All throughout 2019 and into late 2020 (and even early 2021), Amber boasted about having the cash to self-pay for WLS. Amber admitted on IG that Vlogmas 2020 made her $32,000. Yet by March 2021 she suddenly didn't have the money for weightloss surgery because of taxes. Taxes don't take 100+% of what you earn. That's a huge chunk of money to suddenly go missing - unless she had to pay medical bills and didn't mention that, or unless that nest egg never existed.
I listened to a Karina video yesterday night, and she seems convinced that Amber is making HUGE bank. I don't have a YouTube account, so I don't know, but I've heard other YouTubers say that their pay is always higher than the highest value given by Social Blade. For example, Chikara Transformations (female bodybuilder who occasionally does Amber content) mentioned a couple of years ago (when her channel was small), that her earnings were always a little above the max value on Social Blade. Karina Kaboom estimates that Amber made $300,000 - $400,000 per year during her peak, and less now (but still in the hundreds of thousands per year). I'm assuming that Karina means before YT deductions and taxes, and her net income is significantly lower.
I tried typing this out in paragraph form, but it was long and a mess. I'll just say here that numbers here are things that either Amber or Becky has admitted to in regards to expenditures (with the exception groceries and subscription boxes, which are my estimation). Note: Fixed expenses may now be higher due to Jade having a brand new car, versus the used car that she bought for Becky).
Fixed Expenses:_____________$ 3,000 ----- (utilities, rent, car, insurance, internet, phone)
Door Dash/Uber Eats:________$ 3,000
Torrid:_____________________$ 600 ----- (has admitted to $ 7,000 per year)
HAES Counselor______________$ 800 ----- (rounded up)
Groceries___________________$ 1,000 ----- (includes toiletries, but not journals or water bottles)
Subscription Boxes__________$ 100 ----- (Bark Box, multiple make up boxes)
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Total:______________________$ 8,500
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Other known expenses aren't listed here. I don't know what her Lamictal or Zoloft would cost. Also, I believe Ozempic is about $1,000 or so if you don't have a drug plan. If she increases from 0.5mg to the 1,0mg dose, that cost per month will double. And don't forget all of her 'collections' that she maintains:
Over priced, low quality 'Celebrity' perfumes
Scented Candles
Wax Melts and Difusers
Body and Room Sprays
Makeup
Decor Items (Halloween, Christmas)
Containers to hold items that already come in containers
Journals and Notebooks
Pens and Markers
Water Bottles
Earings and (costume) Jewellry
Scrapbooking Materials (stickers, those vinyl thingies)
Shopkins and Mini Brands (those figurines can be $0.50 each)
Manga and (YA) Novels
She's also admitted to spending thousands on some mobile game once. And I wouldn't be surprised if it was more than once.
Even if Jade was paying for half of the household expenses, there is NO WAY that she'd be staying afloat off of $4,000 per month. She just spends far too much. If she were desperate, she'd be filming mukbang after mukbang. The fact that she's still uploading whatever she wants, as infrequently as she wants (and is acting like a giant cunt in her videos) shows that she's not desperate for money.