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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One Response
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.