23 Wild And Surprising Ways Celebrities Get Richer (And Get Free Stuff)

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You've astir apt heard the operation "how the affluent get richer." While galore celebrities evidently rake successful millions for things similar movie roles, medium releases, and advertisements, determination are really a batch of unexpected ways they get much wealth oregon worldly things.

Here are 23 astonishing things celebs get paid for oregon get for free:

1. Per Fashionista, sometimes, a personage and their stylist are paid handsomely for the celeb to locomotion the reddish carpet wearing a definite designer. At the 2015 Vulture Festival's Hollywood Power Stylist Panel, stylist Jessica Paster — who works with Emily Blunt — said that, arsenic portion of these ambassadorships, she's been paid $30,000-50,000, whereas her lawsuit makes $100,00-250,000! She added that if the celeb decides to deterioration thing else, neither of them get paid. She said, "If it looks atrocious connected you, $100,000 oregon $250,000 is not worthy it, but if it looks gorgeous and this is the formal you were going to prime anyway, wherefore not get paid? ...Let's not hide that erstwhile [designers] marque these customized dresses, they're spending astir $100,000 dollars, truthful idiosyncratic is getting paid."

2. According to Vogue Business, a declaration tin necessitate a celeb to deterioration a circumstantial decorator for aggregate large events. Some labels, similar Dior, connection 7 figures for multi-year contracts, but the bulk of them reportedly wage astir $250,000 a year. However, lone astir 30 percent of celebs are capable to get these paid contracts.

3. These contracts aren't constricted to clothes. In 2019, stylist Elizabeth Saltzman — whose clients see Gwyneth Paltrow and Julia Garner — told The Hollywood Reporter, "Whether it’s hairsbreadth jewelry, foundation, lipstick, self-tanner, underwear, shoes, the jewelry, the formal — deals tin travel from each of it."

4. Celebs tin besides beryllium paid for wearing jewerly. Sometimes, alternatively of money, the celebs volition person lavish gifts from a brand. Per Refinery 29, during a 2015 SCADstyle presentation, Vanessa Friedman said, "In 2006, for example, [Charlize Theron received] $50,000 for wearing 2 Chopard pieces to the BAFTAs. She got $200,000 for wearing Chopard to the Oscars."

5. Sometimes, alternatively of money, they'll person lavish gifts from a brand. Per Refinery 29, Vanessa Friedman continued, "[Charlize Theron] didn't get immoderate wealth for wearing Cartier to the Globes, but she did person a $35,000 ring, a $7,500 bracelet, and $8,000 earrings. So she got $50,000 oregon truthful worthy of gifts successful return."

6. In 2009, Beyoncé told Glamour UK, "Put it this way, I've turned my aged flat into a closet. I astir apt get astir 15 bags sent to maine a month. Armani gave maine this croc bag, which was immense — I could lone ideate however overmuch that happening cost. It would beryllium truthful costly that adjacent I wouldn't bargain it."

7. In definite instances, influencers are paid to be reddish carpet movie premieres. In 2023, Amanda Castrillo told The Hollywood Reporter that she's made $3,000-10,000 per workplace deal. She said, "I went from virtually moving part-time for similar $15 an hr to really being capable to wage my bills and wage rent — it tin beryllium life-changing." She besides said that the paid partnerships often necessitate her to station from the premieres with tagging and clip requirements, and the studios person to motion disconnected connected her contented earlier she's allowed to station it.

8. Celebs tin besides marque a batch of wealth from nine appearances. In 2016, GQ reported that, astatine 1 point, Scott Disick was earning $70,000-80,000 per appearance, and helium erstwhile got $250,00 for doing a drawstring of appearances astatine a UK club. For large events, similar New Year's Eve oregon combat nights, immoderate celebs tin gain upwards of $200,000 for an hour-long appearance.

In 2016, David Weintraub, the CEO of DWE Talent, told Cosmopolitan, "The biggest payday is successful the DJ world, world TV, and rap. You've got to remember, to bash an appearance, it's not that you request to beryllium highly skilled, it's that you request to person immoderate benignant of value that is going to pull radical to come. So the Instagram and YouTube world, a batch of which is semi-comedy, [aren't arsenic profitable]. It's not similar radical are going to spell to a nightclub to perceive idiosyncratic bash immoderate benignant of shtick oregon bash immoderate weird Vine video. Also, women marque a batch much than men — not compared to rappers oregon DJs, strictly successful the world world."

He continued, "Bottom-of-the-barrel world TV stars, they are astir apt getting betwixt $5,000 to $15,000 to bash an appearance. The adjacent tier up is going to beryllium your Love & Hip Hop, your Housewives, and they are going for astir apt betwixt $15,000 and $50,000. And past you person the Kardashians, Paris Hilton, Amber Rose, Blac Chyna, Future, Drake, 2 Chainz, Snoop Dogg — they person their ain tier, which is astir apt $50,000 to $250,000 and upward."

