Name a celebrity who you think is living paycheck to paycheck

Joey Heatherton

Nic Cage.

Brendad.

Louise Lasser, Kate Jackson, Bronson Pinchot.

BrenDad Ickson. Less the paycheck part.

Tori Spelling

The cast of Real Housewives. Every franchise.

Janet Jackson

Mike “The Situation” Serentino

Tori Spelling.

Corey Feldman

I want to go to Kate Jackson's estate sale, I love a good maze.

Hilary Swank

Toni Braxton

Lark Voorhies

^ and wear a hazmat suit.

Jimmie Walker

Lil Kim

Lindsey Lohan

A surprising number of them, particularly middle-aged actors with high name/face recognition who haven't booked regular jobs in years.

^in which case they're living off their savings/other capital, cause they're not getting paychecks.

Civilians hugely overestimate the size of residual payments for most actors, according to an actor friend.

Chachi and Sorbo

Nicolas Cage?

Marisa Tomei

Aaron Carter.

Everyone on CAMEO. Ugh.

Brett Butler.

Daryl Hannah

Wendy Williams

Randy Lunatic Quad

Aaron Carter is doing fine, he has candy money.

Gary Glitter

Kristin Davis

Yup, a bunch of series regulars from THE OFFICE are on Cameo. It must be a mixed blessing to be so strongly associated with a hit show that it actually prevents you from booking other acting jobs.

Donald Trump

Joan Van Ark

Van Ark owns apartment buildings in Toluca Lake, she's doing more than fine.

Danny Bonaduce

Van Ark has oil wells in Bakersfield, pumping, pumping.

Honey Boo Boo.

[quote]Van Ark owns apartment buildings in Toluca Lake, she's doing more than fine.

You wouldn't know it from her bargain-basement plastic surgery.

Mickey Dolenz

Dave Foley & Scott Thompson

Danny Bonaduce

Any child star from before 1980

Cybill Shepherd

Cindy Brady and Chachi. 🖕🤮

Rudy Giuliani

Michael Richards

Mischa Barton

R45- Thank you for this. It just warmed my soul to read that. 😘

Pamela Anderson NEEDS her guest-star turn in Bway's CHICAGO, apparently. (Guess her 12-day marriage to Jon Peters didn't pay off.)

Poor Pam. She may dislike the PAM & TOMMY series, but she should capitalize on it, regardless. The girl has no head for money or for men.

Alec Baldwin. I don't think he can afford to retire.

She shore could pick em, lol.

Steven Baldwin

R10. 2004 is calling. They want your joke back.

Paula Abdul

Chris Noth

But she is a GIFT, dammit!

R54, sorry . R56- Paula Abdul.

Andy Dick ("paycheck" used charitably).

Wesley Snipes

Joe Namath

Joe Francis

Remember Sinbad?

[quote]Comedian Sinbad has two bankruptcies under his belt. The first, in 2009, happened from a huge expense obligation of more than $2.5 million. In 2013, Sinbad sought financial protection because of the costs of doing business, all in the expectation that he would land a rewarding film job that would top off his coffers. At the hour of his subsequent liquidation, Sinbad was apparently in the red for $10 million, $8 million of which came about because of neglected assessments from 1998-2006.

Toni Braxton

Paula Abdul- you must be joking.

Gary Busey

MC Hammer.

Adam Rich

Lainie Kazan

JON HAMM

I strongly suspect Hamm is hurting for money as well. His fame-whoring seemed to take a really desperate turn a couple of years ago.

Elizabeth Moss remains the breakout star of MAD MEN. Some of that ensemble work regularly, but more of them seem to have dropped off the face of the earth.

Johnny Depp

[quote]Jimmie Walker

While I don't doubt Jimmie Walker could use the money, a lot of people do Medicare, Social Security, Reverse Mortgage, etc. commercials who don't need the money.

R72- But he needs to die. I have always HATED him. He is hideously ugly and his voice makes me feel stabby.

R72, Tom Selleck must still have Magnum money.

"Daryl Hannah"

Um, between her trust fund and being married to a VERY rich musician, I highly doubt it.

R72- He also did the reverse mortgage commercials.

Mike Tyson

50 Cent.

Joe Namath

Oh, man, I would love if Joan van Ark was my landlady. Think of what wacky Lucy and Ethelesque shenanigans we could get into!

He also did the reverse mortgage commercials.

Did he, R76? I thought Tom Selleck was the only one doing that.

I forgot to put R76's comment in quotes at R81 ^

Dennis Rodman

R72- Oops!

Rick Schroder

Alicia Witt

R85- He deserves it.

Brett Butler

Kevin Sorbo

Freddie Prince Jr.

William Hung

Judd Nelson

Michael Schoeffling the hottie from Sixteen Candles.

R81, Robert Wagner used to do them years ago.

Rudy Giuliani

Sarah Palin

Dionne Warwick

This joker

All the Brady Bunch kids.

Not Christopher Knight, R99. He's loaded.

R100 - really, from what? I know he was in a reality show, but that can't have paid much.

Alec Baldwin 2040 former manager at Spago now bussing tables at same (I don't even know if Spago is open but I'm sure you gete my drift-a-roo)

R98 - In May 2020, Spotify announced a licensing deal with Joe Rogan to host his extremely popular podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, exclusively on the streaming platform. At the time, it was reported that the deal paid Rogan $100 million.

Furniture and home decor, R101

Mickey Rourke

R41- PERFECT dl comment

Excuse you R42.

R70- The father from Eight Is Enough once said- You're only as successful as the show you're on.

Dick Van Patten

Morris the Cat

Corey Feldman

Anthony Weiner

Our dl favorite

I like to think that 70s sitcom star Joyce Dewitt gets a decent royalty and can do as she pleases in her golden years. Not super rich but totally comfortable.

[quote][italic]Any child star from before 1980[/italic]

[quote]Excuse you [R42].

Ron Howard would also like a word with R42.

Trump loving Clint Howard.

Jerry Mathers

Lana Wood

Also, I heard JVA is doing a revival of Sunset Boulevard and the Light Opera Works in Rancho Mirage. JVA is doing just fine!

