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Kody Brown and Robyn Brown’s marriage is at a bit of an impasse as they deal with their ongoing move and changes to their livesTo address that, the patriarch tried to romance his wife with his body odor, which she said was “very strong,” in the latest episode of Sister WivesSister Wives airs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET on TLC
Kody Brown used some interesting tactics to attract his wife.
In the Oct. 19 episode of Sister Wives, the 56-year-old opened up about how he’s trying to keep the spark alive with wife Robyn Brown amidst their busy lives.
“We’ve been moving for months now. We haven’t had a romantic getaway, an escape, time together. And so what’s happened is we’ve become battle buddies, not lovers,” Kody said in a confessional.
When Robyn, 47, brought up Kody’s “very strong” body odor during a moving day, he started “peacocking to her.”
“Do you like that? Like the way I smell?” he asked her.
Kody Brown.
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In a confessional, he explained that he was “just flirting around” and “just having some fun” with Robyn as he tried to make his “stinky body something romantic.”
“‘Hey, you smell those pheromones?’ Mhm. ‘It means you’re digging on me. You like that stinky smell?’ Is there a stink on me that’s making you go, ‘Ooh, that handsome man?'” he continued.
The strategy wasn’t exactly working on Robyn, though. She said she’s “not actually someone who goes for it” in response to his “peacocking,” and then explained her perspective more in a confessional.
“There was such a big family culture of no affection with Kody and wives in front of each other,” she recalled. “When it came to anything public, I just would shy away from flirting with him.”
She’s now “having to kind of get comfortable with it.”
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That rule is something Robyn has expressed her doubts about before. In a season 18 episode, she said she saw the decision “to not show affection in front of each other … as a mistake.”
It was something Kody had decided on with his exes, Christine, Janelle and Meri Brown, all of whom he’s since separated from.
“I think it made Kody feel alone, and I think it made each of us wives feel kind of alone,” Robyn previously said of the rule.
“[Affection] makes the couple feel kind of safe and secure. And in plural marriage, there’s a lot of insecurity just because there’s so much sharing,” she explained. “It would have made each wife feel more secure and more comfortable if Kody would have been able to show affection or we would have been able to show affection to him.”
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Sister Wives airs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET on TLC.