Jason Daniel Wahler was born on 11 January 1987, in Laguna Beach, California USA, and is an actor and television personality, best known for appearing in the MTV reality television series “Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County” and “The Hills”, as well as in the reality series “Celebrity Rap Superstar” and “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew”.
So just how rich is Jason Wahler at present? According to sources, Wahler has accumulated a wealth over $300,000, as of mid-2017, acquired through his involvement in the entertainment industry, as well as through his aftercare business.
Jason Wahler Net Worth $300,000
Wahler first came to prominence by appearing in the MTV reality television show “Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County”, during the show’s second season in 2005. The show, which aired for three seasons from 2004 to 2006, portrayed the lives of several students attending Laguna Beach High School, and quickly became very popular and one of MTV’s most successful shows. During hhis stint on it, Wahler was seen as the main charmer and womanizer; his participation in the series enabled him to earn his first taste of fame, and to gather a considerable net worth.
Following the end of the second season of “Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County”, Wahler was cast in its spin-off called “The Hills” as Lauren Conrad’s friend and ex-boyfriend. The show portrayed the lives of a group of young women residing in Los Angeles, California, and aired for six seasons until 2010. Being part of the show reinforced Wahler’s popularity, greatly increasing his wealth too.
Meanwhile in 2007, he became one of the contestants in the MTV reality show “Celebrity Rap Superstar”, cementing his status of an established TV personality, and further improving his net worth. The show portrayed several rappers teaching celebrities to perform rap songs, being voted on by the viewers. Wahler, being mentored by Bubba Sparxxx, was eliminated in the fourth episode.
Aside from reality shows, he also pursued an acting career during this time, signing with Gith Public Relations in 2009, and landing the small part of an agent in the comedy film “2 Dudes and a Dream” that same year. His fortune grew larger.
Battling through a struggle with alcohol addiction led Wahler to appear in the VH1 reality show “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew”, during the show’s fourth season in 2010. The show, which aired for six seasons until 2012, focused on a group of celebrities being treated for alcohol and drug addiction by Dr. Drew Pinsky and his staff. It helped Wahler to overcome his addition, and he has remained sober ever since the show ended.
Wahler’s struggle with alcohol led him to become highly involved in raising awareness towards addiction and promoting addiction education and prevention. It has also led him to launch a whole new career. Along with his brother, he founded the Widespread Recovery aftercare facility located in Laguna Beach, which offers structure and recovery-supportive activities for the individuals that just got out of rehab. He has also launched a speaker’s bureau called Speaker’s In Recovery, connecting various high profile individuals to speak out on the issue of addiction and share their stories of recovery with others. A speaker at various highly successful recovery conferences and events, Wahler has also served as a client service manager at Northbound Treatment Services, as well as a treatment and recovery advocate at Origins Behavioral HealthCare.
His involvement in the recovery business has been another source of Wahler’s net worth.
When it comes to his private life, Wahler has been married to Ashley Slack since 2013.