Someone upthread mentioned Marisa Tomei. She is a child free woman in her fifties who's constantly working. I doubt she's strapped for cash.

Kurt Browning. He's a pedo.

Armie doesn't get work anymore?

Connor Jessup

Logan Lerman

Jones

Annie Leibowitz

Gary Dourdan

I'd be living paycheck to paycheck if someone would FUCKING HIRE ME!!!

If "celebrities" include athletes, I'd guess every retired NBA player is living paycheck to paycheck or one pension payment to the next.

Sam Heughan. He'll do anything for a buck or a quid.

Joyce Dewitt

[quote]I like to think that 70s sitcom star Joyce Dewitt gets a decent royalty

No actor from a 1970s sitcom still gets residual payments. Too bad the nightclub circuit no longer exists, so no talent old sitcom actors and everyone else could put together some kind of 30 minute act and get paid for performing.

A lot of those old sitcom stars do well on the convention circuits and Cameo.

Joyce DeWitt

What does January Jones do besides pose in bathing suits on SM?

George Eads

January probably gets a hefty sum for child support.

What happened to George Eads? Why did his weight blow up?

Eric Szmanda

Kate Jackson

Mickey Rourke

Aaron Carter

Jimmie Walker has been living paycheck to paycheck for quite some time. I remember him being on a low rent game show in Canada a long time ago.

Caitlyn Jenderless

Cousin Geri

Mackenzie Phillips

Low rent game show I mentioned in R140 - The New Liars Club, costarring Jimmie Walker.

Bijou Phillips

Avan Jogia, he does one cool film followed by one awful romcom

Rick Shroeder?

Adam Rich

Rob Kardashian, if his family wasn't supporting him.

r149, bullshit, Rob is rolling in dough from his sock company.

95% of them who are 40 and older. I think most people have no clue just how little money the vast majority of actors make over a lifetime.

Hmmm...I admit I have never heard about Rob Kardashian's sock empire.

Todd Bridges

Only if you write me one.

Im amazed that these actors dont follow JVA’s lead and invest in real estate or some other income producing investment. Is there not some savvy financial planner in Hollywood whose niche is new money stars?

Suzanne Sommers…she and her husband have been trying to offload their Palm Springs “estate” for years.

Jackie On Assistance

Tina Louise

Yeah wait a minute, how the hell do these actors afford to live after they’ve declined.

Like how does Faye Dunaway generate income? How is she supporting herself?

She’s taken some roles here and there maybe $50,000 can go a long way if that’s what she’s getting?

[quote]Im amazed that these actors dont follow JVA’s lead and invest in real estate or some other income producing investment. Is there not some savvy financial planner in Hollywood whose niche is new money stars?

A lot of people don't get lucky enough to land in TV money for 14 seasons. And some who do, end up taking bad advice from people who don't have their best interests in mind. I remember an interview with Butch Patrick on Howard Stern years ago. All he does is go to conventions and take pictures and sign autographs and he has a nice life.

You know that big guy from The Office, he made a million dollars last year on Cameo.

Drake posted his yearly residual check from “Degrassi” in 2017.

It was $8.25.

All of the actors making personal appearances and selling autographed pictures at every fan convention.

Sally Struthers

Joan Van Ark is NOT living paycheck to paycheck, in addition to her lucrative real-estate investments, upcoming perforance as the lead in Sunset Boulevard at the Light Opera Works in Rancho Mirage, she is also cutting an album of standards which will be released on the Dekka records label, based out of Indian Wells.

The best thing that can ever happen to any actor is to get booked on a sci fi/supernatural/superhero show. They will never have to work another day in their lives.

Linda Gray

Charlene Tilton

Lauren Tewes

Linda Gray just sold her house for, I think, 10 million dollars. Linda's fine. Don't worry about her.

Lauren Tewes passes out free samples of cheese at a supermarket in Seatlle, she's doing a-okay.

I'm doing fine, thank you very much.

(Assholes!)

Fred Grandy

Jill has held onto her money... AND her looks!

Linda Gray is trying to sell her home for $3 million, not ten.

Wasn't our friend Carly crying poverty in 2010?

Who is the retard that mentioned Suzanne Somers? She sold her Palm Springs "estate", and years ago her Malibu lot where she lost her home in the fire.

She's rich, dumbass.

It looks like Brad is desperate for cash with his lawsuits and custody battles and has started to do cameos on rom coms like Lost City and is in his Liam neeson type action era with the movie Bullet train.

G.

Was Carrie Fisher hurting for money?

Why was she appearing at a signing event in the HBO documentary?

Susan Richardson living welfare payment from welfare payment.

[quote] Let's go with the broad definition of celebrity.

That would be anyone broadly known to the public, so I am going with Rachel Dolezal and the Octomom.

And Lindsey Lohan and Jamie-Lynn Spears.

Jimmy Walker owns this thread.

Linda Grey's place looks like the set of Rust from the outside.

Melania Trump

Linda is 81. That 3 million payday from her house will more than last her for the rest of her days.

Brett Butler

Just did Josh Peck's book and he gave a run down of his "Drake & Josh" pay and after the 10%s, the tax, he ended up with a low six figures for the entire run but the surprising thing was he said they don't get residuals for any of the Nickelodeon work. How does SAG justify that?

Maryann from Gilligan's Island who had to have a GoFundMe to pay her way into some assisted living facility a couple of years ago. This despite her being the only cast member who received residuals from GI and despite the Mrs. Howell actress leaving her money in her Will. I believe I read about the residuals here on DL. Her husband was an agent at the time and he negotiated that at a time when it wasn't common and GI wasn't expected to be any kind of a hit.

[quote]Was Carrie Fisher hurting for money? Why was she appearing at a signing event in the HBO documentary?

Probably not, but would you turn down some easy money for an afternoon of just signing your autograph. Celebrities aren't idiots.

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt.

R156 pfffft Suzanne and Alan are loaded to the gills

R189, She made a fortune from the Thighmaster.

