There’s no way Cody drove for five hours one-way every weekend to sleep on Robbins couch absolutely no way and Robin was pretty loose from what I understand from what I’ve heard and seen so you know she was putting it out IMO
When Christine revealed how hurt she felt when Kody and Robyn sealed their engagement with a smooch it seems they kept smooching after ( and before??) from than on. Kody drove for hours to stay at Robyn’s for the weekends. While Christine was heavily pregnant. This man is repugnant.
The disrespect Kody and Robyn showed Christine was horrible in front of the cameras no less. I cant imagine how Christine felt and later Truly how unimportant her father probably made her feel. It’s a wonder she didn’t leave you sooner
Oh, yeah, that time Kody couldn't be bothered to take care of his own child, who was sick, and instead let his teenage daughters deal with it. That time that Kody was entirely responsible for almost unaliving Truely because being with Robyn's kids was more important. Don't even get me started on Ysabel!
Yeah, Christine being alone isn't all that shocking, especially now that we have the whole scope of the show. Meri was alone when her mother died too. It just kind of illustrates how they might have a big family, but none of them are really there for each other.
Kody kissing Robyn while Christine was in labor is the reason I think Kody and Robyn had their super secret, private ceremony when she moved to Lehi, not in May when they said it happened. That was the party for the show, they got married on a different day. Kody needed to stop twitching and wait for May. But I get the sense that Kody will lie about anything, even when the truth is on his side.
How about one of the other wives bring Aspyn and snacks and clothes to Kody at the hospital?🤔 If he wanted to stay, he would have, he wanted to see Robyn IMO 😡
Based on this review, I am guessing that Benjamin’s eyes were opened when he went to college. If there is one positive coming from the SW show, it’s that the family broke loose from the toxic polygamous environment in Utah and were exposed to public education and college. If the show hadn’t happened, you have to wonder if the family would still be in support of polygamy with some of the kids choosing that lifestyle?
One of the other adults should have went and did what Kody had to do. He shouldn’t have had to leave. And Christine has said she was afraid if hospitals.
It's a priority of needs. But up side down. Kody has always gotten love, money and attention. Look how rich he is? In a mansion with cars, clothes, paintings? What abt Janelle and all the children? I find it desturbing that Kody has maximized his utility at expense of the rest of the family. There's no undoing that? And he has an attitude abt it & jumps way to easy into victimhood. He is completely unaware of how wrong it is and how it looks. No awareness.
I agree, Kody and Robyn have zero self awareness. They are both incredibly selfish, they have the best of everything yet somehow still claim they are victims. The real victims are his other children that he abandoned for Robyn and her brood. Also the other three wives that they used for their financial gain.
I'm so enjoying your honest perspective on the Sister Wives episodes, especially since you grew up in the faith and understand all the nuances of what's occurring. I find your thoughtful, intelligent, enlightened comments very interesting.
Kody has to be the worst. He only thinks about himself and his desires. Im so glad that you are watching the show and exposes Kody for what we all knew.
SO HAPPY you’re posting these reviews to TH-cam! I’m an OLD and don’t do tictok😂😂. Great to get insight and information from an insider who’s not afraid to speak out! Good luck to you Ben!!! 😊
Tlc really needs to be held accountable. On one hand I’m glad the show exposed polygamy for the inequity it is but I don’t think that was the point, exploitation was, just had the happy side effect of waking a lot of the family members to the fact it’s a unhealthy lifestyle.
Amen. Both Kody and Robyn were very aware of Christine's feelings about the pre marital kissing. Even Meri states her and kody kissed on wedding date but to keep kissing knowing that the one woman that was sooo hurt by it is giving birth yet still kiss knowing it's being filmed
I can understand having a large family in the 1800s, where you needed to work a farm by doing chores (not working in a family business) and everyone helped. Kids did school and social activities along with this. However, infant and child mortality was high, so you'd have a big family. That's not labor trafficking. And this is. And the adults cry poor. It's very sad.
