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Here's What Brandi Passante From Storage Wars Is Doing Now
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Here's What Brandi Passante From Storage Wars Is Doing Now
By Grunge Staff / Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 3:22 pm EDT
"Storage Wars" — the rock 'em sock 'em robots of auctions. And to be sure, there's plenty of combat, action, and drama on A&E's 13-season-long hit reality TV series. Bidders — the show's characters — risk a lot of money on storage lockers full of grandma's shoelaces, blown tires, and lawn ornaments. In the process, they might come out on top, acquiring fame, acclaim, and a realm of micro-celebrity Instagramming. Such is the case with Brandi Passante, one of the show's most popular faces, especially in its earlier seasons in the early- to mid-2000s.
Along with then-"life partner," Jarrod Schulz, the Texas-born Passante was recruited into "Storage Wars" after the show's producers approached her and Schulz's consignment shop, Now and Then, in Orange Country in 2010, per The Orange County Register. They were one of the show's highlights, an approachable duo full of zingers, banter, and bickering. In 2014, they even got their own single-season spin-off show, the prophetically named "Brandi & Jarrod: Married to the Job," which was supposed to focus on the couple outside "Storage Wars," particularly the preparations for their marriage.
However, like the title of their solo show said, they were indeed "married to the job." The stress and strain of managing their consignment shop plus being on "Storage Wars" led them breaking it off after 15 years and two children. For a while, "Storage Wars" made their "dysfunction seem a little less dysfunctional," but in the end it proved more of a curse than a blessing.
The long hours of the show took away too much time from Passante's family, so she had to leave the show, according to "The Dad Diary" (via YouTube ). However, she would go on to make a comeback to the delight of dedicated fans in Storage Wars' 13th season in 2019, as reported by TV Insider . However, Schulz was welcomed back too, leading to some predictable drama. Although the duo no longer competed as a couple, they certainly got enough chances to interact on the show, probably to the disappointment of both parties, but glee of fans wanting the most drama.
In the first episode of the season, Passante called Schulz "an idiot" and admitted that things were "tense." In one case, Schulz and Passante were competing and the former said "If Brandi bids on [an item], I'll probably bid [too]," indicating he was trying to undermine her, per People Magazine .
Around 2019, during a "Storage Wars'" two-year hiatus between Seasons 12 and 13, Brandi Passante made it clear that things weren't going well for her and Jarrod Schulz — at least indirectly, through social media. They'd said goodbye to "Storage Wars" in 2018, but then it was becoming clear that they were saying goodbye to each other. Picture after picture of her with other guys, in bikinis, and without her engagement ring were posted, as her Instagram account attests. At the same time, Starcasm reported that neither one of them were appearing in each other's social media, and TV Shows Ace reported that Schulz was seen hanging around with a new girlfriend at his Lake Forest, California, establishment, The Rush Bar & Grill. It took until June 2020 for any official announcement to crop up regarding Passante and Schulz's breakup. At the time, as Newsweek reports, Passante stated that she and Schulz had been separated for two years.
Since then, Passante has continued using Instagram to keep the public apprised of her goings-on. She's posted lots of photos of her newly single life out with friends, a video of her downing a glass of wine out at Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention, also on Instagram, and commented more than once about being "the third wheel" in a group. At the same time, she's been trying to distance herself from her former partner Schulz, and has called their run-ins "uncomfortable."
Passante has also opened up about her experience with domestic violence since leaving "Storage Wars." On Instagram in October 2021, she posted a photo of a tattoo she has on her index finger that says "Free" with a bird flying away from the lettering. No, the tattoo wasn't about the Lynyrd Skynyrd song "Freebird" (although she says she does love that song), but rather about her experience escaping domestic violence. "To me, it means that somehow, by the grace of god, I managed to escape a very difficult situation that so many people fall victim to," she wrote.
It all came to a head in July of 2021 when Schulz showed up while Passante was visiting some friends. When she insisted he leave, he allegedly refused, pushed her, and yelled at her, according to PopCulture . Although Schulz denied the claims, he was charged with domestic violence battery against Passante, per Entertainment Weekly. Meanwhile, Passante helped the Women's Own Worth Foundation, which assists survivors of domestic abuse, to raise $10,000, according to Benton Courier.
On June 29, 2020, Passante revealed in an interview with "The Dad Diary" ( available on YouTube ) that she'd contracted the coronavirus. She mentioned headaches, congestion, her loss of taste, but at the time of the interview stated that her symptoms were improving. By July 21, TV Shows Ace reported that Passante was seen in public, seemingly fully recovered. Earlier in March, she'd posted a photo on Instagram holding a bottle of Maker's Mark that she was hunkering down with supplies to ride out the "'rona," stating, "The Rona got me loading up on essentials Such as Costco size Makers Such as..." Bear in mind that all this happened around when Passante officially announced to the public about her breakup with Schulz.
It seems that the breakup itself was taking a toll on her because she later stated in a February 2021 interview with "Spirit Talk Hosted by Shavaun and Sabrina" (posted on YouTube ) that she'd been "emotionally dead inside" for a while. She mentioned her ongoing therapy sessions, continuing, "I wasn't really allowed to have an identity for many, many years. ... And so these last couple of years I'm kind of coming into my own and figuring out who I am."