R187 Carrie had a business manager or accountant or somebody steal pretty much every dime from her back in the late '80s or so. Considering she earned the bulk of her wealth in the period leading up to the '90s and considering she spent a LOT on drugs, she might well have needed the money by the 2000s.

Bryan Singer

Lea Michele

Melania Trump

Johnny Depp

Riki Lake

Ben Mackenzie and most of The OC

Robert de Niro, judging by all the crap he is and all those alimonies

Alec Baldwin; I think he's going to just drop dead one day & his wife & 500 kids are going to be left in tough circumstances

3 million? You can't even buy a starter home for that in Cali.

Dog The Bounty Hunter

Lindsay Lohan

Mads Mikkelsen seems to have hit hard times.

Kendra Wilkinson

Rob Kardashian

Tina Louise

I thought I read years ago that Bronson Pinchot invested in real estate years ago. If so, he's probably doing fine.

Ice T is on Cameo R26 and I find it hard to believe he is short of cash given his long run on Law and Order SVU. I don’t know what the motivation is. I suppose some people can never have enough.

Plus Ice had his reality show with Coco. He also does TV adverts for some type of car repair insurance.

Thigh Master? That was 30 yrs ago. She has made tens of millions since then from endorsements and more from a whole line of products and books. Many of those are direct to consumer via her website and on HSN.

Toddrick Hall for sure. That little nerd ball kid from Jerry Maguire.

Elvin from the Cosby Show ?

If you watched their reality show, you could see that Ice T and Coco lived large. They both probably have to keep working to live like that.

I suspect most celebs aren't as nearly well of as these BS net worth sites claim.

R199, I'd sugar him.

*aren't as nearly well of as these BS net worth sites claim.

I am NOT living from paycheck to paycheck you nasty little goddamn homosexual boys! I live on a pension from a conservatorship trust!

We hear you've had to let Helga go, Faye.

Rob Kardashian is a sock mogul.

r213 Helga didn't clean under the fuckin pot plant properly, I was mad and her AND the dirt!

I washnt exactly living paysheck to payscheck but thingsh were tight sho I had to shell my Warholshs and my Halshtons.

Joey Lawrence ftw.

I'm sure that Ice T is fine, but SVU is not going to run forever. Most business managers encourage celebrities to take opportunities while they can because things will not always be that way. I think it was Samuel Jackson who said that those Capital One commercial go straight into investments and retirement for when the roles dry up. Never leave money on the table. I hope Flo from Progressive is investing well.

[quote]Rob Kardashian is a sock mogul.

So are his sisters.

For reasons which are well known to the cunt.

I would say Jan Michael Vincent but I guess OP wants people who are still alive.

Top her Grace

Danny Masterson

Lauren Poupon

Wilma Valderama

Ashton Kutcher

Mila Cuntis

Todd Bridges

Carson Jewelry

Nicholas Brendan

Jason Behr

Brendan Fehr

Katherine Heigel

Dustin Diamond

Shannyn Sossamon

Gretchen Mol

Amy Adams

Cory Feldman

Cory Haim

Colton Haynes

Colton Underwood

Tyler Posey

Dylan Sweetberry

Those convention appearances can be really lucrative, especially if you were in some sort of a big horror or sci-fi series. There are people who were only known for being in one Nightmare on Elm Street sequel or a few episodes of Star Trek who go to dozens of cons every year and come back with a huge stack of cash. I'd assume that keeps a lot of them going. Many of them might not even be actors anymore, but it's still not a bad payday.

I've known people who have worked with some big horror/sci-fi stars and some of them are only getting somewhere between 5 to 10 thousand a day to do these low budget movies and many of them don't take long to shoot, so they really have to accept a lot of crappy scripts to keep the lights on. They'll take a 3 day role here and a 2 day role there in between a ton of 1 day cameos where they film all their scenes from behind a desk or while talking on the phone. Their names can be used to increase marketability in these genres. I'd like to know just how much these kinds of actors make without any of the convention money. It can't be enough to live comfortably on their own unless their spouse is loaded or has a nice job.

To make ends meet, G was forced to sell her household treasures at a "tag sale" last year.

Jeannie Kendall, I don't think she did very much after her father passed.

R223 Honey, Dustin Diamond is dead.

Blade Thompson (I wonder what job he has now, if any?)

Vivian Vance

Bruce Boxleitner

I think Ashton Kutcher is fairly loaded. He was an early investor in Uber among other things.

Lara Flynn Boyle

Ayre Gross

Rupert Grint? Is that the redhead's name from Harry Potter?

[quote] [R223] Honey, Dustin Diamond is dead.

As is Cory Haim.

Hello Friends !!

R224, those autograph conventions are SO sad, both for the actor and the pathetic loser who thinks he's now worth something because he paid some has-been $50 to sign his cheesy poster from the 1980's.

Damn, I guess all the washed up actors on Cameo.

DL fave Jeremy Jordan will talk -- or sing -- to you for $200.

Can't say who, DL follower makes $200k e year from conventions. Only income. Gay, married to a hahg.

these responses are so silly. Ice-T has been on the longest running TV drama in history and appeared in over 400 episodes. It runs in syndication too, there are residuals from that.

I'm not sure the $250k per episode/$6 mil per year numbers claimed online are accurate. But he had an entire music and acting career as well before that. He is doing just fine.

R239 Jeremy Jordan - ALRIGHT!!

I'm stunned how many 'name' actors are on that Cameo site. Definitely a lot of z-listers, but some 'almost-B' listers as well.

And quite a few former A-listers too.

[quote] If you watched their reality show, you could see that Ice T and Coco lived large. They both probably have to keep working to live like that.

I remember the Ice T & Coco show. IIRC, they lived comfortably, but it didn't seem over the top. (Talking about their house.)

Rob Kardashian: he's been very quiet for several years now. I'm guessing that Kris makes sure all of his basic needs are met. By "basic," I'm talking relatively. His basic needs are still expensive.

Michael Shanks

Baby Spice and Scary Spice

Mel B blew the lot on no-good men…and women

Jon Hamm grew up wealthy, he's just an attention whore.

