S19.18: Money is the Root of All Evil

[Gramto6]

Something Kody said in one of his talking heads really made me mad. I forgot about it until I rewatched. He said Janelle was out to $crew him as much as she could, rubbing his hands together like a villain, supposedly imitating her. Yeah, she sure did Kody, when she turned over her retirement monies and her inheritance to the family pot that you controlled. Really $crewed you then didn't she????  Jacka$$!!

[65mickey]

She screwed him so bad that he and Robyn had nothing left and were forced to move into a $1,000,000 home and then horrors they had to trade up to a $2,000,000 home. Yeah Janelle is the real evil one here.

[Jeanne222]

Did Janelle say she had some kind of business she kept separate from the family?

[ginger90]

2 minutes ago, Jeanne222 said:

Did Janelle say she had some kind of business she kept separate from the family?

It could be her Strive with Janelle, or more recently Plexus. Not a clue if there’s something else. Whenever she said she was working it involved a laptop. 

[islandgal140]

On 1/22/2025 at 11:19 PM, Gramto6 said:

Something Kody said in one of his talking heads really made me mad. I forgot about it until I rewatched. He said Janelle was out to $crew him as much as she could, rubbing his hands together like a villain, supposedly imitating her. Yeah, she sure did Kody, when she turned over her retirement monies and her inheritance to the family pot that you controlled. Really $crewed you then didn't she????  Jacka$$!!

Kody operates on the mantra of 'yeah, but what have you done for me lately?' Or better yet, 'what have I been able to grift off you lately?' 

All this property stuff is a bit of a nothing burger to me. By law, according to the statute of frauds, anything involving the sale of real property must be in writing. So whatever share division is listed in the deed/sale documents are what they are entitled to. If Meri thought she should have gotten more than what she bargained, the time to bring that up was before signing on the dotted line. All this talk of deciding property division post sale, was always weird to me. 

[ReclinerTurnip]

Maybe it is better in the long run for Meri to be seen as getting the short end of the stick with the land situation because it means that people will take pity and try and support her/buy more clothes??  I guess WorthyUp hasn't yielded too much in sympathy gains though.

[65mickey]

I think that Janelle pretty much said that legally the people listed on the deeds to the lots would be the only ones receiving the proceeds from the sale of said lots. But she said that they were now working on the distribution os assets. It's good  that Meri and Janelle hired attorneys or Kody would have robbed them blind. 

[Dibs]

Unpopular theory: the producers have hit upon a magic formula.  Kody is evil, and all the ex-wives are goddess heroines.  He's willing to take the bad edit for the sake of ratings and that sweet, sweet TLC money.  They're all in on it and laughing all the way to the bank (especially Meri, who can't seem to stop laughing).  Without this, the show would be cancelled; now it's more popular than ever.  Bitter ex-wives out in viewing land just eat this up.  You're all being punked, but hopefully having a good time in the process?  Next: trouble in paradise for Kody and Robyn.  The audience will just love that "karma."  (It beats the "90 Day Fiancé" franchise.)

Edited 33 minutes ago by Dibs