When Hollywood Millionaires Cry To Us About Money | Video Essay

Rachel Zegler seems to be facing more backlash than ever before since returning to interviews and social media following the actors strike, as many have called out the obvious change in her opinions regarding Disney and Snow White, as well as her change in overall personality, with many calling it the Rachel Zegler Snow White apology tour. But recently she shared a tweet once again complaining about actors pay, which I admit isn't as fair as it should be however this tweet is beyond ignorant given the fact that the actress is crying over only earning 2 million dollars, at a time when many are struggling to just stay afloat.
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[@mcandler_the_unscottish]

Denzel Washington summed it up perfectly when he said “People talk about the difficulty of making a movie and I’m like, send your son to Iraq, that’s difficult... Don’t get it twisted, it’s just a movie, It ain’t that big of a deal.”

[@mezmerizer0266]

I was just thinking this exact thing.

[@cartergirl3of3]

Denzel has spoken so much truth lately. He is awesome.

[@Nemo900]

Denzel makes a lot of sense. If Rachel Zegler can be Snow White then I think Denzel Washington would do a good job as Frosty the Snowman. ⛄️

[@DocHoliday-dc5hj]

Homie, you hurd!?! Math ain’t mathing son, it got to math harder

[@wolfbane7497]

And yet Denzel Washington is about to play a race swap character from history that existed in real life

[@Autobot00001]

Am I really suppose to feel bad for somebody upset about making only two million dollars a week when I don't even make ten thousand a year?

[@flaviparous]

How are you even alive

[@Autobot00001]

@@flaviparous My parents are helping me. I might be making more that ten thousand a year, but I don't know the exact numbers

[@marcwilliams9824]

​@@Autobot00001The fact you don't know whether or not you're earning over $10k probably explains why.

[@Piperitum]

Yes, or are you unhappy for being sane?

[@montgomeryfitzpatrick473]

You either make $5 an hour or you don't work.

[@circomkt]

The moment when the lady bows to bring her the box of tissues and she picks one without a "thank you" says it all.

[@whointhewhat]

That part just played and I thought the same thing!!

[@sandiepaul9421]

I noticed that also.

[@Everything_Heavy]

Supremacists come in many forms.

[@graceskerp]

Good catch.

[@cartergirl3of3]

Was JUST about to say that

[@stephenbaatz6043]

The easiest thing in the world to boycott is the entertainment industry.

[@Poopoopeepee6969]

Some of us like to be entertained though 😅

[@francorota8638]

​@@Poopoopeepee6969I can entertain you for free!

[@Nanabrown964]

​@nitemareofmitch fr😅

[@MRtreeguy904]

I haven't been in a movie theater in 10 years... Wait, I DID go see evil dead rise but that was the first time in a LONG time and last time. I went with a huge group of drunken idiots to see cocaine bear but it was in one of those dollar theater restaurants so does that even count? Actually I think we saw evil dead the same way, lol. And I watch no TV at all so... I don't care what any of them say, I didn't even know who this person was until she started popping up all over my youtube feed!

[@Poopoopeepee6969]

@@MRtreeguy904 weird flex, but OK

[@yourfeedYT]

She just somehow always finds a way to make her self seem even more unlikable

[@magnumolympus9031]

"weird, weird" indeed lol

[@riheg]

It’s so dumb it’s brilliant…..w8…. no, it’s just dumb😂

[@marknewton6984]

I don't care for her.

[@Nanabrown964]

All the time 😅

[@jesperFrost]

Each time you think we’ve reached the bottom, for her to thunder through it!

[@meredith9229]

It always annoys me when I hear people say they need a large income simply to pay the bills when the bills they have are completely self inflicted. They buy mansions. Designer clothes. Top of the range cars. Fancy holidays in far flung places. I have no sympathy. None. Saying two millions dollars (for six weeks work ffs) isn't enough to live on is mind boggling. Not enough to pay the bills ffs. Stop creating massive bills for yourself then. Think about those kids digging for lithium right now for 12 hrs a day for less than a dollar per week. The men down coal mines. Those who have to scrub floors and toilets just to eat. These "celebs" need to feck off with the self pitying bullcrap.

[@rdgtxs]

Exactly what I was thinking. Change your lifestyle. Plus, invest. Make that money work for you.

[@robbieburns3564]

True - but the thing is though. This is what people are like now. Everywhere. Take any one of these posters in the comments; Shower them with praise as they grow up. Tell them they're special. Give them a special job where they make gobs of money - and they will all feel entitled to make more and say it's unfair that they're not. This is the animal we are.

