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‘Double Lives of Suburban Wives’ star says she racked up $550K after quitting teaching job for OnlyFans

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Brianna Coppage, a star from TLC’s show "Double Lives of Suburban Wives," told Fox News Digital about her successful transition to an adult-content career after quitting her teaching job in Missouri. She reported earning $550,000 in one month through OnlyFans, surpassing her annual income as an English teacher. Despite the controversy and loss of her teaching position, Coppage emphasized the financial freedom her new career has provided for her family, including paying off debts and student loans. The article highlights the tension between professional morality and personal financial gain explored in the TV series.
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Brianna, a star from the reality TV show "Double Lives of Suburban Wives", revealed to Fox News Digital that her adult-content business has drastically improved her family's finances. She reported earning $550,000 in her best month after quitting her teaching job at St. Clair High School in Franklin County, Missouri. In 2023, Brianna was placed on administrative leave when her work was discovered and later resigned. Despite facing controversy over her career change, she firmly stated that she would never return to teaching, emphasizing the freedom and control her new business offers compared to her previous job as an English teacher.

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Brianna PERSON · 14× Fox News Digital ORG · 6× TLC ORG · 2× Coppage PERSON · 1× Franklin County GPE · 1× Missouri GPE · 1× Phillip PERSON · 1× St. Clair High School ORG · 1× St. Louis GPE · 1×

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Brianna and Phillip’s relationship became another major storyline on “Double Lives of Suburban Wives,” with viewers watching the couple confront trust and boundary issues while simultaneously juggling life as parents and business partners.
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🔮 And despite the controversy that followed the end of her teaching career, Brianna said she wouldn’t go back even if given the opportunity.

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The “Double Lives of Suburban Wives” star told Fox News Digital that her adult-content business has transformed her family’s finances, revealing that her most successful month brought in a staggering $550,000. asserted
month → tell → 550,000
“Oh, my best month was 550,000,” Brianna told Fox News Digital. asserted
Brianna → tell → Digital
The figure marks a dramatic departure from her former life as an English teacher at St. Clair High School in Franklin County, Missouri. asserted
figure → mark → County
In 2023, Coppage was placed on administrative leave after her adult-content work was discovered. asserted
work → place → leave
She later resigned from her position. asserted
She → resign → position
Asked whether she now makes more in a single month than she previously earned in an entire year as a teacher, Brianna didn’t hesitate. asserted
Brianna → ask → teacher
“Yes,” she said. asserted
she → say → ?
And despite the controversy that followed the end of her teaching career, Brianna said she wouldn’t go back even if given the opportunity. asserted
she → follow → opportunity
Never,” she told Fox News Digital when asked whether she would accept her teaching job back tomorrow. asserted
she → tell → job
“Yeah, just the lifestyle and the time and being able to just be in control of myself and in my business,” she continued. asserted
she → continue → business
“It’s changed my family’s life and just everything for the better.” asserted
It → change → better
Brianna is one of the women featured on TLC’s “Double Lives of Suburban Wives,” which follows six couples in the St. Louis area navigating marriage, parenthood and suburban life while maintaining careers creating adult content. asserted
which → feature → content
According to TLC, what began as a financial pivot for Brianna and her husband, Phillip, quickly became a lucrative business. uncertain
began → accord → Brianna
But that success came with consequences when Brianna’s online career was publicly exposed and she lost her teaching job. asserted
she → come → job
Brianna told Fox News Digital that she still struggles with whether losing her career was justified. asserted
losing → tell → career
“I think… it’s a difficult concept to even wrap my mind around,” she said. asserted
she → think → mind
“So obviously like professions have a level of professionalism, but also they couldn’t cite anything that I technically broke.” asserted
I → have → that
“So was I really doing anything wrong? asserted
I → do → anything
I don’t know,” she continued. asserted
she → know → ?
“I think it’s on a basis of morality.” asserted
it → think → morality
Brianna also pushed back on what she described as a misconception surrounding her former employment. asserted
she → push → employment
“There was no like morality clause, which is a lot of… there’s a misconception about that, that I signed something or a clause, a morality clause,” she said. asserted
she → be → something
So I don’t know.” asserted
I → know → ?
While losing her teaching career forced Brianna onto a different professional path, she said the financial impact of her new work has been life-changing. asserted
impact → lose → work
“My family was able to pay off all of our debts. asserted
family → pay → debts
I paid off my student loans,” she told Fox News Digital. asserted
she → pay → Digital
“So I stopped putting groceries on credit cards. asserted
I → stop → cards
“Like yeah, it just is so freeing, and I don’t know, it’s been life-changing.” asserted
it → know → ?
That financial freedom is one of the central tensions explored on “Double Lives of Suburban Wives,” where the women weigh the benefits of their unconventional careers against the judgment and loss of privacy that can accompany them. asserted
that → explore → them
“I think the greatest thing it has cost me is the privacy, the lack of privacy,” she told Fox News Digital. asserted
she → think → Digital
Being thrust into the public eye has sometimes left her feeling as though people forget there’s a person behind the headlines. asserted
people → thrust → headlines
“And being in the public eye, it’s like, I’m not a human anymore,” Brianna said. asserted
Brianna → ’ → eye
“I’m not normal just like everybody else when truly I am. asserted
I → ’m → everybody
But when weighing that loss against what her new career has made possible for her family, Brianna said the benefits extend far beyond her income. asserted
benefits → weigh → income
“I think the greatest thing it has afforded is just memories and time with my family that I wouldn’t trade for the world,” she said. asserted
she → think → world
Brianna said her own upbringing has shaped how she views the opportunities she can now provide for her children. asserted
she → say → children
“Like growing up, I grew up fairly poor. asserted
I → grow → ?
And I mean family vacations and letting my kids experience things that I never would have is really priceless. asserted
I → mean → that
But despite the financial success and freedom Brianna says the career has given her family, she stopped short of saying she would encourage her daughter to follow the same path. asserted
she → say → path
Asked how she would respond if her daughter came to her as an adult and said she wanted to pursue the same kind of work, Brianna said her first priority would be making sure she understood what she was getting into. asserted
she → ask → what
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