episode I’ve watched on your channel but I freaking love you! Your sense of humor is awesome! 😂
The wives you see here left him all in the last year. There was a fourth wife, Robyn, that was definitely his favorite. Meri divorced Cody legally so he could marry her an he could adopt the kids she already had. In the first few episodes they fled Utah because they felt in danger by the laws there. They ended up in Vegas, not in one house, but in four different ones next to each other in a cul-de-sac. They had a pretty happy life there with all the kids close together. Then he wanted to move to Flagstaff. They bought a big piece of land there where he first wanted to build one very large house for all of them, even an apartment for himself. But the wifes were so used to having their own household now, they wanted separate homes on the land. They ended up in different homes, rented and bought, far apart from each other because the homes on the land had to be built yet. Then Covid hit, and Cody had strict rules for every household, so he could visit everyone safely. Janelle's kids still wanted to meet up with friends and Christine still visited family in Utah sometimes so he was angry with them. With Meri he hadn't much of a relationship anymore anyway so he stayed at Robyn's most of the time, because she obeyed by his rules. That set bad blood in the family and one by one they left. The kids still don't have much of a relationship with Cody anymore. And Christine is about to be married again, but not in a plural marriage.
Amanda I will buy the whole season for you and a gift card to a wine shop if you’ll do the commentary. Not kidding!
Me too!!
You should do a reaction to where all of the wives are now compared to this first episode
It’s very entertaining to see your commentary and observations when you haven’t seen the later seasons and the way the relationships turn out.
I have listened to TONS of reviews for this show and ur is the best!! The way you are roasting them and freaked out, is exactly how most of us feel!! Cody has proven to be everything u are saying and the kids have done the same! We need more of this!
Thanks! I know this was tough for you but it was an amazing review! (Still watching but so good!)
I love your spot on relatable commentary. You're opening my eyes and ears with your humor and disclosure. I'm signing on for more.
This is the best informative review I’ve watched of sister wives. Your honest & intelligent comments give rare insight. Thank you, Amanda Rae!
I love hearing your perspective on this first episode and I’d love to hear even more on subsequent episodes, but not if it’s going to put you in a weird head space. I didn’t grow up in this cult and Kody (and Robyn) trigger me so I can’t even imagine what it’s like for you.
Anyway, I just found your channel and love it! I can’t wait to watch more!
Thanks! Kody was a convert, he wasn’t raised polygamist. Janelle was raised LDS and was actually married to Meri’s brother first but divorced him and later married Kody.
Apparently... his name is Adam. I think it's in their book
I did not know that about Janelle! I’m gonna look in to it. Thankyou for the love and support💜
Also Janelle's mom is married to Cody's dad
And robyn divorced a man that didn't want polygamy, then she conspired against the other wives so she could be the favorite wife. Robyn got kody to divorce Meri and marry her to adopt her children (who already had a father). Kody and robyn are the worst!
yup also if you want the real story ask Leah she will give you a rundown she knows Maddi she knows Kristine, she knows Aspen because she went to camp with them before she got out.
I hate that this triggers you sweet girl ❤ you have such a tender heart and beautiful spirit. I’m so glad that you got out of the cult! Your commentary on this is by far the best of anyone I’ve heard because you explain things to us that only growing up in a polygamist family would understand. I would watch every episode that you commented on but I understand if it’s too hard for you right now. Perhaps in the future it may be possible. Your instincts are spot on. Don’t apologize for having those feelings towards Kody. There are so many people out there that can see the narcissist that he is and how wrong what he’s doing is. I have just subscribed to your channel and will look into other things that you do as well, best of luck! I pray that you can heal from all the trauma that you have gone through in your life. I am a survivor of much abuse I know it’s a long road to healing but it will come. Take care ❤
I recently saw you on Mormen podcast. I was so impressed with you and your sense of humor! PLEASE, PLEASE continue to do reviews on Sister Wives! I enjoy your insights and feel a bit douped by this show! I have watched it from season 1 and would LOVE to hear your thoughts on the rest of the seasons, especially season 17 & 18!