[@meredith9229]

Ordinary folk are at it too. They sell their souls too. Huge mortgages on big houses, that have to have an ensuite for every room. Huge finance on new cars. Credit cards. Fancy holidays. The newest top branded phones on contract. Branded clothes etc etc etc. Everyone has and is living well beyond their means and have to work until they die to pay for it all. One month out of work and they are in the gutter. And for what. Keeping up with the Jones. All for show. We have been consumed with greed and materialism. I have no sympathy. My sadness is for the real people, working like slaves and not getting paid. Or those who want to work and be self sufficient but can't.

[@Drak976]

I know that feeling. 30 years ago my Mommy told me she couldn't play with me because she had to take her BAR exams and she was going to have to work really hard for 20 years and then we could hang out and she would have time to be a Grandma. She never retired because she enjoys holidays in Hungary or Italy instead of hanging out with her Grand child. She's a fking bum.

[@DaVozvi20]

Your comments are 💯 truth and facts. Most people are self centered. No perspective on the world. They would cry about not being paid enough while ignoring the people who can barely eat around them. But I mean I get it. If you never been outside the US or got educated about how people live in other countries how would you know. Plus the finance aspect you touched on is truly a problem. Why have the last Iphone when you can barely afford it? This is so mind-blowing. How is it that money handling saving and investing is not taught in school?

[@ashketchup9936]

Boy a plumber a electrician is more important than any actor

[@thejessegrant]

Well without an electrician we cannot watch the movies they act in ahaha

[@marknewton6984]

So true.

[@Nanabrown964]

🎯

[@buddykerr1]

(fill in the blank) is more important than any actor

[@diviningrod2671]

​@thejessegrant electrician here Here's the 3 rules of plumbing 1 $hit flows downhill 2 payday is Friday 3 don't chew your fingernails Yes ,without those turd wranglers, we'd be in deep doo doo ... literally Fun fact we call them plumbers because plume is Latin for lead. As the early waste water system pipes were sealed with molten lead, hence " plumbers " = lead er And that's Led er , effing English. Such a language, as the native Americans put it ,upon learning English.. " This language you speak ,English, is perfect for lying. Well, that's all my 8th grade education can bear, pre coffee this morning ( is it morning, because we're supposed to be sad about the night dieing???) Anyhow, have a fantastic holiday season And 1 final tidbit If you find yourself needing to exit an airplane, and you don't have a parachute, take an extention cord, it'll get caught on something on the way down .

[@6stringbeats397]

So rich people are complaining that they are not rich enough. Meanwhile there are people that are actually homeless.

[@Nanabrown964]

Exactly 🤦‍♀️

[@Gumshoe08]

Them complaining only having 6 mil while me content i was able to survive with 100php(2$) for a day.

[@alexmartin3143]

How out of touch can they be?

[@TrouvatkiDePercusion]

Geographically, not too far away from the rich Hollywood suits, either

[@MikeTheD]

That one gal, the one talking, is very known and has gotten serious loot. Just a whine sesh.

[@RaptorJesus.]

how is a woman supposed to survive on only a few million dollars for 6 weeks work?! its so unfair on them that the rest of us get to enjoy working every day for the rest of our lives on minimum wage and still not make as much money as they made in that 6 weeks. i feel soooo sad for them.

[@thejessegrant]

Honestly the entitlement makes me so mad! I’m not mad you’re earning good money that’s a blessing and I’m happy for you but you can’t act as if you undergo true financial stress. Even myself I’m lucky enough to have parents that did well financially so never once would I complain about money I’m super lucky and should help those less fortunate not act like I am one

[@mileseals4838]

@@thejessegrant y'all missing the point. when you work you want to see and are DESERVING of what you've worked for. She's not complaining because she can't survive, it's a matter of her not HAVING to downgrade because she should be getting the equal amount to her work being put in. It's about right and wrong for all of us no one would want to be cheated for their work.

[@4dstellatedhypercube558]

When you have that much financial reach you don't have to "suffer" being an actor anymore, you can diversify your income and get into any field of work you want but these people treat attention like oxygen, they would never give up the fame willingly

[@mileseals4838]

And it's not about the importance of the actual job, it's about this specific job bringing in a lot of money whether it's important or not and everyone working on that job should get the money deserved. Also, they don't work yearly sometimes they're out of work for years even people at her standard in the business.

[@Lightwish4K]

Imagen be able to earn more than some ppls entire lifetime in just 6weeks.. then complain they are underpaid? :/ If i could make a snap with my finger to reverse places. Ppl in power becomes ppl with no power Ppl with insane income becomes ppl with no income I would swap it for a month let those ppl really feel poverty..

[@TBWSport]

She is saying people should be rewarded and respected for the work they do... Yeah, I agree.. a simple "Thank you" to the lady who brought you a tissue would have highlighted that.

[@asura8495]

she also hates paying her staff

[@ohsweetmystery]

No one should expect to be respected for being the modern court jester. Appreciated, sometimes. Respected, no.