To add insult to injury, in October 2020, Passante posted on Instagram under #f***2020 that her father died. She wrote, "Fly on, Fly on past the speed of sound. I'd rather see you up than see you down. So leave me if you need to. I will still remember."
In between hanging out with friends, enduring her breakup, and other life-changing events (like the death of her father), Brandi Passante has been busy being a single mother. She's stayed aware of the impact social media and fame might have on her kids, and aside from the occasional proud mom post on Instagram — "I am so proud of how beautiful my little is in her winter formal fit" — Passante's wisely kept her children out of the spotlight. Her kids agree with her on this. "I definitely think it's difficult for them, as teenagers. They don't want me putting them on social media at all. Which I don't. I respect that," she told "The Dad Diary" ( also on YouTube ). Of particular concern to Passante was "creepy ass dudes" on the internet.
As for future prospects? Well, when Passante was on "Spirit Talk Hosted by Shavaun and Sabrina" ( via YouTube ), she told the show's hosts that she'd be down for collaborating on a script about her life. "I have so many stories, and there's been so many levels, I guess, or chapters of my life. ... It has never kind of stayed stagnant, but there's a lot of big stories ... tumultuous childhood, tumultuous adulthood. I think maybe that is why I'm funny, because if I'm not, then what else do I have?" she said. She's had a gig on Cameo, where she offered personalized messages to fans for a fee, though at the time of this writing she isn't taking requests.
Besides returning to "Storage Wars" in recent years, Brandi Passante has built up her presence in another form of media. In June 2021, she appeared on the weekly Newport Beach podcast " Happening Now with Hammer ." The YouTube and Apple Podcast pages for "Happening Now" describe it as a show "featuring honest, goofy, and positive conversations with intriguing and brilliant guests changing every time." Regular hosts Hammer and Troy Davis encountered Passante at a bar and, after striking up a friendship with her, invited her on their show (via Outsider ).
Since that first encounter, Passante has become a regular co-host of "Happening Now," sitting in with Hammer and Davis whenever she's in town. Not terribly structured, "Happening Now's" topics of conversation range from the best local pizzas and movie reviews to celebrity trials, the Russia/Ukraine conflict, and marijuana. Passante isn't the only "Storage Wars" alum to come into the podcast's orbit either; her friend Kenny Crossley has become a frequent contributor as well.
Before publicly acknowledging the domestic violence in her relationship with Jarrod Schulz, Brandi Passante was volunteering her time to help survivors of abuse. The Women's Own Worth Foundation (WOW) helps women and families rebuild their lives after escaping from abusive relationships. They host an annual event, WOWapalooza, to raise money for the organization, raise awareness, and award a "Woman of the Year."
According to the Benton Courier , Passante became involved with WOW through her friend Cari Cellini, who was also friends with WOW founder Jajuan Archer. After hearing Archer's story of domestic violence, Passante volunteered her time and energy. "I have experienced some things in my life," she said, "and it's a really wonderful cause. It's things that are needed, so I wanted to help in any way possible." She served as emcee for 2019's WOWapalooza. With over $100,000 collected, it was a record-setting fundraiser for WOW.
Passante has helped to promote other causes as well. She appeared with author and disability advocate Danny Jordan on Jordan's " Parenting Countdown Podcast ," where she revealed that her daughter was born deaf and with a cleft palate. (Both conditions were corrected by surgery during infancy.) Since her appearance on "Parenting Countdown," Passante has occasionally used her Instagram to share Jordan's public statements on disability rights and to help promote "The Capables," Jordan's children's book series.
Brandi Passante's quick wit helped make her reputation on "Storage Wars," and it's been part of her social media presence. She hasn't been shy in publicly responding to trolls, creeps, and silly questions sent her way through private messages on Instagram. But in 2022, Passante gave an earnest answer when someone asked why her voice sounded raspy on recently published videos. In an Instagram story, according to Outsider , Passante shared a screenshot of the question with the answer written over it: "I have Hashimoto's Disease. An auto-immune disease that affects my thyroid. Sometimes, it makes my throat raspy."
Hashimoto's disease, also known as Hashimoto's thyroiditis or chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis according to the American Thyroid Association , causes inflammation of the thyroid. It's slow to develop and has no unique symptoms, but can eventually lead to hyperthyroidism, with fatigue, increased temperature sensitivity, weight gain, and the effect on the voice noticed by Passante's questioner. Hashimoto's disease is America's leading cause of hyperthyroidism, but may be mild enough not to require medication and can be managed with levothyroxine otherwise.
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The Untold Truth Of Brandi Passante From Storage Wars
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The Untold Truth Of Brandi Passante From Storage Wars
By Brent Furdyk / Updated: April 27, 2021 12:37 pm EDT
When Brandi Passante from Storage Wars made her TV debut in 2010 , no one could have predicted an A&E reality show about people battling over the contents of abandoned storage lockers would be so entertaining — let alone become one of the cable channel's most popular and enduring hits. Yet that's precisely what happened, thanks to a cast of eccentric characters given such nicknames as "The Collector," "The Mogul," and "The Young Gun" — with the moniker "The Young Gun" tagged to Jarrod Schulz, whose hilarious bickering with partner Passante kept viewers tuning in and coming back.
