Brendan Fraser Says He's Too Broke To Pay $900,000 A Year In Alimony And Child Support
There's a good reason for why Brendan Fraser's facial expression is permanently set to "WOE IS ME," because woe is him and woe is his bank accounts. Brendan claims that he not only lost his hotness, but he lost his fortune too. During his Mummy days, dump trucks would drop mountains of cash on his front driveway, but those days are long over and now he says that he's so broke that he's thisclose to giving hand jobs in a McDonald's bathroom for a McGriddle (story of my life). Brendan was paying his ex-wife, Afton Smith, $900,000 a year in alimony and child support for his three sons, 10-year-old Griffin, 8-year-old Holden and 6-year-old Leland. Apparently, Brendan can't afford to make those payments anymore and he went to a Connecticut court to try to bring that number down.
The New York Post says that in court documents, Brendan claims that paying $900,000 a year just doesn't make sense, because he no longer makes that kind of money anymore. Brendan admitted that he has a few movies coming out, but none of those movies are going to put zillions of dollars into his checking account. But Afton Smith is HAHAHA-ing at Brendan's broke bitch act and thinks that he's all sorts of fraudulent. When they settled their divorce in 2009, Afton accused Brendan of hiding $9 million of new movie contracts. Afton also laughed when Brendan said that he was going to make $0 from acting in the future, because he had no projects in the works.
Afton's lawyer claims that Brendan is once again acting poor for show, because he has $24.7 million in assets.
Cue up the "NO TRICK NEEDS $75,000 A MONTH TO RAISE THREE KIDS" comments. Yeah, nobody needs $75,000 a month to raise three kids, but if you can get it, shit, get it. Why get up when it's still dark to make your kids mayonnaise and butter sandwiches for lunch when you can get a morning chef to do it? Why drive your screaming kids to school in the morning when you can get a nanny to do it? Why makes your kids dinner and get them to do their homework when you can get a night nanny to do it so you can sip champagne in a bubble bath far away from all of them? Get it all, Afton!
And Brendan needs to stop acting like that cousin who gets you to buy her lunch by crying about how broke she is but then pulls out a new Louis Vuitton bag. Because we all know that Brendan is getting millions of dollars in royalties from Monkeybone.
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Child support is ridiculous. My husband pays an enormous amount of child support each month to his ex-wife and it pisses me off to no extent.
She chose to be a teacher-- he paid for her education to become a teacher. Now, she takes summers off and travels constantly to the cape and goes on ski vacations etc. She makes a TON of money from him, and she doesn't spend it on the kids at all. In fact, we still pay for all of the kids activities and have them 50% of the time.
My husband works til 7pm almost every night, and commutes to work and she is off at 4pm and lives in a house on the schools' campus free of charge. She makes almost as much money per year as he does. It's such bullshit.
I cannot stop working when I have a child (due in August) because my husband is paying so much to support her. Again-- it's not being spent on the kids.....they live for free, he covers their activities and birthday parties -- she travels and buys herself new Mac computers and ipods, and gets keratin treatments on her hair, etc.
I HATE child support. It should be related to the amount of money is ACTUALLY takes to raise a child -- and not be free money to a woman who has no motivation to ever earn more money or work in the summers....
Child support is grossly mis-calculated and becomes a free handout--- much like welfare....
Wow.
Anyone remember Encino Man by any chance?
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Well, I ALWAYS feel it depends on the cost of living/schools/extra curricular etc. in the region the chirrun are living. Plus, with kids this age, she perhaps does not want to work out of the house more than two days a week.
Don't know what the costs of living are in CT.
Up here, for example, I think a parent with chirruns in Vancouver would have to pay far more than ones in Kanata and even more than say, Saint John.
@ omahawk,
the one person i was thinking of was Scott Bakula (from Quantum leap). He looks so good in enterprise when he is in his mid 40s than when he did in QL, when he was in his 30s or late 20s.
