{"id":206409,"date":"2025-11-20T16:03:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/20\/kody-brown-was-just-kidding-about-taking-accountability\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T16:03:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:03:53","slug":"kody-brown-was-just-kidding-about-taking-accountability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/20\/kody-brown-was-just-kidding-about-taking-accountability\/","title":{"rendered":"Kody Brown Was Just Kidding About Taking Accountability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kody Brown took accountability for some of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/11\/kody-brown-breaks-down-admits-hes-been-failure-as-a-father\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">many failures as a father<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That honest, introspective act didn\u2019t last.<\/p>\n<p>Remember him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/11\/kody-brown-reduced-to-tears-due-to-prayer-filled-message-from-wife-on-special-forces-worlds-toughest-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">breaking down in \u201cvery real\u201d tears<\/a> on <em>Special Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test<\/em> and accepting that he screwed up his relationship with most of his kids?<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s taking it all back. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_01_kodybrown-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Kody Brown gestures to the camera.\" class=\"wp-image-539174 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_01_kodybrown-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_01_kodybrown-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_01_kodybrown-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_01_kodybrown-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_01_kodybrown-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_01_kodybrown-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_01_kodybrown-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_01_kodybrown.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_01_kodybrown.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">On \u2018Sister Wives,\u2019 failed polygamist Kody Brown speaks dramatically to the camera.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-remember-when-kody-brown-took-responsibility-that-one-time-he-takes-it-back\">Remember when Kody Brown took responsibility that one time? He takes it back<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s important to remember that the things that are wrong with Kody Brown are, clearly, not things that he can entirely hide.<\/p>\n<p>There are reality TV personalities whose personal pathologies remain beneath the surface.<\/p>\n<p>But <em>Sister Wives<\/em> might not be as compelling as it has been for these many years without Kody and his toxic personality quirks.<\/p>\n<p><em>During Special Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test<\/em>, he knew that thousands if not millions of people were seeing him for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>He tried (but failed) to make a good impression. He did at least surprise some people by appearing to take accountability for failing as a father, resulting in estrangement from most of his kids.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;Sister Wives&#039; star Kody Brown opens up about his divorces and relationships with his children\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oMeY2dlpy5o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>During an appearance on <em>Good Day New York<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oMeY2dlpy5o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kody began walking back<\/a> his admission to his failing.<\/p>\n<p>He doesn\u2019t really understand how profoundly he sabotaged his own family, his own relationships with his kids.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Directing Staff (basically producers) wanted him to say something along those lines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like the only \u2018military\u2019 way to manage this is to take full responsibility,\u201d Kody shared. He sounds almost like an actor explaining his character.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if you\u2019re [only] partly culpable, [say] you\u2019re fully culpable,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt\u2019s just like, ownership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kody explained: \u201cSo I went into it going, \u2018Yeah, I was the problem. I was the one that made a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203_sisterwives_02_kodybrown_crop-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Kody Brown sits by an outdoor fire.\" class=\"wp-image-518357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203_sisterwives_02_kodybrown_crop-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203_sisterwives_02_kodybrown_crop-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203_sisterwives_02_kodybrown_crop-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203_sisterwives_02_kodybrown_crop-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203_sisterwives_02_kodybrown_crop-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203_sisterwives_02_kodybrown_crop-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203_sisterwives_02_kodybrown_crop-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203_sisterwives_02_kodybrown_crop.png 1690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203_sisterwives_02_kodybrown_crop-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Kody Brown sits by an outdoor fire.\" class=\"wp-image-518357 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203_sisterwives_02_kodybrown_crop-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203_sisterwives_02_kodybrown_crop-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203_sisterwives_02_kodybrown_crop-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203_sisterwives_02_kodybrown_crop-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203_sisterwives_02_kodybrown_crop-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203_sisterwives_02_kodybrown_crop-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203_sisterwives_02_kodybrown_crop-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203_sisterwives_02_kodybrown_crop.png 1690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0203_sisterwives_02_kodybrown_crop.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">On Sister Wives, Kody Brown sits by the fire and remembers his fallen dreams for Coyote Pass.