Kevin Kreider star of the show Bling Empire has claimed that he “got paid under minimum wage” whilst he was on the hit show, leading to financial problems.
The show which followed the lives of a “wildly wealthy group of Asian and Asian American friends (and frenemies) in Los Angeles” aired from 2021 to 2023.
The 39-year-old recently told MailOnline however that the paycheck didn’t live up the the name of the show.
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He said: “UPS workers were paid more than I was, and they have benefits. That’s how little we got paid.
“I heard how much a friend of mine was making for a pilot and he wasn’t even the main lead, yet he made more than I did in a whole season of Bling Empire.
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“I worked my ass off for Bling. I mean, I was literally filming almost every day. We had to be available for almost a whole year. I dragged my ass to like a three, six-hour interviews.
“So, when you put the hours together, I worked probably lower than minimum wage..”
Kevin then explained that this is the reason that he has not been able to afford his own property.
He admitted that he is “still having to rent” in Los Angeles as he hasn’t earned enough money to buy somewhere.
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He said: “I don’t even have a car because I chose to live in a nicer apartment. It was either downgrade and rent a studio and have a car or have a nicer one-bedroom and not have a car.
“I still have friends picking me up and driving me in places, you know, like, it’s not all that great.”
In 2021 Kevin lost a luxury Cartier ring in the sea just moments after receiving the extravagant gift from his co-star Christine Chiu.
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The star was upset about losing the precious piece of jewelry and said That was the only Cartier I got.”
He is the founder of SANS by Taejin Beverage and also co-founded Alls Productions.
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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
