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OKAY OKAY OKAY, first a disclaimer.
All these auctions were for charidee, which justifies the outlandish amounts of money spent… nearly.
Jon Bon Jovi
“Have a nice day”, could be something JBJ might have said after a fan paid over €28,000 to meet him at one of his shows. That Slane show seems cheap by comparison. (Eric Reed/AP/Press Association Images)
Anna Wintour
Someone else paid nearly €22,000 to go to a single show at New York’s Fashion Week with none other than the editor-in-chief of Vogue, Anna Wintour. All that money to be told you have terrible fashion sense… (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Mike Tyson
Someone else spent €22,000 to watch a boxing match… with Mike Tyson. The same Mike Tyson who bit part of Evander Holyfield’s ear off. Nothing to be worried about there so… (Carlo Allegri/AP/Press Association Images)
Celine Dion
Nearly €23,000 would get you two tickets to see Celine Dion play Caesars Palace in Los Vegas. If that wasn’t enough (it really, really should be) the person even got to meet her afterwards. A two-night stay in a luxury suite was also included – the perfect amount of time to recover. (Frank Augstein/AP/Press Association Images)
Diddy
Who doesn’t want a one-hour meeting with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs? Okay, you can put your hands down now. After spending the first ten minutes going through a timeline of his different monikers and asking ‘why’ repeatedly, you could use the remaining 50 minutes lamenting the loss of the near €24,000 you paid for the unique opportunity. (TAMMIE ARROYO/AFF/EMPICS Entertainment)
Bono
Ok, we really need you to sit down for this one.VIP seats for a U2 show – check. The chance to meet Mr Bono backstage – check. A signed guitar – check. Paying nearly €161,000 for the privilege – cheque. (Markus Schreiber/AP/Press Association Images)
And finally…
Bill Clinton
Someone paid just over €61,000 to spend a day with Bill Clinton in New York City. In other news, this person probably had the best day of their lives hanging out with the ex-POTUS. (Gene J. Puskar/AP/Press Association Images)
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Seriously, why bother.They are only ego boosted humans.
Your brother Bill wouldn’t be impressed with the comment Mike!!
I’d meet with my fans for the cost of a few jars in Mulligan’s in Poolbeag Street
Fiver to meet the cast of tallafornia any takers!
A fiver? I couldn’t do it for less than €100 and a pair of earplugs.
Can I pay a fiver to avoid them?
Why is tyson considered a hero? He is a drug addicted, woman abuser and convicted rapist. What a lovely man.
Eamonn, all the druggies and women beaters want to meet their heros too :)
Bono’ s misses and kids must be broke if he charges that much.
He didn’t charge anything, your having a go at him for zero reason. It was charity auctions, if it had been just €100 euro raised Bono et al would have still honored the commitment
You obviously didn’t read the article.
28k to meet Bon Jovi? What’s he going to do…ask you for the receipt before he comes out of his dressing room? I wouldn’t open the curtains to see him if he was standing in the garden.
Imagine what would happen when its pay up time and u said to Tyson….. “Now u know I’m paying in butter vouchers” haaaaa,
If and a big IF money wasn’t an issue I think I’d love to hang out with bill c for weekend. I’d say he is great fun-imagine going pulling a few Sheila’s with him,oh the crack would be 90
I’m kind of glad Bono earned the most amount of money, being all about Charity I’m sure he was glad too. Makes you proud to be Irish :-)
You could make yourself a handy ?200 meeting the cast of fair city! I believe that’s what they’re paying to meet people these days..:)
Some people have far to much money and not enough sense.
Celine Dion has gone really downhill, she’s playing in a tapas bar in Malaga called Los Vegas these days apparently.
They’re all pretty cheap compared to Warren Buffet, he has being offering himself for an annual charity lunch for the last 12 years now. The auctions happen on ebay and are open to all. Back in June a man paid a cool $3.46m to have lunch with him, up on the previous years $2.6m. He’s raised over $14m for charity since he’s being doing it.
And Bono can only get $161,000, pah !
As long as it’s charity,,,,, then the more the better.
How much would the single, or married men, that post here pay to spend the the day with the lovely Michelle Hennessey? What do ya mean Michelle’s booked out? Alright then I’ll spend the day chilling with that Bono lad then Mr agent…….
Wouldn’t spend anything nor waste my time on this sort of trivial nonsense
Or night
Hw much would anyone pay to spend the day with Enda..?
Hey, it’s a way of making money. You’d do it too if someone offered you 20k to spend time with you. An odd business, but a business all the same.
Oh and editors, it’s ‘Las Vegas’
CHARITY.
The bit about Diddy was brilliant. Just brilliant. Well done Mr/Ms Business Insider.
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