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-re-never-gonna-believe-this-but-he-s-gasp-blaming-his-exes\">You\u2019re never gonna believe this, but he\u2019s (gasp) blaming his exes<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cBut in all reality, [the blame] is to be shared with ex-wives,\u201d Kody Brown insisted. <em>Of course<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut mostly the real issue is we broke up as a family,\u201d he insisted. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t be the only one who\u2019s culpable for that,\u201d Kody claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody else has to take responsibility,\u201d added the notoriously narcissistic reality TV villain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ex-wives have to take partial responsibility,\u201d Kody emphasized. \u201cIn this moment I was like, \u2018It was all me\u2019 because that was just the state I was in.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_02_kodybrown-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Kody Brown speaks to the camera.\" class=\"wp-image-539176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_02_kodybrown-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_02_kodybrown-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_02_kodybrown-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_02_kodybrown-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_02_kodybrown-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_02_kodybrown-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_02_kodybrown-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_02_kodybrown.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_02_kodybrown-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Kody Brown speaks to the camera.\" class=\"wp-image-539176 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_02_kodybrown-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_02_kodybrown-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_02_kodybrown-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_02_kodybrown-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_02_kodybrown-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_02_kodybrown-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_02_kodybrown-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_02_kodybrown.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1103_sisterwives_02_kodybrown.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Speaking to the \u2018Sister Wives\u2019 confessional camera is Kody Brown, as charming as ever.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just for the record, Kody began to have impossible-to-hide friction with his adult children <em>years<\/em> before his divorces.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic made some of his favoritism impossible to ignore.<\/p>\n<p>Christine and her famous, oft-memed \u201cWhat does the nanny do?\u201d helped to sear that into Sister Wives viewers\u2019 memories.<\/p>\n<p>But Kody\u2019s kids noticed, too. And years and years of unfairness reached a boiling point.<\/p>\n<p>The divorces did not begin until late 2021 (starting with Christine, ending with Meri in early 2023, and with Janelle in between).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0425_sisterwives_03_kodybrown-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Kody Brown looks incredulous on an April 2025 episode of Sister Wives.\" class=\"wp-image-524220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0425_sisterwives_03_kodybrown-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0425_sisterwives_03_kodybrown-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0425_sisterwives_03_kodybrown-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0425_sisterwives_03_kodybrown-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0425_sisterwives_03_kodybrown-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0425_sisterwives_03_kodybrown-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0425_sisterwives_03_kodybrown-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0425_sisterwives_03_kodybrown.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0425_sisterwives_03_kodybrown-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Kody Brown looks incredulous on an April 2025 episode of Sister Wives.\" class=\"wp-image-524220 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0425_sisterwives_03_kodybrown-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0425_sisterwives_03_kodybrown-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0425_sisterwives_03_kodybrown-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0425_sisterwives_03_kodybrown-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0425_sisterwives_03_kodybrown-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0425_sisterwives_03_kodybrown-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0425_sisterwives_03_kodybrown-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0425_sisterwives_03_kodybrown.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0425_sisterwives_03_kodybrown.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Making quite the facial expression, Kody Brown listens to his one remaining wife on \u2018Sister Wives.\u2019<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-kody-could-become-a-good-person-if-he-chose-to-but-he-is-unwilling-to-admit-that-he-needs-to-change\">Kody could become a good person if he chose to, but he is unwilling to admit that he needs to change <\/h2>\n<p>But it is no surprise for Kody Brown to rewrite history to serve his own narrative.<\/p>\n<p>That is, many <em>Sister Wives<\/em> fans long ago concluded, simply part of who he is.<\/p>\n<p>It is likely much easier for Kody to blame others than to accept the reality of his own failures.<\/p>\n<p>However, due to his nature, he simply cannot even <em>pretend<\/em> to accept responsibility \u2014 not permanently.<\/p>\n<p>He said many of the right things on camera. And then he threw that away, because he needs to believe in his own vindication. That doesn\u2019t seem healthy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/11\/kody-brown-retracts-accountability-fatherly-failings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Kody Brown took accountability for some of his many failures as a father. That honest, introspective act didn\u2019t last. Remember him breaking down in \u201cvery real\u201d tears on Special Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test and accepting that he screwed up his relationship with most of his kids? He\u2019s taking it all back. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":206411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-206409","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\/206409","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=206409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}