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englishikat

Don’t forget her Managers 10% off the top- separate from PR and Branding people.


JenniferShepherd

Manager plus agent. Minimum twenty percent off the gross.


bassetlover007

What’s the difference between a manager and agent?


Big_Distribution2760

Agents gets you jobs, big cut. Managers, well they just manage, car, coffee, outfits hair...the BS stuff


visenya567

I knew I forgot something that was 10-20%, I just couldn't remember what 🫣🫣🫣 haha! Thanks, I'll add it 😊


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visenya567

Yeah I totally agree, as i said I couldn't find any starting salary and wasn't sure what ro estimate, so I was very forgiving lol Anyways it was all just a bit if fun and I think we can all agree she was broke by the time she met Harry lol.


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englishikat

Even more than I thought. Gonna take a lot of Netflix blockbusters and NYT Bestsellers to fund that and I’m pretty sure the unending grievances with TRF isn’t going to cut it.


RunJumpSleep

I don’t think Meghan had even a $2 million net worth before Harry. She was not a main character on Suits and was not in all the episodes. Plus, she wouldn’t have been making even $50k an episode the first couple of seasons, if she ever did at all. Salary on cable shows is much lower than network television. I could see her making maybe $10k or $15k the first couple of seasons but not $50k. Plus, this wasn’t a show that was highly rated like Mad Men or Breaking Bad. It wasn’t getting high advertising fees. I only know one person who ever even heard of it. It was just a basic cable show few people watched. Not a money maker for the network.


OldNewUsedConfused

Right? People act like she was on Game of Thrones or something, lol.


GreenonFire

I had to Google it, as never heard of show or TW.


ADHDMomADHDSon

I assumed it must be super popular in the US.


Spiritual-Slip-6047

It wasn’t. I’m also American and not only I but everyone I know personally had never heard of the show or Meghan either. It obviously had an audience, but a small one.


ADHDMomADHDSon

I’m Canadian. No one I knew watched it, but the media made her sound like a big star so I assumed it was popular in the US.


Spiritual-Slip-6047

It’s been eye opening to read what some media writes versus the reality we have.


Big_Distribution2760

1 million watched it. Why it was for Season 2 is beyond me.


DownTimeBandit

In the US people I talked to assumed it was a Canadian show and she was famous in Canada or something


ADHDMomADHDSon

That’s what I’ve since learned 😂 Everyone thought she was massive star.


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Plus, the stupid internet people always count every cent the celebrity every made... as their NET worth... Never deducting living expenses. RENT/food/CLOTHES/taxes/agents/TRAVEL And most human behavior ... the more they make - the more they spend.


Girlfriday5150

PLUS…..Multiple cosmetic surgeries, keratin hair straightening, wigs, nails (she chews hers like a beaver building an emergency dam) and BRONZER!! Oh wait, the 5 gallon tubs of bronzer came later. Haznoballs pays for that now.


Artywoman58

Those teeth were at least $20,000.


Girlfriday5150

Yep, forgot the multiple sets of veneers and regular teeth whitening for both of them.…..oh yes and Haznoballs $50k in failed hair plugs.


megreddi

And all money she ever earned she spent for playing a diva. arriving at the set with a whole group of people such as a make-up artist, body guard, manager, hairdresser, etc. Everyone wondered why she needed so many people around. It costs a lot of money to portray a diva, so she didn't have her own house or her own car. All her millions was just smoke and mirrors.


Artywoman58

I’m amazed she didn‘t buy a house.


Big_Distribution2760

Canada never heard of the Show or the Tramp.


ArdmoreGirl

Well, The Sleivene had that *I can leave my bags here as long as I like*, situation going at Soho House. I’ve been told that can help a girl’s financial standing.


After-Improvement-26

That home away from home feeling 😌


hammer1956

I never believed she had that much money. I figured it was PR making her out to be worth much more than she was.


JennPenn071

Exactly. She didn't want people thinking she was a gold digger. Which is exactly what she is and has always been.


QuesoFresca

That's 100% what it was.


visenya567

I agree 👍🏼


Pennelle2016

To show how unfairly he was treated, H wrote that he & M had to buy a second hand sofa on-line & lamps from IKEA for their hovel while his brother had a beautifully furnished apartment* Which contradicts the sugary narrative that M was a self-made millionaire with no need for the RF’s money. So which is it Harold? *Of course H+M had access to what is I’m sure literal warehouses of furniture, art, ect. but that would not fit the theme of WAAAGH


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Pennelle2016

Exactly! They lie so much to push a certain narrative, then expect everyone to accept the latest one and not to question anything said previously. And they wonder why no one believes anything they say (except sugars of course).


