Fans Accuse Robyn & Kody Brown of “Controlling” Adult Daughters Aurora & Breanna After “Creepy” ‘Sister Wives’ Scene About Plural Marriage Airs
The two oldest daughters of Robyn and Kody Brown revealed their thoughts on entering plural marriage and attending church on Sunday’s episode of Sister Wives, but the scene is being labelled “creepy” and “weird” by some ‘Sister Wives’ fans, who took to social media to state that it felt that the girls were being controlled by Robyn, despite both being adults.
The topic of plural marriage came up on Sunday’s episode when 19-year-old Breanna Brown and 22-year-old Aurora Brown sat down with Robyn to discuss the idea of joining a new church.
During the conversation, Aurora told her mom she would like to get back into the “church community,” to which Breanna added that she would like to “start dating guys” who share similar beliefs and life goals that she does, suggesting that church would “probably be a good place to start” meeting such people.
After Robyn– who also share sons Dayton, 24, and Solomon, 13, and daughter Ariella, 8, with Kody– pointed out to her daughters that there aren’t churches in their area that believe in plural marriage, Aurora revealed she’s not interested in being a polygamist.
“I don’t have the same call to [plural marriage] that you and dad do and did,” Aurora said.
Robyn then asked Breanna where she stood on plural marriage, and Breanna provided her mom with a similar response.
“I have conflicting thoughts, but right now, I don’t think so,” Breanna said. “I’m not sure if I want to live that.”
Six of the ‘Sister Wives’ adult children– Maddie, Mykelti, Aspyn, Leon, Logan and Gwendlyn Brown– are currently in monogamist marriages. On Sunday’s episode, Kody said he doesn’t believe any of his children will ultimately “live a plural marriage,” possibly as a result of seeing his splits from wives Christine, Janelle and Meri Brown.
“I could possibly see it if one of my daughters wanted to marry a married man,” Kody said. “I don’t think the experience they’ve had with our family would make them want to do that. I wouldn’t really care to have my daughters in plural marriage. I really don’t think any of my sons are interested in plural marriage, either.”
After a clip of the scene was posted to the official ‘Sister Wives’ Facebook page, many viewers expressed their concern for Robyn’s adult daughters, who seemed to be asking their mother for permission to attend church. Some insisted that Breanna and Aurora are being controlled by Robyn and Kody, despite being adults.
“Do these girls even have their own life goals? They always look so creepy…sad and depressed. Their eyes are so empty. It’s really sad that they have been soooo controlled and kept away the rest of the family,” someone wrote in the comment section.
“This scene is just weird to me,” someone else commented. “Why are you talking to your grown kids as if they’re five years old and having to make decisions for them. They even react as if they’re little girls and needing permission from their mom for their decisions.”
“These girls are 22 & 19 years old and asking their mother if they can go to church, make friends and start dating,” another person wrote. This is an unhealthy family dynamic.”
“Why do they have to justify their reasons for wanting to go to church and why does Robyn feel like she has to approve of their reasons to grant them permission. This is so weird,” someone else commented.
Watch Aurora and Breanna talk to Robyn about returning to church below.
New episodes of ‘Sister Wives’ air Sundays on TLC.