9. When Lisa Rinna attended Coachella successful 2019, immoderate trolls mocked her, judging her for being "too old" to be the euphony festival. However, connected Watch What Happens Live, she revealed, "Here's the happening — if I breathe, I get judged astatine this point. So, here's the happening — I got paid to spell for Amazon. I mean, I'm usually there, but I got a check, honey! I got a check. Honey, I made superior slope by going. Fuck you guys, I made superior bank! Fuck the trolls. Fuck you, trolls! ...I made a fortune! I made a fucking fortune!"

10. Actors often dye their hairsbreadth oregon alteration their looks successful different ways for roles, but sometimes, the workplace funds a cosmetic alteration that's much permanent. Per Comic Book Resource, successful the Armageddon DVD commentary, manager Michael Bay said, "We paid for a acceptable of $20,000 pearly achromatic teeth. Ben [Affleck]'s gonna hatred that story."

In 2022, Ben told Entertainment Weekly, "I was a small naive astir the opinions radical would signifier astir me. Or Michael [Bay] and Jerry [Bruckheimer]'s absorption connected aesthetics, like, 'You guys gotta spell to the tanning bed!' They made maine hole my teeth and enactment retired and beryllium sexy."

11. Whereas an mean idiosyncratic volition apt play songs by their favourite artists astatine their wedding, the ace affluent tin really wage their favourite artists to execute astatine theirs! For example, successful 2024, Forbes reported that Anant Ambani (who's the youngest lad of Mukesh Ambani, aka the richest antheral successful Asia) and Radhika Merchant paid Rihanna $6.3 cardinal to play her archetypal amusement successful years astatine their pre-wedding party.

And a fewer months later, the BBC reported that Justin Bieber was paid a rumored $10 cardinal astatine different pre-wedding event.

12. Celebrities tin besides marque a ton of wealth disconnected their ain weddings. In 2011, NPR big Guy Raz said that Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries were "thought to person made astir $18 cardinal selling rights to photos and videos of the wedding, the after-party, adjacent their honeymoon." He said, "Kim Kardashian filed for divorce. She cites irreconcilable differences. But with each the endorsement deals, Kardashian inactive earned an estimated $10,000 an hr for her 72-day marriage."

Guest Leslie Bruce, a elder writer for THR, added, "Well, let's interruption it down. If you instrumentality from the play entree alone, People mag reportedly paid astir $1.5 cardinal for the photos and exclusive entree to the wedding. I judge it was astir an 11-page diagnostic successful People magazine. They received $100,000 for the bridal ablution photos that went to OK! magazine, anyplace betwixt $30,000 and $100,000 for the exclusive honeymoon photos that went to Us Weekly. So determination alone, they're making a beauteous penny."

13. In 2016, NYC-based paparazzo Justin Steffman told Cosmopolitan that the "biggest reason" a personage would signifier photos is "money." He said, "Many setup photos see a paid merchandise endorsement, wherever a photograph bureau works arsenic a middleman betwixt a personage and a institution who has a merchandise to sell. It could beryllium the latest compartment telephone that was conscionable released, oregon a nutrient oregon quality product, oregon thing arsenic elemental arsenic them being seen buying astatine a definite retail outlet. Certain photograph agencies specialize successful these types of fake paparazzi photos. They usually effort to marque the photos look earthy and candid, but successful reality, the personage and the lensman are moving together. It's a paid photograph shoot, and the personage gets a large check. The readers of tabloid magazines and blogs person nary idea!"

He besides said, "Another illustration is erstwhile determination is precocious request for a definite photo. When Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's girl Apple was archetypal born, they worked straight with an infamous paparazzi lensman successful New York. Together, they staged the archetypal babe photos and made them look similar candid pictures, past they sold the shots to a large magazine. The pictures were rumored to merchantability for upward of a cardinal dollars. The paparazzi got a cut, and they took the rest."

14. According to the New York Times, successful 2004, The View co-host Star Jones sought firm sponsors — including an authoritative hose — for her wedding to Al Reynolds. She plugged the sponsors connected her show. Per USA Today, they provided her with escaped tuxes, bridesmaid dresses, and wedding invitations. However, her sponsored wedding was arguable with viewers, and People reported that her driblet successful popularity led to the non-renewal of her declaration connected The View.

15. On a 2024 occurrence of her podcast Cancelled, Tana Mongeau alleged, "I hypothetically was conscionable offered a batch of wealth to endorse a governmental party. Like, millions." Her co-host, Brooke Schofield, asked, "Is it the 1 you place with?" Tana — who antecedently publically identified arsenic a Democrat — answered, "No."

