Aug 21 2007Lauren Conrad is overpaid

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E! Online’s Answer Bitch provided a ball-park estimate of reality star incomes, including Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag from MTV's series The Hills:

Well, Lauren "L.C." Conrad does get to operate ongoing hot war with Heidi Montag in the pages of Us Weekly every week, free of charge. If that's not a fine compensation, I don't know what is. Oh, wait. Yes, I do. How about an estimated $10,000 to $25,000 per episode? That's the general industry range for top reality stars such as Conrad, Montag, wannabe K-Fed or Spencer Pratt.

Lauren Conrad makes ten to fifteen grand for sipping lattes, talking on her phone and teaching teenage girls how to butcher the English language. I, on the other hand, receive no compensation for being so unbelievably sexy that my looks actually fight cancer. There is no God.

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First!

She's a whore

Who the HELL is Lauren Conrad? and what in the fuck is The Hills? Who the hell are these fucking people???!!

I'd pee on her.

agreed jrz.

I did pee on her wackingboy .. She seemed to like it !!

Hahahahhahaha!!!

I can't believe she makes that much per ep..... what is the world coming to? :/

I do not know who these people are
but I hate them

She's too young to be that sloppy and out of shape.

Don't watch it. Don't give a shit about this skank. Fag Perez eats up that shit, so you know it sucks ass.

If there is no God, then I shouldn't worry about the death penalty after murdering such whores, right?

Or, better, in the next life, she's me, and sits behind a computer all day getting under-compensated for using her brain, and I get to cavort on the beach getting paid to do nothing. MU HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....... wait... I have better boobs now...

Looks like a clip out of Mr. Rogers neighborhood.(hence puppets)

All these chics need now is the tramp target logos on their ass backs.

Who the hell watches mtv anymore anyways?

#9----- Get Real!

I love bashing the ass wipes on this site, but, besides the fact that until now I had no idea who these chicks are, saying they are out of shape is crazy!

Let's just call them looser sluts who have no other options than this, and after this is over, betcha we see a Playboy spread.

After that..........obscurity.

My kids watch the hills and I still don't know who she is.

I dont know about y'all... but I'd hit it in a sec. Then bust all over Veggi's face and neck. That's HoTT!

life just isn't fair, is it?

I had to look them up. If you look at "the hills" under wikipedia, wherever you find the word bullshit, it was my fantastically brilliant addition to the online encyclopedia.

Oh, and 15, YOU'RE A STUMPLICKER.

Then I'd take jrzymom's hand and stick it up my ass and then suck on my fingers while Biteme and Frist open their mouths to drink my cumjuices.

Let's see...

We live in a society where:

-Paramedics earn roughly $10 hourly
-Police officers earn $30k annually
-Nurses earn $45k annually
-School teachers earn $35k annually
-Spencer fucking Pratt earns $10-25k per episode?

Gotta love America!!

THERE IS NO GOD!

-ringworm

life seriously isnt fair! she does nothing all day & is on a completely fake & scripted HORRIBLE soap opera & she makes that much money... if i controlled the tv industry, there would be absolutely no reality tv at all... & all the stars would be taking "slut lessons & how to care for stds" from paris hilton... like they should be now.

Never heard of her.

if I could stick someone's whole hand up my ass i would probably keep that to myself.

Has anyone else noticed that this Lauren chick's eyes always look as though she's been crying? (in pics where she's not wearing sunglasses).

Anyway, I think she's probably underpaid considering how much MTV probably makes off this show.

Yet again...

After seeing these tw@ts, I am thankful I don't have cable...

And I have to ask, am I the only one who still remembers when MTV played music videos?

#24 Maybe she's just stoned

23- good point. And it looks as though the jackass has resumed the whole "lets see if I can suck my own dick" trial again. Keep it up fuckbucket. Try removing one of your ribs. In fact, try taking out all of them. When your retarded comments no longer appear, we'll all know you finally succeeded.

Another scrawny, too hippy, robot with nothing on their minds but themselves. (YAWN).

I miss the days of Russ Meyer and overly yet naturally boobalicious babes.

#3 jrzmommy -

That was my next question. What is the Hills, is it just another OC, One Tree abortion and waste of celluloid?

to all the commenters who claim to NOT know who these people are..... where the fuck have you been? do you live under a rock? i didnt know you could receive internet access under rocks... and since you have the internet... and clearly have read this entry... where the hell did you learn reading comprehension? it clearly says "lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag from the MTV reality series The Hills." from that one might assume that the girls pictured are named lauren conrad and heidi montag and that they are from a fucking MTV reality show called the Hills.

stop tryin to be cool and come up with a better fucking comment.

sorry but ive just been really disappointed with this site lately... and SOME of the comments. lame lame lame lame.

lets make fun of their hair.. or how completely ridiculous they are... knowledge is everything my friends... so keep up with the world around you. watch the fucking lame ass show, so you can have something witty to comment with.