Excellent episode!! Thanks so much for taking the time to unpack the nuances of a truly psychologically abusive relationship .. you are gifted in this stuff!!..
I seriously feel like Amanda needs to watch it all. Her assumptions and predictions and views would be so insightful to watch.
The comedy in this is seriously A+! I laughed so hard!
I laughed out loud as soon as you watched the intro. Honestly I feel you deserve a pat on the back for watching this and powering through 🖤
I also knew Kotty was an AH from the car he drove. I'm not from any cult but a large family. My stepdad always drove a small car with eight kids, ensuring that he never had to take us any where. I'm glad you noticed this!
You should watch the last season of sister wives. Thats when it really falls apart. The first wife leaves.
Now the only one left is Robyn... Season 18 starts Aug 20 .
As least she can see how everything collapses in on him as he’s left monogamous while Robyn is still stuck on living polygamous so she doesn’t have to deal with his sorry ass no more, guess we will have to send Amanda a s*** ton of wine and a punching bag to take out her aggression
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And season 18 should be even better than 17! Can't wait to see his sorry ass face when he can't keep his charade up any more.
Love that you did this, haven’t even watched it yet but I think you’ll need a whole crate of wine 🍷 if your going to watch all those dang seasons 😂💜
When the show first came out, I was thrilled. What I enjoyed most was reading between the lines. It wasnt what they said, but what they werent saying that stood out so much to me.
It's so interesting watching you offer commentary on the very first episode having very little info about what actually happens 17 seasons later. You literally predict everything just from watching this one episode. So sad how they amped this lifestyle up like it was the best thing since sliced bread in the first season, but the truth comes out more & more as the seasons progress. I was even thinking I missed out on a fun and wholesome family structure after watching the first season many years ago. I do think their collective lifestyle did offer really beautifully unique experiences for the kids growing up, but they eventually showed just how much this family structure negatively impacted them once they got older & had more confidence to speak out. So far, not one of the kids continued this lifestyle in their adult lives. That says a lot💔
I was thinking the same thing. Everything happened. Meri saying about one wife coming in and basically ruining everything, such foreshadowing.
8:00 she said, "I would bet my left ass cheek" !!!!! Lol!!!! I am dyin
😂😂😂😂😂....
also, please take care of yourself. Don't push your own boundaries for content. You are brave to do this & I appreciate it as a viewer.... but I'm also feeling drawn to sending you lots of loving support while you watch this. Take care & yes humor is such an awesome coping mechanism. I have used it to get through so much in my life.....
"left ass cheek"... lol, that just kills me. So freakin funny😂😂😂😂
Let's spice things up with some chaos! 😂 I'd like to see you do more of these but agree, just the first/last episodes.
Robyn had a huge meltdown of a purity talk with the kids in a later season. And they do address their clothing choices in season one.
I just started watching this! I'm so glad to see you do this. You know the culture, if not the specific church. Ty!
Thank you for this. I don't think I could have watched this without the culty crew.❤
Amanda you are brilliant at this, and so funny! I grew up in AUB cult and attended the same private school for a short time with Meri & Christine. I would love to watch you doing a live show (or recording, either would be great)on the last season, if you are up for it. I still get triggered from this shit too, but it’s therapeutic to hear you pointing out how fucked up it is. Wine helps too. Anyway thanks for the content and making me laugh.
Hearing your insights was great! Now, you gotta buy a much later season episode where it all falls apart! 😂🤦🏼♀️ My best friend and I watched every season until 3ish years ago. In the much later seasons, he does kinda mention the name of the cult.
I still watch it. Meri, Janelle, and Christine all left. Christine is engaged to be married to a man who looks at her like she's his world. Christine no longer believes in polygamy. Not sure if you knew that... sorry for the spoiler 😕. I was just happy those 3 left.
I just finished watching ALL 17 SEASONS of Sister Wives and I just found your channel, this is amazing!
Amanda, did you watch the test of the season?? Janelle knew them bc she was MARRIED to Meri's brother 😂Kody was her BIL. Edited to add: I will always firmly believe that Kody and Robin were bumping ugly's BEFORE marriage. No one can convince me otherwise
You don't drive four hours to sit in a cafe and have a coffee drink...
