Now that Kody and Robyn Brown are on their own, they might be in big financial trouble…
Christine, Meri, and Janelle have all left Kody — and they took their money with them . And because of that, Kody’s biggest fear might be about to come true. On the Tell-All part 1, Kody said that nothing scared him but poverty.
And given that three out of his four wives have now left him, it makes sense that money has been on his mind so much. His and Robyn’s income has now been decreased by 75%, and this will for sure have a huge impact on their future.
What Kody Brown Does for Work
At this point, all we really know is that Kody works as a firearm parts salesman. He reportedly co-owns a business in Utah that sells firearms and sporting goods.
It’s not clear how much money he makes from that, but even if it is a decent salary, he might still be in trouble. That’s because Robyn doesn’t actually work outside of the home.
As far as we know, Robyn hasn’t really had a job outside of the house since she got married to Kody. The only thing we really know she worked on was her failed business, My Sister Wife’s Closet. This was an online jewelry store that was started by Robyn.
As of now, she apparently still claims to be doing that. But if the show is accurate, the business has never turned a profit, and it’s always operated at a loss.
This means that all the wives who invested their own funds into it only ended up losing money. Allegedly, Janelle even cashed in her 401k retirement fund and gave Robyn $40,000 for My Sister Wife’s Closet, only for it to fail. This was after she repeatedly made it clear that she had her doubts about the business…
I don’t think Janelle ever got that money back, although we obviously don’t know that for sure. Either way, this has always been Robyn’s only job — if you could even call it that… and despite her claims, it’s not been active in years.
When you visit the My Sister Wife’s Closet website, there is a pop-up that says: We’ll be back soon! We are busy updating the store for you. Sign up for our newsletter to stay informed!
However, this has been the case for years now — and it’s clear that the website hasn’t been updated in a while.
At the top of the homepage, it still mentions Christine, Janelle, and Meri as owners. The header is a photo of Kody and the four wives. This is obviously very telling: All three of the other wives have left Kody now, so to have them up on the website still like this seems pretty strange.
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But there’s more. We all know that Christine has been gone for a while now. This all means that Robyn clearly hasn’t updated the website in at least a year, which doesn’t exactly make it seem like an ongoing project for her.
The website also has a blog, which has not been updated in four years now. The last post of the blog was published on January 17, 2019. The same inactivity is evident on the business’s social media, too. The Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter accounts were last active in March 2019.
Since then, the business has gone completely silent. It was even reported that several months later, Christine sold some of her remaining jewelry from the business on her social media for only $10 per piece. Whatever dreams Robyn had of making this business work, it seems that she’s now abandoned those.
She could obviously restart My Sister Wife’s Closet sometime in the future. But since it’s been reported that the business never really made any money, I just can’t really see this happening.
Especially given Kody and Robyn’s current financial situation…While the two of them lost three sizeable incomes, they still have the money they make on the show.
Kody and Robyn Brown’s Income From Sister Wives
It’s been reported that all five of the adults make approximately $25,000 per episode. This works out to about $5,000 per episode per person. There are about 22 episodes per year, which means that each year, they make about $110,000 per person.
Therefore, Kody and Robyn get $220,000 for the two of them. This is obviously a pretty decent amount, and if it was just the two of them, they would probably be able to get by on that.
But there’s one problem with this: Kody and Robyn are still supporting their adult children. It’s not just the two of them they have to think about. It’s Dayton, Aurora, Breanna, Solomon, and Ari as well. This will obviously have a huge impact on their budget.
On top of that, Robyn and Kody have always lived beyond their means. They’ve been pretty much dependent on the other wives’ income this whole time. This was made clear when it was confirmed that Meri and Janelle have both used the money they got from selling the houses in Vegas for Robyn’s down payment on her huge mansion in Flagstaff.
The other wives have always been the ones to make the money, while Robyn was the one who got to spend it all. Now, without all this extra income and the financial support from the other women, who knows what Robyn and Kody might have to do.
The natural step would be for them to either stop financially supporting their older kids — or for Robyn to get a job. But I’m not sure if they’ll even seriously consider either of these options at all.
After so many years of not working, I just can’t imagine Robyn going out there and actually willingly looking for a job. To top it all off, Kody and Robyn might also be in danger of losing the Coyote Pass property. They bought the land back in 2018, and they were given five years to pay it off – until 2023.
As far as we know, they haven’t managed to do this yet, and now that Janelle and Meri have both also left, I honestly can’t see this happening. It’s unclear what happened to the property after the two of them left, but I feel like there is no point in trying to keep it anyway.
Kody Earns Extra Money By Being On Cameo
The plan was for all five of them and their kids to live on Coyote Pass… but now that it’s just Kody and Robyn and their kids, they might as well stay in their huge and expensive mansion. One other thing that Kody does to earn some extra income is Cameo.
He charges $99 per personalized video, and he actually seems pretty active on there. Based on the reviews on his profile, he made 11 videos in December 2022. This made him about an extra $1000 on top of his income from the show and from his day job.
Unsurprisingly, Robyn herself isn’t on Cameo. While all the other sister wives are on there, Robyn isn’t…It’s not clear why, but it’s just yet another instance of her not bringing in any kind of income outside of the show.
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When Kody said that the only thing that scared him was poverty, it really put things into perspective… but perhaps not one that Kody would like. It’s understandable that he might be worried about money nowadays, given the situation.
He and Robyn will have to adjust to some major changes, so this makes a lot of sense. But for Kody to say that this was the only thing he was afraid of – well, let’s just say it didn’t come across the way he’d probably hoped.
People on Reddit have pointed out that by saying this, Kody was basically implying that things like his daughter’s spine surgery scared him less than the idea of poverty. Moreover, given his extreme behavior during the pandemic, you’d think that he was also scared of COVID-19.
But apparently, the only thing that scares him is not having money. He probably should’ve thought that statement through a little more before saying it on camera…