Well those paychecks kind of make up for our harshing, don't they? Let's see, if I had THEIR job, I would only have to work 3-4 days a year. Yes, that sucks rocks in a major way.

Sorry hon, I cause "having a life" fot in the way of my "The Hills" worship. Nice to know you don't have the same problem. Freak.

#30... Is that you Heidi ?

im not saying the hills is something you all should run out and watch, hell, i dont even think its worth being mentioned at all... but seriously... come up with some better fucking comments.

and yes... i know someone is going to be like "this is the superficial, we make fun of people, blah blah blah." but by leaving completely moronic comments, it makes you just as bad as the celebs you are making fun of.

either you follow celebs and therefore have something witty and actually funny to say about them, or you completely dispise them and you should just get the fuck over making fun of them cuz you just make an ass out of yourselves.

TO: Lil Princess - nice fucking name -

Maybe we have better things to do than watch MTV (ahem) "reality shows."

D'ja ever think of that? And it's much cooler under this rock with the centipedes and the REAL living things, as opposed to the fake vapid things that you seem to love so much.

A bunch of nobodies, doing a show watched by a bunch of even worse nobodies. Oh, and cool is not "tried;" cool just "is." What are you?

(Picks up book and continues reading)

#34 I have no problem making fun of celebs but I have trouble caring about someone who is obviously only important to 15 year old girls. The problem is the post, not the comments. Give me someone actually famous or interesting and I will rip them to shreds. give me shit like this and I give you a great big MEH.

#34
"them cuz you just make an ass out of yourselves. "

Kinda like you are doing?????

Well considering MTV makes a few million an eppisode in advertising I'd say Lauren isn't getting that great a deal. Those reality shows cost nothing to produce and can make big bucks in advertising, so paying LC $10,000 an eppisode is really not much at all. Most WB stars make 10 times that an eppisode.

#3 - www.wikipedia.org

#29 - you'd think so, but no...The Hills is a 'reality' show on MTV not an unintentionally hilarious teen soap like One Tree Hill

@36. i completely agree... as i stated in my last comment... this shit isnt even worth mentioning!

the Superficial... just like the rest of the sad reality TV show obsessed world... has fallen under the idea that these people are "celebrities".

@35... douchebag refill? why yes... i completely understand you making fun of my name, since you are such an original, witty individual. good luck reading that book with those excellent reading comprehension skills you possess.

39 - Keep it coming princessa, I can go all day....

This coming from a kizzunt who watches (ahem) "reality shows" and claims that WE have no originality. Hmmmm Douchebag Refill vs. Lil Princess. Yeah I'd rather be a douchebag, because princesses cry like Lil Babies. (bwaaaaahhhh!)

Ciao for now, til the next time, cow!

I feel so fortunate that Lil Princess blessed us with her presence today.
She has clarified most all comments and actually provided some background on what we were commenting on.Go figure.
I find it quite comforting to take advice from a twelve year old especially one with this much brilliant in site.

I thought the kids were back in school already?

#41-----

She's playing hookey so she can stay home and watch MTV.

42. now that was actually kinda funny.


as for the dirty douchebags of the world.... assume your lives away. just remember... assuming makes an ASS out of U not ME.

43 - Bwaaa ha ha ha

It's good to know that although you're an ass, you get 1,000,000 points for the "Odd Couple" reference. You may be cooler than I thought.

BUT I think this is not the Lil Princess, I think it's a troll using your name.

Just brilliant.
Speaking of dirty ass douches - Lil princess could use a valium good horse fuckin...

Please return tomorrow so we can get the run down on tonights mtv programming and some more wonderful adolescent advice.

Thank you very much.

(yawn)

That sounds like a fair amount.

Psh.

the show is really popular so it makes sense. why does everyone on this site have to go on and on about how they have never heard of these ppl? If you read and comment on sites like the superficial then you are probably pretty up to date with who these ppl are.

awwww c'mon douchebag! im not so into commenting on the superficial that i am lucky enough to have a troll yet. gosh!! gimme at least some credit!


as for 45. i'll take the valium... you can have the horse fucking... consider it a peace offering.

OMG the Answer Bitch is laughable and apparently doesn't read her own quotes. Big Brother pays $50K PER SEASON. That's roughly $2K per episode & that is network TV.
I can 100% guarantee you that MTV doesn't pay $10-25K per episode to ANYONE on that channel on ANY show. 'Reality' shows are non-union and thus the minimum wages don't apply. In addition, $10-25K is a big salary for a no-name actor in the first 5 years of a shows run on NETWORK TV much less cable.
Complete non-story.