Brad Pitt looks a lot like shit because of that hair and beard. I am sure if he cleaned up and got a hair cut etc he would look better. Ethan hawke looks his age and is handsome still, but he is not bloated like this guy. Fraser just looks really bad. he reminds of Corey Haim who looked 55 when he was just 36 or 37. There is normal agin and there is this pathological level of aging where someone just looks unhealthy. Fraser looks unhealthy. I wonder if he drinks heavily or does pills or something. This is not how a 44 year old should look like. Shit he looked like this when he 40.
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If all else fails, Brendan can star in "The Rodney Dangerfield Story: I Tell Ya I get No Respect".
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He was only on the A list for a minute or so.. He shouldn't have to pay that much money.. This is why Elizabeth Hurley only dates billionaires, she knows those Bedazzled royalties won't last forever.
He wasn't bad in the Mummy series of movies. Trying to keep up all that outlay of money must be difficult unless he 's working all the time. I'm sure he can ask the judge to reevaluate the monetary claims.
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Sorry but that's an alcohol face. He was adorable when young, and there's no reason you can't keep your looks to a degree as you age. Thinking here of Brad Pitt, Paul Newman, George Clooney, Colin Firth, etc. That is pure alcohol bloat, if I'm not mistaken.
Don't buy into Brendan's 'Oh, Woe Is Me' campaign. The guy is a douche and a cad. Afton helped him get to where he was career wise, and allowed him to do what he did by taking care of and raising those kids by herself. She gave up a career to do it. Then after having four young children in tow he cheats on her by having a full on affair with a shallow co-star of one of his movies. He deserves to pay for that for the rest of his life.
If he's lost his appeal and looks, then karma sure has bit him on the ass.
Submitted by tomahawk on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 5:22am.
Do you think that Brad Pitt, Anthony Kiedis (though he aged well, have to admit that), Jude Law, Ethan Hawke (and a lot more) look better than they did around 20-30? Everybody has their personal prime - I'm actually slightly puzzeled that someone thinks that people around age x have to look the best they do in their lives - it doesn't work this way.
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Ethan Hawke looks horrible lately. I don't think it's only a case of bad aging. He's got a bad case of the methface.
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A Lannister always pays his debts.
We don't see him in as many movies as he was doing, so it would make sense that he isn't bringing in the same amount that he was. On that note, who knows what he has done investment wise.
He was so cute in George of the Jungle.
It's true that some dads try to get out of paying or want to pay less than what they had been child-support wise. It's also true that some moms are accustomed to living at a certain level and want to continue that, even though actor ex-husband isn't bringing in what he used to.
Hard to say what the real story is here.
Submitted by CandyPerfumeGirl on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 12:01am.
oh yeah and he looks like shit.
Why do people when they get slightly older look bloated? He isnt even that old...He's still in his 40s. Arwnt men supposed to look better in their prime?
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Do you think that Brad Pitt, Anthony Kiedis (though he aged well, have to admit that), Jude Law, Ethan Hawke (and a lot more) look better than they did around 20-30? Everybody has their personal prime - I'm actually slightly puzzeled that someone thinks that people around age x have to look the best they do in their lives - it doesn't work this way.
oh yeah and he looks like shit.
Why do people when they get slightly older look bloated? He isnt even that old...He's still in his 40s. Arwnt men supposed to look better in their prime?
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who are these whores who think that their child is worth 900,000 a year or a million or whatever other obscene amounts of money they want. Shit...
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Sans - Great minds, and all that. :)
I don't think people realise how much job education requirements/laws pertaining to said employment (dependent upon the profession)/certificates/etc...change in just a few short years or less.
It can be a very time-consuming, expensive process.
(Not to mention the wage discrepancy between women and men.)
As I mentioned previously, in CA either party is free to return to court to request an increase/decrease in support payments due to change of circumstance, wages, or sheer greed. Doesn't mean a judge will grant it; just means it's an option. But the amount won't change without one or the other requesting a change and petitioning the court.
