Where do we even start with this one? From his arrogant descriptions of himself as 'the world's greatest rock star,' his apparent love of Donald Trump, his marriage to Kim Kardashian and his often-offensive comments on Twitter, there's seemingly nobody that Kanye West hasn't annoyed at least once. He reached peak-irritation at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, when he stormed on stage to interrupt Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for an award to grab the microphone from her and announce that Beyoncé should have won it instead, upsetting Swift and shocking viewers in the process.
It's possible that West is more misunderstood than malicious, though. Whenever he's criticized for something - perhaps most notably his comments about black people being conscious participants in slavery - he always argues that he's simply presenting alternative ideas and asking people to think. He's performed dozens of charity concerts, and personally worked to assist the community in Florida who were devastated by Hurricane Katrina. He's not all bad.
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.