[@stevef68]

@@asura8495 Must be nice to even have "a staff"

[@anaross7208]

They should. There are plenty of jobs more important and way harder than acting. How come the people who do them are getting paid 100 times less than useless, spoiled brats like RZ? Something should change, this world has gone mad.

[@abbyc6283]

2 million dollars could pay off my house, car, and student loans 10 times over and still have money left over… The level of out of touch celebrities have reached is insanity.

[@drjjloveman]

Right! 2 million and I could never work again. Easily could live off that for 50 years with a decent investments.

[@starwantrix5324]

And she was crying there, that is just so ridiculous. How can someone be so obtuse about this? People earn a fraction of her salary and live by

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Right? Boo hoo I'mma wipe my tears with $100 bills. @@starwantrix5324

[@anaross7208]

​@@starwantrix5324And those people are often way better educated, work way harder and are way more useful to society.

[@FrancisFjordCupola]

"I never wanted to come across as being ungrateful..." she said. And she meant it. To narcissists, it's all about how they come across. They will always be ungrateful.

[@NOREMAC007]

I haven’t had a vacation in 9 years but my heart truly breaks for that actress who can’t take 6 months off whenever she wants. I can’t even imagine the agony she’s suffering. Godspeed to her.

[@julip4666]

The Sydney Sweeny quote was taken way out of context. She was referring to a nepobaby she met early in her career, before Euphoria. The actor announced to take 6 months off after their first acting gig. Which Sydney could, of course, not have done in that situation

[@davidgantenbein9362]

Social media really destroyed the myth of Hollywood stars.

[@ito2789]

They did it themselves 😅

[@velveetaslingshot]

Nah. The old school elite Hollywood actors at least had the brains to fool the public. This is the god like arrogance of zoomers.

[@davidgantenbein9362]

@@velveetaslingshot The old guard wasn’t addicted to social media ;)

[@Mr_Boifriend]

😅😂😂 right??? They should take a cue from Greta Garbo & keep their mouths shut... I like celebrities with a little bit of mystery

[@velveetaslingshot]

@@davidgantenbein9362 Chicken and the egg I guess. Did social media cause the arrogance or highlight it? Probably both.

[@zaramiller703]

The pandemic really wiped their brains out. While we were trying to survive and are now actively recovering financially, emotionally, etc., they were singing Imagine in their 300k kitchens and came out with scrambled eggs for brains.

[@nunescarlinhos]

Haha perfectly said

[@jjhh320]

Best way I've heard it explained so far lol

[@drdassler]

How is an actress I've never heard of demanding $10 million? In the arts game you get paid what you're worth.

[@rebeccaliew2247]

Because she's not doing indie films on low budgets. She knew Disney is (supposed) to rake in millions of money + she'll get a huge chunk of it.

[@lxdykxt7769]

@@RollingCalfhow have you known her for 25 years if she’s 22 😅

[@burrybondz225]

You don't know taraji p henson???

[@jtrain5615]

This woman thinks she works hard?? Try being a teacher, a nurse, a roofer, a doordash runner, etc.... They need to get a grip!!!!!

[@ito2789]

💯💯🙌🏽🙌🏽🔥

[@dr.j5367]

The math is wrong. If she pays 30% from the revenue, she gets taxed for $7 million so she kept approximately $3.5 million.

[@Drak976]

Hey it's expensive to have white girls bring you kleenex.

[@molnaredmond]

H0e math?

[@velveetaslingshot]

Right?? LOL Those are business expenses which are NOT taxed!!!

[@gryffen9608]

Oh, she probably does end up with $2 million. Why? Because she gets her taxes done by the same HollyWoke masters who tell her what to think, what to eat, and what to protest. So why not cut off the top? She'll never know! Just obey your masters, sweetie, and "fight the Patriarchy." That's right. NEVER listen to the people trying to tell you that you've been lied to and robbed. Nope. _WE_ are just "the dumb sheep."

[@dr.j5367]

@@molnaredmond It probably could be explained with one of those doodles 😂

[@Holymaneli]

These people live on a bubble of their own and forget that 99.99% of the world CANNOT relate at all with their "struggles". Absolutely ridiculous lol.

[@matsunimuro]

You know being a lowly IT guy. I have to say how much my heart aches for millionaires and multi-millionaires, living in their mansions, only having to work half the year. Wait... No that was just heart burn! I have no sympathy for actors and actresses! I don't care if they have to pay their crew/team 30% ! Fire the crew! Seems like they're paying people to do everything they once had to do. Like choosing outfits, doing makeup and hair! For people who had nothing before acting like Taraji, suck it up! She went from living in a car to a $6.4 million dollar mansion! Same with Zegler and any others I hear crying about being rich! If they're that unhappy, maybe they could give their belongings away, and let others try living that life. Oh, wait... They wouldn't do that! The entire industry, minus a small percentage, are all spoiled, bratty, pigs! They don't deserve what they have because they are not grateful for it!

