Little Miss Sunshine Abigail Breslin's Weekly Allowance Isn't Too Sunny
Abigail Breslin, who played Olive in Little Miss Sunshine, and who is also starring in Cameron Diaz's new flick My Sister's Keeper, receives THIRTEEN DOLLARS a week from her parents for her allowance. It was just announced that she actually got a dollar raise from last month due to her thirteenth birthday. WOW.
Kudos to her parents for teaching their child star the importance of the almighty dollar, but this pre-pubescent pulls in two million dollars a flick now. She has been in show business since she was FIVE, and was ranked eighth in Forbes magazine list of "Young Hollywood's Top-Earning Stars.
I'm sorry... I think thirteen dollars a week for a thirteen year old girl is beyond SKIMPY. And let's hope she doesn't fall into the exploited child star category. Oh Hai Kate Gosselin! Wasn't it McCaulay Culkin's parents who were sued for taking his money way back when?
Now I am not insinuating that Abigail's parents are guilty of the same at all, but thirteen dollars a week is beyond TIGHT WAD status. I am glad that Abigail's parents give her chores to do, as I think it is important that her parents keep their daughter's reality in check in her journey into the evils of Hollywood, but if Abigail keeps on bringing in the BIG bucks, her life is going to change drastically.
Of course there are big stars who have never really flaunted their wealth, like Paul Newman (miss you Paul!) and Woody Allen, just to name a few. But we all know they still received the best seats in the restaurants.
Many child stars end up too pampered and do not have a grasp on reality, especially if the money starts to dry up. This can be very harmful in many ways. Stardom can be very fleeting.
To quote Joni Mitchell from one of her songs, sums it up nicely:
"They toss around your latest golden egg.... speculation, well who's to know... if the next one in the nest will glitter for them so."
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