{"id":33691,"date":"2026-08-09T02:15:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33691"},"modified":"2026-08-09T02:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:15:23","slug":"sister-wives-star-leon-brown-says-they-grew-up-in-a-cult-recalls-being-really-shy-fearful-just-jared-celebrity-news-and-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33691","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Sister Wives&#8217; Star Leon Brown Says They Grew Up in a &#8216;Cult&#8217; Recalls Being &#8216;Really Shy &#038; Fearful&#8217; | Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2261896\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leon-brown-sister-wives-788x444.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"A still of Leon Brown.\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leon-brown-sister-wives-428x241.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leon-brown-sister-wives-788x444.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100px, 788px\" loading=\"eager\" data-cf-ratio=\"788x444\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: TikTok: @leointhemtns<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Leon Brown<\/strong>, the former <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/sister-wives\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Sister Wives<\/strong><\/a><\/em> star and child of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kody-brown\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Kody Brown<\/strong><\/a> and ex-wife <strong>Meri Brown<\/strong>, is speaking out about their childhood and what it was like being on the TLC reality show as a kid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Leon<\/strong>, who is now 31 years old, uploaded a video to TikTok on Tuesday (August 4) to share their experience, recalling how their family consisted of \u201cfour parents and two older siblings\u201d when they first moved to Wyoming. <strong>Leon<\/strong> was 3 when they relocated and they remained there until they turned 10. <\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-leon-thomas-says-they-were-in-a-cult-during-their-time-on-sister-wives\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leon Thomas says they were \u201cin a cult\u201d during their time on Sister Wives<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe were in a cult then,\u201d <strong>Leon <\/strong>said in the TikTok, noting that there weren\u2019t many other kids their age around them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI was really shy and really fearful as a child, so I didn\u2019t really know people outside of the cult,\u201d <strong>Leon<\/strong> continued. \u201cWe were homeschooled until we moved to Utah when I was 10. And then we started going to the same church, a cult church, in Utah. At that point, it got a little bit more all-encompassing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their days were organized around \u201cchurch school,\u201d which took place on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. They went to \u201cprimary on Thursdays, and <strong>Leon<\/strong> described it as \u201creligious indoctrination for children.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<h3 id=\"h-on-going-to-church-school-and-learning-about-religion\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">On going to church school and learning about religion<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Leon<\/strong> shared that they loved primary school and loved \u201clearning about Jesus\u201d and \u201cchurch history.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think there\u2019s some religious scrupulosity there. It was rewarding, and I was rewarded for it. So I\u2019m not actually sure if I like it or not. Who\u2019s to say?\u201d they continued before concluding, \u201cThis is weird because I don\u2019t talk about this a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Leon<\/strong> also said the video was the first of several in the caption, adding, \u201cThis story will take many forms and be in many parts, but here\u2019s a start. Thanks for listening &amp; being respectful.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-kody-brown-s-ex-wife-christine-brown-woolley-previously-said-she-believed-she-had-raised-her-children-in-a-cult\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kody Brown\u2019s ex-wife Christine Brown Woolley previously said she believed she had raised her children in a cult<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/christine-brown-woolley\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Christine Brown Woolley<\/strong><\/a>, who had six kids with ex-husband <strong>Kody<\/strong>, wrote that she believed she \u201cgrew up in a cult,\u201d and raised her children in a cult in her 2025 memoir <em>Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Finding Freedom<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEven before I believed we were in a cult, some of my kids figured it out as young adults. I had taught them not to live in fear,\u201d <strong>Christine<\/strong> wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/29\/sister-wives-christine-brown-reveals-she-ex-kody-brown-are-related\/\"><strong>Christine <\/strong>also made another shocking revelation about her relationship with <strong>Cody <\/strong>last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kody-brown\/\" rel=\"tag\">Kody Brown<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/leon-brown\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leon Brown<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/meri-brown\/\" rel=\"tag\">Meri Brown<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/sister-wives\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sister Wives<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/tlc\/\" rel=\"tag\">TLC<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: TikTok: @leointhemtns Leon Brown, the former Sister Wives star and child of Kody Brown and ex-wife Meri Brown, is speaking out about their childhood and what it was like being on the TLC reality show as a kid. 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