If you talk about births shown you should include Solomon, Ariella and Madisons kids and Mykeltis kids along with Truely. It's beyond me how the women and their kids are just agreeing to show their births when they theoretically shouldn't but unpaid. It's crazy.
The total disrespect for Christine. And the comment about Meri’s infertility during labor. Thank you Ben for putting the culture and teachings of your childhood into a perspective for the general population. As a 50 something women until Sisterwives I never knew polygamy existed in the United States. I’m glad you were able to get out.Question if hospitals and outside medical assistance is frowned upon, how is IVF and other fertility interventions viewed by the AUB?
Yeah, I always thought that is why Kody kicked Meri to the curb, being having miscarriages and not wanting to deal with it, when he has other popping kids out.
I don’t think they can sue TLC. Parents are allowed to make these decisions for their children, right or not. As far as labor trafficking goes, that’s a matter of state law, so they could potentially sue their parents for back pay if the law is on their side.
I want to know how the sister wives parents feel on your commentary. I’m particularly interested in how Christine feels because I know you were at her wedding. 👀😂
All of the children should sue TLC and their parents as far as I’m concerned. Especially Kody who is deemed head of the family, because we all know these women didn’t have much of a choice.
Reference to ‘future faking’ - I had no idea. Yet another way the women of this cult are controlled . It’s sad to know women were strung along like that on top of everything else they had to suffer through behind a smile. The insight, observations based on shared experience and clarity of thought provided on this channel is impressive. Looking forward to Ben helping us understand Cody’s decisions during Ysabel’s back operation episodes.
Same thing was done to the dagger kids 19 and counting. They got no money not even for their wedding and then after some of the girls got grown and married, and a few of the girls had their own show, I can’t remember the name of it was I thought the girls were getting the money but apparently from what I heard the parents were still getting the money.
Love these reviews - you have great insight. Thanks for sharing these. It helps me overlook the fact that you gave such a strong facial resemblance to Kody 😂
My view point is a little different on truly birth. I understand what everyone is saying now about it. BUT before sisterwives era TLC was a medical channel. So showing births and surgeries was pretty normal. I felt brave moms would share their experiences. I really didn't have women in my life I could get honest or helpful information from and as a 1st time pregnant young woman, I got a lot of useful information that really helped me. When sisterwives started and I began watching season one and they showed that (they didn't show as much as with the other births on tlc) I didn't think anything about it. BUT I was use to seeing the medical stuff like births and surgeries for years on tlc. When sisterwives started I thought it was going to be like a documentary short term series. I thought tlc was going to continue medical track while adding more anthropology. Little people big world I felt started as kind of that mix this is our world and we have medical issues. However after sisterwives took off it seemed to completely lose the medical and change to this drama improv. Looking back yes tlc did a dis service to these kids. I just wanted to give a different view point on why it wasn't shocking to viewers and no one said anything at the time.
Maybe someone asked, but why did not all 3 of body's moms be on TV? I truly loved seeing grandma Janelle, Sherl, or even when Meri mom and Christine's mom would come on the show. Maybe it's bc I miss my grandmas terribly bad since their passing 3 yrs ago, but they were all so good to each child. So loving. No matter who the "natural" mom was. Anyway. I always wondered about Winn's other wife. [Was that your mom?]
Why is it only TLC’s fault when Kody and the wives were 100% complicit and chose of their own free will to put their children on national tv? I would be inclined to sue both my parents AND TLC by your analysis. Plus we as the public are just as complicit for watching it. And for that reason, I unsubscribed. I am still trying to reconcile in my mind watching review of the show and if that is helping power the shit show that is TLC. It probably is… 😢 I do appreciate your insights and creating awareness of the abuses that are occurring.
You clearly don’t like Kody and Robyn. When you say Kody exploits his kids why don’t you include their mother by name? What about when Christine told Truely about her and Kodys divorce on camera? Will you give Christine a pass and say kids are sneaky?
