Some celebrities, like Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z, don’t want to profit from the birth of their children. While others use their baby joy as an opportunity to pocket some easy cash.
As a new expectant mother, Jersey Shore’s Snooki is the latest celeb who’s cashing in on motherhood. As well as getting paid for news stories in US magazines, it’s thought that the Reality TV star could also earn up to $2million in endorsement deals when her little one actually arrives. E! Online also speculates that the tan-loving star could be in line to land her own post-Jersey Shore spin-off Reality show about bring up her baby.
E! also reports that Jessica Simpson has also been trying to rake in some money from her pregnancy, they claim she attempted to sell her first baby bump pictures and the first shots of her little girl for $750,000. Although that’s nothing compared to the reported $4-6million that Jennifer Lopez received for the first pictures of her twins Max and Emme.
There’s another set of lucrative celebrity twins. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie sold pictures of their twin Knox and Vivienne for in excess of $11million, although Brad and Ange were thought to have given the money to charity. Snooki has a long way to go before she makes that sort of cash!
Top ten most expensive baby snaps
The first pictures of celebrity babies can command huge sums, here’s Access Hollywood top ten most expensive baby snaps ever!
1. $11+ million – Knox Leon & Vivienne Marcheline (Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie)
2. $6 million – Max & Emme Anthony (Jennifer Lopez/Marc Anthony)
3. $4.1 million – Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt (Brad Pitt /Angelina Jolie)
4.$3 million – Levi Alves McConaughey (Matthew McConaughey/Camila Alves)
5. $2 million – Dannielynn Smith (Anna Nicole Smith/Larry Birkhead)
5. $2 million – Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt (Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt)
7. $1.5 million – Max Liron Bratman (Christina Aguilera/Jordan Bratman)
7. $1.5 million – Honor Marie Warren (Jessica Alba/Cash Warren)
9. $1 million – Harlow Winter Kate Madden (Nicole Ritchie/Joel Madden)
9.$1 million – Maddie Briann Aldridge (Jamie Lynn Spears/Casey Aldridge)