Rumors persist that the Browns don’t actually live in “Browntown” while filming. Alleged neighbors Jay Erickson and Becky Hunnicutt told Radar Online that they see the family “coming and going from the Icy Strait Lodge” in Hoonah, Alaska “at all hours.”
Claims of fakery previously dogged the Browns when they were living in Alaska too. In 2016, it was reported that rather than live out in the remote Alaskan bush, the family were in fact staying at a hotel in Hoonah, Alaska while filming.
Hunnicutt adds that the boys seem to each have their own room. That’s a remarkably different situation from what’s often portrayed on Alaskan Bush People. Whether in the wild or “forced” to live among everyday people, we usually see the Browns inhabiting extremely cramped spaces.
Some fans even believe the Browns never lived in Alaska at all while the show was filming. So, where did this theory begin? They definitely were in Alaska — the show was filmed there, after all — but it’s been claimed the filming locations weren’t exactly remote.
How many Christmases has Billy Brown spent in Alaska?
Patriarch Billy Brown and his wife, Ami, aren’t shy about their nomadic lifestyle, having revealed they have spent nearly 40 Christmases in 40 different places. However, viewers thought they would have stronger ties to Alaska if they were able to score a whole TV show about their lives there.
Discovery. So, where did this theory begin? They definitely were in Alaska — the show was filmed there, after all — but it’s been claimed the filming locations weren’t exactly remote. Rumor has it that, off camera, the Browns weren’t even near the bush for some time.
Where does the Brown family stay?
Not only does the Brown family supposedly stay at Icy Strait Lodge, but so do the Alaskan Bush People producers and crew members. Interestingly, an Inquisitr exclusive revealed that Barbie Phillips, the manager of the Icy Strait Lodge , is an admin for a private Facebook group dedicated to ” Alaskan Bush People VIPs.”.
Before they were known as “the Alaskan Bush People,” the Browns marketed themselves as the “Alaskan Wilderness Family.”. This also happens to be the name of a website supposedly run on behalf of the Browns by “friends who helped with the books.”.
Ami Brown suffers from cervical radiculitus, a form of arthritis in her neck. She told Radar Online, “It’s just something I think I’m going to have to live with…It limits me on things that I can do that I like to do and enjoy to do. It definitely makes it harder to live there. It’s sad and true.” Meanwhile, Billy Bryan Brown’s struggles with seizures have been documented on the show: if they continue, he’ll have to stop pretending to live like a barbarian for a while and spend more time closer to hospitals.
Radar Online reports that Ami Brown was only 15 years old when she married Billy in 1979. He was 26, accounting for an 11-year age gap. That’s illegal in most states today. And creepy everywhere, always.
Radar Online obtained a marriage certificate showing a then 16-year-old Brown as marrying a 17- year-old unnamed woman on October 23, 1969.
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Matt Brown went to rehab to cope with heavy drinking. Rumors of Matt Brown’s supposed drinking problems have circled Alaskan Bush People for a couple of years. Radar Online gave an exclusive report on Brown’s 2013 DUI arrest, and in 2016, there were multiple claims he’d left the show to seek treatment for his drinking.
In 2014, just as Alaskan Bush People was taking off, Amora “Ami” Brown’s brother Les Branson posted a cryptic message to the show’s official Facebook page. This was followed with a series of disconcerting allegations about the state of Ami’s marriage and overall happiness.
Where did the Browns film?
Although Alaskan Bush People claims to take place in the infamous Alaskan wilderness, the Browns film near the Copper River basin which, as the Anchorage Daily News reported, “isn’t Manhattan, but it’s not the middle of nowhere, either.”.
The Brown family have filmed all over the place, particularly Washington state , according to a later article by In Touch .
The Brown family soaks up brisk, Alaskan air, rides their boat on clean water, watches wildlife running around, while they get creative, eating what nature provides.
Billy and Ami Brown might have tipped fans off when they boasted about their travelling lifestyle, saying that they’ve spent nearly 40 Christmases in 40 different places, per In Touch. Maybe they never planned on staying in Alaska for very long.
Not only that, but as the Browns boast about their extreme isolation, they actually lived close enough to order pizza, according to Anchorage Daily News. The Browns also had neighbors, one of whom shot fireworks at a helicopter used for filming that was flying over their property and making too much noise.
The Brown family might not really live in Alaska. Discovery UK/YouTube. While Alaskan Bush People sets up the idea that the Brown family lives out in the boonies, it turns out this isn’t true. According to In Touch, the family claims to live in isolation. However, while the show films the family living in the “bush,” the Browns actually live in …
How many seasons of Alaskan Bush People?
Considering Discovery’s The Alaskan Bush People has been on the air for 11 seasons, it’s understandable some fans might struggle to imagine what life is like for the Brown family outside of reality TV. That’s because we’ve seen parents Ami and Billy Brown, along with their seven children, go through just about everything via the small screen.
Outside of reality television, the Browns are primarily focused on one thing — family. Someone who fits this bill perfectly is Noah Brown, who, pictured above, welcomed his first child with wife, Rhain Brown, in February 2019. And about four months after their son came into the world, a report surfaced about their plans for more kids in the near future. “They really want to have their children be close in age so that they can grow up together, like Noah and his siblings did,” a source claimed to Radar Online.
