Brown family patriarch and polygamist Kody Brown of TLC’s Sister Wives knows a lot about exploring different churches. On the Sunday, Dec. 15, episode of the popular reality series, the 55-year-old mentioned that his own church “has literally kind of excommunicated people who used to be members of the LDS. [Latter Day Saints] of the church or who was related to it.”

But when Kody’s wife Robyn told him their daughters Breanna, 19, and Aurora, 22, were looking for their own church, Kody expressed some “concerns.” The reality star said she has “anxiety and fear” about the religion, which she will try not to pass on to their daughters, whom Kody legally adopted in 2015. (Robyn shares her daughters with an ex from a previous relationship.)

“I really wouldn’t have a problem with any of the kids going into a plural marriage, although I would warn them of some red flags,” said Kody, who is legally married to Robyn but was previously “spiritually married” to Meri, Janelle and Christina. All three women separated from Kody between 2021 and 2024, apparently leaving Kody with some spiritual doubts. In fact, he said he would “not like” the idea of ​​Aurora and Breanna joining his and Robyn’s church, which has a “doctrine of plural marriage where it is required by commandment for any of those who want to advance eternity.”

Although Robyn explained that the girls wanted her, not Kody, to be the one they talked to when they explored different church communities, Kody said he was happy to see his daughters explore religion. “I’m really happy that they want to go on this journey that they’re going on,” he said in a confessional on the show, adding that he would be careful not to “taint” their experience with his own fears. . “As long as I get them out of any cult-like churches, then I’ll be fine.