Imagine this: You're a super-rich celebrity living in the awesome '90s or early 2000s. You just made millions from your hit song being featured on Now That's What I Call Music, you're about to star in a huge blockbuster, and that Princess Diana beanie baby your mom gave you as a kid is now worth over $100k. Basically, you're rolling in cash. So here's the question: What do you spend your money on?
A) A casual $2 million humidifier.
B) A fairly priced $17,000 mattress.
C) Some Louis Vuitton trash cans.
If your secret answer is D) all of the above, congratulations! You have a lot in common with many of your favorite celebrities. It seems like they have so much money that they don't even know what to do with it, judging by the incredibly bizarre things they've bought. Get ready to discover 16 of the most expensive celebrity purchases ever, ranging from private helicopters to famous movie props to tickets for outer space.
1. Kendall Jenner bought a $52K couch.
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According to Architectural Digest, Kendall paid that much for a blue and purple blob sofa from Italian couch connoisseurs Edra. She even hyped it up on her old blog, writing: "[It's] all woven and a really groovy navy with purple shimmer. It works perfectly in the space!"
If you are wondering what couch would cost $52K, here it is:
Source: Switch Modern / Edra / edra.com
Hmmm, interesting choice...
2. Celine Dion spent $2 million on a humidifier.
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During her Vegas residency at Caesar's Palace in the early-'00s, Celine had the hotel install a ✨pricey ✨ humidifier above the stage to "preserve her singing voice in the harsh desert climate."
3. Ashton Kutcher paid $200K for a ticket to space.
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In 2012, Mr. Mila Kunis dropped this hefty wad of cash on a ticket for Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket. However, his trip ended up getting bagged because of his family. Ashton said: "When I got married and had kids, my wife encouraged that it was not a smart family decision to be heading into space when we have young children."
4. Justin Bieber spent $100K to convert his Cadillac CTV-S into a Batmobile.
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So, what constitutes a Batmobile exactly? you may be asking yourself. Apparently, suicide doors, HID headlamps, and splashing the word "Batmobile" across the back. Yeah, Biebz coughed up $100K for that in 2017.
5. Victoria Beckham got a $33K gold-plated iPhone case.
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In 2011, it was rumored that David Beckham gifted his wife the iPhone case that contained 150 grams of 24-karat gold.
6. Lady Gaga spent $50K on a ghost detector.
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HuffPost reported that the pop icon did, in fact, once spend this much to keep her fears of apparitions at bay.
7. Kim Kardashian owned Louis Vuitton trash cans.
While the price of them is unclear, Kimmy posted a pic of them on her socials back in 2018.
Here are the lux trash cans:
Source: Instagram / @kimkardashian
I wonder what makes them different from other normal trash bins?
8. Drake bought a £276,599 ($345K) horsehair mattress.
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The rapper told Architectural Digest that the mattress "lets you float" — allegedly.
9. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West spent $750K on gold-plated toilets.
According to Forbes, that's how much the former couple flushed away for solid gold sh*tters.
10. Kelly Rowland gifted Blue Ivy a $5,200 baby-sized bathtub smothered in Swarovski crystals.
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It was from the Diamond Bathtub Company, and a part of that money apparently went to charity.
It probably looked like this:
Source: thediamondbathtub.com
11. Tom Cruise bought his then-wife Katie Holmes a $200K in-house sonogram machine.
In 2015, the Top Gun star told the late Barbara Walters that he had purchased said machine and that he planned to donate it to a hospital after the birth.
12. Nicolas Cage spent $276K on a dinosaur skull.
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Back in 2019, the National Treasure actor told the Hollywood Reporter that he'd dropped that hefty sum on the dino bone. Unfortunately, it turned out that the skull had been illegally stolen from Mongolia, so the actor had to return it — and he never got his money back. Whoomp whoooomp.
13. Beyoncé dropped $100K on gold leggings.
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Yoncé popped the price tag on the leggings for her 2007 BET Awards performance.
14. Mike Tyson bought a gold bathtub for $2.2 million.
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Word on the street is that it was 24 karats........
15. Paris Hilton spent $325K on a mansion for her dogs.
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Back in 2017, Paris tweeted about the doggy mansion, saying: "My dogs live in this two-story doggy mansion that has air conditioning, heating, designer furniture, and a chandelier. Loves it."
Here's an exterior shot:
Source: Twitter / @ParisHilton
Honestly, it looks way more luxurious than my own house!
16. And lastly, Magic Johnson bought 30 Burger Kings.
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While we don't know exactly how much this cost, he bought several Burger Kings in Atlanta, Birmingham, Miami, and Dallas in the early-'00s.
Do you know any more absurd purchases to add to this collection of life's finer things? Share with us in the comment!