Oprah grills 'Sister Wives' stars about polygamy
 
USA Today
By George Burns, Harpo Inc.
Sister Wives cast

TLC stars of the show 'Sister Wives' - Christine, Janelle, Meri, Kody Brown and Robyn are seated on the couch for an interview with Oprah Winfrey airing Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010.

Oprah Winfrey sits down with the stars of controversial TLC show Sister Wives to chat about their polygamous lifestyle on Thursday's Oprah Winfrey Show.

Oprah asks if the Brown family (Kody is the husband, surrounded by his three wives on the couch) has considered the consequences of their lifestyle. If police in Utah pursue charges and the adults are thrown in jail, they will not be with their 16 children.

Says Christine: "I don't even want to think about that at all -- we never asked for the state to give us any sort of acknowledge or anything for our family. We just wanted to show our family."

Says Meri: "We wanted to be free to be this family."

Adds Robyn: "It was a choice for all of us."

As for why they decided to do the show, Kody answers, saying, "We figured that just by showing our lives, we'd actually help the society be more transparent, have other people in the -- in the lifestyle feel safer about being transparent. ..."
 
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Originally published October 13, 2010
 
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