Millie Bobby Brown still worries about money, despite her success
Millie Bobby Brown, the British actress, has shared how her American model husband – Jon Bon Jovi's son – is willing to spend hundreds of pounds on socks from Prada while she still worries about money.
The 21-year-old actress, who gained international recognition for playing Eleven in the Netflix science fiction series Stranger Things, said her modest upbringing in Bournemouth and later Florida left her with a cautious approach to finances.
She married Jake Bongiovi, 22, in May last year.
Appearing on the comedy podcast Call Me Daddy, hosted by American media personality Alexandra Cooper, she was asked 'who is more likely to splurge on a big purchase?'
She replied: 'My husband… I'll be like, 'I need socks' and he will be like 'let's go to Prada' and I'm like 'let's go to Target'.
'He is just like that kind of guy, he loves to go shopping.
'He will refuse to pack a suitcase because he likes to go shopping in the place we are going.
'Whereas I am like 'Amazon basics', I love that, when I do spend money, I have to call my parents, I have to think about it, I go back, I don't just buy it right away.'
She shared how she was reluctant to buy a pair of Chanel sunglasses even after she became successful and despite encouragement from her parents.
'To be transparent, I grew up with no money, did not grow up with money, so I have a money thing, where I get very conscious about money.'
Commenting on her childhood and later financial success, she said: 'We're a crazy family, we usually always lost the deposit on a rental.
'It was nice to just buy a house and be like 'let's paint the walls'.'
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