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Sister Wives’ Robyn Brown Says Kody Is ‘Self-Sabotaging’ Their Romance on December 11, 2023 at 4:01 am Us Weekly

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3 years ago

December 11, 2023

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Robyn Brown revealed during part 3 of season 18’s Sister Wives: 1-on-1 special that her marriage to Kody Brown has taken a hit after his splits from his other wives.

“What he’s doing is he’s self-sabotaging,” Robyn, 45, said during the latest tell-all episode of the TLC series on Sunday, December 10. “He’s angry. He tries to [implode].”

Kody, 54, legally married Robyn and adopted her children from a prior relationship in 2014 after his legal divorce from first wife Meri Brown. Kody and Meri, 52, remained in a spiritual union for several years, confirming their split in January. The breakup came after Kody’s splits from Christine Brown in 2021 and Janelle Brown in 2022.

“He tries to [sabotage our relationship] and I have to stop him all the time,” Robyn revealed on Sunday, claiming that Kody started to pick fights with her after his other relationships fell apart. “We’re in different places about the bomb that went off on our family. I’m in a major place of mourning and he’s angry and he doesn’t want to [talk about it].”

Kody agreed during the tell-all that he was sabotaging his relationship with Robyn to “punish” himself after the failed marriages. “I thought of myself leaving Robin and having another lover and looking [at] this lover and going, ‘I don’t love you. I’m in love with another woman. I’m in love with a woman that I left because I was too much a piece of s–t to manage the relationship,’” he confessed, adding that he had “demons” to fight after Christine, 51, walked away from their union.

“[There was] a lot of devil, a lot of temptation, which would be destructive of my relationship with Robyn,” he recalled. “So I dealt with a lot of anger and she would get frustrated. My anger was a turn off. It was scary.”

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Meri Claims Kody Didn’t ‘Respect’ Her as a ‘Human Being’ Pre-Split

During season 18, which filmed in 2022 and aired this fall, Meri and Kody finally decided to part ways after years of turmoil. Meri explained in the tell-all that she realized that Kody valued his relationship with Robyn more than any other romance when he reminded Robyn about their covenant and seemingly revealed that it was stronger than his and Meri’s dynamic.

“He fell out of love with me or whatever. I only base that off of that scene where he said to [Robyn], ‘If I ever fall out of love with you, don’t string me along’ or whatever his words were,” Meri explained to host Sukanya Krishnan, claiming Kody never promised her that. “I’m like, ‘Then why did you not respect me enough as a human being?’”

Meri acknowledged that Kody didn’t feel like she was his “wife anymore, even though we made covenants, and nothing has happened to break them at that point,” claiming she deserved to hear it from him — and not on an episode of Sister Wives. “I understand that’s how you feel about me but have the respect for me as a human being to tell me to my face. And he didn’t,” she added.

Kody responded by arguing, “That covenant doesn’t include the dissolution of my soul or personality. That relationship does not work in a marriage for me. It’s that simple. I don’t care about the covenant if you can’t get through that, then it’s broken.”

Robyn and Kody Have ‘Never’ Had This Many ‘Problems’ in Marriage

“We’ve never had as many problems as we’re having right now in our marriage,” Robyn revealed. “He’s suspicious of anybody being disloyal to him. His suspicion is about women in general.”

Robyn explained that after going through his divorce from Christine, Kody became more “cautious” and “suspicious” of all women. “I said, ‘I feel like you’re lining up all the women [and] I’m there with them and you’re, you know, shooting them all down,’” she said. “And that’s not fair. Just because you’re having some issues with other women in your life, or a woman or whatever, doesn’t mean that we’re all bad.”

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Christine Admits She Doesn’t ‘Trust’ Robyn

When asked to “name a reason” she’s not friends with Robyn, Christine replied, “Well, I don’t trust her.” She explained, “I think she says one thing but does another. How can you say you want the whole big family picture, but then do all these separate things with Kody? How can you say you want the whole big family picture when he’s over at your house all the time?”

That lack of trust has made Christine not want to maintain a relationship with her former sister wife. “I don’t want to sit here and blame Robyn, but I’m not going to be her friend because I don’t believe her,” she said. “But I’m not going to blame her for everything falling apart. I think we probably all have something to do with that.”