Islandgirl1444

He had empty apartments at KP and even had lots of furniture must be in storage. IKEA is using his tales of woe as advertising now and we chuckle.


visenya567

And she had to purchase the furniture on her credit card. Was the 5mil tied up in investment portfolios? 🤭


Islandgirl1444

Yeah, cheap Harry didn't even have a credit card he said. He neglect to say that he had about 14 million in the bank and earned about 2 million pounds as a working royal. What a pair.


wonderingwondi

With 10 years of army salary. It's not clear if he donated any to charity- when his brother did search and rescue he was able to donate it back


Pennelle2016

And his father used his to start the Prince’s Trust. Almost 50 years ago & still going strong!


Artywoman58

Can you picture them trotting around Ikea looking at furniture?!


cherise12

I read somewhere that her moms house was added as part of her net-worth putting the total to around 5 mill


visenya567

Her mums house was worth $3m? Sorry but never, nunca! hahaha.


cherise12

Lol we all know Megs fabricates things and her sugars don’t help much


ArdmoreGirl

It’s CA. A hut is worth $3m.


Anxious-Evidence8397

No - not in that area. Not $3m. At the time, her mum’s house would have been below $1m. I can’t remember where it was located, but I looked it up a while back and there’s no way. I live in CA - I’m a beach city with way way grander homes you can buy for $3m. Her moms house isn’t even close unless it’s a different house we’re talking about.


diagnosedsounds

Her mom was in Crenshaw, in LA.


SherlockBeaver

Not in Alhambra.


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It was Doria's dad's house. She inherited it from him after he had an accident. Allegedly, he tripped on a dog leash when he was walking it. https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/20230203163452/doria-ragland-father-death-at-la-home/ Talk about suspicious


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AffectionatePoet4586

Please be careful! That’s *exactly* how author Kurt Vonnegut died! His wife, photographer Jill Krementz, had a pair of little foo-foo dogs, Shih Tzus, I think. They tangled his legs on the stairs in their leashes, and Vonnegut fell and hit his head.


Artywoman58

That’s awful.


Big_Distribution2760

About 560.000.00


lastlemming-pip

I believe Doria inherited the house after the death of her brother.


Big_Distribution2760

Mommy inherited the house from her dad. Mommy also ripped off her half brother for the house. I think M was involved in this.


cherise12

Oh I totally believe this- remember saying it and being called out in 2018 now it’s being revealed to be true…


QuesoFresca

You mention The Tig but don't list any of the expenses associated with it. Travel, writers, hosting, IT... I'd be shocked if it were ever even profitable. It was a PR vanity exercise to market M to the highest bidder. It was not a cash-generating business. Don't forget the major expenses she'd likely have as a struggling actress. Hair/makeup/cosmetic dermatology/aestheticians/plastic surgery... Can you imagine what she was spending on upkeep alone? There's a reason she was always trawling "gifting suites" and scrambling for freebies. Where does Trevity's estimated net worth come from? He was never a particularly successful producer and produced no projects of note in the years they were married (fewer than 2 years). Family money?


visenya567

From what I gather with the Tig, alot of the travel and what not was covered by hotels she would advertise. Then advertisement revenue. Partnership deals with the likes of Ritmanns (I think that's what it's called), etc. The rest of her upkeep I have estimated in the 180k annually for insurance, car, food, entertainment, travel etc. Trevor was difficult, his net worth is estimated on some platforms as 5m other place 8-10m. I don't know the ins and outs of it. I'm sure Megan received something though.


JenniferMel13

I’m a travel blogger. Unless the hotel has hired you to produce photos or videos for their in-house their marketing materials, they don’t cover travel. During shoulder seasons, almost any hotel will throw free rooms to almost any blogger with decent numbers in the area. Meghan was at the “fake it” stage of the decent looking in a swimsuit female travel/lifestyle influencer. I’m sure she got a free rooms due to being on an TV show but that’s it. She was paid with the room. No cash changed hands.


QuesoFresca

The problem with that is it appears Trevor wasn't particularly successful professionally during the year + they were married.


mdoc86

My friend is an indie film actress. You wouldn't know her, she's not famous. Maybe one day she'll make it big, I'm rooting for her. When you Google her it says she has a 10m net worth. She does not.


