Janelle Brown is making major money moves, separating herself financially from her estranged husband, Kody, and his wife, Robyn. She is now getting paid separately for ‘Sister Wives’.
Sister Wives star Janelle Brown’s pay underwent a bold financial decision. The TLC personality may have hinted her separation from Kody Brown could soon become a full-fledged divorce. The mother of six is taking back her financial control and, in doing so, will likely be paid separately from Kody and Robyn Brown in the upcoming Sister Wives Season 19.
How much do the Browns get paid per episode of ‘Sister Wives’?
The Sister Wives stars had a different company called Kody Brown Family Entertainment, LLC, registered as a business in Nevada. According to Open Corporates, the LLC is active and lists Kody, and his then-four wives, Janelle, Robyn, Meri, and Christine Brown, as “members.”
Through this LLC, the Janelle Brown and family were getting paid by TLC for Sister Wives. It’s estimated that the Browns are made anywhere from $25,000 to $40,000 per episode.
The money would go into a family bank account for housing and other big purchases, such as down payments for the family’s plot of land on Coyote Pass. Kody Brown paid $820,000 for Coyote Pass in 2018.
In Sister Wives Season 17, Janelle revealed that when Christine needed to purchase a home, they used the family money to get her into a home. And they used the profits from selling Janelle’s house in Las Vegas toward the $222,500 downpayment for Robyn’s $1.5 million home in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Meanwhile, Janelle was living in an RV and was told by Kody that they didn’t have enough money to pay off the family’s property for her to start building her own home.
What does Janelle Brown do to make money?
Many Sister Wives fans believe that the mother of six had been financially abused in her 30-year marriage to Kody. The breadwinner would put all of her money into the family account for the greater good of the family. But when she needed money, Kody claimed there wasn’t enough to help her.
“If I was prioritized, we would have figured out how to pay off the land, and I would be in a house. Instead of this, “We don’t have the budget, I don’t know.” None of that was ever discussed when it was time for Robyn to find a house,” she shared on the Sister Wives Season 17 reunion.
Janelle understood that she had nothing of her own as a non-legal wife to Kody and all of their shared assets with all of the wives’ names on them.
