Just this week on a new episode of Sister Wives, Mariah Brown revealed that she is gay. Nobody knew about this, not even her mom Meri Brown. Now the star of Sister Wives is speaking out and sharing that it took her a bit to come to terms with the fact that she was gay. People spoke with Mariah and shared the details about what she had to say. Mariah grew up in a devout fundamentalist Mormon in a polygamous family and being gay is not something they believe in. Mariah said that the fear of being gay was actually hard on her. She said, "It was something I was so scared of in myself. If you were to ask me my biggest fear, it would have been to be gay." Mariah Brown remembers that while she was little and growing up in church, they were taught …show more content…
Mariah revealed that she actually had panic attacks and couldn't sleep at night over the thoughts going on in her head. When Mariah Brown was a senior in high school, she started touring colleges and met someone that was gay who told her a story that changed everything. Mariah explained the details about her thoughts. "That was sort of the start of realizing this is okay. My whole life I tried to shut it out. I was finally letting myself be real. I had this image I had to uphold, and when I started letting that go, I realized I didn’t have to be the person I thought I had to be." Even though the fans just saw Mariah Brown tell her family about being gay, she shared that it happened just before Thanksgiving. Her mom Meri has been silent about her thoughts, but she told People "I’m so proud of her for having the strength." It sounds like the entire Brown family is okay with Mariah's announcement, but the fans can't wait to see it all play out on the episode next week. Robyn Brown said, "No matter what our religion says, what my heart says is that she is our daughter and she is a person, and she has a right to her