Meri Brown is not hiding where her heart is these days. In the Sister Wives season 20 finale special, the longtime reality star laid out exactly where things stand with the man viewers first heard about from her speed dating adventures, and how that connection fits into her life after Kody Brown. The update is frank, a little flirty, and very much in line with the more independent Meri fans have watched emerge over the last few seasons.
Her comments land at a turning point for the entire Sister Wives universe, as the original plural marriage has unraveled and each adult is figuring out what comes next. For Meri, that means being clear about her bond with Ron, honest about past missteps in love, and surprisingly optimistic about what dating looks like in her fifties.
Meri’s finale confession: “very comfortable” with Ron
During the finale sit-down, Meri Brown did not dance around the topic everyone tuned in for. Asked about her love life, she explained that she feels “very comfortable” with a man named Ron and lit up as she described how easy it is to be herself around him. She told host Sukanya “Suki” Krishnan that she appreciates being able to drop the performance and simply show up as Meri, a shift that hits differently after years of trying to hold together a strained plural marriage with Kody Brown on Sister Wives.
Meri went a step further and said she and Ron “have a connection,” making it clear this is not just a casual texting situation or a one-off date. In the special, she framed the relationship as something that feels grounded and mutual, not a rebound or a storyline stunt, and she credited that comfort to the way Ron shows up for her in everyday life. Her description of feeling “very comfortable” and able to be herself around Ron signaled to viewers that this is the most emotionally safe she has felt with a partner in a long time.
From speed dating wild card to steady presence
Ron did not appear out of nowhere. Meri first met him at a speed dating event, a detail that sounded like a throwaway reality TV bit at the time but has turned into one of the most consequential choices she has made since leaving her spiritual marriage. She later confirmed that she was still seeing the man she met that night and that things were progressing in a way that surprised even her. In earlier interviews, she described how the connection started light and fun, then slowly deepened as they kept choosing to show up for each other, a progression she revisited when she talked about her relationship with Ron in the finale.
By the time cameras rolled on the season 20 special, Meri was comfortable labeling Ron as more than just a date. She emphasized that he has become a consistent presence, someone she can call when life gets messy and who is not intimidated by the complicated history that comes with being Meri Brown. Earlier coverage of her dating life noted that she was still seeing the man from that speed dating night and that “things seem to be progressing,” language that lines up neatly with the way she now talks about her ongoing bond with the same partner.
How Meri’s dating life evolved after Kody
To understand why this new relationship matters so much to fans, it helps to rewind to Meri’s exit from her spiritual marriage. She and Kody Brown had been emotionally distant for years before they finally acknowledged that their relationship was over, a process she has described as both painful and oddly freeing. In one earlier conversation, Meri read aloud a text she sent Kody after they agreed to terminate their marriage, explaining that while the legal and spiritual ties were cut, she still wanted clarity and respect as they moved forward separately, a moment that underscored just how much emotional labor she had carried in the breakup.
Since that separation from Kody, with whom she shares her only child, Leon, 30, Meri has been publicly linked to just one other partner before Ron. She briefly dated a man named Amos, a relationship she later confirmed had ended after about four months because it simply was not the right fit. At the time, she told followers that Amos was not “the right one” for her and that she was willing to walk away rather than stay in something that did not feel aligned, a stance she explained when she announced she had split from her boyfriend Amos.
Owning her single era, then choosing connection
Before Ron, Meri spent a long stretch leaning into solo life. She talked openly about traveling on her own, running her bed-and-breakfast, and focusing on personal growth instead of chasing a new relationship just to fill the space Kody left. In that period, she made it clear that she was not opposed to love but was not going to contort herself to fit someone else’s expectations again. Her social media posts and interviews from that time often circled back to the same theme: she wanted a partner who would meet her where she is, not a project to fix or a role to perform for someone.
That mindset is part of why her comments about Ron landed with such weight. She did not sound like someone swept up in infatuation. Instead, she described a connection that grew out of shared values and mutual support, echoing earlier remarks where she said the man she met while speed dating was “just helping” and asking, “What can I do to help?” when she faced challenges. Those details, shared when she first revealed that things had progressed with the man she met while speed dating, match the way she now talks about Ron as a steady, encouraging presence.
Why fans are invested in Meri and Ron now
Part of the fascination with Meri’s love life is simple longevity. Viewers have watched her on Sister Wives for years, through catfishing scandal fallout, fertility struggles, and the slow-motion collapse of her relationship with Kody. Seeing her now, relaxed and a little giddy as she talks about feeling “very comfortable” with Ron, offers a rare bit of uncomplicated good news in a franchise that has lately been defined by separations and goodbyes.
There is also the broader context of how the other women from the family are rebuilding. As Meri Brown reveals she is in a new relationship and “enjoy spending time with him,” she joins the list of ex-sister wives who are charting their own romantic paths outside the original plural structure. Her willingness to talk about that on camera, to say out loud that she and Ron “have a connection” and that she loves being herself around him, signals a new chapter not just for her but for how the show handles life after plural marriage, a shift that has been highlighted as Meri Brown steps into the spotlight on her own terms.
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