5 million adultery and other weird clauses in celebrity marriage contracts

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Love, of course, is good, but family lawyers strongly recommend looking further. After all, it is known that feelings pass, and no one knows what will happen next. Therefore, in order to protect themselves from financial losses, many celebrities prefer to draw up a marriage contract. However, their carefully thought out requirements can sometimes bring a smile - they sound so absurd and comical. We have collected information about such "oaths of allegiance" and would like to present them to you - maybe some of our readers would like to include a similar clause in their marriage contract.

Mel Gibson and Robin Moore

There were times when Mel was a young brawler and a playboy. Then he almost died and in a hospital bed he vowed to become an exemplary Catholic. Gibson married the beautiful Robin Moore, had a bunch of children, began acting successfully and built an excellent career. With his wife, they agreed to share family responsibilities equally, respectively, and the acquired property in the event of a divorce was to be divided into equal parts. After all, no one imagined that after 25 years of marriage, no longer young Mel would be carried away by the pretty singer and pianist from Russia, Oksana Grigorieva. As a result, the divorce proceedings cost Gibson nearly half a billion dollars and became one of the most expensive in Hollywood history.

Beyoncé and Jay Z

Not to say that the singer Beyoncé earns little, but after all, she needs to somehow stimulate her husband so that he is less interested in fans, and works more. After all, rumors about the divorce of this popular couple are very often exaggerated in the press. And the rapper himself in his albums more than once admitted to his own infidelities. Therefore, Beyoncé, who, as you know, married a virgin, decided to prescribe one very curious point. According to him, in the event of a divorce, the singer's children receive a one-time allowance of five million dollars each from their father. Now the couple have three children, that is, Jay Z has got at least 15 million.

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Bill

Do not think that women are completely mercantile. Here is Jessica, who grabbed one of the sexiest men as her husband, she simply does not want to share him with anyone. An ordinary woman's dream. Therefore, for any the most insignificant affair, the husband will have to fork out - the future wife estimated the betrayal at half a million dollars and not a cent less. Without this clause of the marriage contract, the actress did not agree to go down the aisle. It is a pity that she did not take into account - according to the latest data, her husband earns about 70 million dollars a year, so the amount of the “fine” is not impressive.

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones

But the beautiful brunette very thoroughly approached the preparation of the marriage contract. In 2000, she married the famous ladies' man. Therefore, the contract took into account all possible nuances of the future life. For example, in the event of a divorce, the actor had to pay $ 2, 8 million for each year lived together, and each betrayal was estimated at $ 5 million. Not a little, right? Maybe that's why this Hollywood couple have been together for twenty-first years and are not thinking about divorce?

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes

And now we turn to the marriage contract - the record holder. Imagine how many pages the 900-point requirements signed by Cruise and Holmes in 2006 could have been. Moreover, most of them concerned only the future Mrs. Cruz. For example, like the precepts from Domostroi, Katie was obliged to maintain a good atmosphere in the family - in principle, a good point. Others, however, can raise doubts about the adequacy of the compilers. So, the wife had to agree with any decision of her husband, it was forbidden to joke about homosexuality, family values were rewritten from the canons of the Church of Scientology, and sacred belief in the power of Ron Hubbard was also a mandatory item. Anyway, in the event of a messenger from the Galaxy arriving to earth, Katie Holmes was obliged to follow her husband to the planet Teegeeack - yes, and there was such a requirement too. So it is quite possible to understand a young woman who, after several years of marriage, simply fled from such a husband. As a result of the divorce, she received a measly 400 thousand dollars, and then for the maintenance of the common daughter Suri. So once again I want to remind you: read the fine print of any agreement!

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban

But ex-wife Nicole Kidman decided to take over the drafting of the marriage contract. With her chosen one, she agreed that there would be no drugs in their life together. After all, before the wedding, Nicole sent the groom to a rehabilitation center. Therefore, the clause according to which the spouse undertakes to transfer 640 thousand dollars per year to the husband's account without a pernicious hobby became a kind of "carrot" in their agreement. But do not think that this is what works: Keith himself makes good money. His annual income is approximately $ 10-15 million. Maybe he just settled down and happy?

Guy Ritchie and Madonna

The marriage of the pop queen and the cult director lasted only eight years. And although as a result it was the singer who filed for divorce, but for his "years of torment" Guy Ritchie received a tidy sum of compensation. This is because again spiritual teachings intervened in family life. Thus, in the agreement signed by the parties in 2000, the husband was obliged to grow spiritually and regularly read books on Kabbalah. Also, the husband was obliged to take care of the emotional and spiritual well-being of his wife, and most importantly, never to argue. Doesn't it remind you of someone? Most likely, as Madonna pointed out in the reason for the divorce, the husband "behaved unreasonably" - he refused to obey and did not improve her emotional state. Subsequently, Guy Ritchie, evaluating this marriage, called his ex-wife "inhibited." So the singer's fans, who know her as a hyperactive lady, are still thinking - what did he mean?

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

Even this spectacular Hollywood couple hasn't stood the test of time. Tender relations for 12 years of marriage have passed, a divorce has been obtained, but the litigation is still ongoing. And the whole point is that the actors do not divide jointly acquired property, but the right of custody of their common children. The marriage contract was drawn up by Angelina's lawyers in such a way that in the event of a divorce, the movie star would single-handedly remain a guardian. And in the end, she won - only with her permission, the father could see the children, and at her prompting, the eldest daughter abandoned her dad's surname. But Pitt doesn't give up. According to the latest news in May, the judge made significant changes to allow Brad to take part in parenting. So, not everything is decided by millions - the struggle between spouses can also be waged for the possibility of possessing children's souls.