Kody and Robyn are disgusting!! 🤢 They tried to shut the door on the camera man to make out while Christine is in labor!!! Especially after laughing…and then catching herself and fake crying about how bad she supposedly felt when she found out that it bothered Christine. They are both so gross
Ben, let’s be honest. Kody didn’t drive 5 hrs to sleep on her couch during the courtship
Thank you. It's ridiculous.
There’s no way Cody drove for five hours one-way every weekend to sleep on Robbins couch absolutely no way and Robin was pretty loose from what I understand from what I’ve heard and seen so you know she was putting it out IMO
When Christine revealed how hurt she felt when Kody and Robyn sealed their engagement with a smooch it seems they kept smooching after ( and before??) from than on. Kody drove for hours to stay at Robyn’s for the weekends. While Christine was heavily pregnant. This man is repugnant.
You are the most fascinating “Sister Wives” reviewer on the internet
Also most knowledgeable on polygamy and the extended family. I look forward to your next episode review.
These insights are amazing.
The disrespect Kody and Robyn showed Christine was horrible in front of the cameras no less. I cant imagine how Christine felt and later Truly how unimportant her father probably made her feel. It’s a wonder she didn’t leave you sooner
That episode broke my heart for Christine. I just wanted to give her a hug.
You are the only one who has really called out Truelys birth. It breaks my heart that her birth was filmed and aired.
TLC is horrible. Not just this show. I am Jazz, is another horrible one. TLC needs to be held accountable.
What about the time Christine went away for the weekend, and truley ended up with kidney failure from dehydration.
🤍
Oh, yeah, that time Kody couldn't be bothered to take care of his own child, who was sick, and instead let his teenage daughters deal with it. That time that Kody was entirely responsible for almost unaliving Truely because being with Robyn's kids was more important. Don't even get me started on Ysabel!
To walk away from Christine who was delivering her 6th child? Insane. That can happen so fast
Yeah, Christine being alone isn't all that shocking, especially now that we have the whole scope of the show. Meri was alone when her mother died too. It just kind of illustrates how they might have a big family, but none of them are really there for each other.
But Cody knew the rules. He chose not to follow them and disrespect Christine.
Kody kissing Robyn while Christine was in labor is the reason I think Kody and Robyn had their super secret, private ceremony when she moved to Lehi, not in May when they said it happened. That was the party for the show, they got married on a different day. Kody needed to stop twitching and wait for May. But I get the sense that Kody will lie about anything, even when the truth is on his side.
How about one of the other wives bring Aspyn and snacks and clothes to Kody at the hospital?🤔 If he wanted to stay, he would have, he wanted to see Robyn IMO 😡
Based on this review, I am guessing that Benjamin’s eyes were opened when he went to college. If there is one positive coming from the SW show, it’s that the family broke loose from the toxic polygamous environment in Utah and were exposed to public education and college. If the show hadn’t happened, you have to wonder if the family would still be in support of polygamy with some of the kids choosing that lifestyle?
One of the other adults should have went and did what Kody had to do. He shouldn’t have had to leave. And Christine has said she was afraid if hospitals.
It's a priority of needs. But up side down. Kody has always gotten love, money and attention. Look how rich he is? In a mansion with cars, clothes, paintings?
What abt Janelle and all the children?
I find it desturbing that Kody has maximized his utility at expense of the rest of the family. There's no undoing that? And he has an attitude abt it & jumps way to easy into victimhood. He is completely unaware of how wrong it is and how it looks. No awareness.
I agree, Kody and Robyn have zero self awareness. They are both incredibly selfish, they have the best of everything yet somehow still claim they are victims. The real victims are his other children that he abandoned for Robyn and her brood. Also the other three wives that they used for their financial gain.
There is so much you catch that we don't. It's helping so much!
