In addition to whatever celebs get paid for just doing their jobs, they also rake it in
by attending private events and parties.
Planning your next blowout and want a really spectacular act or special guest?
Here's what kind of moolah you'll need to book your favorite star.
Scott Disick
Keeping Up with the Kardashians cast member Scott Disick may not top your list of most-wanted
A-listers, but as GQ revealed in 2016,
"Scott Disick, the runt of the Kardashian litter, the f---up father of Kourtney's three
children, makes more money doing nothing than most Americans earn in an entire year."
"Look at you, this is what you do during the day, you lay in the sun and you tan?"
The mag explained that the celeb gets paid seventy to eighty grand a night in appearance
fees, and at one point, he earned a whopping $250,000 for a set of appearances in the U.K.
GQ noted Disick was contracted to appear eight times a year at 1OAK Las Vegas in 2016, saying,
"He says a few hoarse words on the mic, sits back down, and sips slowly from a water bottle
at his VIP table, out of the crowd's sight."
Jennifer Lopez
Considering her ongoing A-lister status, it's not surprising that Jennifer Lopez pulls in
hefty fees.
But that didn't stop her from catching bad press in 2013, when Us Weekly reported she'd
earned $1.5 million to sing at a birthday party for the President of Turkmenistan, a
dictator who has been accused of human rights violations.
Per Us Weekly, Lopez's reps later released a statement saying,
"The event was vetted by her representatives, had there been knowledge of human [rights]
issues of any kind, Jennifer would not have attended."
"When I heard it like that, I was like, are we crazy?"
In 2016, Lopez made headlines again for a high-profile private appearance at the wedding
of the son of a Russian billionaire.
According to Elle, Lopez earned a whopping $5 million to perform at the nuptials.
Kim Kardashian
These days it seems like the Kardashians can spin anything into money, so it's not too
shocking that they're big players in the private appearances game.
As far back as 2010, Glamour UK reported Kim Kardashian was earning major money for club
appearances, estimating that she earned more than $500,000 for a series of 30th birthday
appearances in Vegas.
And by 2016, Page Six reported that her fee for showing up to party in the Hamptons was
a whopping $700,000.
"I have warned everyone that I will come for them if they even dare try to copy anything
that I'm doing"
But according to leaked emails obtained by Radar Online in 2014, Kardashian demands even
more on top of her appearance fee, including:
"5 first class tickets, plus 1 coach, first class hotel accommodations […] first class
exclusive ground transportation, airport greeter service, security, glam fee […] and a per
diem."
"Mom, she's always late."
"No I'm here!"
"Oh come on…"
"Really?"
Beyonce
Beyoncé found herself in hot water when news broke that she'd performed at a 2009 New Year's
Eve party hosted by the Gaddafi family.
The big deal?
Libya's Muammar Gaddafi was an infamously repressive dictator, until his death in 2011.
According to The Guardian, Beyoncé reportedly received $2 million to perform five songs.
In March 2011 Beyoncé's publicist released a statement via Entertainment Weekly that
explained,
"All monies paid to Beyoncé […] were donated to the earthquake relief efforts for Haiti.
[…] Once it became known that the third party promoter was linked to the [Gaddafi]
family, the decision was made to put that payment to a good cause."
Paris Hilton
"So I'm just so honored and excited for foam and diamonds again this year.
It's gonna be incredible"
By 2013, Paris Hilton's heyday as a private appearance high-earner was waning, with a
source telling Radar Online that the reality star's fees for a club appearance had dropped
from seven hundred and fifty, to five hundred grand, to "the much lower fee of $250,000."
Cut to 2014, and the tide had turned for Hilton, with The Sun reporting that she'd earned $2.7
million for just four nights of DJ-ing.
When Page Six asked Hilton to confirm the rumored rate of $1 million per appearance,
she replied,
"My mother always told me it's not polite to discuss money, but it's true."
By 2017, the Daily Mail reported that Hilton's club appearance fees had settled somewhere
closer to $300,000.
Mariah Carey
"Is this a normal outfit for people to wear?
I don't know.
But I'm at home and this is what I wear"
As The Guardian reported in 2013, Mariah Carey came under fire when it came to light that
she had accepted $1 million to perform at a benefit for the Angolan Red Cross.
Carey reportedly posed for pictures with the then Angolan president, who stood accused
of major corruption.
According to The Guardian, Carey's appearance came on the heels of another controversial
private appearance in 2008 at a New Year's party for the Gaddafi family, for which the
celeb reportedly got paid $1 million.
She later released a statement saying,
"I was naive and unaware of who I was booked to perform for.
I feel horrible and embarrassed to have participated in this mess."
But none of the bad press stopped Carey from booking a private appearance at a Brazilian
New Year's party in 2015, for which TMZ reported she'd be receiving between $2 million and
$5 million.