Meri Brown

Meri Brown — Courtesy Photo

Details

Also Known As:: Kody Brown's First Wife
Date of Birth:: January 16, 1971
Height:: 5' 5"
Hometown:: Alameda

Bio:
Meri Brown (born Meri Barber on January 16, 1971 in Alameda, California), is a reality TV star. She is seen on TLC’s Sister Wives, which began in 2010. She is the first — and only legal — wife of the show’s star, Kody Brown. The pair have one daughter, Mariah, together. The four wives and Kody have a combined 17 kids together. Meri was studying to be a psychologist but lost her job in the mental health field due to the publicity surrounding the show. She runs a website called MySisterWifesCloset.

Best Known For:
Meri Brown is best known as one of the Sister Wives on the TLC television program of the same title. She is star Kody’s first wife.

Personal Life:
Meri Brown is the first wife of Kody Brown. The pair wed in 1990 when Meri was 19 years old. Meri struggled with problems in infertility throughout her life, but was blessed with daughter Mariah in 1995. The family practices polygamy, and jealousy issues between the wives is a staple of the show. Meri’s daughter, Mariah, came out as a lesbian in 2016 on the show.

Latest Meri Brown

Sister Wives Meri Janelle Get Therapy

‘Sister Wives’ Recap: Meri & Janelle Brown Get Therapy For Polygamy Non-Perk: Jealousy

Finally, after only about 25 years of tensely sharing their husband, Kody Brown, Meri (wife #1) and Janelle (wife #2) take the major step of trying to work out their jealousy issues with a therapist.
Lots of people think all of Kody Brown’s four wives could benefit from having their heads examined for agreeing to be in a polygamist marriage, but now, Meri and Janelle are finally doing that. At least, the two made the much-needed move of meeting with their family therapist, Nancy Hunterton, to talk about why they’ve barely had a civil relationship for all the years they’ve been sister wives.

May 16, 2016

Sister Wives Premiere

‘Sister Wives’: Meri Brown’s Confession To Family — Loneliness Led To Catfish Affair

Poor Meri. Now, we see the sad downside of life as a sister wife. Despite all that talk about a big, loving family, Meri is so lonely and isolated that she’s lured into an online affair that turns terrifying.
No, Kody Brown: no one man can satisfy four different sister wives. It’s physically and emotionally impossible — that’s clear — and so it really isn’t too surprising when Meri makes a teary confession in the May 8 premiere of Sister Wives that she felt so deeply and utterly alone with daughter Mariah, 20, away at college that Meri became enmeshed in a complicated “friendship” with “a man” online.

May 9, 2016

Kody Brown Only Sleeps With Wife Robyn

‘Sister Wives’ Secrets Spilled: Kody Brown Barely Sleeps With Any Wife But Robyn — Report

Not all is what it seems in the world of ‘Sister Wives.’ A explosive new report is claiming that the head of the Brown household, Kody, is only sleeping with one of his four wives and that lucky lady is Robyn. But that’s not all — click to read the crazy details from inside the Brown compound.
A new report is claiming that Meri Brown’s emotional affair has taken an even darker turn — her catfish lover is ready to expose the entire Brown family in a new book. Will this juicy new tell-all be in the breaking point for the entire Kody Brown compound? New details point to yes!

February 3, 2016

Sister Wives Finale

Sister Wives Recap:Lonely Meri Gets Conned Into “Catfish” Affair & Is Terrified To Tell Kody

Poor Meri. When you have a polygamous family with four wives and 17 kids, it’s a no-brainer that someone WILL feel neglected. That has turned out to be first wife Meri who made the agonizing confession this week that loneliness led her into an emotional affair.
Meri Brown broke down and sobbed on the season finale of Sister Wives as she made the stunning admission that she was so lonely in her polygamous marriage , that she fell into an affair. Not a physical affair, mind you, but an emotional relationship with who she thought was a man, named “Sam Cooper”.

November 16, 2015

‘Sister Wives’: Meri’s Affair — 5 Things To Know About Her Cheating On Kody Brown

‘Sister Wives’ star Meri Brown thought she was having an online love affair with a man named Sam. But now, it turns out she was the victim of a ‘catfishing’ scenario and had actually been corresponding with a woman. We’ve got some big details about her affair that will shock you!
Meri Brown, 44, stunningly reveals that she had been the victim of “catfishing” on the season finale of Sister Wives, airing Nov. 15. When the Browns take a family trip to Alaska in the final episode, Meri sits down with Kody Brown and her sister wives to divulge what really went down during her online love connection. Here are five things to know about Meri’s emotional internet affair.

November 11, 2015

Sister Wives Divorce

‘Sister Wives’ Finale: Meri’s Heartbreaking Divorce From Kody Brown To Save Robyn’s Kids

Kody Brown’s first wife Meri made the ultimate sacrifice ending her legal marriage, for the love of Robyn’s children. But will her sacrifice be enough to keep Robyn’s three children from her first marriage ,safe within the family?
When news broke in early Feb. 2015 that Kody Brown had divorced first wife Meri, 43, in Sept. 2014 ,to legally marry younger fourth wife Robyn, 37, polygamy critics feared the worst. Had Kody finally begun to dump his older wives in order to move his latest love, Robyn, up the family ranks and possibly to have more children with her?

March 2, 2015

'Sister Wives' Finale Recap

‘Sister Wives’ Reveal Their Shocking Secret: They Barely Know Each Other

Meri — are you kidding us? Kody Brown’s first wife made a jaw-dropping statement in the ‘Sister Wives Tell All’ finale special on Feb. 23. She confessed that the sister wives are barely closer than ordinary neighbors!
Does Sister Wives’ Kody Brown essentially have four separate families and a very distinct separate life with each of his four wives? That shocking revelation was the bombshell that Meri Brown dropped in the Sister Wives Tell All finale special, after the family’s “Commitment Ceremony” finale last night, Feb. 23.

February 24, 2014

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