Taraji P. Henson said , " I hear people go , ' You ferment a lot . ' I have to . The mathematics ai n’t mathing . And when you start working a lot , you know , you have a squad . magnanimous bills add up with what we do . "
Many actors, singers, and other celebrities have net worths that most of us could only dream of. While “more money, more problems” isn’t necessarily accurate, “more money,differentproblems” seems to fit the bill. It’s interesting to hear about the financial side of Hollywood behind the glitz and glamour.
Here are 11 times celebs revealed the “hidden costs” of being famous:
1.Referencing her desire to be a young mom,Sydney Sweeneytold theHollywood Reporter, “If I wanted to take a six-month break [to have a kid], I don’t have income to cover that. I don’t have someone supporting me; I don’t have anyone I can turn to to pay my bills or call for help. They don’t pay actors like they used to, and with streamers, you no longer get residuals. The established stars still get paid, but I have to give 5% to my lawyer, 10% to my agents, 3% or something like that to my business manager. I have to pay my publicist every month, and that’s more than my mortgage.”
" If I just acted , I would n’t be able to afford my spirit in LA . I take bargain because I have to , " she state .
2.ForMargot Robbie, landing the role ofHarley QuinninSuicide Squadcame with an increased need for personal security. She told theHollywood Reporter, “There’s just all this stuff you learn along the way, like, when you get those death threats, it’s [smart] to have a security team do a background check on whoever sent them to see if there is any past history of violence, because you’ll need to know whether you need security to go to certain events. And every time you do a background check, it’s going to cost $2,000, so take that into consideration when you’re getting yourself into this.”
She continued , " And it ’s like , ' OK , that ’s a dissimilar kind of career . ' Because then you need to always do a line that can financially stomach that lifestyle ; you ca n’t just do indie picture show for the rest of your life because that photographic film back there changed everything , and now you have to be capable to afford security department . I just care someone had explained a lot of those things to me early on . I would n’t have resented the position I find myself in because I would ’ve known what I was getting myself into . "
3.Taraji P. Henson toldSirius XM, “I hear people go, ‘You work a lot.’ I have to. The math ain’t mathing. And when you start working a lot, you know, you have a team. Big bills come with what we do. We don’t do this alone. The fact that we’re up here, it’s a whole entire team behind us. They have to get paid.”
She keep , " So when you hear someone saying , ' Oh , such and such made $ 10 million , ' no , that … didn’t make it to their account . Know that , off the top , Uncle Sam is getting 50 % . Okay , so do the math . Now we have $ 5 million . Your squad is getting 30 % , or whatever your team is , off of what you gross , not after what Uncle Sam took . Now do the math … I’m only human , and it seems every time I do something and I break another glass roof , when it ’s time to renegotiate , I ’m at the bottom again , like I never did what I just did , and I ’m just old-hat . "
4.Busy PhilippstoldPage Six, “I have to continually hustle. It is so true. With hair, makeup, and wardrobe and what it cost, Taraji P. Henson really spoke to that, and I felt it so deeply because I look at the money I am supposedly making, and then it is not just the bills but what is expected of me when I show up at a place. The film company or this production company is only going to pay this percentage of your hair, makeup, and wardrobe, so then you have to make up the rest.”
She continued , " So then you are a thousand dollars out of pocket , and at the ending of the day , it ’s like , ' What am I doing ? ' Sometimes I think I should just show up a plenty at one of these things as a protestation . "
5.“It’s very expensive to be famous,“Sharon StonetoldInStyle. “You go out to dinner, and there’s 15 people at the table. And who gets the check? You get the $3,000 dinner check every single time.”
She also make for up the expense of personal safety gadget . For example , when she didBasic Instinct , she ’d been work for over a decade but still could n’t afford personal security guards . Her address , which was on a publicly approachable road , got leak , so police had to be outside always .
When O.J. Simpson was being chased by police in 1994 , the LAPD sent a police squad to Sharon ’s house , told her she was being affect to a hotel for her own safety , and gave her 10 minutes to pile .
She said , " [ The police ] were like , ' discover a safe theatre behind a gate . ' " So she purchase the only theater she could afford — a " racing shell " of a home in need of renovation .
