They said/We said: The skinny on how much Mr. and Mrs. Kim Kardashian are making off their weekend wedding
By Louise Coleman
Forget the Vera Wang wedding dress: Kim should’ve been wearing dollar bills down the aisle! While everybody has been ooohing and ahhhing at the images surfacing from the Kardashian wedding on Saturday, it appears that Kim and her basketball star husband, Kris, may have actually been paid to say “I do.” And a hefty $17.9 million at that! How silly we were to think that even a Kardashian wedding was supposed to cost money, not make money….
From back in July, the reality star is said to have been paid $50,000 by Las Vegas nightclub Tao to host his-and-hers bachelor and bachelorette parties. Even her stepdad, Bruce Jenner, was roped in to raise money for the Kardashian clan, by negotiating a $2.5-million deal with People magazine for exclusive rights to her wedding pictures. But the lovebirds’ biggest paycheck will come from turning their special day into a four-hour E! special to air in October, which will earn them a whopping $15 million!
That doesn’t even cover the free stuff they received—from the wedding cake to Kim’s dress—worth an estimated $650,000. Looks like her mom/manager, Kris, has been very busy.
WHAT THEY SAID…
Tony Schuber, LA celebrity event planner: “It benefits the vendors, their goods and services [to be] shown to millions of people,” [Extra]
Entertainment Tonight: “Kim reportedly received her much-talked about three $20,000 Vera Wang gowns all for free, as well as $400,000 worth of Perrier Jouet Champagne. Her $10,000 Lehr & Black wedding invitations, which she sent out to her star-studded guest list including Eva Longoria, Demi Lovato, George Lopez and Lindsay Lohan, were also reportedly free.” [ET Online]
WHAT WE SAID…
Sarah Casselman, senior fashion news editor: “Nothing about this media circus of a wedding says true love forever. Star Jones, anyone?”
