No way does each wife make 50K a show. Maybe the whole family together gets 50K a show. |
Before the shows, they survived on welfare, food stamps, etc... More kids more money he gets. He has no job. Janelle had a job outside the home. College paid for by the state. Flagstaff was just to keep the show going and he had someone on the side. |
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I love how he's all like, "I don't know if I'd do the whole plural marriage thing again..." but it doesn't stop him from hopping around the SW collecting human souvenirs.
I just can't with that hair and the same blue button down.
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Cody, Meri, and Janelle all worked prior to the show and in the first season. |
| Christine seems nice, but not as emotionally strong as Meri. Needy. |
I don't think it is that much for the whole family. I thought it was something like $25k an episode for all. It's basic cable. |
I think quite a bit is exaggerated for TV and to remain "entertaining" to get re-uped. |
| I watched this show regularly the first season, but now whenever I stumble across it, all the adults are just sitting around a table, looking dour and discussing how misunderstood they feel. It's like a long, unending conference. None of them make polygamy look appealing at all. |
I agree with that but I think they have monetized the show a bit and their personal businesses have seen a lot of success. But they can't make that much because Meri sells an eff ton of Lularoe and no one who's doing awesome is selling Lularoe. I think she's been able to become one of the 1% that makes money because she's a sister wife though. And I think her B&B in utah is doing well. I actually think she brings in probably the most of any wife right now. |
I agree. I wish Meri would just go to Utah and run the B&B and make that part of the show. That would surely be more interesting than this. Or maybe focus on the kids a bit more. I feel like we never see them. |
Kody’s insecurities on full display in photo montage above! He is in deep hair-loss denial. Nice Man Perm! Shave your head and move on. |
| PP and I predict that following the Aging Egomaniac Handbook, Cody will soon start wearing hats in every on camera appearance |
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They used to be paid $180,000 per adult per season for 10 years. Then reduced it to $180,000 for all the adults per season. Now it's 10% of the episode budget for all the adults (about $25,000-$40,000 per episode).
https://meaww.com/tlc-sister-wives-how-much-kody-brown-family-earn-from-show-who-richest-robyn-meri-christine-janelle-522208 |
| God I read the recap in people about their 30th anniversary and it made me want to vomit for her. I wish she would leave. |