
You might have noticed that there is a celebrity trend of leaving children with... no money.
But for actor and talk show host Whoopi Goldberg, it's a different story, with the star sharing she plans to give her daughter "everything" she has when she dies.
With a reported net worth of $90 million, Goldberg said onThe Viewthat she won't be following in the footsteps of other celebrities who are choosing not to share a single penny with their children.
"One of the great answers is, children learn by what they see," the 68-year-old said. "My mother worked her behind off and so that's why I feel the way I feel, and I'm leaving my kid everything I have."
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Goldberg might not be the norm, though, with several A-listers revealing they either plan to spend their fortune before they die or donate it all to charity, leaving their kids with... approximately nothing.
Read on to discover why these celebs are giving away their kids' inheritance or spending it on themselves.
Hugh Grant.
Actor Hugh Grant says that the one thing he won't do for his five kids is leave them an inheritance.
"There are few things in life I believe in 100 per cent," Grant said. "But another one is not giving your children money. I see nothing but f**k-ups among my trust-fund friends. It's like 99 per cent f**k-ups. So I would not want to do that to my children, no."
Mick Jagger.
You can’t always get what you want, according to the Rolling Stones song, and it seems Mick Jagger has taken that to heart.
In a recent profile with the Wall Street Journal, the rockstar hinted that the band's back catalogue might go to charity instead of leaving it to his children.
"The children don't need $500 million to live well. Come on," he told the publication. "You maybe do some good in the world."
Jagger has eight children. The oldest is 52 and the youngest is seven.
Nigella Lawson.
How to butter bread? Ask Nigella.
How to pronouncemicrowave? Ask Nigella.
Wondering whether you should leave money to your kids? Also, ask Nigella.
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Aussies have an undeniable love affair with the British cook, best known for her passionate take on describing food, her award-winning cookbooks and for being a domestic goddess.
Given her immense fortune, and the fact Lawson herself knows a thing or two about a privileged upbringing, (her father was a British conservative chancellor) it's surprising to hear that she's not keen on continuing the tradition.
"I am determined that my children should have no financial security. It ruins people not having to earn money," she told My Weekly.
Sting.
"My kids won't see a penny of my $300m fortune."
We just had to lead with that quote from Sting, because it’siconic.
The 'Every Breath You Take' and 'Roxanne' singer has been living life to the fullest, and that means his kids can say farewell to a chance at inheriting his money (around $454m, in Australian currency).
"I told them there won’t be much money left because we are spending it!" Sting told the Daily Mail in 2014.
"I certainly don't want to leave them trust funds that are albatrosses around their necks. They have to work. All my kids know that and they rarely ask me for anything, which I really respect and appreciate."
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher.
Kunis and Kutcher met each other on the 1998 TV series That 70s Show while playing an on-screen couple. While they weren't dating IRL back then, six years after the show wrapped the two became an official couple.
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are notoriously private about their relationship and family, but have shared a fair bit via Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast. With two young kids, the couple have not only decided that bathing is optional, but also have no plans of passing down their immense fortune.
"My kids are living a really privileged life, and they don't even know it. I'm not setting up a trust for them. We'll end up giving our money away to charity and to various things," Kutcher explained.
Kunis shared a similar sentiment in an Entertainment Tonight interview, noting that Christmas gifts aren't a major thing in their household.
"So far, our tradition is no presents for the kids. They don't even know what they're expecting; they're just expecting stuff."
Isabella Ross
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