...papa bear's right... the answer bitch is a moron... i too can guaran-damn-tee you that not one of those reality "stars" is making even close to $10k per ep... what she is mindlessly quoting is the Network (ABC, NBC, CBS, fox) Minimum wage, which is 10k per ep. for stuff like show host, and $25k per episode for actors on sitcoms & dramas... syndication (CW) is much less... cable (HBO, MTV, etc) are at the bottom of the pay scale ladder... they might make about $2k per episode/week... and that's still WAY too much money to pay some vapid asshole to be on some poor excuse for a television show that only a few retards watch.

...oh, and "lil' princess" ;
your opening remarks were clearly taking shots at the commenters because they "had no idea" who these nobodies are.. THAT is what most of the counter-attack comments were in response to... and i agree with them... i'm in TV and if i did'nt read this site (and watch "the soup") i would have no fucking clue who the hell these people are... and, sure, i read the captions, and you know what? i STILL have no clue who they are or why they're famous... all i know is they're some losers on a reality show i've heard of in passing... sure, you also made some comments about; "my point is; stop leaving lame posts", but, that was'nt your point at first... your initial remark was based on the fact most people had'nt heard of these nobodies... and that does make you kind of a douchebag...if i may say so.

30 - HAHAHAH "knowledge"??? Excuse me?? if you are getting your knowledge by keeping up with the MTV world then you are the one missing out. Heidi and LC are hardly celebrities, they just get paid to prance around and have everything handed to them. I watch this for kicks (yes i admit it), but no one is missing anything by not watching it.

Lil princess is spot on. i friggen hate these ppl that write 20 comments such as "uhh never heard of them, who are they", why are you commenting on something you know nothing about?? go read another post-- and you say you have better things to do than watch the top rated mtv series this year-- yet you are on a celeb blog site?? wtf. seriously go away if you cant follow what is going on.

furthermore, i love this comment: hahah

"it clearly says "lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag from the MTV reality series The Hills." from that one might assume that the girls pictured are named lauren conrad and heidi montag and that they are from a fucking MTV reality show called the Hills. "


Well...I think Lauren is pretty. That other girl has really thin lips. Gross.

I also have no shame in knowing who they are.

52. "kayla" (and vicariously "Lil Princess"): ok, agreed, it is stupid to post a simple ass comment like that. But, I have to watch every stupid fucking show on TV to "follow what is going on"? Don't be a jackass all your life. Sure, this is a celebrity/pop-culture gossip site. But these people are NEITHER. Contrary to your asinine ground rules, I'll save that part of my brain that "pays attention in class" for real celebrities and pop-culture phenomenon. Not every flash-in-the-pan-forgotten-in-15-minutes wannabe who comes along. I'll leave that to people like you who obviously have their priorities straight and lots of leisure time (moronic teenagers, the mentally challenged, and unemployed losers). I say; if you don't attain at least Johnny Fairplay or New York level of fame, you're unworthy of any recognition. Period. And in the words of Eric Cartman; "suck my balls."

Don't get me wrong, I love the Superficial, but this whole debate on whether we should know the identity of some little reality show twat, is a truly sad commentary of the times we live in. Who gives a rats ass about some chick who no one will remember in a couple years? Honestly?

The following reflects our obsession with TV...

"Recent studies have revealed disturbing data about our country’s understanding of how its government works. A survey of 1213 adults conducted by Zogby International last year showed that only 42% could name the three branches of the federal government. Moreover, while 77% of those surveyed could identify two of Snow White’s seven dwarfs, only 24% could name two current Supreme Court Justices."

(www.michiganlawreview.org/firstimpressions/vol106/martin.htm)

"A survey released several weeks ago by the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum found that less than one percent of adults who responded to a national poll could identify the five rights protected by the First Amendment—freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly and the right to petition the government. On the other hand, more than half (52%) of the respondents could name at least two of the characters in the animated Simpson television family, and 20% could name all five. And although half could name none of the freedoms in the First Amendment, a majority (54%) could name at least one of the three judges on the TV program American Idol, 41% could name two and one-fourth could name all three…

But it gets worse. Many who responded to the survey had a strange conception of what was in the First Amendment. For example, 21% said the “right to own a pet” was listed someplace between “Congress shall make no law” and “redress of grievances.” Some 17% said that the First Amendment contained the “right to drive a car,” and 38% believed that “taking the Fifth” was part of the First Amendment. Think about this for a moment. How could James Madison, who depended on horses for transportation in his day, have placed the “right to drive a car” in the First Amendment?"

(http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=394)

Isn't your compensation for being so unbelievably sexy that your looks actually fight cancer, all the amazing ass you get from the chicks that faint at the site of your bulging muscles ripping through your shirt that you have to actually buy new shirts everyday?

wait.. i guess buying new shirts everyday kind of counteracts the compensation...

you're right, there is no god.

