23 Wild Ways Celebs Get More Money Or Free Stuff

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Per Fashionista, sometimes, a celebrity and their stylist are paid handsomely for the celeb to walk the red carpet wearing a certain designer. At the 2015 Vulture Festival’s Hollywood Power Stylist Panel, stylist Jessica Paster — who works with Emily Blunt — said that, as part of these ambassadorships, she’s been paid $30,000-50,000, whereas her client makes $100,00-250,000! She added that if the celeb decides to wear something else, neither of them get paid. She said, “If it looks awful on you, $100,000 or $250,000 is not worth it, but if it looks gorgeous and this is the dress you were going to pick anyway, why not get paid? …Let’s not forget that when [designers] make these custom dresses, they’re spending about $100,000 dollars, so someone is getting paid.”

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In certain instances, influencers are paid to attend red carpet movie premieres. In 2023, Amanda Castrillo told The Hollywood Reporter that she’s made $3,000-10,000 per studio deal. She said, “I went from literally working part-time for like $15 an hour to actually being able to pay my bills and pay rent — it can be life-changing.” She also said that the paid partnerships often require her to post from the premieres with tagging and time requirements, and the studios have to sign off on her content before she’s allowed to post it.

In 2016, David Weintraub, the CEO of DWE Talent, told Cosmopolitan, “The biggest payday is in the DJ world, reality TV, and rap. You’ve got to remember, to do an appearance, it’s not that you need to be highly skilled, it’s that you need to have some type of value that is going to attract people to come. So the Instagram and YouTube world, a lot of which is semi-comedy, [aren’t as profitable]. It’s not like people are going to go to a nightclub to hear somebody do some type of shtick or do some weird Vine video. Also, women make a lot more than men — not compared to rappers or DJs, strictly in the reality world.”

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When Lisa Rinna attended Coachella in 2019, some trolls mocked her, judging her for being “too old” to attend the music festival. However, on Watch What Happens Live, she revealed, “Here’s the thing — if I breathe, I get judged at this point. So, here’s the thing — I got paid to go for Amazon. I mean, I’m usually there, but I got a check, honey! I got a check. Honey, I made serious bank by going. Fuck you guys, I made serious bank! Fuck the trolls. Fuck you, trolls! …I made a fortune! I made a fucking fortune!”

Guest Leslie Bruce, a senior writer for THR, added, “Well, let’s break it down. If you take from the weekly access alone, People magazine reportedly paid about $1.5 million for the photos and exclusive access to the wedding. I believe it was about an 11-page feature in People magazine. They received $100,000 for the bridal shower photos that went to OK! magazine, anywhere between $30,000 and $100,000 for the exclusive honeymoon photos that went to Us Weekly. So there alone, they’re making a pretty penny.”

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In 2016, NYC-based paparazzo Justin Steffman told Cosmopolitan that the “biggest reason” a celebrity would stage photos is “money.” He said, “Many setup photos include a paid product endorsement, where a photo agency works as a middleman between a celebrity and a company who has a product to sell. It could be the latest cell phone that was just released, or a food or beauty product, or something as simple as them being seen shopping at a certain retail outlet. Certain photo agencies specialize in these types of fake paparazzi photos. They usually try to make the photos look natural and candid, but in reality, the celebrity and the photographer are working together. It’s a paid photo shoot, and the celebrity gets a big check. The readers of tabloid magazines and blogs have no idea!”

Tana continued, “Then I was being allegedly told an alleged list of other influencers that have already hypothetically accepted money to do those hypothetical things that were hypothetically offered to me to hypothetically do. It’s not one or two. It’s hundreds. It’s allegedly, like, both political parties, that’s the thing.” Senior adviser and spokesperson for the Harris campaign told Deadline, “We do not pay. We have never paid any artist and performer…There are laws that have to be followed that we have followed religiously on this campaign.”

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In a since-deleted tweet from 2020, Mindy Kaling said, “I have a boring but important question. I need a new whole collection of pots and pans (like everything; a wok, griddle etc). Is there a brand that sells them all in a pack or box? I want this to be super easy! Thank you!” Within ten minutes, the brand Le Creuset replied, “Hi Mindy! We would love to send you a full set of our colorful, versatile, long-lasting cookware. We’ve got you covered with the wok, griddle, etc. as well. Now the real question is: Which color(s) would you like?”

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And finally, in a 2025 Snapchat post, Too Hot to Handle star Francesca Farago alleged that she was offered money to participate in a TikTok trend making fun of Hailey Bieber. Francesca said, “Everyone’s calling themselves Hailey Bieber, because they stalk their man and that’s how they got them. It’s funny but it’s also mean. Sometimes me and Jesse [Sullivan, her fiancé] get paid to do a trend on TikTok. The person who started the trend, or the person who owns the song that’s on the trend, will pay creators to do that trend and to use that song. She alleged that, though she wasn’t sure who, someone “is paying creators to do that trend making fun of Hailey, and I think that is so mean.”

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