[@ronburgundy3172]

There's plenty of disposable people among their staff not to mention the freeloaders or sycophants they keep around so yeah boo--friking-hoo no sympathy from me either

[@paperandmedals8316]

Many of the customers for my business make over $1M a year and they’re broke. Some have open lines of credit on their home to draw off of until the next PO Box full of checks arrive. They are incredibly hard working people, but they also have no choice. To take a week off will cost them too much income so they don’t. They’re absolutely miserable. Hate their profession. Hate their customers.

[@michelletackett9489]

Do you support Ben Shapiro? Matt Walsh? Or watch Fox News? Then you support millionaires.

[@paperandmedals8316]

@@michelletackett9489 just picking right leaning commentators? Because mentally ill leftists can’t make themselves millionaires off their causes like the BLM founders moving on up and buying mansions in New Jersey ?

[@CloudWalkBeta]

@@michelletackett9489and what if i dont?

[@ThomasTheArachnerd]

Just when I thought she can't damage her reputation any further... Rachel you proved us wrong 🤡

[@Leamichellefan2244]

I’m with you I mean, if that shit show of a ““ variety interview wasn’t bad enough now there’s this I knew she couldn’t go full week let alone a full year without screwing up and this proves it.

[@victorcates9330]

If they're complaining about taxes, then that seems pretty capitalistic. It seems weird for someone aligned with leftist politics to say "No, but this is my money.". As for agents, PR and such, you have the option of not paying for that if you don't think you're getting value for money. A logic of I have to pay these leeches 30% makes sense IF you view yourself as purely self-made. If they got you the damn role, it's a different proposition. Ziegler has probably taken 10 years off her business managers and PR teams' lives ("SHE DID WHAT? WHAT?! WHY?! COULD SOMEONE DRAG HER AWAY FROM THE PRESS?").

[@Dogapillar4Lyfe]

Speaking as a film actor. The hardest part of the job is actually getting cast in the first place. My first gig I worked 12 hours and made $1,200 after agent and governennt took their cuts. I never felt under paid on that. If i was to make 1 million for a gig I wiuld be crying....tears of joy because I could buy a home and pay off all my debts with money left over.

[@XaadeTheBlade]

That's the problem here. The scale is just insane. Any other career, and the top would be 3x the bottom. But in hollywood acting it's 1000s of times the bottom.

[@mr.sidecomments9278]

maybe these generation of celebs spend sooo much to the point that 2 million dollars feels like minimum wage for them.🤣🤣

[@Dogapillar4Lyfe]

@mr.sidecomments9278 I think in these cases it's young star who make millions at 20 so they expect a certain lifestyle. They don't understand that 8 Million dollars is enough for some families to just retire for 2 generations.

[@soupful]

How true

[@Dogapillar4Lyfe]

@XaadeTheBlade I think the real problem are these assholes getting completely out of touch with reality. Imagine complaining about getting 8 million dollars for half a year of work? They need to leave Hollywood to get their brains on straight.

[@shujibadboy2007]

Not thanking the person who gave taraji the tissues when she was ‘crying’ says alot. Literally didn’t even look at her, rubs me the wrong way.

[@SantokiYama]

Not the million dollar actors crying about being underpaid after purchasing a million dollar mansion! 😭

[@ronburgundy3172]

Could bought a nice quiet house for 700k or less

[@gavinclark9130]

Hollywood is so out of touch, not only with America but reality in general.

[@Daniel-sy7dz]

😂😂😂 “Eat the rich!!” Simultaneously: “I’m not getting my full 10 million!!! 😢😭”

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

Votes democrat, complains about taxes XD

[@jessicaking1929]

Also love that Taraj took that tissue from the assistant without even looking at her while she's talking about how hard it is to be a millionaire.

[@sole__doubt]

Ignorance and arrogance. Its like they were made for each other.

[@PAGoTribe1963]

Nerdrotic calls them “adult pretenders”. An apt description.

[@Big_Dai]

Yeah, he stole that from somewhere

[@ito2789]

@@Big_Daiprobably from one of the comments.

[@richardmetzler7909]

Here's the thing: the actors who could legitimately complain about low pay (because they have to hustle to get a minor role every couple of weeks or months) aren't heard complaining, because nobody knows them. If a successful (and therefore well-paid) actor wants to complain, they should take a different tack: "I'm fortunate enough to have made it to the top, so I can't really complain for my own sake right now, but for every one in my league, there are a hundred less fortunate ones who are struggling to make ends meet, so let's make sure that they are taken care of as well." That might still be an unrealistic ask, but it would at least show that the person has both a sense of perspective and a sense of sympathy, and not just greed.

