Janelle questioned how Kody handled the family's money
Janelle, complaining about the family's inability to pay for Coyote Pass, said Kody claimed to have “all these other debts.” And yet it has seen him acquire other assets such as trailers and home décor. “I see all the art on their walls,” she said of Robyn and Kody's house. “I see all these things. And it's okay, I have money and I've spent it on things too.” (For his part, Kody said much of his money went toward buying cars (“I basically had a fleet”) and insurance for the kids.)
And while Janelle admitted she wasn't sure how Kody and Robyn handled their finances, “I was always amazed at how nice their backyard was. It was completely finished. And there was always stuff in their house. And I was like, 'Wow.'” .
Simply put, he said, “He doesn't prioritize what I need or what I want.” And that problem finally wore her down. “I think after a while I started seeing it and my kids were more and more very angry about it, like my adult children. Like, 'What the hell, Mom?'”
Robyn's take, however, was that she was very careful with her budget after her first marriage fell apart.
“I didn't use to be very good with money,” she shared during the September 22 episode. “When I was young, I had difficult problems, and then during my divorce, I learned to budget very, very well.” As for his sister wives, he said, “You must have had a different priority than I did as to where your money was going, that's all.”