Ryan Seacrest gets $45 mill 3 year deal; Paul Abdul wants $20 mill a year

**Honey** · July 13th, 2009, 08:19 PM

Ryan Seacrest has just signed a three year contract with American Idol to rival some of the highest paid sports stars. Seacrest will receive a whopping $45 million for three more years with Idol. This goes to a guy who has managed to alienate the worlds’ most famous couple and who once asked a pregnant actress on the red carpet at the Oscars if she planned to breastfeed. It doesn’t matter how Ryan screws up his side jobs, though, because he’s decent at talking to aspiring singers and lobbing stupid banter at Simon and will continue to do that for an astronomical sum of money:

Sought-after bachelor Ryan Seacrest has become an even bigger catch: The American Idol host has closed what is believed to be the biggest deal ever for a reality emcee and will triple his current salary, according to the Hollywood Reporter. His new paycheck: $45 million for three years.
In exchange, says the trade paper, Seacrest, 34, will work exclusively for CKX, parent of Idol producer 19 Entertainment. Best of all, the deal only covers broadcast-network work.
Separately, Seacrest will still maintain a cable agreement with Comcast and his gig as E! Entertainment’s main anchor. He’ll also continue to produce Keeping Up with the Kardashians for E! and a future Jamie Oliver reality series for ABC.
Reps for the producers and for Seacrest had no comment.
With Seacrest’s services secured, the Reporter also says that Idol now needs to nail down the future work of judges Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Kara DioGuardi. A question mark, however, hangs over a possible new contract for Simon Cowell, who is said to be paid in excess of $100 million a season – and who has made noises about leaving.

[From People]
The National Enquirer is reporting this week that judge Paula Abdul wants to double her salary to $20 million a year. They also say she’s “been talking to CBS Paramount Network Television about developing her own show.”
Paula also has a Las Vegas music and dance revue in the works “that Paula would create, choreograph and appear in occasionally.” Supposedly the Venetian and The Encore hotels are “in a bidding war over it.”
Now that we know that Ryan is getting $15 million a year, maybe Paula will get a raise too. They may have tried to edge her out with new judge Kara, but no one is as well liked as Paula and Kara kind of fell flat to many fans. Randy “yo dog, I repeat what Simon says in my poor approximation of slang” can get lost, though, as far as I’m concerned.

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DitaPage* · July 13th, 2009, 09:23 PM

For What?! I dunno why they still bother with American Idol, I think the show has had it.

**laurenshelton2** · July 13th, 2009, 10:47 PM

I didn't even realize that this show was still on.

**Penny Lane** · July 13th, 2009, 10:52 PM

I cannot understand how being a professional douchebag pays so fucking well.

**msdeb** · July 13th, 2009, 11:51 PM

i am addicted to the show. i wish they'd get rid of Kara.

they can spend all they want on Ryan and Paula, i usually flip thru the channels on the commercials anyway.

**buttmunch** · July 13th, 2009, 11:59 PM

'Sought after bachelor'? How about gay as the day is long confirmed bachelor?

**Mel1973** · July 14th, 2009, 08:01 AM

for some reason, I like the little douche. and he genuinely seems to be one of the hardest working and busiest people in Hollywood. I mean, between his stints on E! Daily news, his radio show, American Idol plus producing some of the shittiest shows (Denise Richards' show & the Kardashians), he's raking it in bitches and proves that hard work pays off.

**nancydrew** · July 14th, 2009, 08:43 AM

I bet Dinkleman wants to off himself SO bad right now.

**Tyka** · July 14th, 2009, 10:45 AM

Life. Isn't. Fair.

**Quazar** · July 14th, 2009, 11:39 AM

These people are simply overpaid for what they contribute to the world. They're not that important. It's not like they're saving lives. In this society we value entertainment above all else. This is clear when you look at the astronomical salaries of the top sports figures, musicians, actors, etc.

**levitt** · July 14th, 2009, 12:02 PM

Cowell is paid in excess of $100 million a series?! What is this fuckery?!

**louiswinthorpe111** · July 14th, 2009, 01:19 PM

Everyone tunes in to see Simon be an ass and Paula be crazy. Everyone else is expendable.

**happy8** · July 14th, 2009, 06:56 PM

I still want to know who he has the goods on to have advanced so fast in his career.

**suede** · July 14th, 2009, 11:10 PM

Originally Posted by Penny Lane

I cannot understand how being a professional douchebag pays so fucking well.

really, I can't either

**aabbcc** · July 15th, 2009, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by Quazar

These people are simply overpaid for what they contribute to the world. They're not that important. It's not like they're saving lives. In this society we value entertainment above all else. This is clear when you look at the astronomical salaries of the top sports figures, musicians, actors, etc.

I absolutely agree! No one says a word about it, but people are plenty quick to complain when nurses and teachers want a raise. I don't get it. Our society is so skewed when it comes to what is important.