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The Sun
30-05-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Celeb Traitors star Tom Daley reveals surprising amount he earned as a professional Team GB diver
OLYMPIC champion Tom Daley opened up on what he was paid while representing Team GB at international competitions. The retired diver, 31, has won five Olympic medals, including one gold, for Britain but earned below £30,000 for his efforts. 4 4 4 Tom, who is starring in the upcoming series of Celebrity Traitors revealed his Olympic salary during an interview on The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X. Chris put the question to him about his wages and Tom explained there was a specific structure. "Well, kind of but it depends on how good you are. There are tiers so if you qualify for the major of the year then you get a certain amount and if you come in the top eight you get more," he said. "Then if you win an Olympic medal you get to the top tier which I think is twenty-seven a year." Chris reacted to the amount saying: "That's all you get for being a gold medallist, that's rubbish." The dad-of-two explained that he was able to earn a decent living thanks to sponsorship and endorsements, adding that athletes who don't have the same opportunities needed more support. "I'm really fortunate to have had the sponsors and that kind of stuff," he said. "But that's kind of part of the reason why you see athletes doing brand partnerships for that reason." Tom went on: " But not everyone gets the opportunity to do that which is why athletes probably need more support in that sense." The radio hosts argued "it was not a lohit of money for being best in the world." "It's not a lot of money at all. Because you became famous fairly quickly, as in you were obviously diving since you were three years old or something crazy, but you've got all that fame, and you are earning twenty-seven grand a year," Chris said. "Which ain't shabby but you must have been the poorest famous person in Britain for a while." In another interview on Heart radio, Tom revealed he had done no diving since his retirement last year and can't even sit by a pool when he's on holiday with husband, Oscar-winner Dustin Lance-Black and their kids. "You know what I spent my whole life in a pool, so my idea of going on holiday and sitting in a pool is just, it's not the same. It's not the same," he told hosts Jamie Theakston and Zoe Hardman. 4
Washington Post
27-05-2025
- Business
- Washington Post
Thunder's second chance at a ‘Big Three' is on the NBA Finals doorstep
MINNEAPOLIS — Getting a young star trio in the NBA to reach its full potential is a precarious and delicate business, part Jenga tower and part ship in the bottle. With only one basketball, someone must sacrifice. With nine-figure contracts and endorsement deals at stake, those sacrifices carry major consequences. With rival teams capable of offering more shots and more visibility to talented sidekicks, the sacrifices become a tougher sell as the years pass. After all, second fiddles and third wheels grow up dreaming of being first, and they tend not to let go of that dream once they've tasted success.
The Guardian
19-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Trump claims without evidence that celebrities were paid to endorse Harris
Donald Trump laced into a few celebrities who endorsed Kamala Harris in late night and early morning screeds on Monday, saying he would investigate them to see if they were paid for the endorsements – repeating a common refrain on the right about the star-studded list of Harris supporters. 'How much did Kamala Harris pay Bruce Springsteen for his poor performance during her campaign for president?' Trump posted in all caps on Truth Social at 1.34am Monday. 'Why did he accept that money if he is such a fan of hers? Isn't that a major and illegal campaign contribution? …And how much went to Oprah, and Bono???' He said he would 'call for a major investigation' into the issue, claiming Harris was illegally paying for endorsements 'under the guise of paying for entertainment' and that these efforts artificially boosted her campaign and crowds. 'IT'S NOT LEGAL! For these unpatriotic 'entertainers,' this was just a CORRUPT & UNLAWFUL way to capitalize on a broken system,' Trump wrote. On Monday morning, he expanded his claims and said without evidence that Beyoncé was paid $11m to walk on stage and endorse Harris without performing. 'This is an illegal election scam at the highest level! It is an illegal campaign contribution! Bruce Springsteen, Oprah, Bono and, perhaps, many others, have a lot of explaining to do!!!' Trump wrote in all caps. Trump is increasingly using the US justice department to carry out his retribution agenda, directing it to investigate his opponents and end investigations into his allies. These moves have led some legal experts to call the department Trump's 'personal law firm'. Trump, a frequent courter of celebrities, has recently taken aim at several high-profile performers who endorsed or otherwise supported Harris. After Bruce Springsteen spoke out strongly against the Trump administration for its stripping of freedoms, Trump called the New Jersey icon a 'dried out 'prune' of a rocker'. Before that, he wrote on Truth Social wondering whether 'anyone noticed that, since I said 