Meri also opened up about not trusting her ex-sister wives, claiming, “They don’t have my back.” After clarifying that Robyn does have her back, Meri admitted that she and Robyn are no longer as close as they once were.

“My relationship with Robyn, like, that’s something that she and I are working on and trying to figure out and navigate because it is different,” she said. “You know, as much as I think we would like to say, ‘No, it’s not [different],’ it is because now I’m friends with my ex-husband’s wife and I’m emotionally not 100 percent there yet.”

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Robyn Claims Her Kids Were Mocked After Christmas 2021 Fallout

Viewers learned during season 18 that Janelle, 54, and Christine’s kids had a falling out with Robyn and her children while trying to organize a gift exchange for Christmas 2021. After Robyn allegedly inserted herself into the plans, Janelle and Robyn’s kids pulled back. Robyn claimed the kids even started to be mean toward her own children.

“[My kids] started trying to express themselves and the other kids started mocking them and dismissing them and it made them feel very ganged up on,” Robyn alleged on Sunday. “What had happened was my kids came to me and they said, ‘We don’t feel emotionally safe to be a part of this gift exchange anymore.’”

Christine recalled Robyn telling the group that she and Kody had decided their kids weren’t going to do the gift exchange at all after the dramatic fight. “[My kids] were devastated and they were like, ‘What does that mean? I thought those were our siblings,’” Christine claimed. “And they’re like, ‘Why can’t we just move past this and be siblings?’”

Janelle had a similar recollection of the drama, saying, “All of a sudden [Robyn] comes back with, ‘Well, I’ve talked to your dad, and we’re just going to do our thing separate,’” she recalled. “And so my kids were like, ‘Our dad, like, our dad? You mean the father of us all?’”

Robyn insisted that her children “really wanted to belong” and alleged that some of Kody’s other kids told them “they didn’t belong and they weren’t part of the family and things like that.”

Janelle Says Kids Were Told to ‘Sit Down and Shut Up’ When Robyn Married In

Looking back, Meri confessed that she thinks the family “could’ve done it better” when it came to integrating Robyn and her three kids from a prior relationship into their brood. “I think that some people felt like this was forced on them, like they didn’t have an opinion,” Meri said.

Janelle, meanwhile, claimed that the group “didn’t take the time to listen to our own children” before Robyn married Kody in 2014.

“We just kind of told them to just accept these kids. We really hurried and kind of put it together without really taking everybody’s temperature,” Janelle said, claiming, “They were being told to, you know, sit down and shut up and accept this family being merged in. I feel like maybe we should’ve taken some time.”

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Christine Reveals Difference Between David Woolley and Kody

Christine gushed over her then-fiancé during the tell-all, revealing they met on an online dating site. “The night that I signed up for it, there was this picture and he has these eyes and I’m like, ‘I want to be looked at with those eyes with a look of love at him for the rest of my life,’” she recalled.

When asked to name the biggest difference between Woolley, whom she married in October, and Kody, Christine said it comes down to love. “The first thing I realized was that David loves me. He loves me, and I feel so loved. But with that comes a confidence that I can just be me,” she said. “There’s no strings attached to it. Nothing. I don’t have to do anything to earn his love. … It’s just always there.”

Part 4 of the Sister Wives: 1-on-1 special airs on TLC Sunday, December 17, at 10 p.m. ET.

Robyn Brown revealed during part 3 of season 18’s Sister Wives: 1-on-1 special that her marriage to Kody Brown has taken a hit after his splits from his other wives. “What he’s doing is he’s self-sabotaging,” Robyn, 45, said during the latest tell-all episode of the TLC series on Sunday, December 10. “He’s angry. He

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Jay-Z Locked In Tyla. The Industry Is Shaking.

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2 weeks ago

July 3, 2026

Bolanle Media Staff

By Bolanle Media | July 2, 2026

Photo: Tyla at the 2026 Met Gala in custom Valentino — days before making the biggest business move of her career.

There are career moves, and then there are statements. Tyla just made a statement that will be studied in music business classrooms for years.

