'Sister Wives' star Christine Brown reveals she'll date again after split from Kody and wants a man 'who actually loves me'

• Christine Brown told People she'll date again "down the road" after splitting from husband Kody in November.
• The "Sister Wives" star said she'll be looking for a man who "actually loves me" and wants intimacy.

TLC's "Sister Wives" star Christine Brown recently told People that she'll eventually date again after her split from husband Kody Brown, whom she was spiritually married to for 27 years — but she has some conditions.

"I want a guy who actually loves me and wants to be with me intimately," Christine told the magazine.

Christine and Kody announced their split in November, and the subsequent season of "Sister Wives" chronicled the events that led up to Christine's decision to leave her marriage. On the season 16 finale, Kody said he was "dumbfounded" when Christine said she didn't want him to sleep in their bedroom anymore and then eventually moved all of his belongings to the garage. Since separating from Kody, Christine has moved to Utah.

The mother of six told People that Utah is her "home" and she said in a video interview accompanying the article that she plans to live there "forever," so she's not in a rush to date again.

"I would love to date," she said, adding that she does want a "romantic partner." But she's focused on herself and her six children for now, and said her youngest child Truely, 12, isn't ready for her to date yet.

"I'm just going to let fate take care of that one," she continued, referencing a potential romance "down the road."

But Christine made it clear that if she is no longer interested in living a polygamist lifestyle. "I will be a monogamist from here on out," she told People.

Christine grew up in a polygamist family and has said on previous episodes of "Sister Wives" that she always intended on living in a plural marriage and being a third wife. But she told People that her feelings about her Fundamentalist Mormon religion began to change in 2018.

"I started thinking maybe this isn't working for me," she said. "And then I stopped believing in polygamy. I realized I didn't really want to live it anymore. I didn't like sharing a husband or feeling like I wasn't important."

The reality star said that living in Utah has allowed her to focus herself, Truely, and her five other children with Kody — son Paedon, 24, and daughters Aspyn, 27, Mykelti, 26, Gwendlyn, 20, and Ysabel, 19.

"I get to live life for me. I'm just done putting up with people who I don't need in my life," Christine said in the video accompanying the article. "So, I don't allow people into my life who are not going to be kind and they're not going to be good. I only allow good people in my life. I only allow people in my life that are good to my kids," she said.

Kody is still legally married only to his fourth wife Robyn, and spiritually married to his first and second wives, Meri and Janelle.

The new season of "Sister Wives," which will chronicle Christine and Kody's split, premieres on September 11.