Mykelti Brown Padron was just 14 when her plural family started filming “Sister Wives” for TLC. She is the fifth out of 18 children in the Brown family, with her biological parents being Kody Brown and Christine Brown Woolley.
In addition to her biological mother, Mykelti was raised alongside her father’s other wives, Meri, Janelle, and later Robyn Brown, who joined the family when Mykelti was already a teenager.
In a recent sit-down interview with Shelise Ann Sola on the “Cults to Consciousness” podcast, Mykelti opened up about the different relationships she had with each of her moms growing up. Read on to discover what the “Sister Wives” star shared.
Mykelti Brown Padron Reveals Who Her Second-Favorite Mom Was Growing Up
While Mykelti made it clear on the podcast that she was closest to her biological mother, Christine, while growing up, she also shared who her second-favorite mother was.
The host asked Mykelti, “Who was your second favorite mom to go to if you had an issue and your mom wasn’t available?”
Mykelti confidently replied, “For sure, Janelle. I mean 100%.” She added, “So, Janelle is my dad’s second wife, and her personality is she’s very business-oriented, but she’s very loving. Regardless of what happens, she puts kids first.”
The “Sister Wives” star continued, “But she’s very businesslike. So, she’s not one who’s going to go up and give you a hug if you’re crying. She’d go up and say, ‘Who do I need to hurt? What happened? Let’s get down to the business of this.’”
Mykelti Discussed Her Difficult Relationship With Meri
While Mykelti revealed that Janelle was her second-favorite mom growing up, she also made some shocking revelations about Meri Brown.
Mykelti told the host, “My community on Patreon knows that I do not like Meri. She is my dad’s first wife. I do not like her. So, I’ll tell you guys all here. I do not like her.”
The “Sister Wives” star made her stance clear on Meri, saying, “She was mean growing up. She still is. I don’t care what she looks like on the show. She was mean. She was aggressive. She was manipulative. She was the favorite wife, and she got the favorite wife privileges and perks.”
Mykelti also alleges that if Meri was the one watching the kids, “All of us kids would cower and we were all scared and we were all like, ‘Okay, whatever you say, Meri, just don’t hurt me. Don’t be mean to me. Don’t yell at me.’”
Mykelti added, “She had this like scream that she would do when she wasn’t getting her way. And it was like pure, loud, and angry and just scary. It was like what you would imagine a freaking dragon screaming at a little child. Think about that?”
During the interview, Mykelti made it very clear that her feelings toward Meri have remained strained over the years.
Mykelti Claims Many of the Brown Children’s Needs “Weren’t Met” Growing Up
The host made the comment, “You talked about how you felt neglected and also how the mothers would all kind of take responsibility, but your mom had the final say.”
She then posed the question, “Do you feel like there were things that were lost in translation, maybe a child needed something, and one mom thought the other mom had it covered, and so something just didn’t happen, or do you feel like, because there were so many moms to look out for all the kids, that everyone had their needs met?”
Mykelti then revealed, “Oh no, definitely not. None of my siblings had their needs met. None of them. Like all of my siblings, maybe two of them had their needs met, but they were always left wanting more.”
She continued, “But whatever parent was around, depending on what they thought should be done or what they didn’t think should be done, typically happened. And if it wasn’t something where the kid brought it up to their biological mom, it wasn’t ever looked at again, essentially.”
Mykelti’s comments offer a candid look at what life was like growing up in a large plural family, giving fans a deeper understanding of the dynamics that played out behind the scenes.
While her perspective reflects her own personal experience, it adds another layer to the ongoing conversation about the Brown family and their relationships, both on and off screen.