The South African superstar — born Tyla Laura Seethal, 24 years old, and already the proud owner of two Grammy Awards — has officially signed a multi-million dollar global deal with Roc Nation, Jay-Z’s powerhouse entertainment company, walking away from Epic Records to align herself with the most influential roster in the music business. The signing was confirmed across social media with a major digital announcement this week, and the reaction from industry insiders was immediate — shock, admiration, and the quiet acknowledgment that someone just changed the trajectory of African music forever.

From “Water” to a Global Phenomenon

Let’s not forget where this all started. In 2023, a 21-year-old from Johannesburg released a song called “Water” that nobody could quite categorize and everybody needed to hear. Within weeks, it had sparked one of the most viral TikTok dance challenges of the decade, charted simultaneously across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Africa, and earned Tyla a Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance — the first year that category even existed.

That win wasn’t just personal. It was a signal. African music — Afrobeats, Amapiano, and now what Tyla herself calls A*Pop — was no longer knocking at the door of the global mainstream. It had walked through it. And Tyla had handed it the key.

What followed was a whirlwind two years of sold-out shows, magazine covers, red carpet domination, and a growing reputation as one of the most stylistically fearless artists on the planet. She attended the 2026 Met Gala — her third consecutive appearance — wearing a custom Valentino gown dripping in diamond chains with a sweeping teal skirt, styled by the legendary Law Roach, with beauty by Pat McGrath. The look was breathtaking. But it was also strategic. Every Met Gala appearance, every fashion moment, every carefully placed interview has been building toward exactly this: the infrastructure to match the vision.

What Roc Nation Actually Means

To understand why this deal matters, you have to understand what Roc Nation actually is — because it is not simply a record label.

Founded by Jay-Z in 2008, Roc Nation is a full-service entertainment company with divisions spanning artist management, touring, brand partnerships, film and television, sports management, and philanthropy. Its roster has included Rihanna, Alicia Keys, J. Cole, Big Sean, Lil Uzi Vert, and Megan Thee Stallion — artists who didn’t just sell records, but built multi-decade cultural empires that extended into fashion, film, business, and beyond. The through-line isn’t genre. It’s scale.

For Tyla specifically, the Roc Nation deal unlocks a completely different level of access. We’re talking about premium budgets for music videos and live production, top-tier brand partnership pipelines with luxury and lifestyle companies, film and television placement relationships that most artists spend a decade trying to build, and the kind of media weight that gets you on the cover of Vogue, Time, and Billboard in the same calendar year. Roc Nation doesn’t just manage artists — it engineers icons.

On the African music side, Tyla joins fellow Roc Nation signee Ayra Starr, the Nigerian pop star who inked her deal in 2025, deepening the label’s clear and deliberate strategic investment in African pop as the next dominant global genre. Jay-Z is not betting on a trend. He is betting on a generation.

The Album That Could Rewrite the Playbook

The timing of this signing is not accidental — it is surgical.

Tyla’s highly anticipated sophomore album, A*POP, is officially set to drop July 24, 2026, just three weeks away — a 14-track project that she has described as unapologetic, globally ambitious, and deeply rooted in her South African identity while simultaneously reaching for something universal. The lead single “She Did It Again” features Swedish pop titan Zara Larsson, a collaboration that announces in no uncertain terms that Tyla is not staying in any lane she didn’t build herself.

With Roc Nation’s full machine now behind the album rollout — promotional infrastructure, media relationships, tour routing, brand activations — A*POP arrives with a runway that Epic Records simply could not have provided at this scale. The industry is already paying attention. For music supervisors, film and TV executives, brand marketers, and entertainment investors reading this right now — put A*POP on your radar immediately. This is the kind of release that shapes culture, not just charts.

The Bigger Picture Nobody Is Talking About

Here is what gets lost in the excitement of a big announcement: the systemic significance of what Tyla just did.

The music industry’s historical relationship with African artists has been, at best, transactional — major labels slow to invest, quick to cash in on a viral moment, and consistently reluctant to build the kind of long-term infrastructure that turns an artist into a brand. Tyla has navigated that system with remarkable intelligence, refusing to be reduced to a trend, building her artistic identity on her own terms, and now — at 24 — arriving at the negotiating table with enough leverage to choose Roc Nation on her terms.

