Sister Wives just delivered one of its most uncomfortable money moments yet.
During part two of the One on One special that aired January 18, Meri Brown finally said the quiet part out loud.
She revealed that every dollar from the sale of her Las Vegas home went straight to Kody Brown and Robyn Brown.
Not some of it.
All of it.
“This is something that I have consented to never talk about,” Meri told host Sukanya Krishnan.
“But we’ll talk about it now.”
That line alone changed the tone of the episode.
“I lived there. I paid for it.”
Before the family fled Las Vegas for Flagstaff in 2018, Meri lived alone in her cul de sac home.
She made that clear.
“I’m the only one who lived in it for the majority of the time,” Meri said.
“I made all the payments.”
Still, Kody’s name stayed on the house.
Meri said she accepted that reality. She did not fight for more.
“You can have half of it,” she explained.
“Literally, that’s how I felt.”
What happened next is what shocked viewers.
Janelle and Meri "gifted" the money for Robyn's house. #sisterwives pic.twitter.com/NBPvOUYxUq
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The loan that never came back
After the house sold, Meri said she handed the money to Kody and Robyn so they could buy their Flagstaff home in 2019.
“That was the loan that I gave to purchase Robyn’s house,” Meri said.
“That’s that money.”
Her friend Jenn Sullivan did not sugarcoat it.
“Every penny of it.”
Kody later admitted both Meri and Janelle helped fund Robyn’s home. He confirmed Janelle eventually got her money back.
Meri did not.
Kody says they “always intended” to fix it
Kody tried to calm the situation.
“I just told Meri on the phone, ‘Hey, we’re going to take care of this,’” he said.
“We always intended to take care of it.”
But intentions do not pay bills.
Meri has already said she lost trust during the Coyote Pass fallout. She even considered lawyers.
Watching this unfold, it is easy to see why.
Why this matters now
That Flagstaff house later doubled in value.
Kody and Robyn sold it.
They upgraded again.
Meanwhile, Meri waited.
This was not just about property. It was about fairness. And power.
From the outside, it looks like Meri funded a future she was never invited to live in.
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