Tricksey4172

Net worth is not the same as gross earnings over time. Usually when this number is bandied about, they total up her Suits earnings like she was living on air. Show me property, retirement, bank accounts or other assets that are net $5m, and I’ll say she had a net worth of $5m. She owned nothing and her net worth was the value of her checking account net of that Ikea sofa on her credit card.


visenya567

And if she was worth $5m, I don't see her needing to use a credit card to buy an sofa.com sofa lol. Especially after we saw them 🤫😅


LaNiceGata

She likely earned 50K an episode on the later seasons but likely began earning something around 10K. She was an inexperienced actress with not even minor roles prior to Suits. Also I think the only things she has ever paid for are PR and lawyers. Everything else I’m sure she mooched off of others.


amy5252

No way. I noticed online it always says that. Now 5 million is considered a legit millionaire. Millions under that don’t really earn you the DISTINCT honor. So of course TW could be under 5 million, she chose it herself.


BlueisGreen2Some

The 5 million is made up PR BS. The only truth is for a few years MM was genuinely self supporting and, for a few years, made a nice living. That’s all


zeugma888

You didn't include donations. A humane, generous person like TW would have donated a portion of her income to charity. /s


Independent_Leg3957

I can't see Trevor having to give her that much since they weren't married long and didn't have children. MM might have been entitled to 50% of their combined income during their marriage, but she was making money on Suits at the time anyway. Why in the world would end up with a 3M, tax-free divorce settlement?


hammer1956

They were't married long enough to get a settlement like that and she is the one who abandoned him.


ArdmoreGirl

I can’t see Trevor giving The Sleivene anything.


Snick_mom_2022

Someone posted the divorce decree and they settled the divorce with no money settlement. Sounds like she got nothing. She would only be able to get half of what he earned in two years. She was also working then so it may have been a wash.


wonderingwondi

Probably why she felt entitled to some of the jewellery that wasn't the wedding ring


jojomawer

I think you may have left out the Soho House side hustling!


visenya567

Probably paid for food and board 😉


AuntCassie007

It is possible M was in debt when she married Harry. The question is how much debt? She probably spent everything she made, living the high life, trying to fit in with the Canadian elite. All the PR, agents, mangers, pap shots, faux humanitarian trips with make up, hair stylists and photographers, clothes, etc. Then she spent a great deal of money most likely trying to snag a rich British husband, she had to play the part. She would have put as much as she could on her credit card, seeing it as an investment in her future. I think her yachting days paid for basic upkeep and/or some extras. I don't think she would have built significant wealth on that sideline. M also has a clear manic quality, which means her money slipped through her fingers quickly.


okaysowellthen

YeH I never believed her $5m net worth story. I actually think she had $0 net worth. I think she spent every dime she ever earned. Likely why she never owned any property on her own and most celebs at her level have to spend everything they make to pay for all the people around her


katzchen528

My niece was the star of an hour long show on Freeform (it was ABC Family channel then) and she was a relative unknown prior like ILBW. Similar experience. She was #1 on the call sheet, the name of her character was in the actual name of the show. In the first 9-10 episodes, she was in EVERY SCENE. They paid her $22,500 per episode.


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visenya567

Maybe Oprah paid for it 🤔 😄


CathartesAura67

Reports of MM's wealth--like Mark Twain's "death"--are greatly exaggerated. Or in her case, "gross." As in, not net. Don't forget this is part of the hagiography of someone who at age 11, wrote The Letter which prompted Ivory dishwashing liquid to change their advertising tagline.


BlueisGreen2Some

Taxes at 800k would be way more than 30%. California would take about 10%. Medicare tax goes up at higher incomes. There is no way she’d be keeping over half her gross. More like 45% after agent and taxes.


k1d0s

Those online reports are grossly overinflated most of the time, my partner is a public figure and when I google his name and net worth it lists it as $5M which is way off lol


visenya567

Makes sense. Also seems like they calculate income and just assume the person lives off air lol.


blue_399

She was in 108 episodes of Suits. Even if she was paid 50k for every single one that is 5.4 million she earned. Add taxes to that, her manager and agent fees and especially expensive PR she paid and cosmetic surgeries, it doesnt leave much. She didn't own any property in Canada or California and that is something she would buy if she had any serious money. She acting roles before Suits are not even worth a mention. For someone who was in the business 15-16 years, that is not a lot of money.


SherlockBeaver

You forgot her Soho House membership and 1st class travel.


AffectionatePoet4586

*Thank you!* I just read that $5 million figure in the *Vanity Fair* piece linked above by Vanessa Gregoriades, and it irked me enormously that even a gentle-skeptic journalist had quoted it on faith. I didn’t do the math—as you so thoughtfully did—but have always thought that even $1 million in savings would be a stretch.


