This couple is going onto the list together, because their financial issues are a joint problem. It's Kate Gosselin we feel bad for in all this though - they were living a handsome lifestyle with their TV show 'Jon and Kate Plus 8' until Jon decided to throw it all away by having an affair with the nanny of their eight children. Kate wanted nothing more to do with him, and without a 'Jon and Kate,' there was no more television show.
The fallout from the divorce was bitter, with the custody individually contested over each one of the eight children. Two of them stayed with Jon, while the remaining six stayed with Kate. The legal wrangling cost so much money that the $75,000 per episode they'd made during their time on television was used up rapidly, leaving Jon working as a DJ and a cook in his hometown to support his family. Things are a little better for Kate, who eventually got back on the air with her new show 'Kate Plus 8,' despite no longer having eight children living with her.
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.