Parenting
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Guess which celebrity couple spent $100K on their kid's birthday party?
editor
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes clearly misread the memo saying that
$10,000 is the new norm for excessive kid's birthday parties. They somehow added an extra digit and spent
$100,000 to celebrate the second birthday of daughter Suri. They must feel so silly.
NY Daily News reports they had some pretty amazing birthday
cakes (note the plural), $45,000 in food (catered from Wolfgang Puck no
less) and decorated with $17,000 worth of fresh flowers. And 1,000 butterflies flew around her. It sounds like a movie set.
Now if you'll excuse me I'll be
checking out ways to throw pretty cool birthday parties without dropping more than a single Benjamin.
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Related: tom cruise, toddlers, suri cruise, katie holmes, celebrities, birthday parties
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Posted by Annette Cardwell, Shine staff Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:55pm PDT
I have to agree, margarita. Think about how many kids and families could've eaten on just the catering cost alone! $45k goes a VERY long way when buying food for villages of impoverished people. Just depressing...
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Posted by Yorkie0921 Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:32am PDT
I'm with Baboo. To Tom and Katie, it's like us doing a Chuckie Cheese Party, come on people it's a whole different world for them. I'll bet you there are more than a few times that they'd trade that world to be able to walk down the street without a bodyguard (or 2) by their sides.
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Posted by Hermitage Weddings Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:46am PDT
this is sick! people are struggling every day not just to throw a party but with the dilemmas like what am i gonna feed my kids and where am i gonna get the money! i realize they have lot's of money but when the majority of the parents are struggling is it really necessary to rub it in?!
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Posted by TANYA D Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:09am PDT
With the way they are spoiling that little girl I hope when she grows up she doesn't turn out like britney or lindsay.
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Posted by kimmie Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:10am PDT
Why don't they use that money to help out the economy or lower gas prices...Suri won't even remember this birthday party besides reading about it.
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Posted by MikaelaR Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:42am PDT
If they spend this for her second birthday what is her 16th, graduation and wedding going to be like. I can't wait to see.
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Posted by Bored Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:53am PDT
People like this could help end world hunger, but as Baboo says "It's their money not ours". MUST BE NICE!!!!!!
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Posted by Jeanne Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:03am PDT
too much for a 2 year old but then it's thier money!
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Posted by sandra kay Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:11am PDT
True it is their money, but are they not guilty when they stand there and tell the average JOE to give money to feed one child. One paycheck from one movie, just might feed many countries in Africa. So who is the selfish and materialistic ones?
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Posted by elizabeth Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:15am PDT
Clearly, this was a party for THEM and not their 2year old daughter. Let's call it what it was -- a business event. Afterall, their business is SHOW business. Let's just not kid ourselves that this was really ANYONE's birthday party, let alone a 2 year old's. My 2yr old (born days before Suri) had a nice gathering with family, cake, cupcakes & presents & had another little get together with her four best kiddie friends - playing with toys, doing a craft, pinning the nose on Elmo & snacks. By all accounts, everyone involved had a wonderful time. THAT's a 2yr old birthday party.
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