That matters. Not just for Tyla, but for every African artist watching this unfold from Lagos, Accra, Nairobi, Cape Town, and Houston. It is proof that the path from regional phenomenon to global superstar is not only possible — it is being paved right now, in real time, by a young woman from Johannesburg who refused to shrink.

For media companies, content platforms, entertainment executives, and brand strategists operating in the African diaspora space — this is your data point. African pop is not a niche. It is not a trend. It is not a moment. It is a movement, and Tyla just secured the most powerful co-sign available in the global music business to lead it.

Watch this space. Very closely.

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DJ Shinski Brings AfriqueFest To Life

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4 weeks ago

June 16, 2026

Bolanle Media Staff

AfriqueFest: Pan-African Musical Experience — World Cup Edition is set to take over Noto Houston on Sunday, June 28, bringing together East, South, and West African sounds in one immersive celebration of music, culture, and connection. Presented by Experience Noir and Bolanle Media, the event is designed as a cinematic night for the culture, blending global energy with Houston nightlife in a way that feels elevated, intentional, and deeply rooted in African creativity.

Spotlight on DJ Shinski

At the heart of this year’s experience is DJ Shinski. Born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya and now based in Houston, DJ Shinski has built an international name off high-energy sets that move effortlessly across Afrobeats, Amapiano, hip‑hop, dancehall, reggae, and electronic sounds.

He has also become Africa’s most‑subscribed DJ on YouTube, crossing the 2‑million‑subscriber mark and turning his mixes into a global destination for music lovers.

DJ Shinski’s style is precise but unpredictable: one moment it’s classic Afrobeats, the next it’s East African anthems, then a run of throwback hip‑hop or R&B that still feels fresh. That ability to read a room and connect multiple worlds in a single set is exactly why AfriqueFest is building so much of the night’s energy around him.

At AfriqueFest, DJ Shinski helps drive the Safari Grooves segment, representing East and Central Africa from 4 PM to 6 PM. Expect a journey that moves from Nairobi to Dar es Salaam, Kampala, Addis, and beyond, all filtered through his signature “vibes on vibes” approach behind the decks.

DJ Tunez and the rest of the night

Supporting that energy, DJ Tunez leads the Gold Coast Beats chapter from 8 PM to 10 PM, bringing his own Nigerian‑American Afrobeats pedigree to the stage. Together with the Diamond Rhythms segment (South) and a curated roster of DJs, the night stretches across the continent in three distinct musical chapters, all connected by a single dance floor.

Hosted by @chris_gone_crazy, @kingdrewwskyy, @roselynomaka, and @samsnewleaf, AfriqueFest is positioned as more than a party—it’s a celebration of sound, style, and Pan‑African identity in Houston, with DJ Shinski anchoring the experience from the moment doors open.

Brought to you by Bolanle Media & Experience Noir

Brought to you by Bolanle Media and Experience Noir, this World Cup edition of AfriqueFest is crafted as a night where global DJs, storytellers, and music lovers collide and create a shared cultural memory. With DJ Shinski front and center—and DJ Tunez helping close the night—guests can expect a show that reflects both the future of African nightlife and the power of the diaspora to create unforgettable live moments.

If you want to experience DJ Shinski live at AfriqueFest, now is the time to lock in your spot. Purchase your tickets now at AfriqueFest.com and get ready for a night of music, movement, and culture at Noto Houston.

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STREAMING PREMIERE · JUNE 13, 2026

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1 month ago

June 13, 2026

Bolanle Media Staff

Laughter Meets Inspiration: Our Ladies Show Lands on The Roku Channel

A bold new sketch comedy series for women premieres June 13 across the U.S., U.K., and Canada — arriving on the back of a festival-winning run that has critics and audiences already paying attention.

It isn’t every day a brand-new comedy arrives already wearing a row of trophies. Our Ladies Show does. The seven-episode inspirational sketch comedy series — created, written by, and starring Christin Jezak — begins streaming on The Roku Channel on Friday, June 13, 2026, available free to viewers in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada.

Produced in partnership with global media services leader Encompass Digital Media, the series sets out to do something rare in today’s streaming landscape: make women laugh out loud and leave them lifted. In a media moment crowded with noise and cynicism, Our Ladies Show is a deliberate counterweight — comedy with a conscience, built for women of every age and background.