Hopefully Will & Jada Smith soon.....

Ashton Kutcher does well. He's one of the sharks on Shark Tank sometimes.

Adam Rich from Eight Is Enough

I'm not sure how sad those cons are. I'm sure it's nice for the actors to be told they made an impact on someone's life and get paid to scribble a little something on a poster. Sure beats being forgotten forever.

I've seen some of the value of these autographed posters rise to insane amounts after one of the people who signed it dies. I'm sure some of those collectors could make a pretty penny on eBay if they wait to sell some of their stuff after a few of the people have croaked.

Speaking of Cameo. I was going through the adult section and found hot alpha male Charles Dera

For some reason gay / not gay star Peter North / Matt Ramsey only charges $65 but Johnny Sins charges $269. Confusing.

[quote]I'm not sure how sad those cons are. I'm sure it's nice for the actors to be told they made an impact on someone's life and get paid to scribble a little something on a poster. Sure beats being forgotten forever.

Charlie Hunnam, who you would think has sufficient paying gigs & doesn't seem to live a rock & roll lifestyle wouldn't necessarily need the $$, but occasionally he does the Comic Con-type stuff. It must be more lucrative than it looks, at least for some people

Taylor Dane

[quote]those autograph conventions are SO sad, both for the actor and the pathetic loser who thinks he's now worth something because he paid some has-been $50 to sign his cheesy poster from the 1980's.

Awww none in your area, huh?

The conventions with the paid autographs, I think those are a good thing. Stars who need the money get to make some money. The transaction is very clear. You pay me $___ for an autograph and a brief personal exchange. If the fan thinks it's too expensive, they can pass on it.

Brad Pitt doing that stupid coffee commercial, though. I guess the money is hard to pass up, sometimes.

DL seems to be the only place on the planet where there is such a thing as "enough" money.

LaToya Jackson

I saw her in our work canteen once having given an interview wearing just a shirt over thigh boots. No bottoms skirt or shorts or anything. I didn’t realise it was her at first haggling with the sandwich maker.

Barrie Youngfellow

[quote]Brad Pitt doing that stupid coffee commercial, though. I guess the money is hard to pass up, sometimes.

Yeah, that was kind of weird; it used to be that big name celebs did commercials in Asia for big $$, but would never do something like that in the US because it would hurt their career. Not anymore apparently. But Brad's got legal bills to pay, so maybe he needs the extra $$.

After Carrie Fisher's moneyman stole everything, her primary source of income was the fan conventions. She called it "the Celebrity Lap Dance", and said she'd occasionally startle some sales woman by saying "Opps, gotta go, I've got a lap dance at four".

She wrote some fairly kind things about the fans in "The Princess Diarist", quoted some of the regular people she'd met while giving autographs, but then, she wanted the Star Wars fans to buy that book. I can bet she was bitchy about them elsewhere.

Sean Biggerstaff. He's on Cameo. I know someone who hired(?) him to record a birthday message for her friend.

Crystal Bernard, Scott Baio, Cindy Williams, Ted McGinley, Misty Rowe, Billy Warlock, Crispin Glover…

r262 Carrie Fisher would also have had more money had she not put it up her nose. Can't imagine the drugs helped her bipolar, perhaps she was self medicating. Sad.

Crystal Bernard owns like 12 Burger King franchises. She's okay.

Marjorie Mains

The wealthy have tag sales to generate cash.

The poor have a yard sale.

Bigger celebs are bypassing the autograph shows and doing private signings. You pick out a photo or send in a DVD cover and such and a agent collects them and brings them to the star. Jane Fonda is $100, Gere $169.99. Who the hell thinks Selma Hyek, married to a billionaire is worth $225 is a mystery.

Joe Namath

Charo

Tina Charles

Bigger celebs are bypassing the autograph shows and doing private signings. You pick out a photo or send in a DVD cover and such and a agent collects them and brings them to the star. Jane Fonda is $100, Gere $169.99. Who the hell thinks Selma Hyek, married to a billionaire is worth $225 is a mystery.

none of them need the money and I'm not sure there's many that would want their autograph

Part of the appeal of paying big money for the autograph is that you get to interact with your favorite stars, shake their hands, talk to them, tell them how much they mean to your childhood. The private signings mean no interaction at all. Why would you pay for that?

[quote]Sean Biggerstaff. He's on Cameo. I know someone who hired(?) him to record a birthday message for her friend.

Porn stars don't count.

[quote]these responses are so silly. Ice-T has been on the longest running TV drama in history and appeared in over 400 episodes. It runs in syndication too, there are residuals from that

MC Hammer made a ton of money from the song "Can't Touch This".... and then he blew most of it.

Ted McGinley is wealthy. Grew up in Newport Beach in an upper middle class family, invested well and despite the jokes about "series killer", has never stopped working.

Besides Married With Children which he was on for years, Happy Days, Love Boat, Dynasty, Hope and Faith- along with TV movies

We went to high school together. He's got a house in Pacific Palisades and Balboa Island - both paid for.

Ted has been acting for 70 years and still looks young.

Garrett Hedlund.

Hard to tell OP. Ice T has a young child, has all that Law & Order money but has three ad campaigns, car insurance, laundry soap and now Cheerios. Maybe he is building a trust fund for his daughter.

Look at Aniston and Kelly Cuoco, they made a million dollars an episode plus syndication and still do commercials.

Ted does look good, but maybe because he isn't 70?

R279 and John Cena does those garbage bag ads still (??????)

Tina Small

Lorenzo Llamas. After Falcon Crest and Renegade he's never had a steady gig. He's been married five or six times and has had at least five kids. For a while he was a helicopter pilot giving tours in Las Vegas. He wrote his autobiography. I don't know how that sold. He had a one season reality show about his family. He's filed for bankruptcy twice. I don't think his late mother, one of the Arlenes, was ever dumb enough to support him. Any money he gets from her recent death he will go through in a year. Is that nursing home for old actors in North Hollywood still in existence? Lorenzo though even now at your age I think you look marvelous and got. I'll suck your cock anyday.

