Meri Brown felt a sense of unease, as if something was off with her former sister wife. More than a decade after being the victim of a catfishing scheme while in a relationship with her husband, Kody Brown, she believes that Robyn Brown played a role in escalating the situation. "I feel betrayed by Robyn," Meri explained during the TLC series' One-on-One special on February 1. "Robyn would come over and talk to me about it, asking, 'What's going on, what's going on?' I would tell her what's going on. But then other stuff would happen, and other stories would be out there, and other communications, supposedly, would occur."
The 55-year-old, who struck up an online romance in 2015 with someone she thought was a man named Sam, asserted that whenever she would have a private conversation with Robyn, the catfisher would also find out about it. "There was a huge lack of trust there," she admitted. "I don't believe that she did it intentionally to hurt me. I think she did it to try to help the situation, but she kept making it worse and kept making it worse by sharing the information."
As for who Robyn was allegedly sharing her conversations with, Meri—who ended her 32-year polygamous marriage with Kody in 2023—added, "A friend that she had at the time that was in communication with the catfisher."
For Robyn's part, she denied Meri's claims. "I've had her back," she told host Sukanya Krishnan. "I was sitting there watching everything that was happening and I was worried about her."
Meanwhile, Kody—now in a monogamous relationship with Robyn since also splitting from second and third wives Janelle Brown and Christine Brown—did acknowledge that Robyn told him about the catfish. However, he emphasized, "I don't know that she was told that in confidence or if she saw that online."
Although Meri felt that Robyn was not trustworthy, Kody, 57, stood by his wife's side. In fact, he described Robyn as the "moral compass in this entire family since she entered it."