The look on Kody and Robin’s faces when he arrives at her house while “courting” tells on them lol
You have really great insight and your sense of humor is so quick witted. I love it. I just discovered you so I can’t wait to watch all your videos. Best wishes and happy holidays 🎄🎄🎄
You’re reaction to this show is actually very refreshing and love your take on it with actually having loved it, would love to see more reactions if you’re up for it!
Omg i just watched both of your reviews about sisterwives and I could freaking watch you review this show all day every day! I think you should do the entire series or at least a few episodes from each season! Maybe let your subscribers vote on their favorite episodes from each season and review the top 3! I would absolutely binge watch the crap out of that 😂 Your perspective on this show is 100% spot on with the rest of the world right now everyone hates Kody Brown but love watching him dig his hole deeper and deeper every week 😂❤
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Wow! The first episode was what pulled the wool over our eyes, thinking they were a normal happy family. But you immediately saw through the BS and predicted the dysfunction of the next 16 seasons.
Your perspective is so refreshing. I wish you would watch more because things I didn’t notice, you are seeing right away. But I understand if its a trigger for you to watch.
LMAO OMG you had me laughing so hard when you made that lil joke on the fly about seeing Kody’s wife (so sorry I forgot her name 🤦🏻♀️) at the airport and following her home and being in her house… lol all casual with spot-on comedic delivery… you’re awesome. Saw you on C2C and Mormon Stories and I just want to say you are so freaking smart, funny, and resilient, and I’m glad I finally found my way to your channel!
You are the best commentator for sister wives so far. Please please watch the latest season, all you said like favorite wife etc is validated!
Don't worry about offending his wives or kids about disliking Kody, they all dislike him now, too. 😂
Bless your heart for watching this. I have watched all of it, but I can feel your anxiety by watching this and appreciate your insight. Hopefully you take care of yourself.
Kody doesn’t have enough love, empathy and compassion in his heart for even one wife, let alone FOUR!!!
"A few more comments before we close for prayer" 🤣😅 love your channel so much 💜💜
I absolutely loved your take on this family. Your commentary was insightful, on point, and I agree Kody is horrible.
if you do this for every episode, i WILL watch. devotedly. this is the content ive been waiting for.
I LOVE your Humor Amanda🤗 you are truly blessed to have got out of there & have your wits about you👍🏼💜
Amanda is genuinely funny. This channel rocks! Thanks for the content.
I love watching you, you have hit the nail on the head with everything you’ve said. I would love for you to do another one, but I understand it hits home and is triggering to you. I love your content ❤❤❤
I love hearing your thoughts on this! I havent seen anyone else mention Gwendolyn Brown's channel, she has been rewatching old episodes and adding context/commentary from her perspective 😁 i believe her and Paedon are the only two kids publicly speaking about their experience
I saw the look on your face in the first 3 seconds of the show lol and you popping back in with the wine "IM TRIGGERED 🎵🎵🎵" LOLLOL 😂😂
I LOVE your insights, you're funny, and I hope you do more episodes. If you do, I'll def subscribe.
..I'm actually in her room right now! (...and so much more!) 😂🤣😅
You're funny! AND I'm so glad you were able to leave the cult! So happy for you!
Thanks so much for watching this - in spite of your reluctance! Your insights are so valuable!
Wishing you all the best!
Take this opinion with a grain of salt, because i haven’t rewatched the full series since it first came out….
His narcissistic tendencies grow throughout the series (not so evident at first), but also the wives’s sense of independence grow throughout the series too. All family the dynamics completely changed after Robin joined, and also with each move. If you ever have the emotional space to continue watching and reviewing the series, you might find it really interesting to see that evolution.
Amanda if you are having triggers watching episode one…wait to you watch all the others.
There are no words … I do appreciate you sharing your life experiences with us.
I think when Christine talks about evening out the family by adding a third wife it means whenever one of the waves is out with the Husband now and there’s two of them sitting at home so they have each other instead of the one wife sitting at home by herself imagining everything that’s going on with her sister, wife and her husband
My dad was the first generation out of polygamy and I was raised in conservative evangelicalism with a bunch of weird abuse instead lol, but this reminds me of how i watch documentaries about evangelicalism. 😂
It can be really triggering because you hear and see SO much of the subtext. Like holy heck.