[quote] Is that nursing home for old actors in North Hollywood still in existence?

It's in Woodland Hills.

"Bigger celebs are bypassing the autograph shows and doing private signings. You pick out a photo or send in a DVD cover and such and a agent collects them and brings them to the star."

And then the publicist's intern signs the celebrity's name to them.

The old professional autograph hounds, the kind that would sell autographs for big bucks, would always have a picture taken with the celebrity whose autograph they'd collected, as proof that the autograph actually came from a celebrity and wasn't something they'd written themselves.

[quote]And then the publicist's intern signs the celebrity's name to them.

No, the agency shows pictures of the celeb signing on their Facebook.

Janelle Monae

[quote]No, the agency shows pictures of the celeb signing on their Facebook.

And that is better than them signing live in front of you how? No interaction, no handshake, no conversation, no selfie, no sale.

[quote]Ted does look good, but maybe because he isn't 70?

I never said he was 70. I said he's been acting for 70 years so he's much older, unless he started acting right out of the womb.

Carrie Fisher was making $250k a weekend doing those shows. Even semi-has beens can make 10k.

There was an article a few years ago that some actresses turn down a guest spot on a show, because they can make more at these cons.

I think successful rich stars do commercials to keep their SAG health insurance going perhaps? Though you would think they could afford their own insurance, even if more expensive? I write this as a non-American, so I don't know.

Didn't Iain Ziering admit he did Sharknado to keep his family's health insurance going?

Plus doing commercials keeps your name and 'brand' out there?

Sorry R234, Rupert Grint is set for life, along with the other principles of the Harry Potter saga. He interviewed early on, and said his money was invested wisely for him. So for kicks, all he wanted to do was operate an ice cream truck. Which he did, and from what I’ve heard, still does. Married with at least one kid.

I knew as soon as I hit send, I’d made the mistake of leaving my post open-ended for child stars before 1980.

Send them over, I’d love to chat with Jodie Foster and Ron Howard. I’ll put some tea on.

Cybill Shepherd

R294 ^ Every man I work with wants to sleep with me!

(And not speak to me afterwards).

This reminds me of when old school actors criticize Brokeback Mountain publicly during the award season and in the end I realize they were part of the majority of the academy who hated it.

Pamela Anderson

[quote]I thought I read years ago that Bronson Pinchot invested in real estate years ago. If so, he's probably doing fine.

Oh, honey….

Liev Schriber

Ice T was on the last box of Honey Nut Cheerios I bought (I still don't know why).

He's got that Cheerio money.

Adrian Zmed.

Yo! Eat some Cheerio, nigga!

Unemployed then dead.

Brian Dunkleman

Cindy Williams

All the "Real Housewives". They get paid little for their show and feel obligated to spend big bucks on an ostentatious lifestyle, if if they're not sinking in debt then it's because they're robbing banks to make ends meet.

Same for every fucking full-time "influencer" on social media, they're all faking their lifestyles and wondering how the hell their rivals are making it. They aren't.

Joey Lawrence. Nick Lachey and his ultra thirsty wife. Toni Braxton. Dionne Warwick.

Barry Bostwick

R305 doesn’t she do the dinner theatre circuit these days? Is Joyce DeWitt her understudy?

Ana Alicia

Vicki from RHOC was making $750k a year, and every freebie she could grab. She's got the first nickel she made, other than what she gave to the grifter. Trust me, I've got stories.

I'm sure she's said so, R311. That doesn't make it true.

Kristy McNichol. I heard she was working as a hairdresser’s assistant in a salon, but that’s been years ago now. Her brother Jimmy might not be making millions either.

Leif Garrett

Andy Dick

Jm J Bullock

Sean Bigger-WHO?

R256, true re the stars making some $$$. But if the people paying $$$ for an autograph think they'll be worth anything investment-wise, they're fooling themselves. William Shatner, for example, has probably signed a half-million autographs in his lifetime. Not worth a cent.

I still dont understand why some eldergays shit on Cameo. I've bought 4 of them now as gifts and people go nuts. It's like free money for celebrities with time on their hands. One of the ones i bought was from Cheryl Hines--all of the money went to charity and she filmed it in less than 24 hours. And I knew my friends favorite Curb Your Enthusiasm episiode so in the instructions, I mentioned it and she told a story about filming it.

If you've got a burning question for someone you're a fan of, or if you want to tell them something, its a platform where you're not inconveniencing them like you would if you saw them in person.

Mischa Barton.

Every single RuPaul Drag Race contestant in the history of the show.

Jackie On Assistance

Lee On Assistance

Bruce Willis. Obviously.

Pauly Shore

Bridget Fonda is living Burger King coupon to Burger King coupon.

The Jacksons…

Colton

Many more than you would imagine. Even some that we floating in dough back in some day. TV stars especially, who with little real talent other than playing their charming selves, lucked out on a few years of a successful show and blew through their blown out salaries. And then.....nada. Or at least, nada much.

Charles Nelson Reilly

Paul Lynde

virtually everyone who ever appeared on Match-Game!

What is this, 1976?

show respect for 1976.

Eddie Deezan

Another vote for all The Office cast members. They probably fucking hate John Krasinski since he has exactly as much talent as the guy who played Stanley or the lady who played Angela. Rain Wilson should be the rich one.

Sally Kellerman (prior to her death, obviously)

I used to work at the Trader Joe's where Sally shopped on a weekly basis. I can't tell you the number times her debit/credit cards were declined, and/or she didn't have enough cash to pay for her groceries. And we'd have to go through this sad, little exercise with her -- picking out the "lower-priority" items, and voiding them, to get her total under a certain amount. (either to run the card again, or use whatever cash she had on her). It didn't happen *every* visit, but frequently enough that she developed a reputation among the employees for it. And there were a number of occasions where she simply left empty-handed because she didn't have any cash, and her card wouldn't go through after removing numerous items.

It was sad, especially because she was SO sweet and friendly. We all liked her! She was always very apologetic & seemingly embarrassed...but ya' know, it was a drag/hassle. Particularly when the store was very busy. You could just feel the hostility radiating off the people in line behind her.