[@Mactrizel]

The real question is how the hell do these bad actors get jobs?

[@smith1958b]

The Casting Couch.

[@jimbeaux89]

I have 3 words to perfectly sum it up for these poor actors.. OUT OF TOUCH. They have no idea what it’s like to have to wake up at 6am every single weekday (and sometimes weekends) and work out in the hot summer heat or the intense cold of Ohio winters. They have no idea what it’s like to be away from your family typically around 50/60 hours a week just to support said family. And I have it really good compared to some folk. They just truly are out of touch from what a typical hard working life is like.

[@ronburgundy3172]

Crazy to think most actors are not even close to their families these people live in their own little world

[@NoNonsense316]

These actors/actresses are woefully out of touch with reality. While they complain about making $millions for a few weeks of work, the rest of us are struggling to make ends meet.

[@Rome__king]

never trust a actor crying over money... when their best talent is crying on queue. Imagine millionaires are crying over earning millions. There is no fair in life if you see someone making more for less it shows they worried about everyone else but their self lol. Counting the next person's pockets will always show who is a narcissist.

[@ggt47]

I remember when one of my critiques of her apart from disrespecting the Disney golden goose was her demanding more money for wearing a Disney dress. And their only reply was she sounds like a smart business woman. But how? That AoA interview with her and Halley most of the comments were they do not deserve the hate and one was I feel so protective of both of them as if they were children and not adults who chose their own path.

[@Poopoopeepee6969]

This isnt a fair take at all. If she was a cashier at a grocery store and was making less than a man and had three kids at home to feed I don’t think we would be making the statement that she’s narcissistic for caring that she’s making less than others lol. I think your opinion is biased based on the fact that you probably already don’t like her and Hollywood is a bit out of touch with common folks income situation.

[@adb2u]

You obviously didn't listen. She isn't earning millions when half is taxed and she has to pay the rest to her team

[@MLTAKOS]

even though she is a millioner and will have things most of us will never see, still her life is more expensive, all her bills and her lifestyle in general require her to make millions to support it if she wants to live like a well off person

[@Rome__king]

@@MLTAKOS as an corporate attorney the best way I can explain millionaire spending is, they all CHOOSE a lifestyle. When its earned by honest hard work you will notice the life styles are day and night vs those who earned it on a whim. I have seen 70-150 million dollar assets clients who have a normal life like anyone who makes middle income. Then I see the entertainers who will have a 10th of that live their life like as if they were the people who had 150 million. Im not sure why many people assume the living and business expenses for an "actor" would somehow equate to all their money unless they are funding several families, drug habits or spending addictions. Not to mention the person of the video is 20 years old... meaning majority of her expenses will be absolutely childish by default if the complaint is money. People heard "we pay a team... " PR, business manager, agent, and an attorney". So the only way you end up going in the red for paying your team is if you a habitual f-up. So if we use the two women on this video as examples they are both nightmares in terms of being the worst to market due to their behavior. As a black man who watched every interview Taraji has done she is the basic hood chick who thinks things are owed to her by race and gender alone. While having countless domestic issues on set and in her personal life. So yes she has to pay her team a lot due to her own personal decisions and lack of awareness. Rachel zegler..... do i have to explain why she would have to over pay her lawyers, PR team, Agent and business manager??? or can i assume since you are here on the video about her f-up that her issue of income is self explanatory? Its a odd time we live in where adults have 99 excuses for other adults who have the same 24 hours as everyone with countless luxuries while many people work 100x harder than them and dont complain a single day... im sorry for my lack of empathy but I have seen people like her and its laughable when they complain because they create all their own money issues by their behaviors.

[@da-rj5cs]

She’s conveniently leaving out how she claims every cent she pays to her “team” as a tax deduction. Cali has some of the highest state taxes and simultaneously has the highest claimed tax deductions by individuals.

[@MTbone7]

Especially when your team includes all your cousins and your posse

[@pikminguy55]

Seriously it's like people such as Rachel Zegler have this urge that if they don't go through a week or day without blabbering utter nonsense that further make them unlikable; the Earth would blow up or something.

[@Chris-kq9lb]

She is awful and she will never get how much we DESPISE her!

[@squirtle_of_lime5390]

Not being able to take a 6 month break "That's not a right that we get as humans" thats the realest f*cking thing

[@bryanna4548]

Even school teachers only get maybe 2 months tops for summer...that aren't unpaid like people think. They just divide the salary off the top to account for those months. I'm tired of rich people problems. Edited: paid not unpaid. People think teachers get paid summers off

[@Lupinemancer87]

Hey here is a crazy idea, if you are upset that 5 million isn't enough, how about you don't guy a huge mansion, six cars, more clothing then you can even wear and all that jazz? If you actually lived in a regular house, you'd have even more money to spend on yourself.