You can see right through their hypocrisy
Expecting us to believe they were chaste when she had a new cold sore every episode. We see you Robyn 😑
I'm so enjoying your honest perspective on the Sister Wives episodes, especially since you grew up in the faith and understand all the nuances of what's occurring. I find your thoughtful, intelligent, enlightened comments very interesting.
Kody has to be the worst. He only thinks about himself and his desires. Im so glad that you are watching the show and exposes Kody for what we all knew.
FYI Ben, it only gets worse, so much worse. Thank you for putting in the context that those of us who didn't grow up in a cult didn't understand.
SO HAPPY you’re posting these reviews to TH-cam! I’m an OLD and don’t do tictok😂😂. Great to get insight and information from an insider who’s not afraid to speak out! Good luck to you Ben!!! 😊
Tlc really needs to be held accountable. On one hand I’m glad the show exposed polygamy for the inequity it is but I don’t think that was the point, exploitation was, just had the happy side effect of waking a lot of the family members to the fact it’s a unhealthy lifestyle.
Amen. Both Kody and Robyn were very aware of Christine's feelings about the pre marital kissing. Even Meri states her and kody kissed on wedding date but to keep kissing knowing that the one woman that was sooo hurt by it is giving birth yet still kiss knowing it's being filmed
The 'Someday we'll get a house' sounds a lot like someday we will build on Coyote Pass. Get your casita Janelle!
I can understand having a large family in the 1800s, where you needed to work a farm by doing chores (not working in a family business) and everyone helped. Kids did school and social activities along with this. However, infant and child mortality was high, so you'd have a big family. That's not labor trafficking. And this is. And the adults cry poor. It's very sad.
If you talk about births shown you should include Solomon, Ariella and Madisons kids and Mykeltis kids along with Truely. It's beyond me how the women and their kids are just agreeing to show their births when they theoretically shouldn't but unpaid. It's crazy.
I would love to see the text messages between Cody and Robin the day Christine was in labor!!!
“Babylon’s pretty great…” 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 👌🏼✌🏼🤘🏼
The total disrespect for Christine. And the comment about Meri’s infertility during labor. Thank you Ben for putting the culture and teachings of your childhood into a perspective for the general population. As a 50 something women until Sisterwives I never knew polygamy existed in the United States. I’m glad you were able to get out.Question if hospitals and outside medical assistance is frowned upon, how is IVF and other fertility interventions viewed by the AUB?
Yeah, I always thought that is why Kody kicked Meri to the curb, being having miscarriages and not wanting to deal with it, when he has other popping kids out.
I don’t think they can sue TLC. Parents are allowed to make these decisions for their children, right or not. As far as labor trafficking goes, that’s a matter of state law, so they could potentially sue their parents for back pay if the law is on their side.
Well said Ben. If anyone can say what you’ve said, it’s you. You’ve had the experience. I hope Kody watches this!
Love hearing about your life, too! Glad you got out!
Wow, how did i miss that robyn already kissed kody and was bawling about it.... but dod it again, knowing how much it hurt Christine!
THE Robyn 😂
It's not just aired nationally. It's aired internationally.
THAT'S the way to do it!
Boom!
Ben is a very effective communicator.
Nailed it! FYI that episode was filmed April 13, 2010, and everything is already a disaster.
I want to know how the sister wives parents feel on your commentary. I’m particularly interested in how Christine feels because I know you were at her wedding. 👀😂
All of the children should sue TLC and their parents as far as I’m concerned. Especially Kody who is deemed head of the family, because we all know these women didn’t have much of a choice.
Reference to ‘future faking’ - I had no idea. Yet another way the women of this cult are controlled . It’s sad to know women were strung along like that on top of everything else they had to suffer through behind a smile. The insight, observations based on shared experience and clarity of thought provided on this channel is impressive. Looking forward to Ben helping us understand Cody’s decisions during Ysabel’s back operation episodes.
I hope you can skip some to react to the purity lecture, Season 6, Episode 6.