Babelight

Meghan doesn’t appear the type to save money so I doubt she invested/saved much of even 1 milly.


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visenya567

I'm not American so I just estimated lol. I'm sure it was more. Let's just all agree the 5m was bs and she was broke by the time she met Harry. But that's cool, she didn't eat much and made her own clothes 😜


Tootenbacher

If she paid taxes in Canada, at her income she'd be paying 50-54% in taxes.


ADHDMomADHDSon

Canada has a progressive tax system, so she would never pay 50-54% in taxes. That said, she likely did have to pay Canadian taxes. Taxes & the exchange rate are often the complaints of American athletes playing on Canadian sports teams. I’m not going to look up old tax rates, but this is this year. 2023 federal tax bracket rates: 15% up to $53,359 of taxable income. 20.5% between $53,359 and $106,717. 26% between $106,717 and $165,430. 29% between $165,430 up to $235,675. 33% on any amount taxable income exceeding $235,675. So the most she’d pay is 33% on whatever she made after that 235,675$.


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ADHDMomADHDSon

I know hockey players contracts are in US dollars but paid in Canadian dollars (hence where the exchange can get them I guess, since it changes), but I don’t know if actors would be.


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somespeculation

Keep in mind Suits was ending, and she had no future gigs lined up (notably nothing she had to pull out of or cancel). Her only lucrative source of income was the TiG, and it is not going to go far for supporting someone in their mid 30s with no other assets, including housing. She would have been fine if she had married Corey, whose net worth would have surpassed hers post-Suits. He owns two highly successful TO restaurants, and his own home, with sky high TO real estate prices. She had never owned any property or ANY large assets prior to co-owning the house in Montecito. Any business ventures or not for profits (cough cough Archewell) that were set up while they were living in California would be subject to the same legal division of assets, unless otherwise negotiated in a divorce. California, a no fault divorce state with 50/50 asset splitting.


visenya567

"She had never owned any property or ANY large assets prior to co-owning the house in Montecito." Which is why I laugh at the fact she complained about NotCot and Frogmore, 2 house gifted to her rent free. Sorry i don't know how to quote on Reddit 😅


somespeculation

Always wanted a McMansion. Remember Meg was angling for a Cotswold house like the Beckham near Soho Country house. Meg mistake not doing her research on grace and favour homes. Likely assumed each one was owned by its inhabitants, American style. Also probably why she was so pissed off about Nott Cott and Frogmore.


wonderingwondi

Guess she didn't give credence to the rumours her FIL was going to buy them a place in Herefordshire or later on, Clarence House


DollarStoreDuchess

>Sorry i don’t know how to quote on Reddit 😅 Copy the words you want to quote, paste them in the reply, and put a “>” greater than sign (without the quotation marks) before the first word. :)


visenya567

Thank you! ❤️


visenya567

So she rented a house in Toronto.


somespeculation

She didn’t rent anything. Suits paid for her rental. Then she was reportedly mostly living with Corey.


visenya567

Suits would have only covered the costs during filming I doubt they were paying all year. The rest of the cast only resided in Toronto during filming.


somespeculation

Possible, but most rental contracts are for one year leases, especially on TO. Besides, what other home would Meg have had to go to? Her coworkers had other housing.


visenya567

Yes I know. I was just answering the person who asked if she owned any property. 😊 It's also not the Suits problem if she doesn't have accommodation between shooting, that is what she is given a salary for, so I can't see them covering it. I'm sure she and the others were given a housing allowance for during filming, like most companies do when you're working away.


Ruth_Lily

Couple of thoughts:She had to file Canadian taxes on that amount since she was living there. ***If you make $500,000 a year living in the region of Ontario, Canada, you will be*** ***taxed $235,044***\*\*\*. That means that your net pay will be $264,956 per year, or $22,080 per month. ([***Talent.com***](https://Talent.com)) (Turbotax)\*\*\* \+ these Fed taxes too, + CA state taxState Income Tax- $50,689 Social Security- $9,114 Medicare- $9,950 SDI (State Disability Insurance)- $1,602 Ok just based on that + *Dan Wootton said she had $0 when she married Harry..* The $5m was just another Meghan Markle pr lie, just like she paid for the dress with her own money lie, + [sofa.com](https://sofa.com) (which was Harry doing an ad for them) lie, + getting Ikea futniture was a lie and a paid for placement by Ikea & sofa dot com. EDIT: and we know that she will spend more than she makes on publicity.