Tana continued, "Then I was being allegedly told an alleged database of different influencers that person already hypothetically accepted wealth to bash those hypothetical things that were hypothetically offered to maine to hypothetically do. It's not 1 oregon two. It's hundreds. It's allegedly, like, some governmental parties, that's the thing." Senior advisor and spokesperson for the Harris run told Deadline, "We bash not pay. We person ne'er paid immoderate creator and performer...There are laws that person to beryllium followed that we person followed religiously connected this campaign."

16. When non-famous radical look connected world shows, past mostly receive a per diem oregon a precise debased salary. However, celebrities who spell connected world TV thin to beryllium paid beauteous well. For example, according to Variety, personage contestants connected Dancing with the Stars are paid $125,000 for the rehearsals and the archetypal 2 weeks of the competition. They're paid much each further week they marque it, with a reported maximum of $295,000 arsenic of 2019.

In 2023, Season 29 victor Kaitlyn Bristowe told the Trading Secrets podcast, "You get a bonus each week that you marque it. The last 4 are successful the last episode; they each get paid the same. … But your signing bonus, I deliberation you tin negociate a bit, like, to motion to accidental you're going connected the show."

17. In 2024, I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! Season 2 victor Brendan "Fev" Fevola told his Fifi, Fev & Nick co-hosts, "In 2015, I got paid AU$250,000 upfront, and past AU$5,000 each amusement aft the [first] 2 weeks. So you'd laic determination connected a Sunday, and you'd think, 'There's different 7 days, there's AU$35,000, boom. Hopefully, they don't person an eviction during the week.'"

18. According to New York Magazine, immoderate car manufacturers, specified arsenic Audi oregon General Motors, reportedly springiness celebrities escaped semipermanent leases connected cars.

19. According to the Atlantic, a tiny fig of colleges and universities wage celebrated commencement speakers up to $500,000. In 2015, the Texas Tribune reported that the University of Houston paid Matthew McConaughey $135,000 to talk astatine outpouring graduation. However, helium donated each of the wealth to the jk surviving Foundation, an enactment helium founded that, according to its website, "implements after-school fittingness programs successful 45 interior metropolis precocious schools/sites."

20. Celebs reportedly get paid $5,000 for hosting Saturday Night Live. In 2009, Justin Timberlake told Entertainment Tonight, "There's nary amusement connected television...like SNL. It's a large accidental for an entertainer similar myself. It's the champion 5 expansive you tin marque connected television. It's awesome."

The wage hasn't changed implicit the years. In 2024, Shane Gillis told The Joe Rogan Experience that helium was paid $5,000 to big the show.

21. Every clip the Academy Awards rotation around, Distinctive Assets, an LA-based selling company, gives each acting and directing nominee an "Everyone Wins Nominee Gift Bag." In 2025, the acquisition bags were worthy astir $217,000 each. They contained much than 60 items and experiences, ranging from wellness products to luxury vacations.

22. In a since-deleted tweet from 2020, Mindy Kaling said, "I person a boring but important question. I request a caller full postulation of pots and pans (like everything; a wok, griddle etc). Is determination a marque that sells them each successful a battalion oregon box? I privation this to beryllium ace easy! Thank you!" Within 10 minutes, the marque Le Creuset replied, "Hi Mindy! We would emotion to nonstop you a afloat acceptable of our colorful, versatile, long-lasting cookware. We've got you covered with the wok, griddle, etc. arsenic well. Now the existent question is: Which color(s) would you like?"

In effect to criticism, Mindy tweeted, "So successful grant of @lecreuset's generosity to me, I conscionable donated £1000 to Harmony House…we each win."

23. And finally, successful a 2025 Snapchat post, Too Hot to Handle prima Francesca Farago alleged that she was offered wealth to enactment successful a TikTok inclination making amusive of Hailey Bieber. Francesca said, "Everyone's calling themselves Hailey Bieber, due to the fact that they stalk their antheral and that's however they got them. It's comic but it's besides mean. Sometimes maine and Jesse [Sullivan, her fiancé] get paid to bash a inclination connected TikTok. The idiosyncratic who started the trend, oregon the idiosyncratic who owns the opus that's connected the trend, volition wage creators to bash that inclination and to usage that song. She alleged that, though she wasn't definite who, idiosyncratic "is paying creators to bash that inclination making amusive of Hailey, and I deliberation that is truthful mean."

She continued, "They offered maine a decent magnitude of wealth to bash it. And I was like, no. Even if it's like, inactive funny, light-hearted, whatever, it's low-key not. Maybe I'm conscionable being dramatic, but she's a caller mom; it's truthful mean to person this overmuch hatred connected her."

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