55 murph

Your comment was very nice, albeit long, but I like long intelligent comments. Makes me feel good about realing the constitution. YEah, the gov't is being run like a side show, but I STILL like to know what our "rights" are, even if they get infringed upon on occasion.

Sometimes I get weepy reading what those gentlemen wrote not so long ago.

Stinky gets props too and "kayla" all I can say is that is the one name I hate most in the world, next to Jayden, Jessica, and Ashley. It's such a "oh my god, my name is so original." Makes me think of big-haired mall rats who wear Von Dutch shirts cuz they're cool, not knowing WHO Von Dutch is nor how he felt about non-whites (he disliked them, he's a douche, but a brilliant artist).

by contrast, Valyrie is one of the coolest names ever (no sarcasm, i'm serious)
to me, Kayla will always be a stripper name.
we can combine our images.
she's a airhead mallrat by day, and a trashy stripper at night...the good news is, she'll probably become a cokehead, eventually getting fired from the club, reduced to selling blowjobs to support her habit, and dead from an OD in a year.
yup, that's you Kayla.
which would explain why you have so much time to watch MTV.

Lil Princess,

See comment # 19. What is your reply to that? Just curious.

57 - Valkyrie

Sorry bout the length...I couldn't figure out how to really abbreviate it without losing the entire point. Unfortunately, intelligence has become a lost art, much like cross-stitch. *shrugs* Having read your comment about Von Dutch I remembered something he said that now smacks with irony...

"I make a point of staying right at the edge of poverty. I don't have a pair of pants without a hole in them, and the only pair of boots I have are on my feet. I don't mess around with unnecessary stuff, so I don't need much money. I believe it's meant to be that way. There's a 'struggle' you have to go through, and if you make a lot of money it doesn't make the 'struggle' go away. It just makes it more complicated. If you keep poor, the struggle is simple. " (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Dutch#Von_Dutch_Corporation)

And now some fashion designer is making MILLIONS off his name catering to stupid rich twats, like the ones pictures above.

lauren's a bytch. Lil Princess aka kayla if theres anything more annoying than people that diss on celebs, its people like you, who try to outsmart everyone with your ridiculous comebacks. Obviously you dont get enough verbal stimulation at home to be able to control your need to argue and be annoying. you cant control the internet.

anyways, i love heidi but despise lauren. Shes annoying and has no friends.

@59... my response to comment 19... it makes me really sad. these lil twats drive around in mercedes, have awesome internships, get paid outrageously for partying their lives away... and im going to college full time, working full time at a decent paying high-stress job just to be able to afford going to school and i cant afford to live on my own so im forced to live with roommates that distract me from the more important things in my life. believe me when i say that i hardly have time to sit down and watch stupid shows about people that i couldnt care less about... but occasionally i do get a moment to relax, but i dont know which shows to watch (except Big Love, i tivo that shit) so i channel surf and i end up on MTV and i watch a few moments of the stupid hills but i end up getting jealous and decide to take my boxer for a walk instead of watching anymore annoying TV.

oh and 58... stiny... strippers dont get fired for being cokeheads... its actually encouraged.

and Kayla... thanks, i thought it was pretty funny too. but i guess these other fools can dish shit out but cant laugh at themselves. you know, cuz they are just way to fucking cool. hahaha bitches.

@62

I appplaud your response. Very well thought out and intelligent. I also applaud your ability to go to school full-time and work to pay for it, while putting up with roommates. Trust me, dear, it gets better. I went through all that shit, well, sans the roommates (I was able to get a really, really cheap renthouse by myself), and now I can look back at all that crap and laugh before I start each day.

I appreciate your choice to be a contribution to society.

Are you kidding? This country is fucked. It really is.
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Lauren Conrad pics

This show is soo freaking awesome :)
I looooov it !
But im SO jealous of Lauren & Audrina....
their freaking gorgeous ! =)

I love lauren....stop your bitchin please?

All this trash really begs the question? If these talking twats are getting paid this much, who is watching this show, and why????

Are people honestly that stupid to think this show is 'REAL'? And if people didn't watch it, then maybe these idiots wouldn't be on all the mags weekly?

10-15K per episode??? And you actually wonder why the Taliban wants us all dead, really??? Clearly there are 'infidels' among us, if these shows have an audience!

Unfortunately you suck. Perez is way better. Stop hating on Lauren b/c shes on her shit. You get on yours.

US magazine confirmed that LC made $10,200 per episode last year and this year $22,000 per episode. The show is estimated to make MTV $38 million for 2008. Lauren Conrade will be getting a small share (1%) of gross revenue making her average to really be about $47,000 per show. She is worth it as she is milking money for MTV

i cant believe i actually got sucked in to reading these stupid ass posts for 15 minutes

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