The whopping five-figure amount RHOC alum Noella Bergener spends per month has been revealed
And apparently she doesn't even work?!
When Noella Bergener joined the Real Housewives of Orange County, she came in dripping in labels, private jets and big-ticket vacations.
On-screen, she loved a luxe moment, but off-screen, her finances have taken some wild twists since she put down her orange.
Now, new court documents have pulled back the curtain on what life looks like for Noella post-RHOC, including a seriously jaw-dropping monthly spend.
Noella left RHOC in 2022
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Noella only held her orange for one season, joining RHOC for season 16, which aired from December 2021 to April 2022.
A few months after the reunion wrapped, she confirmed that she would not be returning for season 17.
In a statement shared on Instagram in July 2022, she thanked Bravo and Andy Cohen for the opportunity and said that after a “wild season of ups and downs,” she would not be back, calling that year one of the hardest of her life and hinting at “brighter skies ahead,” per People.
At the same time, her personal life was imploding. She had filed for separation from husband James Bergener in 2021, after his law firm was hit with multi-million-dollar tax liens, and then moved toward divorce and a tense custody battle over their son, James Jr.
On top of that, earlier court filings show she told the court she was unemployed, had earned $46,000 from Bravo during her time on the show, and was claiming she had zero income and assets with monthly expenses of around $4,070, per Reality Blurb.
So by the time she exited RHOC in 2022, the glam housewife lifestyle viewers had seen was already colliding with some very real money stress behind the scenes.
Here’s the wild amount she now spends per month
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Fast-forward about three years, and Noella’s financial picture has shifted again – and the numbers are a lot bigger.
In new court documents, cited by Us Weekly, Noella states she currently has no earned income and lists her occupation simply as “mother.”
According to those filings, she also hasn’t filed taxes since 2022 because that was the last year she had a paying job, which would line up with her RHOC season.
Despite that, she reports monthly bills totalling over $33,000?!
That is a whopping five-figure amount that most people would associate with a yearly salary, not one month of living expenses.
According to the filing, her expenses break down into the following:
“$16,000 on rent, $1,509 on health care costs, $1,500 on child care, $800 on eating out, $2,000 on utilities, $350 on her cell phone, $800 on laundry, $600 on clothing, $2,000 on education, $5,000 on entertainment and vacations, $500 on auto expenses and $800 on insurance.”
And yes, all of that adds up fast. In total, Noella’s monthly outgoings come to just over $33,000, which means her budget is basically operating at Real Housewife levels… minus the Bravo paycheck.
According to the same documents, she covers almost the entire amount through child support, $25,000 a month from ex-husband James for their son James Jr., plus another $7,400 from her daughter Coco’s father, leaving her with only a tiny margin between income and expenses.
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