[@subzero308]

Hollywood actors and actresses have lost their damn minds 🤣😭 y'all making millions!!!! For mediocre movies meanwhile if i got into my job and do mediocre work i get fired smh... Hollywood is a joke.

[@johnspurrier0001]

All of these Disney employees are quickly proving they are more like the evil queen than the hopeful princess.

[@zackathlon]

I miss when hollywood was on strike and these people were silent

[@donaldalexandre2641]

To quote Major Payne and my Drill Instructor, “You want sympathy, look in the dictionary between shit and syphilis! That's where you'll find my sympathy”

[@MEATOGRE]

Hollywood actors are the only people that will cry about having to pay members of their staff. Priceless. Rough life.

[@diviningdragon]

This has a lot to do with the entitlement mentality of entertainers. They believe they are 'owed' something by the studios and the audience. They certainly are not alone, as culturally we've enabled many in the younger generations to operate with that mindset. However, given their social platforms and visibility--and the fact that claiming 'victimhood' in any category provides a few extra notches up the ladder of virtue-signalling, it should come as no surprise to see Rachel Zegler and others like her take this position.

[@Poopoopeepee6969]

I would bet the reason they feel that way is that men make a lot more, which is honestly true in the industry. Of course, none of us regular people are going to pity them sheerly because they make so much money. The entertainment industry is insane, though they probably work more than almost any other profession I can think of. think 18 hour days like she said in one video. plus they feel the pressure to starve themselves to look skinny. and she is very talented so she does deserve to be paid well. I think it’s just hard for the average person to be able to relate to someone that is making so much and has such a different lifestyle

[@Nanabrown964]

🎯

[@diviningdragon]

Very sound observations. One thing that is true is that the 'window of opportunity' for most women is limited to their twenties. Some can sneak into their thirties. And it drops as they age. The roles dry up. So it is incumbent upon them to earn as much as they can during their peak years. But in the end, it is the market that will ultimately determine salary. Look at the distinction between men and women in team sports. It may not be entirely equitably fair, but we aren't talking 'utopia' here. Pay must be determined by audience demand. Where Rachel and those like her get it wrong, is that their public persona must be absolutely endearing. There should be a 'selfless service' quality that people respect. They are truly blessed to earn as much as they do, even in a short window. If the audience learns to love them for who they are, such performers are going to be more popular and thus can command a higher salary. When they come across as 'entitled' it immediately distances the audience from them. And sadly, they are not self-aware enough to realize this.@@Poopoopeepee6969

[@tonycrayford3893]

​@@Poopoopeepee6969actors do not work hard during those hours though. They aren't moving 100kg doors across a construction site.

[@Poopoopeepee6969]

@@tonycrayford3893 I mean it’s not always physical labor(although a lot perform stunts and doesn’t she sing in almost all her movies?), but it’s definitely emotional and mental. And I doubt they’re taking both weekends off. would you say the same thing to a doctor? they aren’t exactly carrying around heavy objects lol. Just because not everyone has your job doesn’t mean they aren’t working just as hard but in a different way.

[@markferguson3745]

May all the pretense, vanity, and ignorance that these women have put out there return to them ten fold. .

[@AvatarTTfan]

only people in the industry that deserve the big paychecks are VFX team, animators and editors.

[@darkguardian1314]

My guess is these actors are crying not because they are underpaid but because they mismanaged their investments to appear ultra rich. How big a team do you need for daily activities. Better question... how many leeches (family and friends) are you supporting. Actors cant give enotinal appeals because we don't know if its sincere or was it just and act. Hidden Figures...

[@veeclash4157]

They like having an entourage around them to make them feel popular and powerful. In fact the only thing they need to run a business is themselves and an agent. Those extra leeches that they give champagne, treats, and pocket money, well that's just paying for your ego, isn't it?

[@Wanderingmonk1001]

The moment celebrities had access to twitter it was already over😂

[@maxbaugh9372]

Over the long run, the stock market grows an average of 7% per year. So if that actress took her $2 million post-tax income & put it in a well-diversified portfolio she would make $140k/year from market growth alone, without having to do any actual work. This is what I call "escape velocity" or "set for life" money, as long as one is content to have only an upper middle class lifestyle & not go nuts.

[@KeelahVhenan]

As a millionaire, she could definitely afford some humility. Especially when people like me are so broke, we can't even afford to pay attention. 😂

[@TheWhiteGuwop]

Imagine feeling bad for someone who has a team to manage their life 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 bro some kids literally struggle to breath automatically without some giant machine and their family can't afford said machine bills

[@TheLegendaryBillCipher]

Genuinely curious: does she also think millionaires need to pay their "fair share" of taxes?

