Brittany Renner is an American social media personality, fitness model, author, and reality-television figure with an estimated net worth of $100,000. That number feels at odds with the glossy social-media life she once showcased, but it reflects the reality she disclosed in legal filings and public statements.
She rose to fame on Instagram and parlayed that following into books, acting roles, brand partnerships, and a prominent spot on Basketball Wives. Despite earning significant income during her influencer peak, Renner has admitted to spending a large portion of what she made – and by mid-2025 her finances had tightened considerably.
Brittany Nichole Renner was born on February 26, 1992, and grew up in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Athletics shaped her early years and set the tone for her discipline and competitive drive.
She played Division I soccer at Jackson State University as a defender and was named Southwestern Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year in 2010. That same season Jackson State won its first SWAC soccer championship, with Renner earning the tournament Most Valuable Player title for her role anchoring the defense.
Renner has said she also played semi-professional soccer in Florida after college. When she stepped away from competitive play, she tried different jobs – from caregiving to teaching Zumba – while deciding what came next.
Jackson State later honored her among its women’s athletes during Title IX celebrations, a nod to the impact she made as a collegiate athlete before social media elevated her public profile.
Renner started using Instagram in 2012 when influencer culture was still new. Her feed centered on fitness – workouts, motivational posts, modeling shots and a candid voice that hooked followers. Over time she became one of the platform’s better-known fitness personalities.
With follower growth came paid promotions and brand deals. Renner worked with names like Fashion Nova, PrettyLittleThing, Teami Blends and several fitness and lifestyle companies, while launching her own B. Renner Fitness programs, an app and athletic apparel.
Renner has acknowledged she was the first in her family to earn that level of money and that she didn’t initially understand taxes, trademarks, or long-term wealth planning. She’s been open about spending heavily in youth and the need to build businesses with more longevity.
“I learned the hard way that social-media money doesn’t last forever – you have to plan beyond the likes if you want real security.”
By 2022 Renner admitted she had “gotten a lot of money” and “blown a lot of money,” and she emphasized the importance of creating projects that could outlast the model built around looks and short-term sponsorships.
In October 2018 Renner self-published her memoir Judge This Cover through B. Renner Fitness. The book digs into her childhood, relationships, sexual experiences and rise on social media, often identifying men by descriptions or nicknames rather than names, which fueled online speculation.
The memoir found traction for a self-published title, landing on Publishers Weekly’s trade paperback bestseller list and later being released as an audiobook narrated by Renner herself. The book cemented her reputation for openness about relationships and sexuality – a defining and polarizing feature of her public persona.
As her public profile grew, Renner took small acting roles. She appeared as Mona on BET’s American Soul in 2019 and played Bella in two episodes of Tyler Perry’s The Haves and the Have Nots in 2020.
These parts gave her experience on screen and added acting credits to a resume that had already begun stretching beyond fitness posts and product deals.
Renner’s biggest television break came with VH1’s Basketball Wives. She joined season 11 in 2023 among returning cast members like Evelyn Lozada, Jackie Christie and Jennifer Williams. The show, created by Shaunie O'Neal, follows women whose lives have intersected with professional basketball players.
She briefly left during season 11 but came back as a main cast member for season 12, which premiered in May 2025. Her storylines included shifts in her personal life, religious changes and a high-profile relationship with rapper Kevin Gates.
Renner’s 2025 child-support case with P.J. Washington revealed specific details about her earnings. In a Los Angeles income-and-expense declaration she said she had been making roughly $10,000 per month while filming Basketball Wives – which she described as her main income source – and that her last payment arrived in June 2025.
When those show checks stopped, Renner told the court she lacked a steady salary. Her declaration listed just $81 in cash and bank accounts and said she and her son were living in an Airbnb rental in West Hills, California. Those figures jarred against the public image of influencer-era wealth.
By July 2026 Renner was back in Mississippi, openly rebuilding financially. She said returning to Los Angeles remained a goal but that supporting herself and her son without steady help had made the comeback challenging.
Her attempts to reestablish income have included livestreaming, independent shows and product sales rather than the big influencer deals of a decade earlier.
Renner dated NBA player P.J. Washington beginning in 2020, and their son, Paul Jermaine Washington III, was born in May 2021. The couple split soon after the child’s birth, and their breakup became a focal point of Renner’s public life.
False viral claims circulated that Renner was receiving $200,000 per month in child support – an amount she repeatedly denied. The actual support arrangement was much smaller, at about $5,500 per month under an existing North Carolina order by 2025.
After Washington’s income rose following a four-year, $90 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks, Renner petitioned in California to increase support to $35,000 per month. She later abandoned that effort.
In February 2026 she voluntarily dismissed the California case and moved to Atlanta, saying she wouldn’t let chasing Washington’s money dictate her life or where she lived.
One of Renner’s most talked-about earlier relationships was with NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. She discussed that relationship in Judge This Cover without naming him directly, and she has since spoken more openly about their history in interviews.
Her pattern of dating athletes and entertainers became a recurring talking point for critics who assumed money motivated her dating choices. Renner has pushed back, pointing out that she earned significant income independently through books, television, brand deals and her own businesses.
Renner converted to Islam in August 2024 after feeling drawn to the faith for years. She began wearing more modest clothing and adopted a hijab publicly, describing the conversion as bringing more discipline, structure and spiritual grounding to her life.
She said the spiritual gains outweighed the career trade-offs, even though the change reduced some income opportunities that depended on revealing imagery and the old social-media brand she had built.
Renner became linked publicly to Kevin Gates in 2025, and the two began appearing together after her conversion. Renner said they entered into an Islamic marriage on April 6, 2025, with public appearances at basketball games and events.
The union lasted 52 days; Renner announced their divorce on May 28, 2025. She said she did not regret the marriage, noting she followed her heart and fully committed to the relationship, and observed Islamic tradition about waiting periods after divorce. It wasn’t publicly confirmed whether the religious marriage was also registered as a civil one.
After Gates, Renner dated filmmaker Rashad Scroggins and relocated from Los Angeles to Atlanta during that relationship. Early in 2026 they appeared together on her show Facets of Life while she discussed dropping the California child-support case.
The relationship ended months later. By the summer of 2026 Renner had returned to Mississippi with her son and leaned into a mix of livestreaming on Kick and developing independent projects as she rebuilt financially.
Her current ventures include Facets of Life, the #GFYShow, an Amazon storefront, book sales, apparel, social-media promotions and other online content. Renner has spoken openly about how difficult it is to rebuild finances without steady backing and while supporting her child on her own.
Her story is a reminder that influencer fame and viral headlines don’t always translate into permanent security. Renner continues to create and monetize content while publicly working through the ups and downs of life, parenthood and faith.