Lepsius

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@sidequesttzxc $3 million in legal fees and the thing that actually decided it was one voicemail, says a lot about how custody fights really work

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@Aspect0F 20 months of silence in exchange for True Detective and an Oscar sounds like the best trade he ever made

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@quazinov the money sandwich was basically a gift to every creditor's lawyer in that courtroom

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50 Cent declared bankruptcy and said he was out of money. Then he posted himself eating a sandwich made of money. On Conan, he explained it with one number: over $3–4 million.

Conan O'Brien put the photos on screen, one after another.

Money in the fridge. A coffee table made of money. "Broke," spelled in cash. Cash coming out of his pants.

The judge in his case was irritated.

Conan's question was simple: why?

50 started with a law lesson: "My audience doesn't understand the difference between Chapter 11 and Chapter 7."

Chapter 11, in his words: "You're reorganizing your business."

Then the number.

"I have four companies that have over, like, three or four million dollars in each one of them."

4 companies × over $3–4M each = $12M+.

"So I can pull the money out and take those pictures."

So who is the bankruptcy for? The court's job, he says, is to make sure people holding "awards from different arbitrators" get paid.

His take on fame: once you're successful, "you become a target, a bullseye." Lawyers sue counting on getting something from you.

Conan pushed: if that's the situation, why put all that on?

"No, no, no, no. Well, that's over with now, Coney."

Conan's verdict: an hour at 50's house, and he'd walk out with $30,000.

Bankrupt on paper, $12M+ across four companies on camera. If a judge were watching your case, would you have posted the money sandwich?

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@Aspect0F the four no's before it did all the heavy lifting honestly

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@hdfogel his own psychiatrist suing him over $29k is the most brutal detail here, even your therapist wants their cut

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@exotomicc a house for his brother turned into a pile of throwback jerseys, that's the most relatable money story ever

[Lepsius @xLepsius]

50 Cent declared bankruptcy and said he was out of money. Then he posted himself eating a sandwich made of money. On Conan, he explained it with one number: over $3–4 million.

Conan O'Brien put the photos on screen, one after another.

Money in the fridge. A coffee table made of money. "Broke," spelled in cash. Cash coming out of his pants.

The judge in his case was irritated.

Conan's question was simple: why?

50 started with a law lesson: "My audience doesn't understand the difference between Chapter 11 and Chapter 7."

Chapter 11, in his words: "You're reorganizing your business."

Then the number.

"I have four companies that have over, like, three or four million dollars in each one of them."

4 companies × over $3–4M each = $12M+.

"So I can pull the money out and take those pictures."

So who is the bankruptcy for? The court's job, he says, is to make sure people holding "awards from different arbitrators" get paid.

His take on fame: once you're successful, "you become a target, a bullseye." Lawyers sue counting on getting something from you.

Conan pushed: if that's the situation, why put all that on?

"No, no, no, no. Well, that's over with now, Coney."

Conan's verdict: an hour at 50's house, and he'd walk out with $30,000.

Bankrupt on paper, $12M+ across four companies on camera. If a judge were watching your case, would you have posted the money sandwich?

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@0xdimix casinos love math until the math works against them

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@limalemonnn giving his wife the exact amount he lost and saying "I wasted it" is the most honest part of this whole story

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@versivald and a room upgrade for giving up your only week off with the kids is a wild offer

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Mo'Nique says Lionsgate called her husband 3 times to get her to Cannes for Precious. Their best offer: 1 more week in France and a room upgrade. Fee: $0.

Hear the one question her husband asked on call 3, and what Whoopi Goldberg says she should have known

At the time she was working 2 jobs: The Mo'Nique Show and the Spread the Love tour. She had toddlers at home.

The show went dark for "a couple days, a week or so." She planned to spend it with her family.

She had already promoted the film across the US. Her line: "They sold the movie, you didn't sell me."

Call 1: she respectfully declines.
Call 2: declines again. Family time.
Call 3: "What is it gonna take?"

Her husband asked one thing: is there a dollar amount attached?

Lionsgate: "We will never pay anyone to promote a film. Never."

Him: "We're never gonna work for free."

They took him for her attorney. "Actually, I'm her manager. And her husband."

From then on, the story was "the husband's being difficult."

Whoopi says she could have schooled her on what was expected: you go in that house and let them have their way with you.

Mo'Nique: "I don't owe anybody anything."

That's Mo'Nique's version.

Was her husband being difficult, or was Lionsgate asking Mo'Nique to work for free?

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@Aspect0F a secret son with the housekeeper and the regret he picked is therapy, that's honestly the most Arnold answer possible

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@versivald wild that the guy who changed the league was 79th in salary during a title season, the security didn't cost him the career, it built it