[@Spiceodog]

Poor girl , only got payed 2 million dollars. So tragic 😂

[@thejessegrant]

Look the crazy thing is there are people in Hollywood that work less and get paid more and that’s unfair, but even so you can’t bloody cry over having 2 million you can say it’s unfair to studio bosses but you still have to realise your blessed beyond all measure

[@RobbMoreiraVO]

As an actor myself (voice actor), hearing actors say these things is ridiculously tone deaf. It further shows how detached they are to the people who consume their media. I know I do incredibly well for myself and am incredibly fortunate for my opportunities. I'd have to be insane to make the statements they do. Mind you, I make a TINY percentage compared to them. There are so many people who do far harder work than I and make less and I am very aware of that.

[@stephenbaatz6043]

If you get paid decent money to play pretend on camera, be grateful. Everyone has different abilities and some people’s best isn’t enough to give them a very comfortable life at all.

[@Yourmomgoestocolledge]

I've become sick of all celebs and Hollywood in general. With the exception of some comedians they're all so self centered and entitled. I can't stand them.

[@graytonw5238]

"If I wanted to take a six-month break, I don't have income to cover that." My god, the disconnect is unbelievable.

[@bryannicholas2130]

Rachel”I’m 22 and only worth 3million dollars”Zegler

[@parkyt13]

These people don't know what hard work is lol.

[@thejessegrant]

I mean compared to a emergency ward doctor or military, or physicist I agree ahaha

[@parkyt13]

@thejessegrant I'm an emergency department nurse lol. Shits hectic haha.

[@adb2u]

@@thejessegrant yep bc it's easy to learn lines and embody a character on a piece of paper and give a convincing realistic performance. The average person isn't a physicist or doctor either numnuts. So I guess all non doctors and physicists are crybabies too who don't do respectable work.

[@maxbrazil3712]

She takes "annoying" to galactic levels, like a hyper active miniature poodle that has bladder control issues.

[@evolition7]

If her eyes were any further apart she could see her ears

[@IHaveTheSchwartz]

"Your team" of hangers-on. You do not need this team. You need a competent agent.

[@Nanabrown964]

I think a lot of these entertainers are ungrateful , like seriously , paying me millions is one of my biggest dreams lol 🙎‍♀️

[@joachimgoethe7864]

Imagine if they had to work a real job.

[@nerd26373]

We appreciate your insights. We will always support you.

[@thejessegrant]

Thank you!

[@theldapperapple2382]

Things no one has ever said to Rachel

[@anjuneko]

I went to college and found a great job, and I've been working for 22 years at the company I've been working for. Over that time BEFORE taxes I figure that's around 2 million dollars. I feel fortunate to have been able to provide for myself during those years during covid and economic crisis after crisis. I could only imagine the 'hardship' of someone that's ONLY made 2 million in their 20's, the struggle is real, people!

[@honilock577]

I HATE myself for having the "I can change her" feeling...

[@TheRealKaiProton]

40 to 60k a year ! I dont even get that, Im on my own, and raising 3 kids, these actors make me sick

[@tickletorture]

These people live in another world. They're oblivious. I don't even think they realise 'normal' people exist, they see us as the same way we see buildings. Just 'there'.

[@user-om9ix2lh3t]

SHAME on Hollywood for underpaying those poor actors with millions of dollars, SHAME!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@stephenbaatz6043]

Taraji Henson has a net worth (per the internetz so not sure how accurate this is) of $12 million dollars, but she bought a home for $6.4 million dollars? And she bought that home in 2016? This seems…odd…

[@Moonhart44]

The thing is you only get sad when you compare yourself to others and think about what you don’t have.

[@katemaloney4296]

A lot of what these celebrities are paying for is a bunch of leeches and hangers-on. Get rid of the baggage and you might have more money in your bank account.

[@craxyman9025]

Man I truly truly hate Hollywood.

[@jeniferclemente1252]

my heart bleeds for them. *laughs hard* No way to say with a straight face 😆 They really should reevaluate the definition of “underpaid” cuz we don’t even make $5000 each month (not even close) but they sure know how to spend money rather than save and invest. Especially with millions of dollars being put in their bank accounts every week. Mansions, designer clothing, expensive restaurants, useless stuff to fill their mansions. (Money well spent🙄)

[@handbanana4899]

While I haven't forgotten who the main subject of this video is, it is also pretty funny you mentioned lawyers right as the Evil Queen showed up

[@Golden_Ghoul]

These actors don't deserve the money, they automatically think they're better than you for be able pretend for a living. They don't have a right to demand anything from anybody.

