Escaping Polygamy and Starting Over ft. Ashley Sandmire
Khloé in Wonder Land
Khloé Kardashian
4.5 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Khloé sits down with Ashley Sandmire, who was raised in a polygamist community and left the religion as a young mom. Ashley shares what it was like growing up with dozens of siblings, watching harmful dynamics play out, and feeling pressure to live a life that never felt right. From grief and loss to therapy, healing, and choosing a new future for her kids, this episode is a powerful conversation about breaking generational cycles and learning to live authentically, even when it’s hard.
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| 0:00.0 | Things that I wish that I knew when my husband and I left the polygamous religion we were born and raised in. |
| 0:04.8 | I thought that I was going to have to share him and have sister wives. |
| 0:07.8 | We were told to lie about it. |
| 0:09.5 | I've had the most bizarre crazy shit happened. |
| 0:12.3 | My brother took his life a little over eight years ago. |
| 0:15.0 | This has got to stop. |
| 0:16.9 | Your story is so fascinating. |
| 0:18.6 | You have gone through so much. |
| 0:20.4 | Tell me about your childhood. |
| 0:22.4 | My dad had 46 kids. He was abusive in every way. It was always taught. You do what the man says, and you will obey. |
| 0:30.5 | The brainwashing and the toll that it takes, that's scary. I got married at 18. Who the hell let me do that? |
| 0:36.5 | He was like, I don't know if I want multiple wives. I would be like, am I enough? When I gave birth to my daughter, me and my husband were like, she can't live like that? Is your story going to be something you're going to be just very honest about? What is even appropriate to tell a seven-year-old? Do you ever get scared that you left the church? There's a lot of fear. I know that there are people living that way that don't want to, and they don't know how to get out. What do you want people to take away? It felt bitter and angry because of the way that I grew up, but you can't live life like that. Get up, get the fuck out, and leave. |
| 1:18.0 | So Ashley, thank you for being here on Chloe in Wonderland. |
| 1:23.9 | You did, I think it was a podcast for someone else, and I saw it on TikTok, and you were talking about your story and all that you've been through. |
| 1:27.3 | And your story is so fascinating, |
| 1:29.1 | but something that really drew me to you is you have so much grace and compassion for all the |
| 1:37.8 | players in your life. And from what I saw, you didn't come from this place of this victim stance. |
| 1:47.3 | You came from a place of really wanting to educate and inform and talk about your journey. |
| 1:51.6 | It's really a beautiful way to position life into position all that you've gone through. |
| 1:56.8 | And I really was so enamored by you and your energy and all that. |
| 2:00.2 | And so I really wanted you to come on. And I'm so |
| 2:03.1 | grateful that you did. Thank you. I appreciate that. I feel so honored to share my story with you. I'm like such a |
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