'I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,' she's no longer 'HOT?'' The law does not ban candidates from paying for endorsements, the Federal Election Commission told the factchecking outlet Verify in 2022. Though, candidates could run into trouble if they don't specifically list that an expenditure to a campaign was in exchange for an endorsement. The claims that Harris paid celebrities to endorse her are not new, but Trump didn't offer any evidence to support them. The Harris campaign has denied it paid anyone to endorse her, and the celebrities involved have also denied they were paid for an endorsement. Campaign finance reports show Oprah's production company, Harpo, was paid $1m for a town hall event by the Harris campaign, while Beyoncé's production company was paid $165,000. Oprah has strenuously denied being paid any money to endorse Harris. She wrote on Instagram that she 'was not paid a dime' but that 'the people who worked on that production needed to be paid. And were. End of story.' Her company brought in set design, lights, cameras, crew, producers, benches, chairs – anything required to carry out the event, she said. Tina Knowles, Beyoncé's mother, posted about false claims circulated by the rightwing media personality Candace Owens about Beyoncé getting paid to endorse. 'The lie is that Beyonce was paid 10 million dollars to speak at a rally in Houston for Vice President Kamala Harris. When In Fact : Beyonce did not receive a penny for speaking at a Presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harrris's Rally in Houston. In fact she actually paid for her own flights for her and her team, and total Glam,' Knowles wrote. The Harris campaign told Deadline after the 2024 election that campaign finance laws required them to pay for some costs of a performance, like travel or production, but that the campaign had never paid a fee to artists or performers who appeared on the campaign trail. A campaign spokesperson told the outlet the campaign had followed all campaign finance laws 'religiously'.
South China Morning Post
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Trump calls to probe Kamala Harris' celebrity endorsements from Beyoncé, Oprah during election
US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would launch a 'major investigation' into his 2024 election rival Kamala Harris over celebrities who backed her failed run for the White House. Advertisement 'Candidates aren't allowed to pay for ENDORSEMENTS, which is what Kamala did, under the guise of paying for entertainment,' he posted on social media. 'I am going to call for a major investigation into this matter.' Harris sought to harness star power from celebrities such as Beyoncé and Oprah Winfrey in the election race. Oprah Winfrey appears during a campaign rally for Kamala Harris in November 2024 in Philadelphia. Photo: AP Winfrey defended a US$1 million payment to her production company from the Harris campaign to covers costs associated with the talk show legend hosting the presidential candidate. Advertisement Harris's team, meanwhile, denied rumours that she paid pop megastar Beyoncé US$10 million to appear at a rally.
Malay Mail
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Malay Mail
Trump targets Beyoncé, Oprah, Springsteen in call for investigation into Kamala Harris endorsements
WASHINGTON, May 19 — US President Donald Trump said today he would launch a 'major investigation' into his 2024 election rival Kamala Harris over celebrities who backed her failed run for the White House. 'Candidates aren't allowed to pay for ENDORSEMENTS, which is what Kamala did, under the guise of paying for entertainment,' he posted on his Truth Social platform. 'I am going to call for a major investigation into this matter.' Harris sought to harness star power from celebrities such as Beyoncé and Oprah Winfrey in the election race. Winfrey defended a US$1 million payment to her production company from the Harris campaign to covers costs associated with the talk show legend hosting the presidential candidate. Harris's team, meanwhile, denied rumours that she paid pop megastar Beyoncé US$10 million to appear at a rally. The Harris campaign listed one endorsement-related expenditure for US$75 in its financial reports to an environmental advocacy group. Trump, who won the election comfortably, received scant support from the entertainment industry at large but tapped into a targeted subset of well-known, hypermasculine influencers including podcast host Joe Rogan. The president today took aim at Beyoncé, Winfrey and Bruce Springsteen, accusing Harris of paying the legendary rock star to perform at a rally in Georgia weeks before the election. 'How much did Kamala Harris pay Bruce Springsteen for his poor performance during her campaign for president?' he wrote. 'Why did he accept that money if he is such a fan of hers?' Trump last week took to Truth Social to feud with Springsteen after the star told a British concert audience that his homeland is now ruled by a 'corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.' In return, the 78-year-old Republican said the star, nicknamed 'the Boss,' is 'Highly Overrated.' Springsteen is an outspoken liberal critic of Trump and turned out for Harris after she replaced Democratic president Joe Biden in his abandoned reelection bid. — AFP
