Meet the forgotten Olsen -brother or sister! Insiders spill on life in twins Mary-Kate and Ashley’s Shadow … and Pivotal Secret Job

Lookalike twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Ramet to fame as children in the Sitcom Full House from the 90s, both in the lead role as Michelle Tanner. But despite their immediate celebrity, they managed to avoid many of the pitfalls that suffer other children’s stars, largely because of a secret presence that monitors.

As they grew up, Mary-Kate and Ashley quickly became gossip lovers and then famous designers. But did you know that they have a little -known older brother Trent who seemed to be on a similar path to star row until he left Hollywood behind forever?

Since then he has been behind the scenes who protects his sisters, 38, and their interests, making them the enormously successful Moguls they are today.

After main subject in jazz studies at the University of Southern CaliforniaJames Trent Olsen, now 41, initially had dreams to become an actor and appeared in several of the films of his sisters. Until he suddenly opted for a calmer life – and instead took more an adviser to his famous sisters.

“Most people have no idea how close to Mary-Kate and Ashley are with their brother,” an insider has revealed. “He is not only their brother or sister – he has been their anchor for all their lives and was there for everything – from their rise to fame through the entire house years and in their Mogul era.”

Trent sometimes played a father role more than a brother, “the insider added. “It was intense, they needed that kind of difficult love and they knew it.”

Before he stepped out of the spotlight, it seemed that Trent was on his way to becoming another prominent member of the Olsen -Rijk.

He made cameies in various of the famous films of his twin sisters, including ‘you are invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley’s Sleepover Party’. And according to IMDbTrent auditioned for a role in the horror -TV show Tales from 1989 from the crypt, but his parents refused to make him appear.

His acting career was over at the age of 12.

While he grew up ‘in industry, it was not really his thing,’ our insider said, and explained that he is now spending his time on reading Comic books, watching horror films and enjoying life outside the home.

The Trendy Olsen Twins are said to find his love for hunting and fishing ‘collapsing’, but they appreciate how ‘he has always been unapologically himself.’

“He was always there in the background and held it for them,” the source continued. “He is one of the few people who can call them without making anything sugar, and listening.”

While his sisters still lead an incredibly glamorous lives and own well -priced ownership, Trent lives in a small apartment.

It is in West Hollywood near the A-list loved Haunt Chateau Marmont, but the rent is much less lush than the digs of several millions of dollars from his sister. The two bed, a bathrooms of 1,000 square feet would do that cost Only $ 325,000 if he would buy it. The rental estimate is around $ 3,965 monthly.

In the meantime, Ashley is said to live in an apartment in New York City Park Avenue that is estimated to be worth no less than $ 39 million. Last year she also mentioned a loft from Greenwich Village for more than $ 7 million.

Mary Kate lived with her French banker Husband Olivier Sarkozy, 56, in a mansion in Manhattan stated For $ 11.5 million when they separated in 2020.

But all this feature is just a drop in the bucket for the twins, which is said to be they are worth A combined $ 500 million, because they still receive royalties from their TV programs and films.

Their luxury fashion brand De row has been estimated in recent years between $ 250 million and $ 300 million in income and was appreciated according to around $ 1 billion in 2024 The company of fashion. The twins remain the majority of stakeholders.

So while his sisters have been busy selling slippers for nearly $ 1,000 and Shearling jackets for $ 12,000, Trent has a definitely different path.

In 2014 he was mentioned as an employee at Storm King Productions, focused on vampire films and TV.

He has also written several comic books, which he likes to collect, according to The New York Post. He is now the editor -in -chief of Rogue matter, A comic -oriented digital platform.

He occasionally capitalized on the fame of his sisters.

In high school he sold signed photos of the twins for cash – something that the brothers and sisters are all ‘still laughing at’, our Insider said. “They made jokes that he was their brother PR pimp.”

However, that does not mean that the relationship has always been a smooth sail.

Our insider revealed that ‘there was a time when Trent was seriously concerned about them’ – especially in the late 90s and early 2000s, their notorious ‘party phase’.

“During that entire party phase, he was constantly checking in and wanted to know where they were and with who they were,” said the source.

Despite the controversial men, his sisters are even ‘never really approved for someone they have been’ and he was ‘not shy to’ share his opinions.

Now the twins are in lower key relationships, with dating from Mary-Kate PC ValmorbidaA art dealer and Ashley, born in Melbourne, married artist Louis Eisner. They share son Toby, who was born in 2023.

In contrast to his sisters – whose once tumultous love life were lived in public – the romantic partners of Trent have become relatively unknown over the years.

In February 2023 he posted on Instagram about how he had made contact again with an old friend, with whom he later started dating, Alexis Armistead.

He wrote: “I love you and look forward to seeing what all the following phases have in the store … including my nerd s ** t that definitely starts rubbing.”

In a later post last year, Alexis shows off with an engagement ring and Trent describes the moment he took a knee.

Our insider confirmed that although Trent may have closely monitored his sister’s Beaus, the twins accept his relationships much more and said about Alexis: “She has been part of Trent’s life and Mary-Kate and Ashley trust for 20 years and they certainly approve it.”