Sister Wives’ Kody Brown Vows to ‘Always Have a Relationship’ with Meri, Who Can ‘Call Me If She Ever Needs Anything’

Kody Brown hopes he can stay on friendly terms with ex Meri Brown.

The Sister wives star, 54, tells PEOPLE he plans to be a part of Mera’s life despite the couple confirming they are splitting in December 2022.

“The development of everything that has happened with Meri and I over the past 20 years has affected where we have come here,” he explains of their decision to remain friends. “The permanent separation of her and I was really just what I thought was a very gentle negotiation of where we were — what our personalities were and what we could and couldn’t give each other.”

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Kody adds that an “honest assessment” of their relationship made them aware that they “need to move forward without being married.”

“But I think knowing that brought us to a place where we can be friends again,” he confirms. “I believe Meri and I are moving forward very quickly – I hope – with love and grace and forgiveness and mercy to a place where I want her to feel free to call on me if she ever needs anything.”

He also says, “I want to have that dialogue between her and me [that is] open. She and Robyn are still, I think, close. He still wants to come see the kids. We will always have a relationship that I hope at least [some] kind friendship.”

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Robyn Brown, Meri Brown and Kody Brown arrive at the grand opening of Mike Tyson’s one-man show at the Hollywood Theater at the MGM Grand Hotel/Casino on April 14, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Meri, 52, and Kody married in 1990. The now exes – who share child Leon Brown – ended up having a polygamous arrangement with Janelle Brown before accepting Christine Brown and Robyn Brown into polygamy. Meri later divorced Kody so he could legally adopt Robyn’s children from her previous marriage.

Meri and Kody have dealt with a lot of issues over the years, though Meri’s drama — in which she practically bonded with a woman posing as a male fan — seemed to serve as a turning point in their strained relationship. However, Meri previously told PEOPLE that she and Kody were “definitely” insecure about their relationship for a while before officially ending their 32-year marriage.

“I don’t like living in a limbo country. And I feel like I live there a lot, but what I like now is that every limbo country I live in is based on me and not based on anyone else,” she said. divided.

“I wish we could have had some conversations earlier. And also, I don’t know if I would have been ready for some conversations earlier,” she continued. “So it’s not like I can live my life with regrets and wish something had happened. I think we all do to some extent, but I know there are things I should have learned and I know there are things I should have done so that I could to be where I am now with the whole thing.”

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Kody told PEOPLE that Meri had a similar feeling when he told her he believed more that their relationship could work. He recalls her saying, “We could have broken up a lot earlier. I wouldn’t waste my life here.”

Despite being in limbo for a long time, Kody says he and his ex are in a better place now: “I don’t know how to rationalize it, but we’re not mad at each other anymore. .. I say, ‘We’re at a place where we find friendship in this break.'”

Christine, 51, and Janelle, 54, also decided to end their marriage to Kody during the 14-month period in which the Browns’ polygamous arrangement ended. Robyn, 45, is now Kody’s only wife.

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