{"id":220588,"date":"2026-02-03T19:44:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/kody-brown-is-a-deadbeat-dad-daughter-says-in-new-interview\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T19:44:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:44:55","slug":"kody-brown-is-a-deadbeat-dad-daughter-says-in-new-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/kody-brown-is-a-deadbeat-dad-daughter-says-in-new-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Kody Brown is a DEADBEAT DAD, Daughter Says in New Interview"},"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 is basically a liar and a jerk and, most notably, a deadbeat dad who makes no real effort to reach out to his children.<\/p>\n<p>This, according to one of those children themselves.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the Growing Up in Polygamy YouTube channel, Mykelti Brown Padron \u2014 the daughter of Christine Brown Woolley and Kody Brown \u2014 didn\u2019t hold back very much when the conversation shifted to her dad and his relationship with most of his kids.<\/p>\n<p>And also to her dad\u2019s wife.<\/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><span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI would say there\u2019s probably 80-85 percent of my siblings who don\u2019t like Robyn,\u201d Mykelti said, clarifying that she wasn\u2019t referring here to Robyn\u2019s biological kids with Kody.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last few months, meanwhile, the father of 18 has talked a bit more than usual about his broken relationships and has kinda, sorta, occasionally taken responsibility?<\/p>\n<p>But he\u2019s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/12\/kody-brown-blame-my-kids-its-their-fault-we-dont-talk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blamed his children for the two sides<\/a> not talking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral of my siblings have blocked him,\u201d Mykelti said during this new interview. \u201cI know which ones have, but I\u2019m not going to say it, but I do know that there are several of my siblings who have told him point-blank, \u2018Do not ever contact me again.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued, clearly critical of her father:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo obviously with those, he\u2019s still going to generalize us, and he\u2019s not going to name us by name. But he isn\u2019t actively reaching out [to them] and seeking that relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sister-wives-kody-brown-122325-ea97483df90d49da9ac2677439452069-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-544080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sister-wives-kody-brown-122325-ea97483df90d49da9ac2677439452069-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sister-wives-kody-brown-122325-ea97483df90d49da9ac2677439452069-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sister-wives-kody-brown-122325-ea97483df90d49da9ac2677439452069-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sister-wives-kody-brown-122325-ea97483df90d49da9ac2677439452069-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sister-wives-kody-brown-122325-ea97483df90d49da9ac2677439452069-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sister-wives-kody-brown-122325-ea97483df90d49da9ac2677439452069-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sister-wives-kody-brown-122325-ea97483df90d49da9ac2677439452069.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sister-wives-kody-brown-122325-ea97483df90d49da9ac2677439452069-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-544080 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sister-wives-kody-brown-122325-ea97483df90d49da9ac2677439452069-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sister-wives-kody-brown-122325-ea97483df90d49da9ac2677439452069-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sister-wives-kody-brown-122325-ea97483df90d49da9ac2677439452069-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sister-wives-kody-brown-122325-ea97483df90d49da9ac2677439452069-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sister-wives-kody-brown-122325-ea97483df90d49da9ac2677439452069-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sister-wives-kody-brown-122325-ea97483df90d49da9ac2677439452069-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sister-wives-kody-brown-122325-ea97483df90d49da9ac2677439452069.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sister-wives-kody-brown-122325-ea97483df90d49da9ac2677439452069.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the November 6 episode of Fox\u2019s Special Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/11\/kody-brown-breaks-down-admits-hes-been-failure-as-a-father\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brown actually broke down<\/a> while admitting to his own shortcomings as a father to his sons and daughters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI should have had a stronger relationship with my children,\u201d Brown told a couple fellow contestants on this reality program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m at a place in my life now where I\u2019m very willing to say that I\u2019ve been wrong,\u201d he added, actually starting to cry on air. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy failures were because I didn\u2019t know about being a good dad and husband, and I thought I did. I really thought I did, and I misunderstood that. I did it wrong in so many ways, and I hated being blamed for it, and so it made me resistant to ownership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sounds like a mature perspective.<\/p>\n<p>But Mykelti added of her father\u2019s attempts to reconcile: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he could try harder. He\u2019s not trying as hard as he could, and there\u2019s room for improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sister-Wives-Christine-Brown-Mykelti-Cross-Country-Move-100325-tout-e741460738b44630b9cffea4a571a96f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-536891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sister-Wives-Christine-Brown-Mykelti-Cross-Country-Move-100325-tout-e741460738b44630b9cffea4a571a96f.jpg 750w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sister-Wives-Christine-Brown-Mykelti-Cross-Country-Move-100325-tout-e741460738b44630b9cffea4a571a96f-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sister-Wives-Christine-Brown-Mykelti-Cross-Country-Move-100325-tout-e741460738b44630b9cffea4a571a96f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-536891 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sister-Wives-Christine-Brown-Mykelti-Cross-Country-Move-100325-tout-e741460738b44630b9cffea4a571a96f.jpg 750w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sister-Wives-Christine-Brown-Mykelti-Cross-Country-Move-100325-tout-e741460738b44630b9cffea4a571a96f-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sister-Wives-Christine-Brown-Mykelti-Cross-Country-Move-100325-tout-e741460738b44630b9cffea4a571a96f.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TLC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mykelti has never been shy about speaking her mind.<\/p>\n<p>Last fall, for example, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/11\/mykelti-brown-details-meri-brown-bad-parent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blasted Meri Brown as a rather poor parent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe just was not a very good parent,\u201d Mykelti said simply at the time. \u201cShe wasn\u2019t a very good mom. She was not fun to be [around].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Concluded the reality star back then of Meri<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think she\u2019s a bad person. I just think she\u2019s made mistakes. She still deserves happiness at the end of it. I\u2019m just never going to have a relationship with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/02\/kody-brown-is-a-deadbeat-dad-daughter-says-in-new-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Kody Brown is basically a liar and a jerk and, most notably, a deadbeat dad who makes no real effort to reach out to his children. This, according to one of those children themselves. In an interview with the Growing Up in Polygamy YouTube channel, Mykelti Brown Padron \u2014 the daughter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":220589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-220588","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\/220588","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=220588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}