BROKEN BOND Sister Wives patriarch Kody Brown ‘does not support’ child Leon’s transition and pair ‘do not have a relationship’
SISTER Wives’ Kody Brown is estranged from his child Leon amid their transition, The U.S. Sun has exclusively learned.
Leon, who now uses they and them pronouns, came out as transgender in June 2022 and distanced themself from the famous family earlier this year.
Now, The U.S. Sun can reveal that Leon’s relationship with their father Kody is nonexistent following the reality star’s gender-affirming surgery.
“He does not support Leon’s transition at all,” a family source told The U.S. Sun.
“He’s actually disgusted by it, as terrible as that is.
“Kody is telling close friends, ‘This is a new person. I don’t know who this person is, but this is not the little girl that I raised.'”
The source continued: “They don’t have a relationship anymore, and because of it, it has affected his relationship with Meri, 100 percent.”
Meri, Leon’s mother and Kody’s ex-wife, is “standing by” their side.
“Leon is her only child, and she wasn’t going to disown them.
“She will pick Leon over Kody every day,” the source said.
Kody, 54, and Leon, 28, have made it clear on social media that their relationship is no more.
Fan page Without A Crystal Ball posted on August 11 that Kody and Leon are not following each other on Instagram, although the actual unfollow date is unknown.
“Kody Brown is following numerous accounts that are transphobic and regularly post hate-filled rhetoric about trans people,” the blogger captioned the post.
Kody, however, is still following his exes Meri, 52, Christine, 51, and Janelle, 54, on social media.
SECRET WEDDING
The U.S. Sun previously broke the news that Leon secretly wed fiancé Audrey Kriss.
According to the marriage certificate, Leon tied the knot on October 29, 2022, at a house in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
There was no judge or officiant at the ceremony since they indicated it was “self-solemnized” on the certificate.
The couple had been engaged since January 2019 and moved to Denver, Colorado in June 2022.
A source confirmed Kody did not attend the wedding since he’s “very much estranged” from Leon, and Meri also did not attend since she was in Disneyland at the time.
Leon’s mother, however, has shown her support for her child on social media in recent weeks.
In a recent Instagram post, Leon told her followers: “feeling gay, trans, grateful, HOME.
“Reminder that trans people cannot be legislated out of existence.
“We will keep being born, keep living, keep thriving, and finding our joy… being trans is a gift, one I love very much.”
Meri commented: “And you are my gift, one I love very much.”
SPILLING THE TEA
Leon’s half-sibling, Gwendlyn – who is the daughter of Kody and Christine – informed fans in February of this year that Leon was “separating” from the family to feel safe.
“With Leon being transgender and queer in general and being in a family that predominantly practices a Mormon Fundamentalist faith, Mormonism hasn’t traditionally been kind to queer people.
“Especially with a family that’s quite a bit conservative and partially against transsexuality in general,” Gwendlyn, 21, shared on YouTube.
Gwendlyn, who came out as bisexual in 2020, added: “[Leon has] just been separating themselves from the situation, and has been sticking with people who are more safe with them.
“It’s not that they’re not fitting in. It’s that they have chosen to go to people they can trust.”
‘REJECTING’ MERI
Kody and Meri publicly announced their decision to “terminate” their spiritual marriage in January after 32 years together.
The patriarch’s other exes, Janelle and Christine, also announced their splits in December 2022 and November 2021, respectively.
During the season 18 premiere of Sister Wives, Meri revealed her feelings to Kody’s last-standing wife Robyn, 44, about how she was referred to by her ex as a “friend” for multiple years before their split.
“I feel, like, just completely rejected. I know what our relationship used to be. It was good and it was fun and we laughed a lot,” the Lizzie’s Heritage Inn owner told Robyn.
Kody, for his part, compared his feuds with his exes to a “civil war.”
In his recent interview with People, he revealed that he and Meri are now in a “place of friendship.”
Kody and his ex were last publicly seen together in April as he was helping her move from Flagstaff, Arizona to Utah.
Fans spotted them at a gas station where they were seen driving a large moving truck.
Per a Reddit post, they were then seen at Meri’s bed and breakfast moving furniture and a piano.
FAMILY REUNION
Despite Kody allegedly feeling “disgusted” by Leon’s transition, he appears to support daughter Gwendlyn’s sexuality.
On July 15, the father of 18 made a rare appearance at his daughter’s wedding to girlfriend Beatriz Queiroz in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Kody and Robyn were seen in posts on social media joining his three exes at the intimate ceremony.
However, Kody and Robyn were seen sitting by themselves at one point, playing with his daughter Mykelti’s kids.
Gwendlyn eventually spilled details about her wedding, saying: “My dad and Robyn were just kind of there. They showed up like two hours late and just kind of hung out.”
She added that no one at the party really talked to them, except for Mykelti, and that “some people were mad that he was there.”
A source told The U.S. Sun: “It’s all fake for cameras. It is because of filming contracts that Kody and Robyn have to make an appearance at certain things.
“They literally sat in a corner all night and played with the babies because Robyn, Mykelti, and Kody are all very close.”
