'Sister Wives' star Christine Brown responds to Kody's 'shocking' demand that his wives 'conform to patriarchy': 'He's not like that'

• Christine Brown said Kody Brown's call for patriarchy was "shocking" to hear.
• "I was super grateful that I decided to leave," she told Us Weekly.

In a new interview with Us Weekly, TLC's "Sister Wives" star Christine Brown shared her reaction to hearing her ex Kody Brown tell his three remaining wives that he wanted them to "conform to patriarchy."

"I was super grateful that I decided to leave," she said, adding that the moment was "so shocking and surprising because he's not like that."

Christine reflected on what Kody's philosophy used to be when discussing the potential end of one of his marriages.

"I mean, back in Vegas, he was like, 'If you ever wanna leave, we'll figure out a way for you to leave peacefully and so we can still, like, get together with the kids and things like that,'" Christine recalled, though she didn't clarify whether Kody was only talking about her or all four of his wives at the time.

Kody's controversial "patriarchy" speech came at the end of a recent episode of "Sister Wives," after Christine officially told Kody's remaining wives Meri, Janelle, and Robyn that she was leaving Kody and taking their youngest daughter Truely, 12, to live closer to some of her other kids in Utah.

The mother of six said she thought Kody was "just angry" because he didn't have as much time to process that Christine was leaving as she did. "I knew, for sure, for two years — I knew that I'd be leaving," she said.

Kody and Christine announced the end of their "spiritual" marriage to the public in November 2021. They had been together for over 25 years and share five children in addition to Truely: Aspyn, 27, Mykelti, 26, Paedon, 24, Gwendlyn, 21, and Ysabel, 19.

On early episodes of the current "Sister Wives" season, Kody's relationship with his youngest daughters with Christine has been a point of tension for the exes.

In Sunday's episode, Kody was resistant to tell Truely about their split, though Christine was afraid the news would "accidentally slip" out in front of her.

Christine's worst fear came true later in the episode, and she explained to cameras that she had to tell Truely that the two of them were moving to Utah and that her marriage to Kody had ended without him present for the conversation.

As Christine recounted, Truely heard Christine talking about leaving Arizona while she was on the phone with Mykelti, but Kody told cameras that he was upset with how Christine handled the situation.

"I want a relationship with my children, especially those who are young or vulnerable," he said. "So it's almost like this is just following a narrative. She's setting Truely up with 'Dad's never here anyway, right?' I mean, she's leading Truely down the road."

"If my relationship is bad with my children, it's not always my fault," he continued, adding that Christine had been painting him as absent for many years so that she had "excuses to be able to leave" him.

"Sister Wives" airs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET on TLC.