When the Covid pandemic broke out, Kody made strict family rules that went far beyond CDC guidelines for keeping safe. His reasoning was that since he had to visit all the children and wives regularly, he couldn't chance of getting the virus and infecting his younger children, whom he shares with his now one remaining wife, Robyn,who has been known as the only sister wife Kody has ever loved at first sight. He expected all of his wives and children to follow his rules in their own homes.

However, Gabe chose to see his girlfriend who he said was also self-isolating, and Garrison kept working and seeing friends, all activities that Kody deemed unacceptable. Kody's was not only harsh, but crude.

His stance is that they should have moved out of their mom Janelle's house if they didn't want to follow rules. "It's not that complicated. They went out and found homes when she [Janelle] had to move. Why couldn't they have gone out and found homes so they can keep dating during Covid?" Kody explained on the "Sister Wives: One on One" tell-all, as per Yahoo! Entertainment. "That's what I don't understand, because if one of my little children were to die because somebody had to get his pencil wet, that made me so mad."