Submitted by the original be... on Sat, 02/16/2013 - 11:19pm.
Sans - Excellent point. The spouse who drops/doesn't pursue their education to work, in order to put their spouse through school; who gives up their career in the best interest of the family and/or to have a family...these are the ones who are realistically faced with being severely negatively impacted in their attempts to finish their education and/or re-enter the workforce.
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Exactly. Even if you're out of the workforce for a few years, in some fields, that's a huge loss in terms of earnings and unearned job skills. Retraining takes time, money, and a whole lot of effort, and so I absolutely think alimony should be awarded in cases like this, where one spouse has stayed at home to take care of the kids.
IMO, alimony and child support should be subject to review if there's a change in the payer's circumstances. And there should NEVER be cases where someone is still writing monthly checks to his/her spouse and their new partner.
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Looks like a lesbian who works the lumber department at home depot.
Sans - Excellent point. The spouse who drops/doesn't pursue their education to work, in order to put their spouse through school; who gives up their career in the best interest of the family and/or to have a family...these are the ones who are realistically faced with being severely negatively impacted in their attempts to finish their education and/or re-enter the workforce.
And so, THEY are the ones who deserve the spousal support until they can get on their feet, even if that means spousal support through the entire course of pursuing/finishing education; updating certificates; whatever else a successful career entails.
ETA: Touche! Vanessa Bryant, indeed! :D (She's a skeeze.)
Submitted by the original be... on Sat, 02/16/2013 - 11:02pm.
Flynn - In CA, up until the Magic #10 (see Cruise, Tommygirl v. Kidman), one is entitled to spousal support for HALF the duration of the marriage. Once that Magic #10 is achieved, spousal support is for life, or until re-marriage of support recipient.
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See also: Bryant, Vanessa.
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Submitted by tonicbitch on Sat, 02/16/2013 - 8:08pm.
I have mixed feelings about this. Guys that skip on child support are beyond shitty, but I doubt he's making anything near what he used to and her argument smacks of greediness to me.
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How is he skipping out on child support? His ex is getting a ridiculous amount of money. He is asking for it to be reduced.
Good thing Weight Watchers Online is free.
I like Inkheart - it's my guilty pleasure (yes, I have kids). *hangs head in shame* But Helen Mirren is in it!!! And she is FABULOUS!!!
Flynn - In CA, up until the Magic #10 (see Cruise, Tommygirl v. Kidman), one is entitled to spousal support for HALF the duration of the marriage. Once that Magic #10 is achieved, spousal support is for life, or until re-marriage of support recipient.
I agree: spousal support should NOT be an excuse to sit on one's ass for life, living with/doing whomever one chooses, just to avoid getting a J.O.B.
Submitted by Shazza on Sat, 02/16/2013 - 8:35pm.
Hahahaha! I thought he was one of them, too. Oh God..time hasn't been kind to this man AT ALL.
Bedazzled is my guilty pleasure. The hippie singing on the beach scene is gold. I think Brendan Fraser has good comedic flair.
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Submitted by ThreeWolf4Life on Sat, 02/16/2013 - 5:33pm.
What in the HELL? He was great in Bedazzled with that hot bitch Liz Hurley. Someone get this kid a spray tan, some Botox and a script, STAT!
I think if the wife or husband has given up their job and has been out of the marketplace long enough that it would be impossible for them to bring home an adequate amount of bank to support themselves and their children OR if they were married early enough and never pursued a career because the agreement was that they'd stay home to take care of the kids, then that spouse deserves alimony. HOWEVER, I think the whole notion of deep 5 figure monthly checks is outrageous UNLESS the moneybags spouse is totally OK with it because their pockets are deep OR they know their spouse has some serious dirt on them. Unless you are divorcing Mel Gibson, in which case I say git it and git it big.
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Submitted by Flynn on Sat, 02/16/2013 - 6:04pm.
