It's got to be rough being a Jets fan in New York. The majority of the city favors the New York Giants while the New York Jets are treated like the red-headed stepchild of the football scene in the metropolitan city. However, the Jets franchise does have the support of a megastar in funnyman Adam Sandler. Adam Sandler is responsible for curating his very own cinema powerhouse in his production company called Happy Madison Productions. We're all aware of his work in The Water Boy, Happy Gilmore, and Anger Management and now he's locked into a Netflix deal worth tens of millions of dollars.
In regards to Sandler's fandom for the Jets, he's always been open about his love for the team. In the movie Big Daddy, Sandler wears a multitude of different Jets t-shirts and jerseys throughout the film. Not to mention, the famed scriptwriter has also become a regular staple on the sidelines of Jets home games to cheer on his team. Unfortunately, the Jets haven't tasted a Super Bowl victory since 1968. Adam Sandler was two-years-old when the Jets won it all. Who knows if he'll ever get to witness his favorite football franchise do that again.
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.