I would guess the entire cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer except Hannigan and Boreanez.

I doubt Gellar is starving, but she can't be doing that well.

According to (dubious) online sources, Sarah Michelle Gellar and hubby Freddie Prinze Jr. have a combined net worth of $30 million.

That's not shabby, if it's close to accurate. She always seemed pretty savvy to me.

But it is astonishing how much both of their careers shrunk. At their height, in TV and movies, they were both enormous.

That's really sad about Sally Kellerman. Makes you wonder about everyone else in the business who aren't considered more towards the C or D list.

Don't ex stars like this at least get retirement checks from their union?

I would imagine Kellerman would have had loads of dough from her Hidden Valley Ranch voiceovers.

I googled those after your post R335.

There have been a few posters I've seen over the years who said she was an absolute professional (almost to the point of being stand-offish). She showed up, lines memorized, did her thing, and then went home. No after parties, no drama.

So it wouldn't surprise me if she saved every dime she made. Still though, those same sites said at her peak she made around $5M a year from Buffy. So average that to $2.5 over 7 years, then take away at least half for taxes, agent/managers cut, etc.

That is maybe $9M over 7 years (but of course she worked on other projects). Living in L.A., that couldn't have gone too far.

I like her so I hope she is doing well.

Lorenzo Lamas

I suspect Adam Brody. He and his wife get gigs here and there, but nothing of note or consistent. I’d pay to duck his dick if he ever needed his light bill paid.

Cameron Dallas. Career has washed up and he’s an addiction.

Caroline Rae

I have a friend who is a working actor and qualified celebrity (who I’ll never name our of respect for her) who is definitely living paycheck to royalty paycheck. And she supports herself with conference appearances (she’s a sci-fi hit series alumni) and teaching gigs. But has even talked about applying for unemployment during the pandemic (which I couldn’t bring myself to ask how that even works for a famous person).

[quote] But it is astonishing how much both of their careers shrunk. At their height, in TV and movies, they were both enormous.

I AM "enormous"!

It's the teenage vampire television shows that got small...

Nicholas Brendon can barely keep out of the big house:

“Brendon was arrested on suspicion of grand theft by Fort Lauderdale police in February 2015 after he reportedly trashed his hotel room and refused to pay the bill. He had been in Fort Lauderdale for a local comic convention.”

Also James Van Der Beek and Taylor Lautner

Yeah sci-fi is kind of a trap R344.

Yes there are actors that break out of it (Shatner), but most do not (99% of TOS, TNG, Voyager, Enterprise, Picard, Discovery, B5, Xena, Hercules, X-Files, BG, etc.)

I would hope most actors realize these days that even though the show the may be a major hit, the jobs probably won't keep coming.

Toddrick

I don't think sci-fi is a trap if the actor has actual talent. The trouble is that you rarely get an actor of high caliber in sci-fi, and if you do, they can go on to do other things (like Chris Pine and Patrick Stewart did). There are very few first rate actors on the ST shows who I thought did not get to get better work afterwards: Leonard Nimoy (though he made a fortune from the ST movies, and found a well-paying career as a director), Michael Dorn, and jeri Ryan are the only ones who I can think of who deserved better work than they got afterwards.

As for X-Files: both David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson went on to fabulous careers, as she deserved and he did not.

Sci-fi and horror stars at least have the convention circuit which can pay more than a few days on some indie film set. My heart really bleeds for the ones who don't even have the sci-fi/horror red to do those.

[quote]Yeah sci-fi is kind of a trap [R344]

Lucky for her she really loves the conventions and loved the cast (and when I say hit I mean the BIGGEST sci-fi (really horror) show on TV. With zombies.)

She’s bounced back since the pandemic and has worked with academy award winning actors and directors and is very, very lucky. But it’s a hard life if you’re not A-list but still super successful. She loves it, but I’d be too nervous living the way she does. Her husband has a full-time job and they have a family and nice, modest house in our hometown, far from LA. But they do depend on her salary, so when she’s not working, it’s hustling.

[quote]Don't ex stars like this at least get retirement checks from their union?

You mean pensions, R337? Well, sure they do, and Social Security checks, too. But depending upon the amount of those checks, and their other financial obligations, they could still be living "check-to-check".

P.S. Sally Kellerman: I have no idea whether she was really broke, or merely absentminded about making sure there was always enough money in her in her primary checking/debit card account. She was a little scatterbrained. Also: this wasn't during her "sad, last days". This was roughly 2010-2015, when she was still *working* from time-to-time.

Ashanti

H.E.R.

Sarah Michelle Geller is heavily invested in real estate. And as someone above implied, she did in fact save or invest every dime she's ever earned. She also does a lot of voice over work.

Tiffany

R163. Sally is doing quite well, thank you.

And quite a lot of HIV fundraisers.

And Sally has Gilmore Girls money, lives above Lake Hollywood.

I’ve met her several times. Delightful.

OJ Simpson

Danielle Brisebois

Henry Cavill. He said there was some relief to have job stability in landing the TV role he got.

Taylor Kitsch.

Pffftt........James Van Der Beek is living in a HUGE house in Austin, TX with his family. Taylor Lautner is a multimillionaire who just purchased an incredible mansion outside of LA. Please.

Do you research before posting.

Corey Feldman

Josie Cotton

R364 so why oh why did he do BBC’s Cuckoo?

He must have been paid about 75 quid….

Gopher from The Love Boat

Poor Shelley Duvall is probably on welfare.

Danielle Brisebois is actually probably living very comfortably. Not from her acting residuals or pensions, but from music residuals from the string of hit songs she wrote and produced for others.

Shelley Duvall probably gets Social Security and her SAG pension. That along with residuals is too much income for her to get welfare benefits.

R370 Would Shelley be able to afford health insurance?

(I'm not American so I don't know how that works but being at the mercy of public hospitals in any country would be awful).

I don’t understand how Carrie Fisher wasn’t still raking in the Star Wars dough with her quarter of a percentage point, or whatever it was.

Child predator Stephen Collins.

