I actually watched this episode of VH1’s The Fabulous Life Of Beyonce and Jay Z, which aired on March 27th, so that you don’t have to watch it; but you still can if you can stand it, the video is below this post. I knew Jay Z and Beyoncé were rich, but that rich? Just imagine buying a $5 million engagement ring for your future wife, spend $170,000 just on flowers for your wedding, having a $1 million Mercedes van, with toilet and a $150,000 sound system, a collection of sport cars (including a $2,500,000 one) that you never drive, and more bling than the English Royal family? No I can’t see why anyone would need so many luxurious watches – including a Mille Tourbillon at $500,000 – and a gold necklace at $250,000!! Shall I continue? The couple literally bathes themselves in gold and diamonds and spends more money on themselves than a country’s gross domestic product. It is truly astonishing and plain disgusting because no woman should own $1,8 million emerald earrings or spend millions on her two-year-old child! $200,000 for a birthday party, really? How many balloons and cakes is that? Oh that’s true, they CELEBRATE themselves with private jet, penthouses at $1700 a night or even $20,000 (for this celebrity hotel in Paris). And they offer themselves birthday presents that could feed a third world country for a few years, like a $2 million Bugatti , a private island or a $40,000,000 private jet!!
The smallest details of their life are coated with luxury and super expensive items, why? Why do they need that much gold, these over-the-top vacations, why spending $350,000 for 5-days on a yacht, or $400,000 for a mansion in the Hamptons? Why do they need that many of everything? Because they can, they are the richest couple in the world, they are business people, they touch at everything and they apparently know what they are doing, as they probably make my annual salary in a few minutes. There are even more outrageous numbers thrown at your face during these loathsome 40 minutes, and I gave up a bit to make sense of all these numbers… I even think I vomited a bit in my mouth after watching this, it is an aberration, a culmination of what hyper self-centered people can do with their life. I don’t understand the lack of…. guilt? Have they totally inhibited this part of their brains? I also wanted to punch in the face a few of these commentators literally drooling all over the BayZ couple’s fantas-disgusting life
The last part of the show made me even more furious: They want us to believe that the power couple gives and gives away money! Remember that Walmart episode when Beyonce bought a $50 gift card to everyone there? I am not sure it was even coming from her pocket, and it was certainly more a promotion for her new album than a truly generous act. Plus, despite what Jay Z pretends, the Shawn Carter Foundation (founded in 2003 and dedicated to helping low-income students) is NOT giving a lot of money. According to the Washington Post ‘750 students have received awards totaling over $1.3 million in individual grants of $1,500 to $2,500’… $1 million in 10 years when your are worth a billion? The Washington Post reports that ‘In the most recent IRS 990 records for 2011, the foundation lists $802,425 in revenue, $132,819 in expenses and $141,357 given out in grants and services, leaving a reserve of $528,249.’ Couldn’t he do a bit better? His charity is not even listed among the top 15 celebrity charities rated by efficiency.
One last thing, Jay Z also owns a $2,500 pair of sneakers made with the skin of 9 different animals, elephant included, and only for this, he should be put in jail.