Kody and Robin did a LOT MORE than kiss before they got married. Why did Robin need kody to stay overnight in the wives' rotation, before marriage ?
I really love your National Park pics behind you!
Same thing was done to the dagger kids 19 and counting. They got no money not even for their wedding and then after some of the girls got grown and married, and a few of the girls had their own show, I can’t remember the name of it was I thought the girls were getting the money but apparently from what I heard the parents were still getting the money.
I am a great fan, love you’re content.
Love these reviews - you have great insight. Thanks for sharing these.
It helps me overlook the fact that you gave such a strong facial resemblance to Kody 😂
Seriously he looks so much like Kody !
You would make such a better interviewer than the current chick kody and Robin lie and she just goes okay
I feel like the couch interviews are done much later. So Robyn has already kissed Jody while Christine was in labor when the interviews were recorded.
We went to Yellowstone earlier this summer and got Mormon bread and now I feel so bad. 😢
OMG and the first time I watched this, I thought it was a cute episode 😭 You add so much perspective!
Great video!! You are very well spoken. ❤
💯 💯 💯 You are spot on!
My view point is a little different on truly birth. I understand what everyone is saying now about it. BUT before sisterwives era TLC was a medical channel. So showing births and surgeries was pretty normal. I felt brave moms would share their experiences. I really didn't have women in my life I could get honest or helpful information from and as a 1st time pregnant young woman, I got a lot of useful information that really helped me. When sisterwives started and I began watching season one and they showed that (they didn't show as much as with the other births on tlc) I didn't think anything about it. BUT I was use to seeing the medical stuff like births and surgeries for years on tlc. When sisterwives started I thought it was going to be like a documentary short term series. I thought tlc was going to continue medical track while adding more anthropology. Little people big world I felt started as kind of that mix this is our world and we have medical issues. However after sisterwives took off it seemed to completely lose the medical and change to this drama improv. Looking back yes tlc did a dis service to these kids. I just wanted to give a different view point on why it wasn't shocking to viewers and no one said anything at the time.
Maybe someone asked, but why did not all 3 of body's moms be on TV? I truly loved seeing grandma Janelle, Sherl, or even when Meri mom and Christine's mom would come on the show. Maybe it's bc I miss my grandmas terribly bad since their passing 3 yrs ago, but they were all so good to each child. So loving. No matter who the "natural" mom was.
Anyway. I always wondered about Winn's other wife. [Was that your mom?]
FYI putting these clips on this format you can not cuss for 7 seconds to get $$$$ you can do a comedy skit on that. 7 seconds weird
Dayum that got REAL
Right again my guy!❤
These vids are the best!
Very well put.
TLC is the worse. Its not the 1st time either
You look like Kody's twin...
I think they got counciling too. The councilor helped them see the real Kody🤔
That therapist looked sooo stressed at times 🤣 Yikes, 5 clients all wrapped up in the same drama.
Why is it only TLC’s fault when Kody and the wives were 100% complicit and chose of their own free will to put their children on national tv? I would be inclined to sue both my parents AND TLC by your analysis. Plus we as the public are just as complicit for watching it. And for that reason, I unsubscribed. I am still trying to reconcile in my mind watching review of the show and if that is helping power the shit show that is TLC. It probably is… 😢 I do appreciate your insights and creating awareness of the abuses that are occurring.
Ben, do you think if the show had never happened, Kody would still have all his wives still?
Probably
Yeah this episode was awful.
You clearly don’t like Kody and Robyn. When you say Kody exploits his kids why don’t you include their mother by name? What about when Christine told Truely about her and Kodys divorce on camera? Will you give Christine a pass and say kids are sneaky?
Hi Sobyn!
Kody and Robyn are disgusting!! 🤢
They tried to shut the door on the camera man to make out while Christine is in labor!!! Especially after laughing…and then catching herself and fake crying about how bad she supposedly felt when she found out that it bothered Christine.
They are both so gross