Maddie Brown appeared to throw some shade at her estranged dad, Kody Brown, Monday on social media, presumably in response to what he said about her on Sunday’s episode of Sister Wives.
While Maddie– who is the daughter of Kody and his ex-wife Janelle Brown— has reportedly been on the outs with her dad for quite a while, viewers watched on Sunday as Kody spoke to his only remaining wife, Robyn Brown, about the father-daughter feud, claiming that Maddie had “scuttled” her two children away from him at a wedding the family had recently attended.
Kody went on in the episode to allege that he didn’t know that Maddie and husband Caleb Brush were expecting their third child until he saw Maddie at the wedding (filmed in 2022), suggesting that Maddie failed to share the news with him. He also accused his daughter– who is currently expecting her fourth child– of spreading gossip about him to the rest of the Brown family.
Maddie went on to seemingly respond to her dad’s digs on Monday via her Instagram Story.
“A piece of advice,” her post read. “Never re-friend or re-family a person who tried to destroy your character, your integrity, or your relationships with others. A snake only sheds its skin to be a bigger snake. If others fall victim and walk away from you because of that, let them … sooner or later the snake will bite them too.”
Maddie’s cryptic Instagram Story comes after Janelle attempted to defend her daughter on Sunday’s episode, while also explaining the reason Maddie– as well as some of Kody’s other adult children– are no longer in contact with their father.
“Kody has this narrative about [Maddie] where she’s such a gossip, but he’s as big of a gossip,” Janelle told viewers. “ … The only thing the kids are upset with is the way he has treated the family, the way he has completely like, ditched out. And really, Maddie doesn’t have any contact with him. She is very protective of her children. Kody has not been there since Evie was born and Evie’s three-and-a-half [years old].”
As The Ashley previously told you, Janelle revealed earlier this season on ‘Sister Wives’ that Maddie no longer has a relationship with Kody or Robyn, allegedly due to Kody not being able to commit to being “a consistent presence” in her children’s lives.
Meanwhile, Maddie herself revealed during a podcast interview in November that her children don’t know who Kody is and that she wasn’t going to force her dad to have a relationship with his grandchildren.
“ … They are a gift and they are amazing,” she said. “When I stop working on that relationship, or stop making that relationship happen, or something happened and you’re not there, I can’t explain that to a six-year-old without their feelings getting hurt. Where there is unnecessary heartache, I’m not going to put that into their lives.”
Maddie wasn’t the only one throwing shade at Kody on social media in the aftermath of Sunday’s episode of ‘Sister Wives,’ as some of the show’s viewers also took to Instagram to tell Kody what they thought about his recently-aired comments– including his claim that it’s an “unrealistic expectation” for grandparents to be in their grandchildren’s lives all the time.
“YOU are still the parent,” one person commented on a recent post of Kody’s. “YOU still need to fight for your relationships with your adult children even if they don’t. That is your burden and your burden alone.”
“Regardless if your kids are adults, you are the parent,” another commented. “It’s called unconditional love no matter what!”
Kody was also slammed in the comment section for referring to the children whom he’s estranged from as “those people” during Sunday’s episode.
“ … And placing blame on your children for your sad and pathetic relationship it’s disgusting absolutely disgusting,” one person wrote.
Kody has not responded to Maddie’s shady Instagram Story.
New episodes of ‘Sister Wives’ air Sundays on TLC.
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Based on my own experience, the quote she posted is solid.
Both of my parents are narcissists. It caused me in turn to have bp, bpd and cptsd. All the screaming and crazy shit. It caused me to stay “small.”
Unfortunately people with bpd are prime targets for narcissists ☹️
It’s ridiculous because Kody can be mad at alllll his adult kids, stop talking to them, and practically disown them, all because they “don’t respect Robyn” and are mean to her. Yet his kids can’t be mad at HIM when he shows he doesn’t respect THEIR moms and is mean to them 🤷🏽♀️ Make it make sense!! He is the biggest hypocrite in the world!
So October of 2022 Robyn says she is keeping Sol and Ari away from the family. They are out of sight and out of mind and she is protecting them. They don’t bring to safe Mykelty’s shower or Logan’s wedding. Kody does not bring Ari and Sol to Logan’s wedding. His siblings. So Maddie basically does the same thing. Protecting her much younger than Ari and Sol children away from this guy who dropped out of their life. Why can Robyn keep Sol away from his siblings and other mothers (they were living polygamy the can’t suddenly go by monogamous rules) and Maddie can’t keep her little ones away from grandpa? The only reason they went to that wedding was to see the little kids. That is all they did at Gwen’s reception. When Maddie moved to be close to them in Vegas when Axel born then toddling about he suddenly announced one day we are all moving in 6 months. Got David going to school and surprise surprise that is where they went. Robyn’s house didn’t get to be the same size it got bigger. One would think with an empty nester in a few years the houses would get smaller. When the homes cost more than what was left behind. Kody told the mothers when he pitched selling to make a ton of money from their Vegas homes, he was so wrong btw, he said to forget the kids concerns they would get over it and would be moving out anyway in a couple of years. Yeah it was hard for Hunter but he is thriving now so even if Gabe gets depressed or has a hard adjustment it will be fine. Someone wanted him to live away from everyone or they would have bought 4 – 2000ft2 homes in that development he took Christine to see that were 4 or 5 bedrooms each. Half the kids gone. They didn’t need 4000ft2. How could people who moved 17 times in their lives have so much crap? You would think minimalism would have taken hold of one of the households?
I hope Maddie is okay. I thought Garrison incredible mature and handling things well, and then March happened. RIP. I hope they have Kody in therapy I don’t want to read another bad thing happen to the family.
The way that Kody talks about his kids on national television is truly awful. Parents are supposed to love unconditionally and support their kids always. Instead he trashes them and demands 100% loyalty and devotion. Like, what does he expect them to do? Stop talking to their mothers because they chose to leave? What does being loyal to him actually mean? Because that isn’t love. He is so terrible to his kids and no one deserves that.
Preach!
This show is actually becoming painful to watch. A bunch of ppl sitting on sofas being nasty about each other and trying to justify shitty past behaviour. I can’t even bring myself to hate watch anymore.
Narcissists always see themselves as the biggest victims to ever victim…while victimizing everyone around them. I have a Kody in my family. Life was truly exhausting before I cut him off. I’m just lucky my narcissist isn’t one of my parents. That has got to double suck.