Passante quickly became a ubiquitous presence on Storage Wars , but how much do the show's fans really know about the no-nonsense Texas native whose epic eye-rolls and razor-tipped stares can shut down Schulz's shenanigans in a microsecond? "While Jarrod is more of a risk taker with his bidding, his hard-nosed, sharp-tongued wife Brandi is always there to question his decisions."
Read on to discover the untold truth of Storage Wars star Brandi Passante.
Brandi Passante and Jarrod Schulz came to the attention of Storage Wars producers through their Now and Then secondhand store in California's Orange County, which they stocked with items obtained by bidding on abandoned lockers. During one auction, Schulz was approached by producers of what would become Storage Wars .
After hearing nothing for eight months, Schulz received a call from producers asking if they could shoot footage in the couple's store. As it happened, Passante was manning the cash register that day. "They asked me, 'Who's the girl up front?'" Schulz recalled in an interview with The Orange County Register . "'Would she mind being on TV?'" In an interview with the The Saline Courier , Passante shared, "They asked if we wanted to be on camera for a few minutes," she said. "We really didn't think it would go anywhere, but it became a big deal."
The rest is Storage Wars history. "It's a blessing and a curse," Passante told the Register of the unexpected fame that followed. "Sometimes you just want to go to the grocery store and pick up some milk."
While Brandi Passante was becoming a celebrity from her appearances on Storage Wars , she continued to run a thrift shop with Jarrod Schulz. Filming together on the show plus working side by side at the store, the couple quickly realized that some boundaries needed to be set.
"We figured out a balance because we're together 24/7," Passante told Filipino entertainment site PEP . "You cannot bring your work life into your home life, so whatever conflict we ever had during the day, we let it go when we come home."
Schulz backed her up. "You really have to separate the drama that happens at the auction from the life that you have once you walk in the house," he explained. "You really have to. A lot of the times, we pick it back up tomorrow when we get back to the shop but we don't take it home. We don't talk about it during the dinner, we just really have to check it at the door."
Brandi Passante from Storage Wars is not one to keep her feelings to herself, and that's one of the key reasons why she became a fan favorite. That bluntness held true when she was asked to share her opinion of Dave Hester, whose belligerent demeanor and "Yuuup!" catchphrase made him the show's primary villain, the kind of character who fans really love to hate. When Inquirer.net asked Passante if Hester was "a real jerk," she did not mince words. "Yes," she replied, leading Jarrod Schulz to quip, "That was a short answer." She agreed, saying, "That was quick and easy."
Schulz then seemed to reject the allegations Hester made in the infamous lawsuit he filed against the show that what viewers were seeing on Storage Wars had all been staged and their dialogue scripted. "Nobody tells us what to say," said Schulz about the reality of what takes place during filming of each episode of Storage Wars . "If it appears as if Dave is getting on my nerves, it's because Dave is getting on my nerves."
As anyone who's ever watched Storage Wars knows, the beating heart at the core of the show is the friction and competition between the show's stars as they taunt, cajole, and goad each other into bidding — or not bidding — on a particular storage locker. While they don't seem to be bitter enemies on the show, the Storage Wars cast don't seem like besties either. So what's really going on?
"We're not buddies," Brandi Passante from Storage Wars told The Saline Courier of the sometimes-fraught relationships she and Jarrod Schulz have had with their fellow competitors. "We don't go hang out afterwards."
However, that apparent antipathy doesn't apply to every person in the Storage Wars cast , and there's one member of the crew that they singled out as a friend. "We like Barry," Passante told Inquirer.net of the show's star Barry Weiss, the eccentric guy the show dubbed "The Collector." Schulz added, "We've kept in touch," noting, "We see him a few times a year. We hang out."
As Storage Wars has demonstrated time and again, there are some bizarre things to be found inside storage lockers . During a 2017 interview with The Mystery Men Show podcast, Brandi Passante and Jarrod Schulz were asked to single out the weirdest thing they've ever found within a locker.
According to Schulz, the couple opened up one locker and found five locked wooden boxes. "So we unlock them, and there's some form of powder in Ziploc bags," said Passante. Schulz's first thought: "I'm thinking cocaine off the bat."
Passante, however, soon came to a different conclusion. "But I'm holding it, I'm looking at it, and I was like, what is this?" she said. "And I realized that there was a dog tag on one of the boxes. I was like, 'Oh my god, they're dogs!' They're dead dogs. They're ashes from their dogs." She added, "First I was grossed out. Then I felt really guilty, so we sent them up front so [the owners of the locker's contents] could come and pick up their dogs."
Fans were shocked when Brandi Passante and Jarrod Schulz exited Storage Wars in 2014, with their absence from the show resulting in a big void for viewers accustomed to the couple's hilarious banter and joke-filled bickering.
However, there was a good reason. Passante and Schulz took leave from Storage Wars was so they could start filming a new project: a Storage Wars spinoff titled Bra
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