If anyone were to choose to live their life in the public eye, they'd probably hope for the popularity and success of this guy, Brad Pitt. There isn't a woman he can't have and guys want to him. Plus, he's actually pretty good at what he does on the silver screen. The guy definitely has range when it comes to acting. From his Nazi scalp-peeling role as Aldo Raine in Inglorious Basterds to his flamboyant persona as Chad Feldheimer in Burn After Reading, Brad can execute his roles and he looks like he's having fun as a thespian. Brad might not have been too happy about some blown calls by the refs as the Rams skated past the Saints to make it to Super Bowl LIII over the weekend.
That's right, Brad Pitt is a superfan of the New Orleans Saints and he's even become comrades with Saints' quarterback, Drew Brees, who is a legend in his own right. Pitt and his ethnically diverse children have become fixtures on the sidelines at the Superdome. Brad Pitt might originally be from Oklahoma but New Orleans has graciously accepted him and his family as one of their own.
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.