I know I will probably be in the minority for this opinion but I think you shouldn't get alimony for longer than you were married.
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This seems reasonable to me. Alimony makes sense if one spouse quit his/her job and was out of the workforce for X number of years, and will presumably have a tough time getting back in. I don't have a problem with it as a temporary stopgap. But lifetime alimony is indefensible, IMO. There is no reason for that in this day and age.
Hi Withy :D
Man--- with his buzzed hair in "Gods & Monster", I thought he was such a hottie. Even in the Mummy films he was still hot. Now he's starting to look like a real estate agent in the 'burbs, although as I write this, I realized I'm such a slag that I would still suck and rim him good.
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She devil is the only movie i've actually laughed out loud to. Looks like he will be selling off his assets if he actually was smart.doubt it though if he is willing to go to court and have lawyers looking thru his financials. Like eddie murphys ex wife who got a crazy divorce $ettlement then filed for bankruptcy.
I doubt the child support is $75,000 per month. More likely she may have accepted alimony in lieu of a cash settlement when they were divorced.
It's amazing what people think they can and can't afford, isn't it?
One man worth 24 million should be able to cough up less than a million a year to support his 3 kids.
He could cover his alimony on a 5% return of his assets alone.
Damn, what happened to him? I saw a trailer for his new movie and thought he was one of the London twins! The one that crapped his pants.
Nah, sorry, I still don't consider him that ugly. Most people on the streets are uglier than him.
I have mixed feelings about this. Guys that skip on child support are beyond shitty, but I doubt he's making anything near what he used to and her argument smacks of greediness to me.
I never thought he was cute or a great actor.
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That's a ridiculous amount of money. If he were Paul McCartney or someone like that, well maybe.
Twatty, I had to sign out and clear my cookies first. Logged in again and then I saw it. Maybe give it a few more minutes. I'll have to look out for you now that you've changed your look!
I like them tall and lanky too. And Spacey is a hot slut forever in my book.
@Cashew, hiya!
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The years have not been kind to him.
There is not much chance of him going back to gay for pay, I mean who would pay for that? He looks like shit.
what happened to george of the jungle?
he was fantasy material back then
Withy -- well at least you ladies can enjoy; I'll see him eventually!
Cashew -- eh, no. I like my men on the lanky side, always have. You can have him, all the more for you to love, hon! The one guy who I'll totally ignore the gay rumors over is Kevin Spacey. I'm still waiting for him to switch teams; I LOVE that man!
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Submitted by Twat Muffin on Sat, 02/16/2013 - 6:37pm.
Hi Twatty! Aw cmon, can't you imagine just pouncing on this big bear? I could! And you know he wouldn't fall over either (I have to consider this as a measure of hotness considering I weigh more than 115 lbs). So he gets a *swoon* from me!
*ignores gay RUMORS* :P
Twatty, I see him now. Total hottie! <3
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Submitted by Twat Muffin on Sat, 02/16/2013 - 6:53pm.
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Ita, the $$$ some of these stars handle is scandalous but still, they should find a way to work this out. The kids should not be in the middle of these arguments.
Can't see your avie yet Twatty. Let me sign in and out then refresh. Maybe I'll see it then.
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Thanks PSL, I agree and for some reason I distinctly remembered that and actually found the blind item (from 8/08!) that the discussion was based on.
Withy -- he should be paying at least something to his ex, but the amount he was paying was ludicrous. I'm surprised she hasn't saved some of that money. I'm good; how are you? Can you see my new avie? I changed it to Jon Hamm; I got sick of Meloni, can you believe it? I can't see it, though; I probably won't for a while. I love this picture of Hamm I chose -- he has the cutest smile!
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I am back....a friend of mine knows that he has been hiding in the closet for years....so sad that someone can't be who they are in this day and age.
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Is PSL still logged on? I thought she once confirmed Brendan was light in the loafers.
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300K / child is bullshit.