[@kenkanaki494]

Wow I can see what she's working for I mean is not easy to destroy your career I mean u have to be hated by all is real not easy to run your name through the mud😂😂😂😂😂

[@francois9018]

I barely make 46k net without all the taxes and other union cut taken out. With one million dollar, even in the canadian economy, I could buy a decent house, not too far from work, a car and probably still have plenty left overs to furnish that new small home and keep the rest saved up. I wouldn't pick top of the line stuff I'm too frugal anyway. That would mean that even without changing my job, I'd suddenly wouldn't have to cut it down in half for rent every year, which means more saving, more spending on quality food instead of worrying about having enough to pay the bills. It would mean serious money saving in the longterm for possibly getting back into school. On top of that it would mean I'd have something that gives me a return investment should I decide to move. Anyone could make their life start up if they had that money and some could even live off of it for years depending on how they manage it. But then you have people who make millions in a couple of months and they complain that life is hitting them hard. No buddy, your lifestyle is just too pricey.

[@KirkWilliamsIsBroken]

Why won't she just go away?!

[@trollmaster4523]

And to think Disney is about to make a film with her and Mindy Kaling making a soft reboot of Pirates of the Caribbean where they demean and insult Johnny Depp's character with every chance they get.

[@Noflyzone22]

These actors can just buy a normal house instead of a mansion, they can live normally but they choose to live glamorous, she has no right to cry when there are some people that can’t even buy a dinner for themselves

[@elbonja]

She has the power to be more and more unlikable within time ...

[@ambtax1]

I'd love to see an hour by hour breakdown of all the "work". We really need a new definition of the term

[@davidjecmenek8943]

6 months isn't "taking a break". 6 months off is just called "unemployed". I can't imagine being a millionaire and accruing bills so high that I couldn't take a vacation.

[@longtran927]

Well shoot! New goal: afford a year-long break from work 😅 Truly, I think actors like Zegler need to get out of their ivory towers every now and then and learn what it's like to sling coffee, wait tables, or clean up after everyone else's messes. This air of privilege is outright insane and makes me not want to rush out tk support their entertainment projects. BTW, I've been following the last couple of weeks of your Disney reporting. They're informative, depressing, yet easy to listen to. Thanks for the stories and keep them up!

[@FallenArtStudios]

We have very few actors that ‘We the people’ can relate with, if any, and it’s not based on finances. We relate to their morals and ethics and what they stand for, it’s almost a finishing move on their career when they start bitching about the few millions they make after taxes, it only makes them more un-relatable. Only 12% of the American people make over 200,000K (that’s including actors and KZbin personalities), maybe 36% make over 100,000 and most of us have to grind and work hard for that money that also gets taxed by the gov. But anyone that works hard and learns to invest in their quality of life, appreciates what they have and doesn’t live above their means, or go online to sound entitled they need more.

[@Signal_in_the_noise]

Holy shit her eyes are like 3 miles apart

[@smarty7662]

This is the problem. They live in a bubble and then don't understand when regular people don't agree with them. And then the regular people are branded 'toxic'. But they fail to realise that these regular people are actually paying their wages.

[@thefitpackllc]

Why buy fancy homes, clothes, and cars, then complain that you can’t afford them? Am I missing something?

[@warmonger2500]

The problem is perspective and feeling like you are not getting what you are owed because so much of the money goes elsewhere. But to cry about only getting 2 millions dollars is a bit underwhelming to me and many many others. They should first acknowledge that they are making a lot of money, then make the point they are only getting to keep 20% of what they make, and I would think that most people could understand why this upsets them. If I only made 20% of what I make now living in a nice tent would be well out of my reach.

[@willdegra317]

But if you voted to have more taxes taken from your income you can’t really cry about what you support. Democrats are always crying about what they asked for, ironically their lives would be better if they weren’t allowed to vote.

[@Mrzombieman]

these are people who refuse to accept that you make more money if you bring in more money and they just want it to be handed to them even if no one are fans that actually spend money towards them. Not to mention all these people are disgustingly rich and wanna whine because they arent as rich as the top actors.

[@theldapperapple2382]

If she doesnt want to keep working she can always just stop. If an actor wants to complain just fire them. They already have enough to retire.

[@Rocksinger88]

Enjoy your vacation lol 😆

[@thejessegrant]

Ahahahahahaha thank you

[@kenny8763]

Wow...how can a person become so arrogant. They need to get some education before getting into acting fr.

[@9thteardropgameteller601]

When you play Life in easy mode and brag on Reddit.

[@WolfmanArt]

Sounds like Zegler needs a heavy dose of both humility and reality

[@raynbohh]

Some of these actors are ungrateful, ignorant, narcissists... They clearly live in a land FAR FAR away from reality.