Being rich comes with a lot of upsides. The most obvious one is that you can pretty much buy whatever you want to without having to ask if you really need it. And while this does lead to a life of little to no real stress, it can also lead to some weird decisions. But hey, I guess if you’ve got the money, there’s no real reason to discourage yourself from getting even the most ridiculous of items, right?
Let’s take a look at some of the weird stuff that celebrities have bought with their vast wealth.
Lady Gaga – Ghost Detector
There’s apparently this thing where Lady Gaga is terribly frightened of a ghost named Ryan and she goes to great lengths to make sure she’s not being haunted. One of the steps she’s taken towards not having a ghost in her house was buying a $47,000 ghost detector. We should note that this only detects ghosts, it doesn’t actually make them go away. Not sure how that helps Lady Gaga.
Nicholas Cage – Haunted Mansion
Another celebrity obsessed with ghosts, Nic Cage went the entirely opposite way. Instead of trying to avoid the ghosts, he just bought a haunted house. Sadly, he lost it over a decade ago due to foreclosure but there was a good 3 year period where Nic Cage was the proud owner of a haunted mansion in New Orleans.
Paris Hilton – 325k Dog House
We know Paris Hilton loves her dogs and has a lot of money but this is kind of wacky. She actually got a dog house made that’d mimic her own house, including miniature designer furniture, and I guess that’s how you end up with a price tag that could literally get you an actual house.
Mike Tyson – Bengal Tiger
Mike Tyson is another one of those celebrities where the weird purchases just pile up, but the weirdest one is always going to be his bengal tiger. He didn’t get just the one, though. In his bankruptcy files it was shown that Mike bought two white bengal tigers and paid a decent sum of money on a trainer for them.
Elton John – Flowers
I know, I know. You’re probably thinking flowers aren’t all that weird, are you? Well, Elton loves flowers so much that in a lawsuit against his former manager it turned out that back in the 90’s, Elton once spend two days at a flower shop and ended up buying £293,000 worth of them. Must’ve made that florist’s entire career.
Kim Basinger – A Town
Where most of us mortals are trying to get the financial stability to buy a single house, Kim Basinger had the wonderful idea during her peak fame to spend all that money on buying the town of Braselton, Georgia. Her plans were to turn it into a tourist attraction with a whole bunch of stuff, but it wasn’t even four years later when Basinger sold the town again for a fraction of what she paid for it.
Tom Cruise – A Sonogram Machine
Tom Cruise isn’t exactly the most normal person around but we all seem to respect him a great deal. I mean, the man’s about 60 years old now and he still looks great and does his own stunts. That said, he is quite a few cards short of a full deck. When Katie Holmes was pregnant with Suri, he got a bit overprotective and bought an actual sonogram machine for his house. I’m not sure Tom is qualified to use that.
