Before Brittany Cartwright turned a family title within the Bravosphere, she needed to pinch her pennies!
The 34-year-old spouse of Jax Taylor opened up on their podcast, When Reality Hits, and acquired actual about when she joined Vanderpump Rules again in 2015 for season 4. On Friday’s episode, she dished:
“I didn’t get paid my first season of Vanderpump Rules — until the very, very end. I was broke. It took a lot out of me.”
What??
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This was tremendous tough on her relationship together with her now-husband. Before the marriage in 2019, the early phases of their romance have been met with monetary hardship. Brittany was nonetheless dwelling in her Kentucky hometown when she determined to pack up and transfer out to El Lay as a result of flying forwards and backwards to see her man was turning into too costly. The 44-year-old Bravo star mentioned of his spouse:
“It was costing her. This is the beginning of the show and it was costing her $800 to $900. She was in Kentucky [working at a bar and Hooters] and $800 is a lot of money [to spend on airfare].”
Only a couple of months into their relationship, the couple have been making an attempt to make it work lengthy distance however have been struggling attributable to all the additional bills:
“It was like three months in. Because I had to work, I was going back and forth to see you. I was at work for a week and then would see you the next week. It was like two months.”
Of course, by 2019, Jax was reported to be the highest-paid solid member on the present — however again originally, this was an actual wrestle for them! All that flying and touring, it’s no shock she determined to make the massive transfer. With how huge of a job she had in season 4, it’s wild they have been allegedly barely paying her something for her time!
Brittany and Jax aren’t the primary ones to open up about VPR‘s supposedly missing paychecks. Last month, Kristen Doute revealed on the Good Guys podcast to host Josh Peck she solely acquired round $10,000 for a complete 12 months as a lump sum:
“Season one, we made $10,000. It was actually $5,000, and then they added like, an additional $5,000.”
While in 2019 on the Juicy Scoop podcast, Jax claimed he truly made a bit greater than that — and acquired some further incentives and offers, too:
“It was $15,000 to do the whole season. They were giving us a lot. There was incentives and right off the bat I was getting promotions and deals and things like that.”
Damn! The distinction in views from the women and Jax is fairly eye-opening, to say the least.
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