{"id":114003,"date":"2024-07-25T18:02:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T18:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/25\/meri-brown-hmmm-should-i-have-left-kody-sooner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T18:02:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T18:02:26","slug":"meri-brown-hmmm-should-i-have-left-kody-sooner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/25\/meri-brown-hmmm-should-i-have-left-kody-sooner\/","title":{"rendered":"Meri Brown: Hmmm&#8230; Should I Have Left Kody Sooner?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It took Meri Brown a very long time to get here.<\/p>\n<p>As you very likely know by now, the veteran Sister Wives cast member is no longer married to Kody Brown; not legally, not spiritually.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2023, the former spouses broke their silence on long-gestating rumors of their romantic demise by stating the following:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MeriBrownSisterWivesTLC-1024x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-501987 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MeriBrownSisterWivesTLC-1024x563.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MeriBrownSisterWivesTLC-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MeriBrownSisterWivesTLC-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MeriBrownSisterWivesTLC-960x528.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MeriBrownSisterWivesTLC-1080x594.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MeriBrownSisterWivesTLC.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MeriBrownSisterWivesTLC.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (YouTube\/TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAfter more than a decade of working on our relationship in our own unique ways, we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2023\/01\/meri-and-kody-brown-it-really-is-over-weve-terminated-our-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made the decision to permanently terminate <\/a>our marriage relationship\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring this process, we are committed to kindness and respect toward each other and to all members of our family,\u201d concluded the exes today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are also committed to the continued healing of any and all relationships with the family so that we can move forward with forgiveness, grace, and love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meri quickly told social media followers at the time that she held no ill will toward her ex at all. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-1024x593.webp\" alt=\"Meri Brown on a Sister Wives episode\" class=\"wp-image-491017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-1024x593.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-300x174.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-768x445.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-735x426.webp 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-335x194.webp 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-347x201.webp 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-520x301.webp 520w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-640x371.webp 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-960x556.webp 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-1080x626.webp 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC.webp 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-1024x593.webp\" alt=\"Meri Brown on a Sister Wives episode\" class=\"wp-image-491017 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-1024x593.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-300x174.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-768x445.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-735x426.webp 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-335x194.webp 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-347x201.webp 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-520x301.webp 520w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-640x371.webp 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-960x556.webp 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC-1080x626.webp 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC.webp 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-Season-17-_-TLC.webp\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meri Brown opens up here to the TLC cameras.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The thing is, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/07\/meri-brown-leaving-sister-wives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kody and Meri hadn\u2019t slept together<\/a> for a decade by the time they broke up.<\/p>\n<p>Does Meri therefore having any regrets over waiting so long to walk away from such an unhealthy and loveless union?<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, Meri explained this week on The Sarah Fraser Show podcast, she can get into a \u201cnegative headspace\u201d and can wonder why she and Kody didn\u2019t figure out their split a long time ago.<\/p>\n<p>That way, \u201cI could\u2019ve dated in my 40s rather than dated in my 50s,\u201d she told the host.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Meri Brown on the new season of Sister Wives\" class=\"wp-image-490383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-735x551.jpg 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-335x251.jpg 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-347x260.jpg 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Meri Brown on the new season of Sister Wives\" class=\"wp-image-490383 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-735x551.jpg 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-335x251.jpg 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-347x260.jpg 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/01\/meri-brown-sister-wives.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meri Brown being interviewed during Sister Wives, season 18.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (YOUTUBE\/TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The reality star acknowledged during this exchangethat her life \u201cwould\u2019ve been so much easier\u201d if she and Kody ended their relationship sooner. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut then I really think about it, and it\u2019s like, wait a second. What did I learn through the process?\u201d Brown continued. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow confident am I in where I am right now because of the process? You know what I mean? I don\u2019t have any regrets of where I am now and leaving when I left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the record, Meri has previously said she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/06\/meri-brown-to-former-sister-wives-good-riddance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doesn\u2019t talk to any of her ex-sister wives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear where things stand these days with Kody, but the TLC personality said she always would have \u201cwondered\u201d about the former couple\u2019s future if they had not given their relationship everything they possibly could have.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"954\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-23-at-19.24.00.jpg\" alt=\"Meri Brown in thought\" class=\"wp-image-487402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-23-at-19.24.00.jpg 954w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-23-at-19.24.00-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-23-at-19.24.00-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-23-at-19.24.00-735x458.jpg 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-23-at-19.24.00-335x209.jpg 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-23-at-19.24.00-347x216.jpg 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-23-at-19.24.00-520x324.jpg 520w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-23-at-19.24.00-640x398.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"954\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-23-at-19.24.00.jpg\" alt=\"Meri Brown in thought\" class=\"wp-image-487402 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-23-at-19.24.00.jpg 954w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-23-at-19.24.00-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-23-at-19.24.00-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-23-at-19.24.00-735x458.jpg 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-23-at-19.24.00-335x209.jpg 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-23-at-19.24.00-347x216.jpg 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-23-at-19.24.00-520x324.jpg 520w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-23-at-19.24.00-640x398.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-23-at-19.24.00.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meri Brown appears to be ruminating on life in this photo from an episode of Sister Wives.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At this point, Meri says she is \u201cvery, very confident\u201d in where she is and how she feels.<\/p>\n<p>No, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/05\/meri-brown-okay-this-is-what-im-looking-for-in-a-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she isn\u2019t dating<\/a>. Not at the moment anyway.<\/p>\n<p>But she is open to finding love once again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrince Charming has not arrived. I\u2019m not really looking for a prince. No, I\u2019m looking for a king,\u201d Meri told fans in April. \u201cThere\u2019s a bit of an energetic difference there. A prince is still a boy. I want a man who knows who he is.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urls.grow.me\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaG9sbHl3b29kZ29zc2lwLmNvbS8yMDI0LzA3L21lcmktYnJvd24taG1tbS1zaG91bGQtaS1oYXZlLWxlZnQta29keS1zb29uZXIv\/e\/*%7CEMAIL%7C*\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took Meri Brown a very long time to get here. As you very likely know by now, the veteran Sister Wives cast member is no longer married to Kody Brown; not legally, not spiritually. In January 2023, the former spouses broke their silence on long-gestating rumors of their romantic demise by stating the following: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-114003","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}