I would be so interested to see what you think about Robyn. It's widely believed that her relationship to Kody is what eventually broke up the marriage. I totally get not being able to watch for your own triggers though, so take care of yourself. 💜
I just found you from someone over at Andrew Gold's. I subbed ya. 🙂
When I was younger and I used to see pictures of kids in families like the Kingstons, I always wished I could have been one of the members of those families. It looked like so much fun to have that many sisters and brothers, and you were all so adorable, and you always looked happy.
But now as I'm getting older, I'm waking up, and my inner child is as well. Now I've seen the light. I am a fellow truth seeker, you see. Now, I'm always rooting for everybody to get out of those families if they need to (not out of the Browns) but like when I watch Escaping Polygamy. I'm sorry to have to say it, but I'm pretty sure most people reading this understand.
I am so mad at me for falling for their story in the beginning.. it’s apparent to me now how foolish I was to believe this mess was working for them in the beginning episodes.
Don’t be, they were pretty damn convincing. Im far from stupid and they even had me fooled at first.
Amanda you’re so funny! We would get along so well lol, I love your sense of humor😂
I really hope you continue, becauseyour insight is spot on, but your mental health is of utmost importance.
The complete differences in the way Kody talked about polygamy and the way he talks about it now. He went from I fell in love and I fell in love again and again, to “I never loved any of them but Robyn.
Spoiler: he is going to kiss his new girl before marriage while his wife is in labour.
Wow...I did not think I could despise him more...thank you for that lol ugh that is so gross of him!🤮
Your face after the title screen with Kody’s cliche quote is how all our faces look when it comes to Kody 😂❤
Amanda, the only one that knew about the addition of Robin was Meri. Meri and Kody kept it from everybody else. Sobbin Robin approached Kody, some say she pursued him due to her wanting to be on tv. Janelle and Christine found out at the same time as the children did. This comes out in later episodes and causes a lot of tension. Meri was a typical first wife, she was mean with Janelle and Christine, she was also mean with their twelve children. Some of the older children claimed that Meri not only mentally abused them, some say they were physically assaulted by her too.
You’re literally one of the funniest people I’ve found on TH-cam in a looooong time 😂😂.. fastest subscribe ever ❤
Janelle was married to Mary’s brother before Cody. Janelle’s mom married Cody’s dad as a 3rd wife around the same time that Janelle and Cody got married.
Awesome video as always!
I am so happy you made this video I will enjoy this family I recently found the show and watch all 17 episodes
I love your reactions! Please do more. I’m laughing with you
I'd like to see you do more of these; I'd prob make the channel blow up. It's good to hear the opinion of someone that knows the real deal.
“I don’t even know who my dad is” had me dying laughing
Selfishly I would like you to watch every episode because your inside insight and honesty is fascinating. I’m going to check on your Patreon 😊
I'd love to know what your cousin Kollene has to say about the Browns after being on the show and meeting them! Especially in 2023 now that the family has completely fallen apart (spoiler).
😂😂😂 I almost spit my drink out when you said “I don’t want no Simps up in here” … you made my day
You were spot on in your review. It all blows up in the end. Everything you said was right and then some!
So...I've watched these shows and I'm really enjoying your perspective!
Very good video as always Amanda! Im loving your reaction videos your very informative yet add your own humor in! Luv ya girl
Your fan,
Grace
Amanda, if you get triggered by this episode…. Don’t watch the last season!!!!! It’s awful how he talks to all the wives except Robyn! All so the older kids! In my opinion you are spot on about Kody!! ❤❤
Keep up the good fight!! Love you!!!❤❤
You were spot on in your views and doubts.
I would love to see you react to more episodes. However, if it’s not good for you, then don’t. It’s just nice to see your perspective since you’ve lived it♥️
"Can't handle having two children?! Have a third!" 😂
You genuinely make me laugh 😃 & I wish I had a friend like you! ❤❤