These TV Characters Are Way Too Poor To Afford Their Lavish Lifestyles

Penny – The Big Bang Theory

Lovable Penny initially lived opposite the geeky guys before eventually hooking up and moving in with Leonard. When we first meet her, the struggling actress is living in a spacious – albeit messy – one bedroom and working as a waitress at the Cheesecake Factory. On such a small wage, it’s hard to understand how Penny managed to keep herself in cute clothes and bottles of wine when the show started. Throughout the early parts of the series, she did mention her poor finances a few times, but it still doesn’t really explain how she survived. The bank of mom and dad?