Todd Bridges, the previous “Diff’lease Strokes” star, is presently in the course of a divorce from his spouse of three years, Bettijo B. Hirschi.
Bridges and Hirschi married in September 2022 after assembly earlier that yr by way of a courting app. They blended their households and ultimately launched a podcast known as “DANG!” collectively.
In January 2026, Bridges introduced their separation. He formally filed for divorce in Arizona on March 31, stating that the wedding was “irretrievably damaged.”
As a part of their divorce course of, a collection of courtroom filings has provided an unusually detailed have a look at Bridges’ present monetary scenario. The disclosures embody testimony that the semi-retired actor earns solely round $700 monthly, comparatively modest disputes over credit-card debt and an previous tax invoice, and now a surprisingly particular combat over who will get management of his official web site.
A $700 Month-to-month Earnings
Earlier than marrying Todd, Bettijo was married to a person named Heath Hirschi. Their divorce was finalized in 2021, with Heath ordered to pay Bettijo $2,700 monthly in spousal help by way of 2031.
After Bettijo married Bridges in September 2022, Heath sought to have these funds lowered or eradicated. His argument was pretty simple: his former spouse had remarried a well-known Hollywood actor.
However Bettijo’s testimony painted a really totally different image of life with a former sitcom star.
Throughout an October 2025 listening to, she described Bridges as “semi-retired” and stated his earnings was unstable. Requested how a lot he was incomes, Bettijo testified that Todd made solely round $700 monthly throughout 2024.
She stated she was liable for the mortgage and many of the family bills. Bridges would sometimes contribute towards groceries and different payments when he acquired cash from contract work.
That works out to simply $8,400 per yr based mostly on the month-to-month determine.
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And Now They’re Combating Over Todd’s Web site
The most recent submitting facilities on one thing you do not see each day in movie star divorces Todd Bridges’ web site.
In line with new courtroom paperwork, Bettijo says her firm created and managed RealToddBridges.com throughout their marriage. She values that work at $20,720.
She is providing Todd three selections after the divorce turns into closing.
He pays her firm $20,720 and take management of the web site. He can permit Bettijo’s firm to proceed working the positioning beneath a profit-sharing settlement. The web site can merely be deleted.
Underneath the proposed profit-sharing association, Bettijo’s firm would acquire the primary $4,000 of annual internet income generated by the positioning. Any income above $4,000 would then be cut up evenly between the previous couple.
If Bridges chooses that possibility, Bettijo says she’s going to waive the $20,720 invoice.
Credit score Playing cards, Tax Payments & Actual Property
There are a few different comparatively modest monetary disputes as properly.
Bettijo says she paid off a joint bank card and needs Bridges to reimburse her $9,187.94, representing what she considers his half of the stability.
She additionally alleges that $4,375.01 was faraway from an account belonging to her minor son and used to fulfill one in all Bridges’ previous California tax obligations. She desires that cash returned to her son’s account.
At CelebrityNetWorth, we presently estimate Todd Bridges’ internet value at $500,000.
At first look, that quantity may appear tough to reconcile with somebody reportedly incomes simply $700 monthly. The reason is that a lot of our estimate is attributable to not Bridges’ present performing earnings, however to his actual property.
In July 2009, Bridges paid $370,000 for a house in Glendale, Arizona. Court docket information related to Bettijo’s earlier marriage later described the house the place she and Bridges had been residing as being value roughly $880,000.
So, based mostly on that estimate, the property has doubtlessly elevated in worth by roughly $510,000 since Bridges purchased it.
The exact quantity of fairness Bridges presently has within the residence is not public. That might depend upon his unique down cost, mortgage funds, any refinancing and different liens. However after proudly owning the property for roughly 17 years, the home might account for a considerable portion of his estimated internet value.
The couple’s prenuptial settlement can be notable right here. Bettijo is asking the divorce courtroom to implement an settlement beneath which every social gathering retains his or her own residence and car, with neither particular person receiving spousal help.
A Very Totally different Variety Of Youngster-Star Story
The divorce represents one other chapter in what has already been a unprecedented monetary and private journey.
Bridges turned well-known as a baby and spent nearly his total adolescence starring alongside Gary Coleman and Dana Plato on “Diff’lease Strokes.” After the collection resulted in 1986, he struggled with dependancy, arrests and critical authorized issues earlier than getting sober and rebuilding his life.
He ultimately returned to performing, appeared on actuality tv, turned a longtime commentator on TruTV’s “World’s Dumbest” and landed a recurring position as Monk on “All people Hates Chris.” He later returned to voice Monk on the animated collection “All people Nonetheless Hates Chris.”
