Former WNBA player (and current coach) Sheryl Swoopes has had a complicated relationship with her sexuality over the years. During the mid to late 90s she was married to her male high school sweetheart, going on to have a son with him. By 2005, right in the middle of her playing career, she realized she was a lesbian and came out as such. At the time, she said "I can't help who I fall in love with, nobody can."
By 2011 she was engaged to a male friend and went on to marry him in 2017 after a long engagement. Quizzed about her past as a lesbian, she went on record as saying that being gay was 'a choice,' which was a reversal of her previous stance. The later comments weren't helpful to the gay community, and Swoopes has apparently never heard of the idea that bisexuals exist!
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.