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DONALD’S INDICTED AND MELANIA’S CASHING IN !

Donald Trump was just indicted in an alleged $130,000 hush money payment to his rumored mistress, Stormy Daniels, but his wife Melania might have just hit the jackpot. An insider reveals that after Donald lost the presidential election, Melania quickly renegotiated her marital contract with Donald, since at the time she was contemplating leaving him. Not only did she get a bigger slice of his wealth in case of death or divorce, but she also had the foresight to include a clause that if he was ever charged with a crime or caught having an affair she gets even MORE to stick around! Long story short, a bad day for Donald might be a financial windfall for Melania.

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PRINCE ANDREW IS INSPIRED BY PRINCE HARRY’S FINANCIAL SUCCESS

Disgraced Royal, Prince Andrew, is contemplating taking a page right out of his nephew, Prince Harry’s playbook and giving up his Royal responsibilities for money! Andrew has been on the outs with his family ever since his friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein became public. Since he no longer has his mother, Queen Elizabeth to look after him, he’s basically been downgraded by his brother, King Charles. Not only does Andrew have to move out of his mansion and into a much smaller cottage, but his “allowance” has been drastically cut as well. A Royal insider says that it’s gotten SO bad that Andrew is ready to cut his Royal ties and try his hand at making money! He’s broke, and he’s been relying on the generosity of his ex-wife Fergie for spending money.

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HARRY AND MEGHAN’S “EVICTION” COULD BE COSTLY

Now that they’re being evicted from Frogmore Cottage (their official residence in the UK) Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have something to say to his dad, King Charles… SHOW US THE MONEY! The estate was a wedding gift from Queen Elizabeth and Harry and Meg spent over $3 million of their own money on renovations, but the paint was barely dry before they hightailed it out of there – eventually settling down in Montecito, California. Charles recently told them to move out so his brother Andrew could move in, and now Harry and Meg want to be reimbursed for the extensive renovations. No sooner did they get the “eviction notice” than Harry reached out to the Royal powers-that-be requesting the money. An insider says this could get ugly and might even wind up in a lawsuit.

 

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WANNA SMELL LIKE AUSTIN BUTLER?

Thanks to his starring role as Elvis, Austin Butler is the HOTTEST thing in Hollywood and he’s suddenly BOMBARDED with offers to become the face of various fashion labels and fragrances. His industry-savvy girlfriend, model Kaia Gerber, and her mom, supermodel Cindy Crawford, are helping him negotiate the deals. Austin wants to be seen as a serious actor and may soon have an Oscar on his mantle, so he doesn’t want to risk his reputation and pose in his Calvin Klein underwear like Mark Wahlberg. But he IS tempted by the big bucks. But he  can take his time, since the offers seem to get MORE lucrative by the day.

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JUSTIN BIEBER: HARD UP FOR MONEY?

Justin Bieber might be having more problems than just his health. He’s in the process of negotiating to sell his songwriting catalog- worth around $200 million. But the money will have to be divided among numerous collaborators. Justin rarely writes songs alone. Most musicians who sell their catalogs are very established and much older than Justin – like Springsteen or Dylan -and they get much more money. Roger Friedman at Showbiz 411 speculates that Bieber might be selling because he needs the cash. Musicians make their money touring these days and Justin has cancelled his last two tours for health reasons. By the way, we cannot find a single photo of Justin Bieber without a hat since last February when he had a buzz cut. WHAT is going on under all those hats?

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MICHAEL JACKSON’S KIDS WILL NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY

When Michael Jackson died 13 years ago, he was actually in debt – and had sold Neverland. When he signed up for his last concert tour before he died, they leased a house for him to live in. But some very smart estate executors have been handling what money he had, and now his estate is worth 2 billion dollars! That means his three kids, Prince, 25, Paris, 24, and Bigi, 20, and his mother Katherine, 92, are set for life. Prince is the smart one – he graduated with honors from Loyola Marymount University (the first Jackson to do so?) and co-founded a charity called Heal Los Angeles. Why Paris and Bigi passed on higher education is a mystery, but it didn’t do them any good. Paris is currently singing in concerts across the country- believing, no doubt, that she inherited musical talent from her late father Michael. Sensible Prince does not claim that Michael was his biological father, just his father.

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CHRIS ROCK STILL HAS THE LAST LAUGH

No need to worry about Chris Rock any more. After that famous Oscar Slap, demand for tickets for his Ego Death world tour skyrocketed, and the actual price of tickets did too. (Two thousand dollars for the best seats!) Best of all, the sellouts and added shows just keep going, and Chris is pulling in a LOT more money thanks to Will Smith. Not only that, but he’s getting an abundance of unexpected offers – including job offers to host both The Emmys AND The Oscars. So while Smith is hiding out at home, Chris is enjoying mucho success…

IS VICTORIA BECKHAM SMILING?

Victoria Beckham is in New York where she has business meetings for her fashion collection. Her clothing has received much praise from celebrities and fashion experts, but the business continues to lose money – almost 60 million dollars over the last four years. David Beckham just MIGHT be getting tired of bankrolling his wife’s company, because he always helps out when money is tight. There is even a chance that the Beckhams could lose their majority stake in the company if finances don’t improve. Fashion observers think Victoria’s prices are simply too high for her fans. Meanwhile Victoria continues to wear her mask and we predict she will be among the LAST to give up mask-wearing, because no one can see if she’s smiling or not!

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DON’T LET COLTON UNDERWOOD FOOL YOU!

Not for ONE tiny minute do we believe Colton Underwood couldn’t admit he was gay until he appeared on The Bachelor. Ridiculous! The 29 year old handsome football player was actually very interested in the FAME and MONEY he got from appearing on Bachelor shows for three seasons! He advertised himself as “The Virgin Bachelor,” after all. We WERE concerned when the woman he chose, Cassie Randolph, got a restraining order against him. (What was THAT about?) Today he “came out” to Robin Roberts, trying to make it seem like he was struggling with his sexuality UNTIL he appeared on The Bachelor, and the show helped him “decide” he was gay. Baloney. What helped him come out was the fat paycheck Netflix is now giving him to film his new gay identity series – that he HAPPENS to be promoting now. Colton did not “accidentally” deceive all those women and he’s not the hero he wants YOU to think he is.

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DESPITE HIS CAREER, DMX’S LEGACY IS A MESS

DMX just passed away and the chaos has already begun. While he lay in the hospital in a coma, numerous women with DMX’s children clamored for a last visit, but covid rules kept some of them out. Can you imagine the scene in that hospital waiting room? Remember, DMX had at least 17 children with 11 women, and they all have high hopes of being remembered in his will – if there IS one. When he died, DMX’s net worth was MINUS one to ten million dollars. Financially, he was a mess – the successful rapper was no stranger to bankruptcy court and had 3 or 4 houses he purchased repossessed. Now the court battles begin for whatever he has stashed away.

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