We’re almost halfway through season 33 of CBS’s adventure reality show The Amazing Race and in case you missed some of the new episodes, let me tell you that one of the famous couples, Kim Holderness and Penn, is still alive.
While Kim and Penn had a shaky start, they seem to have found a rhythm, taking first, second, and third place in recent episodes, making them one of the favorites to win the title.
Let’s learn about the mother of the Holderness Family, Kim in the wiki article below. From Kim’s net worth to her personal life and YouTube career – this wiki article has it all.
What is Kim Holderness’ net worth?
The Holderness Family’s net worth is estimated to be around $3 million as of January 2022. The majority of their wealth comes from YouTube earnings while merchandise sales also make up a small portion of their total net worth.
Kim attended the University of Florida to study education, graduating in 1998 with a degree in telecommunications. Before working at Inside Edition from 2004 to 2008 in NYC, Kim had a pretty good reporting career in Florida.
From 2011 to 2012, Kim worked at LStar, where she studied broadcasting, news writing, media production, creative writing, multimedia, and more. She was also a managing partner at Greenroom Communications from September 2008 to January 2017.
Kim and Penn started a family YouTube channel called The Holderness Family in September 2011. It wasn’t until 2013 that the couple became famous after one of their YouTube videos titled “XMAS Jammies” — a parody of the Will Smith song Miami — went viral.
Since then, Kim and Penn have continued to post videos—original music, parodies, and skits—to YouTube. They release a new “XMAS Jammies” every holiday season and upload additional parodies in between seasons. Some of their popular song parodies include Kin and Moose (a Halloween-themed Snoop Dogg parody), All About That Baste (a Meghan Trainor parody), It’s Vaccination Day (a Frozen parody), to name a few.
They also have quite a few viral hits on YouTube, some of which are When Rona Won’t Leave, The New Normal, and Every Hallmark Movie Ever.
On May 1, 2018, Kim and Penn launched a podcast series called Holderness Family, which can be streamed on all popular music streaming apps. In 2021, Kim and Penn also authored Everybody Fights: So Why Not Get Better At It, a book about improving communication in marriage.
Kim Holderness’s work
Kim Holderness began her career as a reporter at WKMG TV. In addition to reporting, Kim also began dedicating more time to their YouTube channel after their “XMAS Jammies-2013” video broke the internet. In 2018, Kim and Penn launched the Holderness Family Podcast together.
The relationship between Penn and Kim Holderness
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How did Penn and Kim Holderness meet?
In an interview with Carolina Parent, Penn told the story of how he met his love, Kim Holderness. The couple first met around 2002 and 2003 in Orlando. Kim was a news reporter in Orlando while Penn was a sports reporter for another Orlando TV station.
Pen has no one to thank for his relationship with Kim other than the nature of his job. “When you work in local news, you get off work at 11:30, and there’s no one else to hang out with except other people who work in local news,” he says. “Everyone else is sleeping!”
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How long have Penn and Kim Holderness been married?
As of January 2022, Penn and Kim Holderness have been married for a little over 16 years. The Holderness Family’s official Instagram page wished Kim and Penn a happy 16th wedding anniversary on April 22, 2021. The Instagram post featured three photos from Penn and Kim’s wedding and was captioned, “Our marriage is now old enough to drive. Happy 16th birthday @doublechinpennstagram. You’re my favorite and not even close.”
The couple met in Orlando, married there, and then moved to New York in search of better job opportunities.
From Penn’s interview with Carolina Parent, we know that Kim took a job at “Inside Edition” and Penn took a job at ESPN after they moved to New York. Both only lasted three years because they didn’t like their jobs as much as they thought they would.
The couple later had their first child, Lola Holderness, in Tribeca, a neighborhood in New York. Lola was born on February 7, 2007. Big fans of The Holderness Family will know that Lola also appears with her family on the YouTube channel, The Holderness Family. She made her YouTube debut with the video “Merry Christmas from the Holderness Family!! 2012” in December 2012.
What followed Lola’s birth was a lot of stress and anxiety for Holderness’ parents, who were pressured to get into a preschool in New York. “Let’s get the hell out of here!” Penn told Kim at the time. So the family moved to Raleigh, closer to Penn’s home.
Kim and Penn had two children in late 2009. Their second child, a boy, Penn Charles Holderness, was born on December 23, 2009. He made his YouTube debut in 2012.
Kim Holderness Height
The mother of the Holderness family, Kim Holderness, is about 5 feet 4 inches tall while her husband, Penn, is 6 feet 4 inches tall.
Young Kim Holderness
While there aren’t many photos of Kim Holderness’ younger years on the internet, you can still see some in a 2015 YouTube video of her and her husband, in which she reacts to Kim’s college audition footage.
Kim Holderness when she was young.
How old is Kim Holderness?
Born on March 27, 1976, Kim turns 45 in 2021.
Related FAQs
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What is Kim Holderness’s maiden name?
Kim’s maiden name is Dean.
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Who are Kim Holderness’ parents?
While we’re not sure of Kim’s parents’ names, she has introduced (or mentioned) her mom and dad on the Holderness Family Instagram page.
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Is Kim Holderness on Instagram?
Unfortunately, Kim does not have a personal Instagram account as of January 2022. However, she regularly appears on The Holderness Family Instagram (@theholdernessfamily)
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What role does Kim Holderness play in Iron Man 3?
That’s right, Kim Holderness appeared in the 2013 hit Iron Man 3 as a hospital news reporter.