$15M For Photos Is OK This One Time
With Kneepads and OK! Magazine competing for who has the biggest d**k right now, the Brangelina baby photos are expected to get about $15M. When Shiloh was born, the total paid was about $7M, but that included the UK rights as well.
Unlike every other celebrity who sells their kids and wedding for a quick buck, Brangelina is the one couple that I trust to do the right thing with the money. I have no doubts that every penny will be given to charity and so as far as I'm concerned the magazines can pay as much as they like. The only downside I see to the whole thing is where does the madness stop?
There is no way that either magazine will sell enough issues to cover the loss, and I doubt that readers will be back for another issue unless there is another exclusive the next week.
Kneepads has said they are willing to print blank pages for the remainder of the year if they have to, just to get these photos. Why? What makes these twins more special than the pair of twins down the street who just were born? What about the twins in every city in the world that are probably born premature and fighting for their life. I wonder if their families could use the $15M to help pay for the medical bills that their insurance company decided weren't covered under the policy.
If everyone rushes out and buys this issue with the photos, then it will just keep perpetuating this celebrities are better than everyone else myth. They are not better. They may act like they are better, or act as if they are more entitled, but you know what? They're not. Who thinks celebrities are getting pregnant simply for the payday and publicity at the end of the pregnancy? Well, they are. Oh, there are lots of exceptions, but even a B lister knows they can get a few hundred thousand out of a magazine which makes their time off from work much easier.
So, I say give the money to Brangelina because it will go for a good cause, but I would also hope that not one person goes out and buys the issue with the photos. If you are that desperate to see the photos, go to the store and look at them, or wait a few days and see them on the internet.
