What’s up guys, it’s Sussan Mourad with Clevver News, and just days after Forbes called
out Kylie Jenner for faking her billionaire status, they’re gone ahead and crowned her
as the highest-paid celeb on their list of the world’s top-earning stars.
So let me get this straight: Kylie was just dragged by Forbes for actually not being the
“youngest self-made billionaire”, and literally what seemed like the next week,
she was praised by Forbes for being the highest-paid celebrities of 2020.
Anyone else a little confused?
Yeah, me too.
Well you heard right!
Forbes Magazine came out with their annual list of the 100 top-earning celebrities from
the year, and after they called out Kylie for allegedly forging her taxes and actually
not making a billion dollars, she’s still sittin’ pretty at the top of the list.
Although the magazine still stands firm on the fact that Kylie is, in fact, still NOT
a billionaire, they shared a video to Instagram showing the highest-paid celebrities from
the entire decade.
Kylie Jenner made her way onto the list back in 2017, ultimately jumping to the top spot
in 2018, raking in $170 million, then securing her spot on the list again in 2019 and 2020,
capping off at $590 million!
Many fans commented on Forbes’ video, trolling the magazine for its shocking remarks about
Kylie earlier this week.
One user wrote, “Kylie Jenner?
Are you sure this time Forbes?”
Another user said, “How can we believe you when you blasted Kylie?
Shoulda done your due diligence beforehand.”
As many of you might already know, this list comes just days after Forbes released an entire
article titled, “Inside Kylie Jenner's Web of Lies — And Why She's No Longer a Billionaire,”
about Kylie’s actual net worth, and the fact that she faked her billionaire status.
They even went as far as claiming that she forged her tax returns, and added that her
beauty business is QUOTE: “significantly smaller, and less profitable, than the family
has spent years leading the cosmetic industry and media outlets, including Forbes, to believe.”
These allegations led Kylie to eventually speak out on the matter, taking to Twitter
earlier this week in a series of fiery tweets.
She wrote, “what am i even waking up to.
i thought this was a reputable site.. all i see are a number of inaccurate statements
and unproven assumptions lol. i’ve never asked for any title or tried to lie my way
there EVER. period.”
Although waking up to this was pretty shocking, Kylie went on to say, “I am blessed beyond
my years, I have a beautiful daughter, and a successful business and I’m doing perfectly
fine.”
Things even escalated so high, that Kylie was forced to get her lawyer involved.
Her attorney Michael Kump issued a statement to People, confirming Forbes’ report was,
“filled with outright lies.”
He went on to say QUOTE, “Forbes’ accusation that Kylie and her accountants 'forged tax
returns' is unequivocally false and we are demanding that Forbes immediately and publicly
retract that and other statements.”
The statement went on to say, “It is sad that, of all things, Forbes has devoted three
reporters to investigate the effect of the coronavirus crisis on Kylie’s net worth.
We would not expect that from a supermarket tabloid, much less from Forbes.”
However, Forbes chief communications officer Matt Hutchison issued a responding statement
that read, “Today’s extensively-reported investigation was triggered by newly-filed
documents that revealed glaring discrepancies between information privately supplied to
journalists and information publicly supplied to shareholders.
Our reporters spotted the inaccuracies and spent months uncovering the facts.
We encourage the attorney to re-read the article.”
Despite the discrepancies and potentially false allegations, Kylie still came out on
top as the highest-paid celeb of 2020, as the magazine reported that she made the bulk
of her earnings after selling 51% of her company to Coty, Inc., and now has an estimated net
worth of $900 million.
Followed by Kylie was Kanye West as the second highest-paid celebrity and No. 1 highest-paid
musician in the world, reportedly earning $170 million over the past year, as well as
soccer star Christiano Ronaldo, Lebron James, Howard Stern, Tyler Perry and Dwayne Johnson.
Billionaire or not, it’s safe to assume that Kylie will get by JUST fine.
For all the details on Forbes call-out toward Kylie earlier this week, click right over
here for another Clevver video.
And be sure to share all your thoughts on Kylie’s new top-earning title down here
in the comments.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, bye guys.