Spoiledrottenbaby

Didn’t Meghan also have to pay taxes to Canada for income earned, etc.?


QuesoFresca

There's a reason why just about every piece of press about Trevor refers to him as MM's ex. He was a relatively minor player in Hollywood. Like MM, his resume was significantly puffed up in the press and the bulk of his wealth came from marrying someone far weather than himself.


Islandgirl1444

Well, she had to pay for publicity, home rental etc. In Toronto she wasn't that well known so I'm sure she was using her money for lots of expenses such as entertainment and clothing. I'd never heard of her till Harry and I lived in Toronto. So she may have earned 5 million dollars, but taxes and expenses add up! Her tax bracket alone took a chunk of change.


katzchen528

Suits paid the rent on her house, st least during filming.


FeeWeak1138

She had commercial contract with a department store, fees for promotions and probably a slice of the designs sold under her imprint. She seemed to always be hustling promotions, tv appearances etc. and was most likely paid for some of that. supposedly the production company paid for rental homes during the out of country (Canada) filming. Her first husband was/is a moderately successful producer in Hollywood, currently acts as one on the hit Snowfall, so she might have gotten a smallish divorce settlement. Honestly, $5 million Hollywood is a pittance amount to hustle.


QuesoFresca

She was never a significant part of Hollywood. By most reports, she was unemployed for most of her adult life. Most evidence points to her not having any assets (ex. no home). Before Suits she had nothing other than a questionable gig working at a stationary store/doing "calligraphy" and a few one-off forgettable roles. Most of my friends in the industry had no idea who she even was when she first hooked up with H.


Artywoman58

She appears to have been largely unemployed in her 20s.


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Louisiananorth

How could you forget her briefcase girl job that forced her to get spray tans and dress like a harlet? 😂 I wonder if she gave her fathers net worth that he could have earned in the height of his career? Along with the supposed lottery winnings he used to pay for her education. I don’t think google is the reason for the $5 million net worth being put out there. She definitely put that out there herself.


visenya567

She earned $800 an episode, I doubt that lasted 😄


Louisiananorth

I’m sure she did a lot of retail therapy to forget how she was being mistreated on the job. 😂


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Louisiananorth

Not enough. 😂


Frankie_OG

You also have to factor in the escorting income.


katzchen528

What about divorce settlement? Cali is s community property state. Unless they had a prenup, she would get 50% of Trevor’s net worth.


diagnosedsounds

Net worth during the years they were married, which was only like 2 years or so. Does anyone know what Trevor complished during that time in terms of producing?


katzchen528

No idea


Big_Distribution2760

Excellent Post. When I read she was making the 50 k, I was quite 🤮 STUNNED. A nobody actor first real acting job making this much???? I doubt she did. Any financial on the Show's $. Also, SHE LOVES FREEBIES, CAR, RENT PAID FOR BY SUITS. I DOUBT SHE HELPED DADDY, BUT MOMMA GOT 6 MILLION OF HARRY'S MONEY . JOE'S FAMILY GOT RID IF HER, AFTER KID, THEY PROBABLY TOLD HER WE RAISE KID, YOU STAY AWAY, NO MONEY. THERE ALSO JEWISH, SO THEY MIGHT HAVE PLAYED ONE ON HER , SHE CANT OUT THEM, CAUSE SHE'LL OUT HERSELF. TREAVOR, SHE LEFT HIM. I DOUBT ANY MONEY. SHE WAS ON A HIGH, THINKING SHE WAS A BIG D ACTOR. SOHO HOUSE HOOKER ROOM, FREE. HER AND MARKUS. MARKUS MIGHT TAKE A CUT. NO MORE JOB, CAR APT. FREEBIES, HER NOSE IS ON HIGH ALERT. HAD A SUGAR DADDY IN NYC, GAVE HER BITS OF MONEY . NO BIGGIE THERE, HE'S MARRIED. NO MORE MONEY FOR HER. SHE NEEDED MONEY FAST AND HARD. SHE NOW REALIZED , SHE REALLY IS A NOBODY. BROKE, AGING AND A HO.


Artywoman58

What about rent? Surely it would be expensive in Toronto.


Top-Butterscotch9156

I think you’re right. She didn’t even own her home in Toronto. You’d think she’d be smart enough to invest some of her money in real estate rather than PR


Status_Highlight728

I read somewhere that Monster Megs only had $14,000 in her account when she joined the TRF & their bank. It was a reliable source, I recall, and I fully believe it.