Why did the cast of Alaskan Bush People leave Alaska?
THE ALASKAN Bush People family relocated to California to be treated at UCLA Medical Center after Ami was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.
Here's more on the hit reality TV family and their recent upheaval.
What is Alaskan Bush People?
are a family from Alaska’s wilderness.
For more than eight seasons, the hit Discovery Channel’s reality TV show has followed the Brown’s daily life in the wilderness as well as that of their seven children.
Ami Brown, 55, and her husband Billy, 66 live with their five sons, Matt, 36, Bam, 34, Bear, 31, Gabe, 29, and Noah, 26, and daughters Bird, 24, and Rain, 16, in Washington State.
Why did they leave Alaska?
Originally, they were located near Hoonah, Alaska, or “Browntown” as the family called it.
Browntown was a series of homes the family built themselves using materials from the Alaskan bush.
The Browns left Alaska due to a sudden cancer diagnosis with Ami, the matriarch of the family.
While Browntown was no more, the family moved and purchased a 435-acre property in the North Cascade Mountains of Washington State to be closer to Los Angeles, where Ami and Bill travel every three months for her checkups.
“It was very scary,” Ami says of her cancer, "but I never gave up hope.”
How is Ami Brown doing now?
Her cancer is now in remission despite being given just a three percent chance of survival.
While Ami still enjoys being in the great outdoors, she is limited in her activities due to her illness and rough chemotherapy treatment.
“In over a year I hadn’t walked hardly at all, so walking around here can be really taxing on my legs,” she says.
How much does the cast make?
is an impressive $60 million.
Billy is thought to be worth over $6 million, and reportedly earns around $500,000 for the show.
His kids are thought to be paid about $40,000 to $60,000 each.
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Recently, the Brown’s eldest son, Matt, stopped filming for the show and to battle substance abuse.
He completed six months of combined inpatient and outpatient rehab in January 2019.
Matt has taken to YouTube and Instagram to document his new-found life of sobriety.
Bear Brown, Matt’s brother, has also been in the spotlight for just two weeks after getting engaged.
Earlier this year, to a boy and are now facing custody battles in regards to their son, River.
The couple did not specifically cite their reasons for separating, however, Raiven has vowed to keep the couple's newborn son away from Bear.