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R372, I believe Fisher lost her stake in the Star Wars franchise at some point. If she sold it off, she was an idiot, but well. She did a lot of stupid things in her life, and maybe not just because she was bipolar.

Da Brat

R374, wow, wouldn't have guessed he'd be in Iowa, of all places

From the other thread - George Reinholt. Except he's living paycheck to paycheck without any paycheck.

Lil Yachty

Ron Eldard

Todd Bridges

[quote]Danielle Brisebois is actually probably living very comfortably. Not from her acting residuals or pensions, but from music residuals from the string of hit songs she wrote and produced for others.

Yes she became a successful song writer and was nominated for an Oscar. She co-wrote this and it's her on keyboards and dancing.

[Quote] Ben Mackenzie and most of The OC

I don't think Ben is. He was one of the few actors to call out the nft shit. And i think he’s working on a book about economics.

Rosey Grier

Rosey Grier sells on Etsy, he's doing fine.

Pauly Shore

r386, didn't he inherit The Comedy Store?

R374 how pathetic.

What was he calling out? And why would he write an econ book?

Wolfie Van Halen

I hope Diane Wiest has recovered financially. She lost - or was on the verge of losing - her NYC home about 5 years ago?

No, she’s been 5 years homeless.

You're probably kidding R390, but I'm sure Wolfie inherited his rockstar daddy's millions and therefore doesn't need a paycheck.

Dianne Wiest is doing fine. She's been regular on two TV shows (Life in Pieces and Mayor of Kingstown) since that she said she was having problems paying rent.

In looking up her up on public records sites, she's another celeb lying about her age. She was really born in 1946 instead of the claimed 1948.

[quote]Ron Eldard

Oh I hope not. There was a time when I would have crawled across broken glass to blow him.

R389 here

Steve Guttenburg

Tina Louise. Cash only, no checks at the grocery for her.

"Don't you know who I am?"

"Yes, Miss Louise. That's why we can take your checks".

R223 you could have just said the cast of Roswell and Teen Wolf. But i have a feeling Amy Adams is doing just fine.

[quote]Dianne Wiest is doing fine. She's been regular on two TV shows (Life in Pieces and Mayor of Kingstown) since that she said she was having problems paying rent.

"Life In Pieces" didn't last long enough for syndication money. Which is a shame, because it should have.

R384 & R385, the memories this site triggers. Rosie Grier appeared in the "Airport" rip off "Hijacked", with DL fave James Brolin. Rosie played a musician who travelled with his upright bass (I could be wrong about the type of instrument but it was stringed and I'm not looking it up) next to him in First Class, in a separately paid seat. The instrument's name was 'Baby'.

Brolin played the hijacker. As Brolin's character was led off by the authorities he began to sing, "Nevah Will I Marry'. That is only available in the director's cut wh. is now locked in Muriel's office.

Jeremy Sisto

[quote]Rosie Grier appeared in the "Airport" rip off "Hijacked", with DL fave James Brolin.

Oh Dear.

I highly doubt Sisto is broke. He's worked non stop the last 3 decades and bought a house in NY for nearly 3 million.

[quote][R370] Would Shelley be able to afford health insurance?

[quote](I'm not American so I don't know how that works but being at the mercy of public hospitals in any country would be awful.

She’d be old enough to have Medicare, which if you’re unfamiliar with, is government sponsored insurance that you’ve paid into over the years for people over 65 (and some younger people with kidney disease). Like most health insurance here, it’s still kinda a mess.

Now, surprisingly, public and private hospitals aren’t THAT different because hospital regulation is fairly strict about services and quality, and many public hospitals can be affiliated with state University Medical schools and are these sprawling campuses with brand new state of the art facilities. I go to a hospital system that includes primary care that’s considered a safety net hospital (so basically the lowest rung of public hospitals that are there for indigent patients) and even they just built a new outpatient medical center and it’s FANCY! I go there because I used to work there and it’s close, but it’s not bad at all.

But a lot more lower income people get their primary care at community health centers, which can run the gamut from new and beautiful to decrepit and depressing. But again, regulated for services and quality. In fact, sometimes the worst clinics are small private practices because they get little or no fed or state funding for infrastructure (picture a Drs. office in a run down apartment building or strip mall).

All basically saying our whole health care system is messed up and backwards. But Shelley is probably ok and would get good care of she needed to go to the hospital.

This could be its own thread.

Oh, and public hospitals still make you have insurance and all hospitals (including private) are obligated to treat emergencies regardless of insurance or your ability to pay. So, just even weirder.

I still have my yankee farm, my settlement money, and alimony checks from Debra.

I merely LOOK like I’m broke.

Ed Marinaro

Armand Assante almost lost his house some years ago and it's now owned by some very shady mafia-adjacent people who continue to let him live there but he has to pay millions back by a certain point or else...

Jack Scalia

Scalia is a man whore...literally.

Perry King

Todd Bridges

James Darren

R403, I think the book was entitled Hijacked. Now I gotta find out. "Skyjacked is based on the David Harper novel Hijacked." per Wiki. Amazing what you remember from 50 years ago.

Plenty of ex-NFL and ex-NBA players.

Of course they’re no longer waiting for the next paycheck, but when someone’s obituary reads that they died in Woodland Hills or Englewood, NJ I figure they were in one of the actors homes, which are non-profit charities. Wealthy celebrities tend to be cared for at home in their sad last days or die at Cedars if they’re hospitalized.

Here’s a list of some people who died in Woodland Hills. Many would have been at the retirement home.

And Englewood

Soulja Boy

r396 shouldn't Ben have some Gotham money stashed away? He had to know getting 2 multi-year series was a gift that wouldn't likely lead to a 3rd series.

r364 taylor made his money right in the height of the recession. If he stored it away in even the most boring of blue chips, leaving the principle alone, he should have a sizable in crease today.

R420 I would think so. Wonder how much he gets for The OC now 🤔

Pennies, no one really rewatches the OC and there aren't enough episodes to keep it running on a loop like 90210.

Sister Souljah

Ice T does Tide 7acommercials on Pandora.

