In 2020, Jen Lilley and Jason Wayne briefly experimented with filming a YouTube show together called “Coffee Break with Jen and Jay.” Many of their conversations were about their marriage. In one episode, Lilley revealed that there was a writers’ strike going on when they arrived in L.A., so she could only get extra work at first. Wayne occasionally joined her in getting paid to be living set dressing, but they both had to get other jobs to pay the bills; Lilley worked at The Container Store and Wayne became a door-to-door salesman. “I don’t like sales,” he said. To make matters worse, the couple lived in a roach-infested, one-bedroom apartment with no heat, and their budget was extremely tight. “We had rice, onions, eggs, $14 worth of chicken, which we probably stretched out over at least three months,” said Lilley. Their only splurge was tea and sugar.
Eventually, Lilley started landing lucrative acting work and Wayne found a new job: working as a Frito-Lay delivery driver. “Jason is my blue-collar guy, my rock,” Lilley told TV Insider in 2015. “He’s the one who keeps me normal, and I really need that. I can’t stand it when actors think they’re better than others just because we get paid to play dress-up. It’s the stupidest thing.” In a 2020 YouTube video, Lilley revealed that Wayne was still working for Frito-Lay during the early days of the pandemic when keeping store shelves stocked was a challenge.