A Show Built Around Real Life — and Real Laughs

Each of the seven episodes opens with a monologue from one of the cast members introducing the theme, then rolls into three or more sketches that hit the subject from every comedic angle. The series tackles the things women actually carry: holding grudges, comparison, beauty, patience, gift giving, the importance of community, and dealing with anxiety.

The comedy comes from a place of warmth rather than mockery — a “laugh at ourselves” spirit that runs through a gallery of unforgettable characters: a nosey neighbor, an overwhelmed mom, relentlessly optimistic flight attendants, beauty pageant winners past their prime, and a crew of unruly campers with a counselor who simply cannot hold it together.

Then the show does something most sketch series don’t. In the final segment of every episode, the cast gathers in a living-room setting and invites the audience in — sharing real inspiration drawn from the theme, the sketches, and their own personal stories. It’s the moment the laughter turns into something that stays with you.

The Women Behind the Show

Our Ladies Show brings together three performers with serious range:

Christin Jezak — creator, writer, and star (Miracle at Manchester, Raising Hope, Jimmy Kimmel Live!)
Hillary Hawkins — (Primal, Nick Jr.’s Play Along, Gullah Gullah Island)
Sarah Hernandez — (Nefarious, Unplanned, House of Payne)

“In a world with so much division and depression, I hope women of all ages and backgrounds will watch this show, laugh, be reminded of how beautiful, unique, and loved they are, and remember how much we need each other.”— Christin Jezak, Creator & Star

Already a Festival Favorite

The series’ recurring long-form sketch, Neighborhood Watch, didn’t arrive quietly. Originally released as a web series and revamped for Our Ladies Show with new footage, sound, and music, it has been sweeping the festival circuit:

🏆 Best Webseries — 2026 New Media Film Festival (Los Angeles)
🏆 Best Web/TV Series — Paris Film Awards
🏆 Best Web Series — Dallas Movie Awards
🏅 Additional wins at the London Movie Awards, Florence Film Awards, and Hollywood Gold Awards
🎬 Official Selection — 2026 Harvard Divinity School Film Fest
⭐ Finalist — Houston Comedy Film Festival
📣 Three nominations — 2025 Content Christian Media Conference, including Best Actress in a TV and Web Series nods for both Christin Jezak and Sarah Hernandez

Where and When to Watch

Our Ladies Show premieres Friday, June 13, 2026, streaming on The Roku Channel — the home of premium and free entertainment — in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. All seven episodes deliver the series’ signature blend of sharp sketch comedy and genuine encouragement.

Watch the trailer now on your platform of choice:

For more information, visit www.ourladiesshow.com and follow @ourladiesshow on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

About Christin Jezak

Christin Jezak has worked for over 15 years in the entertainment industry. She created and stars in Our Ladies Show and the award-winning web series Neighborhood Watch. She produced the EWTN TV program For the Sake of the Gospel and the all-women web series Ladies Keepin’ It Real, played Dr. Sam in Miracle at Manchester (starring Dean Cain, Daniel Roebuck, and Eddie McClintock), and voices Agnes in the podcast Confessions of a Catholic Single. She held a lead role in a short film for NTT Data directed by Academy Award–winning cinematographer Janusz Kamiński, has co-starred on Raising Hope, and appeared in Jimmy Kimmel sketches and a Grubhub Super Bowl commercial.

About The Roku Channel

Roku pioneered streaming on TV and is the #1 TV streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico by hours streamed (Hypothesis Group, Dec. 2025). The Roku Channel is the home of premium and free entertainment, alongside Roku’s Howdy and Frndly TV services. Roku is headquartered in San Jose, California.

About Encompass Digital Media

Encompass Digital Media is a global managed services company — technology-driven, software-defined, and people-powered. Trusted by world-leading broadcasters, networks, sports rights-holders, and OTT platforms, it processes over 25,000 hours of content daily, serves 850 channels to 84 countries, distributes over 243,000 live events annually, and reaches 400 million radio listeners weekly worldwide. Learn more at www.encompass.tv.

Media & Interview Requests: To interview creator Christin Jezak or the cast, contact Christin at cjezak@p2ptheatre.com.