Mickey Dolenz is fine, thx. Still plays and produces

R418 isn’t that where John Travolta’s senile grandfather was supposed to be in Look WHO’s Talking? And he used Kirstie Alley’s address to get his mail?

Of course it was filmed in Toronto but whatever.

[quote] Another vote for all The Office cast members. They probably fucking hate John Krasinski since he has exactly as much talent as the guy who played Stanley or the lady who played Angela. Rain Wilson should be the rich one.

I agree with this. But, Ellie Kemper probably doesn't have money worries as she comes from a wealthy banking family and might inherit money after her father dies.

Todrick Hall. He has a huge Hollywood Hills house which I heard he can barely afford. He spends money on totally extravagant things and brags about everything he has. Probably has dozens of credit cards maxed out.

R426 missed his chance to make an Abe Vigoda joke.

Todrick is a dead beat renter. Do keep up.

I know Ken & Barbie are thinking of applying for EBT. There's a rumour floating around that Barbie terminated a pregnancy and got into some serious debt. AND she knows about Ken's Only Fans. They're in trouble. I expect a GoFundMe anytime. Their Malibu vacation's been cancelled two years in a row.

[quote]Mickey Dolenz is fine, thx. Still plays and produces.

He's an old warhorse. I think he just keeps performing because he always has.

Jessica Simpson

R433 I think she's doing fine thanks to her shoe line.

Ben McKenzie might not be living paycheck to paycheck since he’s worth $13 million, but he doesn’t have much going on.

R435 he doesn't need to since Morena is the more high profile one in that relationship.

r433 Jessica's clothing line makes loads of money. Not that she actually does anything for but she and her mother sold their majority stake in 2015, but maintain 37% of the company. It's been valued at $1 billion, but so was that kardashian girl's and we know those Forbes numbers were fake.

r435 wait he snagged Morena Baccarin? He must have a big dick to match the large nose.

R438 must have since she cheated on her husband with him. The whole married/pregnancy announcement was very weird considering how private he usually is.

Jimmy and Kristy McNicol

Crystal Bernard

Alyce Beasley

Morena Baccarin has a shockingly bad nose job.

R437 Jessica Simpson bought back 100% of her company last year.

Louise Lasser is heir to her father's publishing fortune. JK Lasser was the king of self help tax guides and the phenomenally successful "How to Avoid Probate." She made a substantial sum on her own, inherited more, and got excellent financial advice along the way. She is not living paycheck to paycheck. Not sure about her mental status, but financially she is fine.

There was gossip years ago that Kristy McNichol was able to retire from acting and do other things because of rental properties that she bought in her early 20s.

Kevin Kline

Margaret Ladd

Fabio Testi

r442 the fact that it was affordable enough for her to buy could be a good or bad sign. I'm sure she didn't put up much of her own money, in a Musk Twitter buy-out situation.

Helmut Berger

[quote]Mickey Dolenz is fine, thx. Still plays and produces.

Doing the Chiller show in Jersey this weekend.

[quote]Louise Lasser is heir to her father's publishing fortune. JK Lasser was the king of self help tax guides and the phenomenally successful "How to Avoid Probate." She made a substantial sum on her own, inherited more, and got excellent financial advice along the way. She is not living paycheck to paycheck. Not sure about her mental status, but financially she is fine.

In the 80's she was an acting teacher. Her office was in the offices of Carnegie Hall. My friend studied with her and I met her and she was genuinely one of the funniest people I ever met and she wasn't "on", just naturally. I have zero Idea but I always wondered if she got alimony from Woody Allen since that's what was done at the time, and they have remained friends and she never remarried.

Jon Hamm

Sheena Easton

Johnny Depp

Daryl cunt hannah is living off of Neil young. The viper swiped in and stole him from his wife who had cancer and died.

These sick hetereo men will throw everyone and everything under the bus for a good blow job.

Jeff Stryker - had to sell his house a couple of years ago.

R455 did Daryl hold a gun to Neil's head? 🙄

Darryl Hannah out there hustling. LOL. She always tried to pretend that she was so uppercrust. I guess she was just low down for cash like a lot of hoes in Hollywood.

Going by some of the lame jobs Connor Jessup has taken on lately, I'd say he's desperate for the cash.

R. 457: no, she just held his cock in her mouth until he succumbed . Lol. He is trash. Carrie Snodgrass was involved with him. At the time, she was nominated for best actress for Diary of a Mad Housewife. Lucky break for an unknown .

I read that hippie dippy Neil convinced her to not attend the awards ( again, who knows ). After her no show, she was shunned by Hollywood

Maybe someone could shed more light ?

R459 What jobs? Connor hasn’t worked on anything as an actor after Locke & Key to my knowledge. He spoke about focusing on writing his first feature film

didn't Neil Young father a child with Carrie Snodgress? And wasn't the child a special needs and all but abandoned by Neil while Carrie basically took care of the child.

Christian Slater Misha Collins Nicholas Brendon

R463 I doubt Misha is. All the SPN actors made bank from doing conventions.

Speaking of Mishas .... What about Mischa Barton?

R465 oh i'm sure MTV spared no expense when it came to getting Mischa for that shitty Hills reboot.

[quote]Jeremy Sisto

What?! He is on a very successful TV series right now. He also looks better than ever.

[quote]Sheena easton

She is still touring and worked Vegas for a few years

Okay, come to think about it, that definitely means Sheena is working paycheck-to-paycheck.

[quote] Connor hasn’t worked on anything as an actor after Locke & Key to my knowledge. He spoke about focusing on writing his first feature film

Kudos to Connor. It takes real talent to write a screenplay while simultaneously taking endless loads up the ass.

R470, says you.

Adrian Zmed was HAWT and now he looks like an owl. Time can be CRUEL and the old saying that all you Dataloungers say (and one that keeps me up at night), “You eventually get the face you deserve!

What drugs are you on R452? Can I has some?

Jussie

Homosexual tinymeat Brad Pitt does print ads here in Europe, ......also in USA?

R475 In fairness Brad must have enormous child support bills to pay for all those kids.