13 Times Famous People Wasted Their Money On Literal Nonsense
by Morgan Sloss · BuzzFeed1. At an album release party in Miami, Jay-Z reportedly dropped $250,000 on Armand de Brignac champagne. But he did leave a $50,000 tip, which was super cool.
2. Jay-Z and Beyoncé also reportedly bought Blue Ivy a Barbie for her first birthday. Adorned with 160 diamonds set in white gold, the doll cost around $80,000.
3. After Jennifer Aniston said she wanted to get into cycling, Courteney Cox reportedly sent her a $12,000 Chanel bicycle.
4. Kendall Jenner spent $52,000 on a couch. On her old blog, she said the knotted, blue-and-purple sofa was "all woven and a really groovy navy with purple shimmer. It works perfectly in the space!"
5. Tyrese Gibson bought his daughter an island when she was 8 years old. He didn't reveal the price, so I can only imagine how expensive that was!
6. Over the span of 20 months, Elton John spent $418,340 on flowers. During a lawsuit with his former manager and accountant, he told the British High Court, "I like flowers."
7. Kylie Jenner shared an Instagram pic of herself pushing daughter Stormi in a $12,500 Fendi stroller. In the caption of the now-deleted post, she wrote, "stormi strolls 🤑."
8. Nicolas Cage paid $276,000 for a dinosaur skull. He later found out the artifact was stolen and had to return it to the Mongolian government.
During a GQ interview, he said, "I bought it legally. Here's the MacGuffin: When the Mongolian government said they needed it back, I gave it to them, but I never got my money back. So, somebody at the auction house should be in jail."
9. Nicolas also spent $150,000 on a pet octopus, which apparently helped with his acting.
10. Back when Kim Kardashian and Kanye West were still together, they reportedly spent $750,000 on four gold-plated toilets. Talk about flushing money down the drain!
11. Victoria Beckham reportedly bought an iPhone designed by Stuart Hughes — handcrafted with 150 grams of 24-karat gold. It cost $33,000.
Tabloids assumed it must have been a gift from husband David Beckham, but Victoria's rep told US Weekly that wasn't true.