Celebrities With the Most Extravagant Lives
Celebrities, they’re just like us, except for one teeny tiny difference.
Money.
Gobs and gobs of it.
While we squeak by on the paycheck of a lowly commoner, Hollywood royalty make millions
upon millions a pop.
So, what is life like when money is no obstacle and you spare no expense?
Let’s take a look at the lifestyles of the rich and the famous and their monthly splurges
of choice.
You will be surprised at how much some spend and on what in this episode of The Infographics
Show, Celebrities With the Most Extravagant Lives.
Number 10 is Mariah Carey who spends $340,000 a week, or $1,360,000 a month, on her yacht
dubbed The Capri.
This is not including additional maintenance costs.
The yacht is 192-feet with six staterooms and boasts multiple luxurious amenities such
as a jacuzzi, a library, a gym, two bars, and a private chef.
It is believed that Mariah’s spending, which also includes a traveling lighting crew to
help her escape what she calls an abusive overhead glow, put her at odds with her billionaire
ex-fiance.
For the record, when a billionaire questions your spending, you might want to listen.
At number 9 are Jay-Z and Beyonce who spend as much as $252,075 a month on their home
mortgage.
Obviously, this is not just any home, but a Bel-Air mansion worth a staggering $52.8
million.
Spanning 20,000 square feet over a 2-acre property, it has its own media room, basketball
court, spa and wellness center, and not one, but four different outdoor pools.
With a combined worth of over $1 billion, this monthly expense that is around what most
of us pay for an entire house is just chump change to this power couple.
Number 8 is Kim Kardashian, whose traveling makeup artist earns approximately $125,000
a month, or $1.5 million a year.
This is in addition to the other members of her so called glam-squad that follow her wherever
she goes.
On-the-run beauty is not her only major expense; Kim’s daily routine includes over 30 things
and is nothing short of astonishing.
Various hundreds of dollar creams and lotions have been calculated to run her upwards of
$3,000.
Number 7 is Rihanna whose hair care costs her roughly $97,290 a month.
This includes curling, trimming, and dying her locks as necessary.
This is no small feat; Rihanna is famous for switching it up from cropped caramel do’s,
to orange wavy tresses, to voluminous red curls, all on a whim.
The woman behind the mane-based masterpieces is Ursula Stephen, whose services come at
the price of $3,243 a day.
That’s $22,701 a week, and up to $1.18 million a year.
And, as Rihanna would likely argue, she is worth every penny.
Indeed, she can seemingly do it all.
Number 6 is Johnny Depp with an excess of $30,000 in monthly wine purchases.
To be fair, Captain Jack Sparrow has a lot of problems to drink away.
Recently, he had an ugly, highly-publicized divorce and has claimed that his management
company committed both fraud and negligence to the extent of landing him $40 million in
debt.
The company alerted him of his financial woes by allegedly calling him up to suggest he
sell the village, yes village, he purchased in France to cover his expenses.
This did not go over well, hence Depp’s case against them.
However, in a counter-suit on behalf of the company, they claimed that it was his extravagant
lifestyle, and nothing else, to blame for his debt.
And, as documents reveal, this is not hard to believe.
He was accused of spending as much as $2 million a month, which included the previously mentioned
thousands on wine.
His only response to those who questioned this amount was that he was insulted, and
that he had actually spent much more.
Number 5 is Mike Tyson who at one in time spent over $27,000 a month on his pets.
Now, keep in mind that Tyson’s pets weren’t your average domestic companion.
They were Bengal tigers, each with a price tag of $70,000 on top of the additional cost
of living expenses.
Each consumed around 40 pounds of meat a day for a combined cost of approximately $200,000
a year.
And what good owner would forego obedience classes, especially when you’re talking
about the behavior of thousands of pounds of kitty with attached fangs and claws?
A certified trainer ran him an additional fee of $125,000 annually.
Number 4 is Elton John, averaging around $19,000 a month on flowers.
In all, the crooner spent around 40 million in less than two years during the 90’s,
or within 20 months, to be exact.
This included $450,000 on flowers.
Yes, that is nearly half a million dollars on plant life.
While this expenditure sparked incredulity in many, Sir Elton was unphased by the figure
or the reactions to it.
His response was simple: He likes flowers.
As an example of his bottomless budget, gardener Ian Drummond, who creates the displays for
Sir Elton’s White Tie And Tiara Ball fundraisers, decorates without restraint.
Once, Drummond used 1,500 plants and hundreds of boxes of moss along with miscellaneous
Cadillac pieces and wire to design a life-sized automobile-shaped floral masterpiece for the
benefit of attending guests.
But who are we to judge?
With an estimated worth of over $500 million, he can afford to enjoy his flowers by the
hundreds of boxes-full.
Number 3 is Jessica Simpson who spends $18,000 a month on her personal trainer.
Her trainer of choice is Harley Pasternak, who charges $1,500 a session.
She works with him three times a week, which adds up to a staggering $126,000 a year.
Thank you, Jessica, for making us feel less guilt about the cost of that gym membership
we never used!
Number 2 is Kanye West who pays $500 a day, or $10,000 a month, to get his head shaved.
Not cut, not colored, not styled, just shaved.
And he is very particular about how it is done.
Known to sport a concealing orange hat when a shave’s gone wrong, he took action when
he found the man who could do it right.
In the ultimate act of trust, Kanye offered Ibn Jasper a job as his barber, matching his
current income as part of the deal.
Jasper agreed, closing his Chicago shop and moving to New York.
So long, orange hat.
Number 1 is Madonna who purchases $10,000 of water a month.
Yes, H2O, the stuff that comes out of a faucet for free.
However, Madonna is not drinking mere tap water, far from it.
Her choice for hydration is blessed Kabbalah water, in fact, it is rumored to be all she
will drink.
Given the chance, she would swim in it as well.
At one point, while still married to Guy Richie, she attempted to fill up their estate pool
using Kabbalah water alone.
Richie put a stop to that plan, however, and it is thought to have cost him more than $12,000
in fines.
From water to yachts, the things celebrities indulge in and at what cost are astonishing.
To be fair, when your budget is in the millions, thousands or even hundreds of thousands must
seem relatively insignificant.
What do you think?
Of those listed, what purchase do you find the most shocking?
Let us know in the comments!
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