While making 'Scary Movie 5' together, Lindsay Lohan refused to kiss Charlie Sheen because she was 'concerned about his lifestyle choices.' Hello pot, meet kettle. As with Janet Jackson years earlier, it would seem that Lohan had misapprehensions about how certain diseases can or cannot be transmitted between people. In fairness to Lohan, she told the producers she didn't want to do any kissing scenes with Sheen when she accepted the role, so they left the scenes in the script despite knowing she wouldn't do them. That's on them, not her.
If you've seen the movie (and if so, you have our sympathies), you might recall thinking you saw Sheen and Lohan kiss. You didn't. That was a body double for Lohan who performed the scene for her. Although it would have been easy for Sheen to be offended by all of this, apparently, he wasn't. He's very much aware of his reputation.
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.