Everything We Know About Brandi Passante's Love Life

Over the 16 years she's spent on "Storage Wars," we've gotten to see Brandi Passante's complete transformation. Passante, who started out on "Storage Wars" during its first season in 2010, has made her career as a professional auction buyer and reality TV star. As the only woman on the original cast, Passante very quickly garnered a fanbase. She joined the show alongside her then-partner Jarrod Schulz, with whom she shares two children. 

In 2014, the pair briefly took a smaller role in "Storage Wars" while filming their own reality spin-off show "Brandi & Jarrod: Married to the Job," which only lasted for one season. Passante and Schulz continued to work and film together until their breakup in 2018. During "Storage Wars" season 13, viewers learned of the breakup for the first time — the pair auctioned separately, with their rare interactions being quite tense and awkward. 

While her breakup with Schulz saw Brandi Passante rock some iconic revenge looks that left fans speechless, it also took a toll on her personal life. In 2020, Passante joined a Facebook Live with "The Dad Diary" to shed some light on how her and Schulz's two children were doing after the split. "I did a lot of it on my own anyway, but it's the scary dad voice in the background that we're missing," Passante said (via People). "I have them all the time, 24/7 they're here with me, so I have to navigate that."

While Brandi Passante and Jarrod Schulz were on speaking terms during Season 13 of "Storage Wars" — which was also Schulz's final season on the show — there seemed to be issues between the two off-camera that viewers didn't see. Passante shared a promotional poster for the new season of "Storage Wars" with a devil emoji over Schulz's face on X (formerly Twitter) in March 2021. Only two months later, TMZ reported that Schulz was charged with misdemeanor domestic violence battery after an altercation with Passante. According to the outlet, Jarrod allegedly showed up at an Orange County bar where Passante was hanging out with a group of friends. Law enforcement sources claimed that the two got into a heated conversation and Schulz pushed Passante twice after being asked to leave.

Schulz has since denied ever putting his hands on Passante. One month after the incident, Fox News reported that A&E, the network behind "Storage Wars," was launching an investigation into Schulz to determine whether or not he could have a future with the network. While A&E never made an official statement on the alleged encounter between Passante and Schulz, he did not return to "Storage Wars" for its 14th season.

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Six years after the end of her turbulent relationship with Jarrod Schulz, Brandi Passante was speculated to have entered into a new partnership. During an interview in 2021 on "Spirit Talk," Passante said that she was "just going with the flow" romantically and not seeing anyone seriously. The "Storage Wars" star explained that she instead was trying to find herself again after her split from Schulz. "I wasn't really allowed to have an identity for many, many years. And so these last couple of years, I'm kind of coming into my own and figuring out who I am," Passante said.

However, this would change in 2024 when Passante posted an Instagram reel that showed off her new man, Clifford Beaver — a father of two and the owner of a restaurant in Lake Forest, California. One year later, Beaver posted a photo carousel of himself and Passante to his Instagram account in honor of Passante's birthday. "Happy Birthday to my ride or die! I love you like crazy, thank you for everything you do for me," Beaver wrote in the post's caption. "I can't wait for more birthdays, more laughs, and more fun adventures together, I'm so excited to celebrate you."

Since then, Passante has occasionally shared pictures and videos featuring Beaver on Instagram, so it's safe to say that the couple is still together as of April 2026. Many fans in the comments of Passante's 2024 post expressed their well wishes for Passante's new relationship. "Good for you, girl! Happiness is yours. Enjoy being in love. F everyone who has nothing good to say," one person wrote.