MTV “The Hills” Salary Dispute: “The Hills” Salaries Revealed
How much does MTV pay the stars of its smash unscripted series The Hills? Lauren Conrad earns $75,000 per episode-and that’s a fact that has left some of her series co-stars seething, a new In Touch Weekly scoop claims.
“The only reason LC gets paid more than anyone else is because she demanded in her original contract that no one could ever get paid more than her.”
“The salaries are based on who people care about watching more,” says a mole. “If you bring drama, you’ll get more money.”
Fashion forward LC is expected to earn $1.4 million for the complete fourth season of The Hills. Let’s see how much her castmates earn.
Heidi Montag: $65,000 per episode ($1.25 million per year)
Spencer Pratt: $65,000 per episode ($1.25 million per year)
Audrina: $35,000 per episode ($665,000 annually)
Whitney: $20,000 per episode ($380,000 per season)
Brody: $10,000 per episode ($190,000 a year)
Lauren “Lo”: $10,000 per episode ($190,00 for The Hills Season 4)
Stephanie: $8,000 per episode ($152,00 for Season 4)
Frankie: $0
Written by Castina on August 22nd, 2008 | Tagged as: MTV,The Hills,TV,TV News
On October 28th 2008, Lauren wrote:
That is just the "base-salary". The real money comes with merchandising etc.. So basically, the main character earns approx. 5 million per year. That should really disgust you.
On November 24th 2008, Matthew Stankiewicz wrote:
I think it is great that they are making all of that money. You pepole arethe reason why they get paid what they do
On December 6th 2008, Judd wrote:
Stop bitching about it. If you don't like it, don't watch it. Also, if you were interesting or pretty enough, you might actually get paid that much on your own show.
To each their own, and guess what, it's pretty interesting.
So stop complaining and spending time on this site, and go get a job so you can get paid too.
On December 15th 2008, Snap back to reality wrote:
I think that celebrities in general make money by doing nothing but the people in general that works their *ss off and breaking every inch of their nails and sweating don't make enough. It'll take the hard-working people 100 years just to earn millions. I think it's really pathetic and disgusting how celebrities earn their salary… :(
On December 23rd 2008, RUTH wrote:
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RETARDED!!! THEY DON'T HAVE 3 BRAIN CELLS COMBINED, HOW HARD COULD LIFE BE MAKING THAT MUCH MONEY?!
THEY SHOULD BE DOING A LOT FOR CHARITIES.
On December 23rd 2008, RUTH wrote:
I DON'T WATCH THE SHOW AT ALL SIMPLY FOR THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT INTERESTING. I KNOW PLENTY OF PRETTY AND INTERESTING PEOPLE, SO I CHALK IT UP TO LUCK AND THE CRAP POP CULTURE THEY ARE FEEDING YOUNGER GENERATIONS.
On February 27th 2009, Aicha wrote:
I actually never watched the show online. I think the show is one of the most creative solutions for having no format to think of or lines to come up with. It's brilliant. So, the one who owns the idea is the real smart one.
As of the cast. They were asked sometime to join the show. The accepted and probably didn't know whether it would be a success or not. What strikes me most is that they actually are already rich. They don't have any obstacles, struggles or real challenges to make me want to watch every show.
I was ill last week so watched a couple of episodes on MTV website. You must be very conscious about yourself and confident to let so many camera's follow you around while you 'really' are living your life.
Brilliant, but would like to have this format for your latina's moving to a big city with no dime but a job, school and wanting to really make a difference in life.
Cheers,
Aicha
On March 26th 2009, Jim wrote:
The Hills is the most mindless waste of time on TV…. Idiots
On April 24th 2009, ItellyouwhatIthink wrote:
I hate looking at these damn people everytime I go check out at the grocery store. I don't watch these stupid show or finance their lifestyle.
On September 29th 2009, Ramubay wrote:
I didn't even realize they were paid for this. What's really disgusting is there are actually people who watch this. That's mind-boggling. Also that show with all the kids. 200 stations and that's the best someone can find? Don't think so.
On May 25th 2010, Sasha wrote:
Yea I agree it is sad that some people have to work so hard to get money. I currently don’t have a job, so I know what its like to go without money and such. But that doesn’t mean that they are disgusting. It just means that they put themselves out there. They get ridiculed every day because of the things they do so I guess you could say, that all the stuff people say about them should earn them money. I know that if I was going to be on a reality show to be made fun of that I better be getting paid really good for it. I wouldn’t act like like they do if I wasn’t getting paid for it. I mean come on, you can’t expect them to wanna make enemies with most people in America for no price do you?
On July 15th 2010, JC wrote:
What is shocking is how many of you point out you didn’t watch it but your commenting. Stop complaining. Your obviously interested in the show if your reading this article and commenting. They are no different than professional sport people and their salaries. The bottom line is you make a lot of money on tv. This is to be expected. What we can hope is that they have a charity that some of their income goes to, in order to help others. But that isn’t our business either.