{"id":138212,"date":"2024-12-13T12:26:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T12:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/13\/meri-brown-delivers-rare-update-on-transgender-daughter\/"},"modified":"2024-12-13T12:26:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T12:26:20","slug":"meri-brown-delivers-rare-update-on-transgender-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/13\/meri-brown-delivers-rare-update-on-transgender-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Meri Brown Delivers Rare Update on Transgender Daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Meri Brown is here with an unexpected and unusual update on her transgender child, Leon.<\/p>\n<p>The Sister Wives sat down this week with People Magazine to discuss the 29-year old, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2022\/06\/sister-wives-star-comes-out-as-trans-announces-new-name-and-pronouns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">came out as transgender<\/a> in June 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey, by their choice, have made a decision to not be super public,\u201d Meri told People, using the pronoun Leon has said they would prefer and adding: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I don\u2019t talk about them so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-1024x547.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515124 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-1024x547.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-300x160.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-768x410.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-960x513.webp 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives-1080x577.webp 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Meri-Brown-Sister-Wives.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meri Brown delved into her decision to leave Kody on Sister Wives Season 19.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2023\/01\/leon-brown-transgender-sister-wives-star-undergoes-gender-reassignment-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leon Brown underwent gender reassignment surgery<\/a> in January 2023 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2023\/08\/surprise-leon-brown-and-audry-kriss-are-married\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">married partner Audrey Kriss<\/a> about nine months later.<\/p>\n<p>Meri, for her part, said that \u201cwhatever they want to put on social media is what people get to know about them,\u201d emphasizing that she tries to respect Leon\u2019s request for privacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talk often,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sister-wives-star-meri-brown-gives-rare-update-on-her-child-leon-exclusive-8760871\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meri did tell People<\/a>, though. \u201cThey\u2019re doing well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leon appeared here and there on Sister Wives over the years, but has been absent now for a number of seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Most fans assume this is due to the tension that continues to exist between Kody, his only remaining spouse Robyn and most of Kody\u2019s adult children.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/meri-brown-sister-wives-premiere-zz-240910-054d93-1024x538.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-513510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/meri-brown-sister-wives-premiere-zz-240910-054d93-1024x538.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/meri-brown-sister-wives-premiere-zz-240910-054d93-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/meri-brown-sister-wives-premiere-zz-240910-054d93-768x403.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/meri-brown-sister-wives-premiere-zz-240910-054d93-960x504.webp 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/meri-brown-sister-wives-premiere-zz-240910-054d93-1080x567.webp 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/meri-brown-sister-wives-premiere-zz-240910-054d93.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/meri-brown-sister-wives-premiere-zz-240910-054d93-1024x538.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-513510 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/meri-brown-sister-wives-premiere-zz-240910-054d93-1024x538.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/meri-brown-sister-wives-premiere-zz-240910-054d93-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/meri-brown-sister-wives-premiere-zz-240910-054d93-768x403.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/meri-brown-sister-wives-premiere-zz-240910-054d93-960x504.webp 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/meri-brown-sister-wives-premiere-zz-240910-054d93-1080x567.webp 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/meri-brown-sister-wives-premiere-zz-240910-054d93.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/meri-brown-sister-wives-premiere-zz-240910-054d93.webp\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meri Brown was very unhappy for most of her marriage to Kody.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot to dissect there, and I think that it\u2019s very fair for everybody that they have their own feelings and perspectives about it, and they\u2019re real for them,\u201d Meri simply told People. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re real for Kody and Robyn, and they\u2019re real for the kids. You know what I mean? And they\u2019re very different for each.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/janelle-brown-to-kody-dude-your-family-hates-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kody isn\u2019t close<\/a> to his sons or his daughters.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not a secret, either, that we aren\u2019t major fans of Kody Brown here at The Hollywood Gossip.<\/p>\n<p>It only makes matter worse than a source told The Sun last year that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2023\/08\/kody-brown-is-he-actually-disgusted-by-his-transgender-child\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kody is \u201cdisgusted\u201d by Leon\u2019s transition<\/a>, but we cannot verify that allegation. Overall, Kody has actually seemed rather tolerant of the LGBTQ community.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-11.53.22%E2%80%AFAM-1024x590.png\" alt=\"Meri Brown on the season 19 premiere of Sister Wives.\" class=\"wp-image-509053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-11.53.22%E2%80%AFAM-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-11.53.22%E2%80%AFAM-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-11.53.22%E2%80%AFAM-768x443.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-11.53.22%E2%80%AFAM-960x553.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-11.53.22%E2%80%AFAM-1080x622.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-11.53.22%E2%80%AFAM-1200x692.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-11.53.22%E2%80%AFAM.png 1225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-11.53.22%E2%80%AFAM-1024x590.png\" alt=\"Meri Brown on the season 19 premiere of Sister Wives.\" class=\"wp-image-509053 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-11.53.22%E2%80%AFAM-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-11.53.22%E2%80%AFAM-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-11.53.22%E2%80%AFAM-768x443.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-11.53.22%E2%80%AFAM-960x553.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-11.53.22%E2%80%AFAM-1080x622.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-11.53.22%E2%80%AFAM-1200x692.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-11.53.22%E2%80%AFAM.png 1225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-11-at-11.53.22%E2%80%AFAM.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meri Brown on the season 19 premiere of Sister Wives.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meri is attempting to stay neutral in any controversy between her ex-husband and her kids.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you look at The Wizard of Oz, you see one perspective, and then you watch Wicked and it\u2019s a completely different perspective,\u201d she mysteriously added to People, referencing the smash hit play and movie and implying that Kody and his kids have different visions\/ideas of the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Leon, meanwhile?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone recently told me that I didn\u2019t have to have all of my sh-t figured out in order for me to share myself with the world,\u201d they wrote on social media two and a half years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo here\u2019s me, definitely not having almost any of my sh-t figured out, to let you know that I am trans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy name is Leon or Leo (I love both) and my pronouns are they\/them\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing queer &amp; trans are definitely some of my favorite parts of myself,\u201d but \u201cthere are so many things that I am learning to love about myself through this process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s to me getting to know myself, share myself, and continually evolve to be the person I am, to be my favorite self in all contexts.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/meri-brown-delivers-rare-update-on-transgender-daughter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meri Brown is here with an unexpected and unusual update on her transgender child, Leon. The Sister Wives sat down this week with People Magazine to discuss the 29-year old, who came out as transgender in June 2022. \u201cThey, by their choice, have made a decision to not be super public,\u201d Meri told People, using [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-138212","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\/138212","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=138212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}