6.Tiffany Haddish has famously reworn the Alexander McQueen gown she originally bought for theGirls Trippremiere multiple times. Her initial reaction to its $4,000 price tag was, “Oh, hell no. This is my mortgage. I can’t wear this dress.” She was “devastated” when she learned she couldn’t return it.
She toldPeoplemagazine , " I was very overturned that I spent that much money on a dress , menstruation . Then I was like , ' Well , I ’m run low to wear this dress everywhere I go . I ’m going to get my money ’s worth . ' "
7.From her first recording contract, Toni Braxton only earned $1,972 after paying back her label for expenses it fronted, such as music videos, travel, clothes, and time in the studio.
She toldABC News , " What happen is they give you advancement on the next record book and then the next record . So you kind of remain in debt , in a sentience . "
8.Ashley Greene toldMarie Claire, per HuffPost, “Twilighthas ruined me. When this is all over, flying internationally is going to be very hard for me. It is just not worth it to buy a first-class ticket, because of the cost.”
" I ’m lucky because my dad teach me to be frugal and make unnecessary . And that ’s crucial because I want to know that I do n’t have to take an acting job for two or three days if I do n’t need to and that I ’ll still be able to make my firm and railroad car payment and bribe food for my dogs , " she said .
9.In aYouTubevideo,Christy Carlson Romanodiscussed how she quickly blew through the money she made as a child star. She said, “My biggest thing about child actors — you aren’t told that the work is going to slow down. In fact, I was told the opposite, specifically by my mom, some of my team, even my money manager at the time. ‘Oh, don’t worry, the residuals come; you’re going to keep making money.’ It’s interesting; it bred a sort of contempt in me. It’s a tremendous amount of pressure, and I think I self-destructed.”
Christy ended up taking on certain roles for financial reasons . She say , " There was a specific moving picture that I actually did that I ’m not proud of [ Mirrors 2 ] . I did a nude scene . I had never thought in a million year that I would ever do something like this — I was America ’s ravisher , virtuously sound , in my thinker . I believed in the Disney magic ; I still do . I feel so exploited , marked , and horrible . "
10.On Spike TV’sLife or Debt, Aaron Carter said in 2016, “Financially, I’m in a terrible position. When I turned 18, I got hit with all those taxes. I filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy last year; now I’m already over $100,000 in debt.”
" It ’s been really difficult for me . I require to have a living set up . I need to have a house . I ca n’t tell you how mischievously I desire to have a home base , " said Aaron , who died in 2022 .
11.And finally, in a since-deletedTikTok(per the UK’s Metro),Grey’s AnatomyandReignactor Adelaide Kane said, “So I found out today the internet thinks I’m worth $4 million. My crippling debt says otherwise. WHERE?!” In a follow-up video, she broke down how much she made and how much she had to spend on taxes and her team.
Adelaide order , " Generally speaking , [ Screen Actors Guild ] minimum for a series regular on a web show is $ 20,000 per episode . Say I did 78 episodes onReign ; that skin out to $ 1.56 million for four year of work . So , assuming that I ’ve made $ 5 million in my total career since I started work at 16 , here is how that breach down . "
She tell that her manager get 10 % , her lawyer gets 5 % , and her business manager also sire 5 % . She also noted that , as a non - American citizen work in the US , she bear 30 % in taxis .
" So I lose 60 % right off the bat , which entrust me with about $ 2.2 million over the last 14 years , " she explain . " Which , if you average it out , comes down to $ 178,000 - ish a year , which would be o.k. , a good wage . Except I have to bear split in major city , sometimes two cities at once . "
Then Adelaide distinguish some additional costs that her job expect . She said her publicist and social media team costs about $ 2,000 to $ 3,000 monthly . Per appearance , she spends $ 700 to $ 1,500 on a stylist and $ 1,000 on her hair and constitution squad .
" Just to be clear up , every actor I make love saves as much as humanly potential because most of us go for months or sometimes years at a metre between job . And we do get residuals , but … So , I ’m hunky-dory , but my savings wo n’t last evermore , do you know what I mean ? " she reason .
