8 Ways Puppetmaster Robyn Manipulated Kody & His Exes (She’s A Mean Gold Digger Who Can’t Be Trusted)

Summary

• Robyn Brown disrupted the peace in the Brown family with her manipulative tactics.
• Despite claiming dedication to polygamy, Robyn’s actions showed she only cared about herself and created discord among the wives.
• Robyn orchestrated her way into Kody’s heart and financial resources, leading to her becoming the sole queen of the family while pretending to be a victim.

Sister Wives star Robyn Brown knew how to play Kody Brown‘s strings, manipulating her way into his relationships with the other wives. Kody’s crashed marriages to Meri Brown, Christine Brown, and Janelle Brown have been the theme of the last Sister Wives seasons, all thanks to Robyn’s manipulative tactics. The Brown family had enjoyed years of peace and unity before Robyn’s addition, and although the plan was to expand their family, it proved to be its undoing.

Immediately after Robyn joined the family, she personalized Kody’s time, attention, and money, alienating the other wives despite their protests. Robyn watched as Kody’s marriage to Meri, Janelle, and Christine’s children suffered, and as the gap between them widened, Robyn never did anything to mend the broken relationship. However, as Robyn sat for the Sister Wives season 18 episodes and fake cried as each of her sister wives bade goodbye, Robyn’s role as the ultimate Puppetmaster is further recognized.

8 Robyn Brown’s Ended Up With All Kody’s Money

All Robyn Sees Is Dollar Signs

Before Robyn joined the family, Kody and his other wives already had established roles within the family. Alongside Kody, Janelle and Meri worked full-time jobs to contribute financially to the family. Although Christine took on the responsibility of caring for the kids as the stay-at-home wife, sometimes she had to contribute her quota to the family finances, including working night shifts while pregnant.

Meanwhile, Robyn, on her part, only talked about getting a job when she joined the family; she never took any proactive steps to do so. Besides never getting a job, Robyn was also exposed to be over $32,000 in debt from several store credit cards, and the family had to pay off her loan to qualify for a home in Las Vegas. Robyn was always contended to be the wife Kody spent all his money on, and with the other wives no longer around to contend with, she might as well be a signatory to his accounts now.

7 Robyn Brown’s Commitment To Polygamy Was A Pitiful Sham

Robyn Never Lived Polygamy

For the most part, Robyn was one of the most outspoken on the importance of polygamy and how the departure of her sister wives broke her heart. However, a closer look at Robyn’s actions shows her dedication to polygamy was only a lie she told herself and so desperately wanted to believe. One of the most important traits to have in polygamy is mutual care, respect, and understanding, traits Robyn never showed. Not only didRobyn keep Kody to herself, but she also alienated him from his other wives despite their protests.

Once Robyn got her own house, she wouldn’t let her children associate with the other kids. She even broke a Christmas family tradition, preventing the other children from coming over to exchange gifts. Perhaps one of the strongest indications of Robyn’s ‘polygamy preference sham’ was when she said Kody bringing in another wife would be ‘disrespectful.’ For someone who cried about how monogamy is “messing with her identity,” surely she would want new wives in the family? Or not.

6 Robyn Brown Always Had To Be The Queen Bee

Robyn Is the Queen in Kody’s Kingdom

Robyn’s intent to be Kody’s only queen has always been evident from when the family started planning her wedding to Kody. Robyn didn’t care about displacing Meri as Kody’s only legally married wife, and she surely didn’t care about Christine’s jealousy about Kody choosing Robyn’s wedding dress with how she joyfully described the moment. Robyn did everything in her power to lord her dominance over the other wives, including sitting next to Kody during family meetings.

Robyn even claimed none of the wives understood their husband like she did, claiming she was the only one who could “speak Kody.” Robyn ensured her needs were met before the other wives’, including getting a palatial home befitting her status, while Christine lived in a trailer park. At the same time, Meri and Janelle struggled to fit their families into tiny houses.

5 Nothing’s Ever Good Enough For Robyn Brown

Robyn Wants More Than She Already Has

Robyn’s plan was to come into the Brown family and take over, which she has executed perfectly. Robyn is not only Kody’s legal wife but the only wife in the family after Meri, Christine, and Janelle left. Before their exit, Robyn got herself the biggest house, worth a whopping $890,000. After the wives’ exit, Robyn became the sole owner of the “Sisterwife’s Closet,” which was initially designed for all four wives to manage.

However, despite all these ‘achievements,’ Robyn hasn’t looked content. Since Meri, Christine, and Janelle left, Robyn has complained about feeling sad and depressed. After Kody declared he only ever loved Robyn, she rebuked him for trying to rewrite history. After achieving her goal of becoming the last standing wife, all Robyn has done is complain.

4 Robyn Brown’s Sweet Act Is Obviously Contrived

Robyn Didn’t Always Mean Good

When Meri announced she was downsizing and moving back to Utah, Robyn looked saddened at the announcement. Robyn would later beg Kody to be nice to Meri, noting, “Please say the right thing. Please, please give her something to hang on to.” To someone watching Sister Wives for the first time, Robyn would have seemed like the ultimate angel who wanted the feud in the family to end. Still, the act of being nice was undoubtedly forced and not genuine, considering Robyn was the one who blamed the wives for pushing Kody away and not taking care of their marriage.

3 Robyn Played The Victim (And Played Kody Like A Fiddle)

Robyn’s Tears Worked Kody

During the latter stages of Kody’s marriages to Christine, Janelle, and Meri, Robyn somehow found a way to make the split about her, shedding crocodile tears at the demise of the plural marriage she worked so hard to destroy. When Christine announced she was moving on from the marriage, Robyn made the issue about herself and how Christine was leaving the family by crying and dabbing her eyes. However, no real tears seemed to materialize. Robyn knew Kody felt betrayed, and she warmed her way into his ears by portraying Christine as the villain who left the family.

“Sobyn Robyn” became a term fans used to characterize Robyn’s attempts to play the victim, using her tears as a weapon. It wasn’t surprising when Christine’s Gwendlyn while reacting to a reunion episode, also called out Robyn’s fake crying and victimization antics, noting, “What is it zooming in on? Was it just me, or were there like no tears? That must suck. Crying, and no tears.” Robyn knew how to press Kody’s buttons to do her bidding and utilized it perfectly.

2 Robyn Brown Is Meaner Than She Looks

Robyn Is a Sheep in Wolves Clothing

As Kody’s marriage crashed, and the wives sat in front of the camera to discuss the family’s new dynamics, Robyn looked like a damsel in distress whose whole world was crashing. However, she orchestrated how the Brown family came into disarray by fanning the flames of discord in Kody’s estrangement from his wives. Robyn looked like she was losing her best friends Meri, Christine, and Janelle, but she body-shamed them publicly, stating, “When there’s stretch marks, and there’s weight gain, and there’s like, you know you’re stagnant in the marriage.” If only looks aren’t deceiving.

1 Robyn Brown May Not Love Kody Brown

Robyn Misses the Game

Robyn has gotten her wish for a monogamous marriage with Kody, but she doesn’t look happier. Robyn’s decision to request an equal portion of the land on the coyote pass separate from Kody might indicate she doesn’t think they’ll be together forever, which is quite telling. Since Meri, Janelle, and Christine left, Robyn has stopped complaining about feeling sad and depressed, and one wonders if what she found intriguing in the marriage was having her Sister Wives to rule over and the benefits they provided and not her love for Kody.

Sister Wives seasons 1-18 are available to stream on MAX.