# $400 for photo with celebrity **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805 "2014-05-06T13:39:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/41 "2014-05-06T23:34:31Z")
No way. Unless it was Kate Upton in a skimpy bikini. šŸ˜‰ But even then $50 for a photo with her would be my limit. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/42 "2014-05-06T23:38:16Z")
Considering the example in the OP, I could do it in Photoshop cheaper and it would be just as good. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/43 "2014-05-06T23:39:02Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Nope. The exact opposite of that experience was when I saw Elvis Costello a couple years back. He would pull people out of the audience to sit on stage and have a cocktail while he performed. Some of he people were taking photos with him as he performed. It just cost the price of the ticket. Same here. I saw Elvis about 10 years ago and he was just hanging around outside the venue after the show meeting fans. I got my picture made with him and an autograph. I canā€™t really think of anyone I would pay for a picture. When I was younger, if I had a bunch of money to waste it would have been U2 and R.E.M. I probably wouldnā€™t have ever paid it even if I did have money to burn, though. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/44 "2014-05-07T01:04:02Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Iā€™d pay $400 to have my picture taken with John Lennon. A shovel would cost you only $20. My only celebrity picture is with Robin Curtis (ā€œcelebrityā€ being used in a particularly generous manner). Iā€™m doing the ā€œbunny earsā€ bit to her, only with a Vulcan salute. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/45 "2014-05-07T01:21:35Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Iā€™d pay $400 to have my picture taken with John Lennon. > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > A shovel would cost you only $20. > > My only celebrity picture is with Robin Curtis (ā€œcelebrityā€ being used in a particularly generous manner). Iā€™m doing the ā€œbunny earsā€ bit to her, only with a Vulcan salute. He was cremated. His ashes are spread somewhere, possibly Strawberry Fields, Central Park, and Yokoā€™s mantle. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/46 "2014-05-07T11:04:00Z")
Hmmā€¦ Iā€™ve spent money for photo ops with the stars at conventions. But four hundred smackers AND the ā€˜arms-lengthā€™ treatment seems way too steep for anybody I can think of. (Often the star will put an arm around your shoulder if youā€™re comfortable with that.) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/47 "2014-05-07T13:08:27Z")
I might accept $400 for having my picture taken with Jenny McCarthy, but only if I was promised it would never be published or posted online. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/48 "2014-05-07T13:16:08Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I might accept $400 for having my picture taken with Jenny McCarthy, but only if I was promised it would never be published or posted online. I think youā€™d regret that decision once you come down with a bad case of the bubonic plague. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/49 "2014-05-07T13:33:25Z")
When I saw Riders In The Sky, I just hung around after the show and the autographed souvenir session with some girls who were sitting next to me. One of the girls ended up engaged to Ranger Doug. All I had to pay for was the tee shirt I bought. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/50 "2014-05-07T14:05:03Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > I think youā€™d regret that decision once you come down with a bad case of the bubonic plague. More like whooping cough, measles, mumps, rubella, and maybe polio. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/51 "2014-05-07T15:45:27Z")
Does anyone else find it odd that Ms. Lavigne is banging that Nickelback singer, to use the parlance of our times, but sheā€™s not even willing to hug her own fans? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/52 "2014-05-07T16:49:02Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Does anyone else find it odd that Ms. Lavigne is banging that Nickelback singer, to use the parlance of our times, but sheā€™s not even willing to hug her own fans? No, Iā€™d say thatā€™s pretty consistent in terms of douchebaggery. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/53 "2014-05-07T16:57:29Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Does anyone else find it odd that Ms. Lavigne is banging that Nickelback singer, to use the parlance of our times, but sheā€™s not even willing to hug her own fans? I donā€™t get the connection? ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/54 "2014-05-07T21:48:02Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I donā€™t get the connection? The Nickelback singer is one of the last people on Earth Iā€™d want within armā€™s reach of me, but somehow heā€™s just right for Ms. Lavigne. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/55 "2014-05-07T21:57:20Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > You beat me to it! That post was hilarious. Now I want a picture of Rihanna and myself, even if I donā€™t get groped and vice versa. > > What I find bizarre is that so many ā€œstarsā€ canā€™t even fake being friendly to their fans for a little while. To be fair, Avril is too busy faking being a musician and a person with personality (purely based on her marrying Chad Kroeger) to be able to fake friendliness. My answer was going to be that I would pay $4,000 to photographed in a really compromising position with Kate Beckinsale, I am sure my wife would understand. Or her lawyer, whatever, the picture would become a family heirloom. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/56 "2014-05-07T22:06:09Z")
I cannot think of a single human being Iā€™d pay more than fifteen cents to be photographed with. And that includes a naked Natalie Portman. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/57 "2014-05-08T02:51:15Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > The Nickelback singer is one of the last people on Earth Iā€™d want within armā€™s reach of me, but somehow heā€™s just right for Ms. Lavigne. What did he ever do to you? I donā€™t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/58 "2014-05-08T03:04:50Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > What did he ever do to you? I donā€™t get it. Heā€™s sung horrible music that Iā€™ve had to hear in the past. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/59 "2014-05-08T03:11:31Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I cannot think of a single human being Iā€™d pay more than fifteen cents to be photographed with. And that includes a naked Natalie Portman. A pic of Natalie Portman is worth 20 bucks nakedā€¦ Hell, 40 bucks if I can be naked too! Iā€™ll post those pics on the dope when I get themā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805/60 "2014-05-08T03:16:20Z")
Assuming the proceeds were not going to a charity of my liking, then no, absolutely not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/400-for-photo-with-celebrity/687805.md?page=4)