- Christine and Kody Brown's son said some Brown kids were "never safe" around Meri Brown.
- He refused to give details to John Yates because he said the truth would "hurt the show."
TLC's "Sister Wives" star Paedon Brown appeared on a three-hour long live stream with reality TV blogger John Yates and other commentators to discuss his family's hit reality TV show and his life.
At several points throughout the live chat, Paedon, Christine Brown and Kody Brown's biological son, mentioned his dad's first wife Meri Brown, and implied that she harshly disciplined him and some of his siblings.
"We were never safe around her," Paedon said at about the conversation's one hour and 24-minute mark. He said he felt comfortable divulging the information because his half-sister Madison Brown had written tweets making similar implications "years ago" though she's since deleted her Twitter and didn't tell the "full story," according to Paedon.
"Abrasive is not enough of a word to describe what Meri was to a few of us children specifically," he said. Though he didn't go into details he said Meri's actions "moved so far past verbal."
When asked by a cohost if Kody was aware of Meri's behavior, Paedon said he wasn't "for several years."
The 24-year-old went on to say that he will "never hate" his dad's fourth wife Robyn Brown, though he openly criticized some of her behavior while talking to Yates and his cohosts.
He said Robyn "opened several eyes" in the family to the way Meri was acting because she "was in an abusive relationship with her ex" and "knew how to find other abusive relationships."
"Robyn probably saved several of our lives," Paedon said. "Not definitely, but very maybe."
Paedon refused to give details on the incidents he was referring to because "Sister Wives" is still a "financial option" for all of his parents and some of his siblings. He said he actually wanted to divulge certain information, but it would "really, really, hurt the show."During the conversation, Paedon also said that he didn't want to go into detail out of "respect" for his mother.
Meri Brown, Paedon Brown, Christine Brown, Kody Brown, and TLC didn't respond to Insider's request for further comment.