Sister Wives star Meri Brown has no plans to change her last name even though “legally and spiritually” her marriage to Kody Brown is over.
“I have had the conversation many times with my best friend and some other people too,” Meri, 54, shared on the “I Do, Part 2” podcast episode released on Friday, September 12. “Right now, I’m not going to.”
Meri explained that this is the name she’s had “for 35 years” and doesn’t want to revert to her maiden name.
“I only had my other name — my dad’s name — for 19 years,” she continued. “Also there’s a lot of R’s in it, and it’s really hard to say. Brown is a hell of a lot easier.”
Meri told listeners that her name would be “Meri Barber,” if she took her maiden name, which she explained was “really hard to say.”
Meri married Kody, 56, in April 1990. They legally divorced in 2014 but stayed spiritually married so he could “legally restructure” his family. Kody then remarried Robyn Brown so he could adopt her kids from her first marriage. (Kody was also spiritually married to Janelle Brown and Christine Brown, but they have since split.)
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“Me and one of my sisters, we joke about it all the time, because she’s also divorced,” Meri added. “We’re like, ‘Love you, dad. But we’re not going to go back to the maiden name.’”
Meri also offered some brief updates on her dating life, confirming that there’s no one serious in her life at the moment.
“My current status is I am not dating anybody exclusively,” she said. “I do date when I find somebody that matches my energy.”
Sister Wives’ Meri Brown quickly focused on moving forward on her own after confirming her split from Kody Brown. Meri legally married Kody in 1990, becoming his first wife. She stuck around as Kody built their plural marriage, which expanded in 1993 and 1994 with Kody’s spiritual marriages to Janelle Brown and Christine Brown, respectively. […]
The TLC star said she’s “very selective” about who she goes on dates with.
“It’s a privilege to be in my world and not just anybody gets to be,” Meri added. “Plus, I am a lot. I’m a business owner. I travel a lot. I’m building businesses and doing all these things. Can they handle that?”
She continued, “Some men just can’t. They need you there all the time. They want to text you all the time, and I don’t need that.”
Meri did say during Friday’s podcast episode that she does believe her soulmate does exist.
“I don’t necessarily believe there’s only one person, and where in the world am I going to find him?” she explained. “But I do believe there’s somebody that I can find, that our values align, our morals align, our energies align, our laughter aligns and we want to spend the rest of our lives together.”
